Comparison

Lexis® vs TrialPad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lexis®

Conduct comprehensive legal research on your mobile device. Access critical legal documents, annotate them offline, and stay organized with remote access to saved files. Ensure your research is current with integrated tools for quick and efficient results.

Highlights
  • Offline document viewing and annotation
  • Instant alert viewing
  • Remote access to saved files
  • Quick access to research history
  • Shepard's® integration for 'good law'
  • Document delivery via email/PDF
Features
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Transform the way you conduct legal research on the go! Get your hands on the award-winning Lexis® mobile app that was identified by eWEEK and the Consumer Electronics Association as the only innovative mobile app designed to support job efficiency for lawyers! Access critical information with Lexis® right from your Apple iPhone® or iPad®. Whether you are in the courtroom or on your morning commute, conduct comprehensive research quickly to find relevant results. Please note you must have a current Lexis® subscription and valid ID/password to utilize this app. With the Lexis® app, you can: • View and annotate documents while offline with ability to sync changes! • View alerts instantly • Stay organized with remote access to saved files and folders • Access favorites, previous research results quickly and search within results • Ensure your research is “good law” with Shepard’s® • Browse Sources and access Table of Contents • Highlight and annotate text within documents • Deliver documents via email, wireless printing or one-click PDF options And much more! “The iPad app is invaluable. Being able to search efficiently from the iPad while in court, in meetings or traveling is fantastic, and the ability to save the important cases to folders is very important to me.”- Associate at Large Law Firm “I especially like the ability to conduct research through the app on my iPad which makes me efficient outside of the office.”- Partner at Large Law Firm. For full research functionality, please visit Lexis® on the web. LexisNexis, the Knowledge Burst logo, Lexis, Shepard’s are registered trademarks and Shepard’s Signal is a trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. Apple, iPad and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Please be sure to leave a review in the App Store for the Lexis® app. Tell us what you like and what you want to see in future releases.

About

TrialPad

This app provides powerful trial presentation tools for legal professionals on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Organize evidence, present documents, photos, and videos wirelessly, and highlight key information. It offers a secure, mobile, and efficient solution for courtroom or remote presentations.

Highlights
  • Organize evidence into folders
  • Present documents, photos, video, audio
  • Highlight, annotate, and redact
  • Side-by-side document comparison
  • Video clip editing and playback
  • Exhibit stickers and admission marking
  • Full-text search across case files
Features
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TrialPad is the award-winning trial presentation app for iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac, all included with one LIT SUITE subscription. Organize your evidence, then present documents, photos, video, and audio wirelessly in the courtroom or a remote setting, from whichever device you have with you. Call out and highlight key passages, compare documents side by side, play and edit video clips, add exhibit stickers, and search every word of your case. TrialPad integrates with your Windows workflow, is powerful, easy to use, and a fraction of the cost of traditional or cloud-based programs, all while being secure, private, mobile, and efficient. TrialPad was named “The Best Trial Presentation App” with an A+ TechnoScore by LitigationWorld. Since 2010, LIT SOFTWARE has set the bar for developing the best in litigation apps, garnering awards for innovation and ease of use. Our apps have been featured by Apple, and are loved by lawyers. **** LIT SUITE REVIEWS **** “The short review. Wow.” “TrialPad offers a full trial presentation system in a simple-to-use package at a fraction of the cost.” “These are incredibly sophisticated and useful apps that are in many ways more powerful than PC software costing hundreds of dollars more.” “For anybody doing any amount of trial work...TrialPad is a must have application.” “TrialPad is the perfect case organizer and presenter.” “TrialPad is one of the most complete and high tech presentation systems designed for lawyers and it is available right on your iPad [and Mac].” “TrialPad...is the industry leader.” **** Core Features - iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac **** • Full electronic courtroom presentation, no cloud connection needed • Present via HDMI to a TV or projector, or wirelessly using an Apple TV • Create callouts you can resize with a pinch, recolor, and use to dim the rest of the page • Highlight, annotate, redact, and zoom in, or circle key areas with the Laser Trail tool • Split View shows two documents, two videos, or a video next to a document • Add auto-incrementing exhibit stickers and mark documents as admitted • Run your examination from presenter notes, with timestamps that jump to that moment in a video • Play, loop, and edit video clips, change playback speed, and capture still frames • Bookmark document pages and video timestamps • Create Key Docs from important pages or video segments, and draw on whiteboards • Search file names or full text across a document, a folder, or the whole case • Organize evidence into witness or issue folders, and swipe to mark Admitted, add a sticker, or export • Create reports of your evidence, presenter notes, or a time-stamped presentation log • Use War Room Mode to share your case with co-counsel and clients • Import from email, USB drive, AirDrop, ZIP files, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Import production sets and videos from DocReviewPad, and synced video depositions, reports, and impeachment slides from TranscriptPad • Share entire case files using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TXT, video and audio **** Optimized for iPhone and iPhone Duo - Your Entire Case in Your Pocket **** • Review and present your evidence anywhere, right from your iPhone • Unfold iPhone Duo for a larger view of documents and video, and write with Apple Pencil **** Optimized for iPad and Mac - Built for the Courtroom **** • Buttery smooth handwriting with Apple Pencil on iPad • Keyboard shortcuts and right-click menus on Mac LIT SUITE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription gives you access to all LIT SUITE apps on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, and Mac. After your 7-day free trial, your App Store account will be charged and your subscription will renew automatically unless canceled in advance. Manage your subscription in your App Store account settings.

Screenshots

Lexis®4 screens
TrialPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TrialPad at 4.5 against Lexis®'s 3.8. TrialPad also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 23%) and ratings volume (379 vs 5). Lexis®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TrialPad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $600.00 per year. Lexis® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrialPad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrialPad has 379 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Lexis®'s written reviews are positive against 65% of TrialPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lexis® ships an update every 2 months, TrialPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lexis® versus TrialPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLexis®TrialPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)4.5 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLexisNexisLIT SOFTWARE, LLC

Customer experience

Lexis®

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative68.3%

TrialPad

All ratings379 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative32.4%

User reviews

Lexis®

From 5 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Beneficial for viewing documents
  • 👍 Preferable to website for some
  • 👍 Gets the job done
  • 👍 Useful for basic needs
  • 👍 Works great for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lacks Lexis AI integration
  • 🐛 Inconsistent browser/app experience
  • 🐛 Difficult to filter results
  • 🐛 Search results inaccurate
  • 🐛 Table of contents cut off

TrialPad

From 379 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective and functional
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Powerful and intuitive
  • 💰 Great value for price
  • 💻 Works on Mac

Room to improve

  • 💸 High subscription price
  • 😠 Hostility toward users
  • 💰 Expensive for some users
  • 🔄 Discontinued support for older versions
  • 🖱️ Glitchy Mac version

Bugs and requests

Lexis®

Reported bugs

42 issues
  • Lexis AI documents show as 'out of plan'
  • Browser version pulls up old interface
  • Filter search to statutes yields cases
  • Table of contents titles cut off
  • App resets when multitasking
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  • App does not run effectively in background
  • App hangs on reset and requires re-login
  • App randomly kills tabs
  • App does not automatically drop cursor in search box
  • Suggestion bar replaces keyboard during typing
  • Crashes frequently
  • Freezes all the time
  • Highlighting fails and doesn't stay
  • Saving to folder takes too long
  • Internal navigation buttons make no sense
  • Session times out
  • Cannot find specific databases (e.g., person report)
  • App resets when switching between apps
  • Requires client selection again after reset
  • Search must be restarted after reset
  • Update broke the app
  • Constant errors in searching or opening cases
  • App does not display documents
  • App is missing some states in search parameters
  • App crashes when trying to email documents
  • App crashes upon opening
  • Cannot log in after updates
  • App not recognizing network connection
  • App does not communicate with servers
  • App asks to update after already updated
  • Cannot get past logon screen after update
  • App crashes immediately after logging in
  • App crashes whenever client number is selected
  • App shows 'no network' with full WiFi/cell signal
  • App crashes before it finishes starting up
  • App crashes every time it is opened on iPad
  • App is totally unresponsive
  • App crashes on iPad 2
  • App works on iPhone only
  • Error message 'Error occurred, please contact Lexis customer support' on search
  • Error message to contact customer service
  • App crashes when attempting to search a case

Requested features

30 requests
  • Integrate with browser interface seamlessly
  • Filter results from all appellate courts
  • Search all circuit courts without individual selection
  • Add more highlighter colors
  • Allow editing search terms after execution
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  • Improve navigation between content types
  • Make filters easier to locate
  • Automatically drop cursor in search box
  • Improve browsing code/regs via sections
  • Prevent multiple tabs on citation search
  • Prevent random tab killing
  • Improve search results filtering
  • Allow selecting next case without going back to results
  • Add search within document function
  • Add graphical Shepard's
  • Improve text formatting and layout
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add ability to change display font
  • Add line height and margin adjustments
  • Remember login information
  • Fix session timeouts
  • Improve multi-tasking stability
  • Allow saving to folders to work consistently
  • Make UI less obstructive
  • Improve filtering by date for secondary sources
  • Allow opening results in current tab
  • Improve app stability for email function
  • Fix update issues
  • Allow users to browse statutes via table of contents
  • Include all states in search parameters

TrialPad

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes routinely
  • Freezes shortly after opening or use
  • Mac version is glitchy, especially when renaming documents
  • Error loading app info message when importing from Dropbox
  • App freezes when clicking Dropbox option to import
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  • Cannot import documents
  • Home Screen is gone

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow multiple users to work on a presentation simultaneously
  • Ability to store files on OneDrive, SharePoint, or Dropbox
  • Extensive 'how-to' presentation with real-world case demos
  • Feature to export exhibits with exhibit number as prefix/filename
  • Ability to monitor cloud service folders for automatic syncing
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  • Mac OS version of the app

In-app purchases

None

Lexis®

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrialPad

Subscriptions1
  • Access to all LIT SUITE apps7 Days trial2 variants$600.001 Year

Questions

Is Lexis® free?
Lexis® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrialPad free?
TrialPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lexis® or TrialPad?
TrialPad is rated higher. Lexis® averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while TrialPad averages 4.5 from 379 ratings.
Do Lexis® or TrialPad have ads?
Neither Lexis® nor TrialPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lexis® or TrialPad?
Lexis® ships an update every 2 months, and TrialPad every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lexis® was updated on November 1, 2026 and TrialPad on November 6, 2026.

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