Comparison

Lexis® vs Notate PDF for BlackBerry

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

Notate PDF for BlackBerry

This secure mobile workspace allows regulated teams to edit, annotate, and collaborate on PDFs and Microsoft Office files online or offline. It integrates with enterprise systems and offers advanced security features for data containment and compliance.

Highlights
  • Edit PDFs and Office documents
  • Sign and approve documents
  • Collaborate with threaded comments
  • OCR scanning and searchable PDFs
  • Handwritten and typed notes
  • Enterprise deployment with BlackBerry UEM
Features
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NOTATE PDF - THE SECURE MOBILE WORKSPACE FOR REGULATED TEAMS IMPORTANT NOTE: Notate is designed for enterprise deployment via BlackBerry UEM, MDM, or MAM platforms. The app will not function without backend configuration by your organization. WHY NOTATE PDF? Edit and Annotate Securely - Online or Offline Work with PDFs and Microsoft Office files using advanced editing, annotation, and collaboration tools — all within a fully managed, secure mobile workspace. Built for Enterprise Workflows Seamlessly access, edit, and organize files from Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, SMB, and more. Notate is used by leading organizations in finance, healthcare, and government. Secure by Design All data remains encrypted and contained within your corporate network. No third-party cloud. No data leakage. Full support for BlackBerry Dynamics policies. KEY FEATURES • Edit PDFs and Office Documents Modify text, add comments, split or merge pages, and redact sensitive data. Create new documents or annotate existing ones in one unified experience. • Sign and Approve Documents Add legally binding digital signatures to contracts, forms, and compliance documents. • Collaborate in Context Share annotated documents and use threaded comments for feedback. Eliminate the back-and-forth of scattered reviews. • Scan, Search, and Capture Digitize paper documents with OCR scanning. Convert to searchable PDFs and attach to secure repositories or email. • Take Notes Your Way Handwrite, type, or draw with full Apple Pencil support. Organize content with rich formatting, embedded media, and folders. • Deploy with Confidence Direct integration with BlackBerry UEM enforces security, compliance, and access policies — ensuring data containment and enterprise control. TRUSTED ACROSS INDUSTRIES • 8 of the top 20 global banks • Top-tier insurance providers • Multibillion-dollar healthcare networks • Government and public sector agencies EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE OF SECURE MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY Download Notate PDF and empower your mobile teams to collaborate with confidence — no matter where they work.

Screenshots

Lexis®4 screens
Notate PDF for BlackBerry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notate PDF for BlackBerry at 4.4 against Lexis®'s 3.8. Notate PDF for BlackBerry also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (233 vs 5). Lexis®'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notate PDF for BlackBerry holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notate PDF for BlackBerry has 233 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Lexis®'s written reviews are positive against 22% of Notate PDF for BlackBerry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lexis® versus Notate PDF for BlackBerry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLexis®Notate PDF for BlackBerry
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)4.4 (233 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews — better21.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5233 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB250 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLexisNexisShafer Systems LLC

Customer experience

Lexis®

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

Notate PDF for BlackBerry

All ratings233 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive21.7%
Neutral26.1%
Negative52.2%

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

Notate PDF for BlackBerry

From 233 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Syncs with corporate servers
  • 👍 Syncs with Outlook Notes
  • 👍 Good for work productivity
  • 👍 Prompt customer support
  • 👍 Ecosystem with security options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🐛 Overheats iPad
  • 🐛 Lost annotations on crash
  • 🐛 Highlighting issues
  • 🐛 Pen thickness too high

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
Show 37 more
  • 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

Notate PDF for BlackBerry

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Application crashes almost every hour
  • App crashes after making many annotates
  • Highlighting does not simply highlight a word or sentence
  • iPad crashes when using the app
  • Cannot type into a note
Show 14 more
  • Cannot have notes side by side with emails
  • App crashes without warning
  • App crashes immediately when trying to open
  • Requires an access key not received via email
  • Annoying bugs with BB Work interface
  • Barely manage to transfer and work documents
  • Annotation cannot be seen if receiving file on BB Work device/smartphone
  • App causes home screen to stutter when scrolling
  • App causes video chats to lag
  • Keeps automatically switching to Good email whilst in use
  • Crashed after entering password, reset itself and requires reactivation
  • Cannot annotate PDF documents
  • Didn't receive a key
  • Unable to use a stylus to take notes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Update for latest iPad pencil 2.0 functionality
  • Allow changing drawing color after drawing
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Hyperlinks
  • Tables
Show 6 more
  • Desktop client with same features as iPhone app
  • Encrypted notes
  • Web app
  • Multitasking (split screen) support on iPad Pro
  • Ability to reduce pen and highlight thickness
  • Stylus support for note-taking

In-app purchases

None

Lexis®

No in-app purchases

None

Notate PDF for BlackBerry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lexis® free?
Lexis® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notate PDF for BlackBerry free?
Notate PDF for BlackBerry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lexis® or Notate PDF for BlackBerry?
Notate PDF for BlackBerry is rated higher. Lexis® averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Notate PDF for BlackBerry averages 4.4 from 233 ratings.
Do Lexis® or Notate PDF for BlackBerry have ads?
Neither Lexis® nor Notate PDF for BlackBerry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lexis® or Notate PDF for BlackBerry?
Lexis® ships an update every 2 months, and Notate PDF for BlackBerry every 2 months. Most recently, Lexis® was updated on October 19, 2026 and Notate PDF for BlackBerry on October 23, 2026.

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