Comparison

NetDocuments vs TrialPad

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

Head to head
About

NetDocuments

Securely access, manage, and share your business documents from anywhere. This mobile app allows you to find, email, and even edit your files on the go, with offline access and advanced security features.

Highlights
  • Secure document access on the go
  • Full-text search and navigation
  • Email documents or links
  • Offline document access
  • Passcode and Touch ID security
  • Integration with third-party apps
Features
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NetDocuments is a cloud content management service for businesses of all sizes to securely create, store, manage and share their document work anywhere, anytime. If you are a NetDocuments customer, simply install this iPad or iPhone app for free, and you will have access to all your documents while you are on the go. NetDocuments was designed for mobility. The NetDocuments app takes advantage of the local operating system and storage capabilities of the iPad or iPhone. With this app you can: • Bring your documents with you when you are on the go. • Find any documents using full-text search or by navigating through folders, filters and workspaces. • Email copies of documents or documentlinks to others. • Create subfolders. • Upload photos from your photo library. • View your personal home page or 40 most recently opened, edited or added documents. • View document profiles. • Download documents for offline access when not connected and for quick access. • Create a passcode for further security and protection, or use Touch ID. • Access your contacts list for emailing document links or attachments. • Upload documents to third-party editing apps. • • Print documents using a Wifi printer or Breezy printing services. • Use your organization’s login services such as ADFS, OKTA, OneLogin and other supported federated identity providers. • Edit documents directly with Office365 apps, with appropriate licenses. The NetDocuments app integrates out-of-the-box with any "WebDAV" or "Open in" compliant apps such as Documents To Go, Pages, GoodReader, etc. ShareSpaces cannot be accessed from this app. NetDocuments is fully integrated with Salesforce.com and is the leading cloud content management service for law firms and financial advisors. The company has been in business since 1998 with a feature-rich, enterprise-level content management service with business continuity built-in. All documents are encrypted in transmission and at rest. Documents are stored in highly secured, world-class data centers with full redundancy, backup and protection.

About

TrialPad

This app empowers legal professionals to organize and present various forms of evidence, including documents, photos, and videos, directly from a tablet. It offers features like highlighting, annotation, side-by-side document comparison, and video editing for effective courtroom or remote presentations.

Highlights
  • Organize and present documents, photos, and videos
  • Highlight, annotate, and redact evidence
  • Side-by-side document comparison
  • Edit video clips and take snapshots
  • Wireless and HDMI presentation options
  • Search document text and file names
  • Add exhibit stickers and mark admitted documents
Features
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TrialPad is a full-featured courtroom presentation tool that allows lawyers and support staff to organize and present documents, photographs, video and audio files, and demonstrative evidence wirelessly in a courtroom or remote setting. Callout and highlight sections of documents, compare documents side by side, edit and show video clips, add exhibit stickers to documents, search document text, and much more. TrialPad can integrate 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. 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.” —— QUICK FEATURE SUMMARY —— • Full electronic courtroom presentation capability, no cloud connection needed • Create callouts from documents, photographs, or transcripts • Highlight, annotate, redact, and zoom in on your evidence • Import documents directly from an email, USB drive, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Present via HDMI to a TV or projector, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV • Add whiteboards and smoothly write or draw with Apple Pencil • Add bookmarks in long documents to jump to specific pages • Create presenter notes to help with your direct examination • Make key docs of pages from important documents with saved annotations • Search for a file name, or text within one document, a folder of documents, or the whole case • Add exhibit stickers to documents, with the ability to automatically increment numbers or letters • Mark documents as admitted so you know what can be presented without question • Create reports of all your evidence, presenter notes, or a presentation log with a date and time stamp • Edit video clips, or take snapshots of frames of video • Take snapshots of annotated documents with callouts to incorporate into motions • Organize your evidence into witness or issue folders • Add map images directly from Apple Maps • Import PDF files with bookmarks and retain those bookmarks in TrialPad • Import organized production sets from DocReviewPad • Import synced video depositions, reports, and impeachment slides from TranscriptPad • Share entire case files with other users using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TXT, video and audio • Available for iPad and Mac —— EASILY ORGANIZE AND PRESENT EVIDENCE —— Easily import files from many cloud storage providers, from a USB drive, drag-and-drop, even AirDrop. Then plug-and-play via HDMI to present to a projector or TV, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV. Pre-annotate and organize evidence into witness or issue folders. Add exhibit stickers, and mark documents as admitted. Create highlights and annotations on-the-fly, zoom in on important areas, create multiple callouts on-the-fly, or compare two documents side-by-side. LIT SUITE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription gives you access to all LIT SUITE apps on iPhone, 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

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrialPad at 65% against NetDocuments's 13%. TrialPad also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (378 vs 31). NetDocuments's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. NetDocuments asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrialPad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrialPad has 378 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of NetDocuments's written reviews are positive against 65% of TrialPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetDocuments ships an update every 2 months, TrialPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NetDocuments versus TrialPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetDocumentsTrialPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (31 ratings)4.5 (378 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.3% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31378 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetDocumentsLIT SOFTWARE, LLC

Customer experience

NetDocuments

All ratings31 ratings
Positive25.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative71.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative76.7%

TrialPad

All ratings378 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

NetDocuments

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

NetDocuments

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrialPad

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

Questions

Is NetDocuments free?
NetDocuments 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, NetDocuments or TrialPad?
TrialPad is rated higher. NetDocuments averages 2.2 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while TrialPad averages 4.5 from 378 ratings.
Do NetDocuments or TrialPad have ads?
Neither NetDocuments nor TrialPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetDocuments or TrialPad?
NetDocuments ships an update every 2 months, and TrialPad every 6 weeks. Most recently, NetDocuments was updated on October 5, 2026 and TrialPad on October 11, 2026.

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