Comparison

Case Notebook E vs DocReviewPad

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

Head to head
About

Case Notebook E

Review and annotate electronic witness testimony transcripts on your iPad or iPhone. Search for terms, add highlights and notes, and email annotated transcripts. Updates sync with desktop versions.

Highlights
  • Review E-Transcripts on iPad/iPhone
  • Search transcripts with Word Index
  • Receive transcripts via email, Dropbox, iTunes
  • Add electronic highlighting and notes
  • Email annotated transcripts
  • Sync notes with desktop version
Features
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Portable E-Transcript is a professional grade application available for your iPad® or iPhone®.You can review and annotate E-Transcripts anytime, anywhere – all you need is an iPad or iPhone to begin using your E-Transcript electronic witness testimony transcripts on the go. Portable E-Transcript features: • Works on your iPad and iPhone • Word Index helps you search and find terms within your E-Transcript • Receive E-Transcript format (PTX) via email, Dropbox, and iTunes® • Ability to add electronic highlighting and notes • Email a transcript with highlighting and notes from iPad or iPhone • Update the transcript in the desktop version of Westlaw Case Notebook to include the highlighting and notes added in the app"

About

DocReviewPad

Organize, annotate, and redact documents and videos with custom Bates numbering and issue coding. Generate professional reports and export to other litigation tools. Offers a secure, private, and efficient mobile workflow.

Highlights
  • Custom Bates numbering
  • Document and video annotation
  • Issue coding and tagging
  • Instant case search with OCR
  • Redaction and highlighting
  • Report generation
  • Video review with timecode bookmarks
Features
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DocReviewPad is the full-featured document review app for iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac, and now it reviews video too, all included with one LIT SUITE subscription. Import documents and videos, assign custom Bates numbers, tag and issue code every page, annotate and redact, and search your entire case in an instant. Create production sets, privilege logs, and beautifully organized reports with all your review information. DocReviewPad 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. 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.” “This app can do things I’ve previously had to do on a desktop, but much easier and faster.” “Super way to review documents quickly.” “Generates professional reports with all the bates numbers listed, and exports to TrialPad into folders named for the issue code. Extremely useful.” “Helps me keep documents organized, bates stamps them, and create issue codes, which can then be generated into an easy-to-read report.” “Initial document analysis on iPad is fresh and fast, and frankly is a big winner.” “These are incredibly sophisticated and useful apps that are in many ways more powerful than PC software costing hundreds of dollars more.” **** New - Video Review **** • Import MP4 and MOV files alongside your documents and play them with frame previews, adjustable speed, and loop • Add timecode bookmarks, Issue Codes, and notes to videos • Give each video a Bates number that shows on the player without being burned into the file • Use Capture Frame to save a still from any video as a new document • Export videos to the TrialPad Multimedia tab, ready to present **** Core Features - iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac **** • Full-featured document review, no cloud connection needed • Organize documents or pages with color-coded issue codes, assigned to many at once • Mark documents or pages as confidential or privileged with built-in tags • Apply custom Bates numbers to thousands of documents in seconds, with a live preview • Use Ghost Bates Numbers for documents already stamped, still listed and searchable • Search your entire case instantly, with automatic OCR of scanned pages • Highlight, annotate, redact, and add multiple virtual sticky notes to each page • Split documents and extract pages by choosing them visually from thumbnails • Create reports with Bates ranges, notes, tags, and issue codes for each document or page • Granular export options for a production set, omitting confidential or privileged documents • Export your documents to TrialPad, organized by issue codes, into Key Doc folders • Import in the background from email, USB drive, or cloud storage like Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive • Share case files using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TXT, MP4, and MOV **** Optimized for iPhone and iPhone Duo - Review Documents Anywhere **** • Swipe to speed review, and tag, code, or Bates number documents on the road • Unfold iPhone Duo for a larger view of every page, and write with Apple Pencil **** Optimized for iPad and Mac - Power Review **** • Larger screens to see more of your case at once • Apple Pencil handwriting on iPad, and keyboard shortcuts throughout 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

Case Notebook E4 screens
DocReviewPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DocReviewPad at 4.4 against Case Notebook E's 1.8. DocReviewPad also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 13%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Case Notebook E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. DocReviewPad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $600.00 per year. Case Notebook E asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DocReviewPad holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 81 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Case Notebook E's written reviews are positive against 44% of DocReviewPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Case Notebook E ships an update every 8 months, DocReviewPad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Case Notebook E versus DocReviewPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCase Notebook EDocReviewPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (39 ratings)4.4 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.8% of reviews43.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3981 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB49 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperThomson ReutersLIT SOFTWARE, LLC

Customer experience

Case Notebook E

All ratings39 ratings
Positive15.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative74.4%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive12.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative74.4%

DocReviewPad

All ratings81 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Case Notebook E

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DocReviewPad

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

Questions

Is Case Notebook E free?
Case Notebook E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocReviewPad free?
DocReviewPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Case Notebook E or DocReviewPad?
DocReviewPad is rated higher. Case Notebook E averages 1.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while DocReviewPad averages 4.4 from 81 ratings.
Do Case Notebook E or DocReviewPad have ads?
Neither Case Notebook E nor DocReviewPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Case Notebook E or DocReviewPad?
Case Notebook E ships an update every 8 months, and DocReviewPad every 2 months. Most recently, Case Notebook E was updated on November 1, 2026 and DocReviewPad on November 2, 2026.

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