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

This app provides comprehensive tools for reviewing and organizing documents. It allows users to import files, add annotations, assign custom numbering, and generate detailed reports. The application is designed for efficient document management and production, offering a secure and private workflow.

Highlights
  • Import documents from various sources
  • Assign custom Bates numbers
  • Add virtual sticky notes and annotations
  • Apply tags and issue codes
  • Search text within documents
  • Create production sets and reports
  • Offline document review
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DocReviewPad is a full-featured document review tool. Easily import documents, assign custom bates numbers, add virtual sticky notes, assign tags and issue codes to documents or pages, annotate with highlight, pen, and redact tools, search for text within documents, and much more. Create production sets and beautifully organized reports with all your review information. DocReviewPad 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.” “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.” —— QUICK FEATURE SUMMARY —— • Full featured document review capability, no cloud connection needed • Organize documents or pages with your own case specific customizable and color-coded issue codes • Easily mark documents or pages as confidential or privileged with built in tags • Import documents directly from an email, USB drive, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Apply customized bates numbers to hundreds or thousands of documents in seconds • Highlight, annotate, redact, and zoom in on documents • Add multiple virtual sticky notes to each page • Create beautiful reports that include bates ranges, notes, tags, and issue codes assigned to each document or page • Search for a file name, or text within one document, a folder of documents, or the whole case • Granular export options for a document production set, omitting confidential or privileged documents • Create privilege log reports listing documents protected by a legal privilege • Organize your documents into witness or issue folders • Import PDF files with bookmarks and retain those bookmarks in DocReviewPad • Export your documents to TrialPad, organized by issue codes, into Key Doc folders • Share entire case files with other users using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, and TXT • Available for iPad and Mac —— EASILY ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE EVIDENCE —— Easily import files from many cloud storage providers, from a USB drive, drag-and-drop, even AirDrop. Then simply start swiping to speed review documents!  Annotate with highlights or redactions, add sticky notes, and create custom issue codes to assign to entire documents or individual pages. Granular export options allow you to share only what you want. 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

Case Notebook E4 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 6 weeks vs every 6 months). Case Notebook E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 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 6 months, DocReviewPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and June 14, 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 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB44 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 ratings79 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.7%
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 6 months, and DocReviewPad every 6 weeks. Most recently, Case Notebook E was updated on August 29, 2026 and DocReviewPad on June 14, 2026.

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