Comparison

Case Notebook E vs TrialPad

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

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

Case Notebook E4 screens
TrialPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrialPad at 65% against Case Notebook E's 13%. TrialPad also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 6 weeks 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, 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. Case Notebook E asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrialPad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrialPad has 379 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Case Notebook E's written reviews are positive against 65% of TrialPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Case Notebook E ships an update every 8 months, TrialPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Case Notebook E versus TrialPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCase Notebook ETrialPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (39 ratings)4.5 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.8% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB62 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%

TrialPad

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

Bugs and requests

Case Notebook E

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

Case Notebook E

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrialPad

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 TrialPad free?
TrialPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Case Notebook E or TrialPad?
TrialPad is rated higher. Case Notebook E averages 1.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while TrialPad averages 4.5 from 379 ratings.
Do Case Notebook E or TrialPad have ads?
Neither Case Notebook E nor TrialPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Case Notebook E or TrialPad?
Case Notebook E ships an update every 8 months, and TrialPad every 6 weeks. Most recently, Case Notebook E was updated on November 1, 2026 and TrialPad on November 2, 2026.

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