Comparison

Case Notebook E vs TimelinePad

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

TimelinePad

This app creates interactive timelines for legal professionals to organize and present event chronologies. It allows for individual event creation or bulk import from spreadsheets, with options to link people, facts, and issues to events for enhanced visual clarity and organization.

Highlights
  • Interactive timeline creation
  • Bulk event import from Excel
  • Link people, issues, and facts to events
  • Customizable event icons and colors
  • Tagging for event organization
  • Scene creation for specific moments
  • Wireless presentation capabilities
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TimelinePad creates beautiful interactive timelines of events that allow lawyers and support staff to wirelessly present chronologies in a courtroom or remote setting. Create events individually or import events in bulk from an Excel spreadsheet to instantly create a timeline. Link people, issues, and facts to events, add icons and colors for visual clarity, assign tags to organize and group events, create scenes to recall moments in time, and much more. TimelinePad 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 electronic timeline presentation capability, no cloud connection needed • Present via HDMI to a TV or projector, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV • Step through individual events with simple taps to present your story like a slideshow • Easily import an Excel file with all your events to instantly create a beautiful interactive timeline • Drag and drop a document onto the timeline to automatically create an event with an attachment • Customize timeline events with colors, symbols, and emoji • Organize and group events by assigning custom tags • Save scenes to group events in a particular timeframe • Create layers to show and hide groups of events (e.g. all emails) • Multi-select events to easily assign colors, symbols, or tags in bulk • Use intuitive touch gestures to edit your timeline and events • Attach supporting files to events to display them in context • Search for events by name, description, tags, or attachments
• Filter events to show only those with attachments, are hidden, have selected icons, or have tags • Export editable Excel file of your events to share with opposing counsel or judge • Export a PDF file of your timeline to print or share via email • Import files directly from a USB drive, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Share entire case files with other users using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, video and audio • Available for iPad and Mac —— EASILY CREATE AND PRESENT TIMELINES —— Instantly import hundreds of events with their date, time, and description from an Excel file, or add events individually. Then plug-and-play via HDMI to present to a projector or TV, or present wirelessly using an Apple TV. Create beautiful timelines by importing events from a spreadsheet, customizing the look and feel with colors and icons, organizing by tags and layers. Share your entire timeline as a PDF or Excel file, or present your story as an interactive slideshow. 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: TimelinePad at 3.8 against Case Notebook E's 1.8. TimelinePad also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Case Notebook E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (39 vs 10). 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. TimelinePad 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

TimelinePad holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Case Notebook E's written reviews are positive against 50% of TimelinePad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Case Notebook E ships an update every 6 months, TimelinePad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Case Notebook E versus TimelinePad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCase Notebook ETimelinePad
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (39 ratings)3.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 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 MB45 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%

TimelinePad

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Case Notebook E

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimelinePad

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

Questions

Is Case Notebook E free?
Case Notebook E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimelinePad free?
TimelinePad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Case Notebook E or TimelinePad?
TimelinePad is rated higher. Case Notebook E averages 1.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while TimelinePad averages 3.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Case Notebook E or TimelinePad have ads?
Neither Case Notebook E nor TimelinePad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Case Notebook E or TimelinePad?
Case Notebook E ships an update every 6 months, and TimelinePad every 3 weeks. Most recently, Case Notebook E was updated on August 29, 2026 and TimelinePad on July 4, 2026.

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