Comparison

DR vs Thinking Casebook

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

Head to head
About

DR

Features
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DR-Annotate โ€“ Your Documents, Available Anytime and Interactive Flexible, efficient, and secure โ€“ with **DR-Annotate**, you and your authorized users have all your information at your fingertips, wherever you are. Upload your documents to your cloud and distribute them to the target groups you define. Whether training materials, product information, or sales documents โ€“ you decide what is available, when, and who can access it. Interactive Documents: * Create your own notes, set bookmarks, or mark pages with dog-ears * Use freehand drawing, highlighters, or comment boxes * All annotations are stored separately from the original document and automatically backed up online as soon as an internet connection is available HTML5 Content Offline: * Provide dynamic HTML5 content and make it available offline * Users can access these interactive contents anytime, even without an internet connection * Perfect for training, presentations, or complex documents with interactive elements Secure & Reliable: * All documents are encrypted during transfer and decrypted in the app * Device change or loss? No problem โ€“ all data can be transferred to a new device and restored Recommended: Apple Pencil or stylus for iPad Pro Digital Tests: * Supports Free Text, Single Choice, and Multiple Choice questions * Up to 5 answer options per question, including image support Try it now: Connect to our demo cloud, test all features, and see how easy DR-Annotate is to use. For information on your own cloud, licenses, or support, contact service@dr-b.eu.

About

Thinking Casebook

Features
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Thinking Casebook is an on-device workspace for creating and revisiting case files and reflections. Build your own cases by writing short stories, adding reasoning questions, and recording perspective notes. Explore curated case libraries with simple guides, save reusable thinking tools on the Tool Shelf, and review Library Insights that summarize your saved work over time. All content stays on your device. There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or network features.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Thinking Casebook at 3 against DR's 1. Thinking Casebook also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
DR versus Thinking Casebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRThinking Casebook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirk Rutz Bildungsloesungen GmbHTrung Anh Ha Ngoc

In-app purchases

None

DR

No in-app purchases

None

Thinking Casebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DR free?
DR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thinking Casebook free?
Thinking Casebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DR or Thinking Casebook have ads?
Neither DR nor Thinking Casebook shows ads.

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