TrialPad costs $50/month (billed annually at $600/year via the App Store) as part of the LIT SUITE subscription, which bundles all five apps — TrialPad, TranscriptPad, DocReviewPad, TimelinePad, and ExhibitsPad — with a 7-day free trial. You can't buy TrialPad alone; the apps are only sold as a bundle. If your bottleneck is reviewing discovery media rather than presenting it, Evidence Copilot is the alternative, starting at $39/user/month with 15 media-processing hours included.
Bottom line: TrialPad is presentation software priced as a five-app bundle; Evidence Copilot is evidence-review software. They solve different stages of the case, so the honest verdict depends on where your hours go.
TL;DR
- TrialPad is no longer sold standalone — it comes with the LIT SUITE subscription at $50/month, billed annually ($600/year) through the App Store.
- The subscription includes all five LIT SUITE apps: TrialPad, TranscriptPad, DocReviewPad, TimelinePad, and ExhibitsPad. The apps are not priced or sold separately.
- Solo litigators get a 7-day App Store free trial; litigation teams get custom pricing scoped to team size, with onboarding, training, and centralized license management.
- TrialPad handles courtroom presentation — exhibits, callouts, live annotation, wireless display. It does not transcribe bodycam or jail calls, and it does not analyze evidence.
- Evidence Copilot is the evidence-review alternative: $39/user/mo Solo with 15 media-processing hours, $99/user/mo Firm with 60 hours, or $750/attorney/yr for public-defender offices with 100 hours.
- A LIT Software customer testimonial cites replacing a $50,000 hot-seater engagement with the LIT SUITE; the company's own comparison puts trial technicians at $1,500–$2,000 per day.
- For criminal-defense work, the two tools cover different stages: review the discovery dump with Evidence Copilot, present at trial with TrialPad.
Head-to-head
| Dimension | TrialPad | Evidence Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $50/mo billed annually ($600/yr) via App Store | $39/user/mo (Solo)winner |
| Pricing model | Annual App Store subscription for solos; custom team pricing | Monthly per-user (Solo/Firm) or annual per-attorney (PD Office), published openlywinner |
| Free trial | 7-day App Store free trial | 7-day full-access trial, no card |
| Transcription | No — transcribe elsewhere; TranscriptPad works with existing transcripts | Yes — diarized, word-level timestamps, speaker renamingwinner |
| AI analysis & citations | None | AI evidence agent; every answer cites the exact video second or PDF page; auto-signals flag inconsistencieswinner |
| Trial presentation | Core strength — wireless courtroom presentation, live annotation, exhibit trackingwinner | Not offered |
| Redaction | Transcript redactions in TranscriptPad per the pricing page | Frame-accurate video, word-level audio, image, and PDF redaction with audit trailwinner |
| Platform | iPad (Mac/iPhone listed in LIT's OnCue comparison); macOS versions in progress per user reviews | Web-based; email intake; MCP connections to Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor |
| Team plans | Custom pricing with onboarding, quarterly training, MDM license management | Firm $99/user/mo; PD Office $750/attorney/yr with 100 hours |
Scores
TrialPad
litsoftware.com/trialpad ↗TrialPad is attorney-operated trial presentation software built for iPad by LIT SOFTWARE (founded 2010). It puts documents, photos, video, and audio under the attorney's control for live courtroom presentation — wireless display via Apple TV or HDMI, live highlights, zoom, side-by-side comparisons, laser trail and whiteboard tools, custom auto-incrementing exhibit stickers, real-time admitted-exhibit tracking, and instant presentation logs. It is designed to replace foam boards, binders, slide decks, and $1,500–$2,000/day hot-seaters. Since the LIT SUITE relaunch, TrialPad is sold only as part of a five-app bundle that also includes TranscriptPad (transcript designations and issue codes), DocReviewPad (document tagging and Bates stamping), TimelinePad (visual chronologies), and ExhibitsPad (identical exhibit sets on juror iPads). Solo litigators pay $50/month billed annually via the App Store with a 7-day free trial; litigation teams get custom pricing with onboarding, quarterly training, and MDM-ready license management. It holds a 4.5/5 rating across 379 App Store reviews. It is presentation software: it does not transcribe or analyze evidence.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Solo Litigators (LIT SUITE, annual App Store billing) | $50/mo | Billed annually ($600/yr); includes all five LIT SUITE apps; 7-day free trial; email support; optional paid training |
| Litigation Teams | $0/mo | Custom pricing scoped to team size and rollout; priority support, quarterly training, centralized license management, MDM-ready, enterprise EULA |
Pros
- Attorney-operated presentation replaces hot seaters that LIT Software says cost $1,500–$2,000 per day
- One $600/year subscription covers five connected apps, with tags, issue codes, and exhibit numbers carrying across all of them
- iPad-native portability: a full courtroom setup fits in a bag, works offline, and presents wirelessly
- 4.5/5 rating across 379 App Store reviews, with users praising Zoom and in-court presentation reliability
- Video deposition syncing included on-device at no extra charge, versus per-hour syncing fees charged elsewhere
Cons
- TrialPad cannot be bought individually — you pay for the full five-app bundle whether or not you use all five apps
- No transcription of raw evidence media: bodycam, jail calls, and 911 audio must be transcribed elsewhere before use
- No AI analysis or inconsistency detection — it presents evidence but doesn't help you find what matters in a large discovery dump
- Long-time users report case-file syncing with office files as a pain point, and macOS versions were still in progress
- Requires iPad hardware; teams standardized on other platforms need a device change
Evidence Copilot
evidencecopilot.com ↗Evidence Copilot is a grounded evidence-review workspace for US criminal-defense attorneys, law clerks, defense investigators, and public-defender offices. Upload the discovery dump — bodycam video, interrogation footage, jail calls, 911 audio, police report PDFs, photos, scanned documents — and get timestamped diarized transcripts (Deepgram Nova with word-level timestamps and one-click speaker renaming), OCR'd document text, and an AI evidence agent that answers questions with clickable citations into the exact second of video or page of the PDF. Auto-signals compare every new file against earlier evidence in the case and surface candidate inconsistencies — report vs bodycam, statement vs call audio — before anyone asks. It includes frame-accurate video redaction, audio and PDF redaction, multi-camera sync of bodycam/dashcam/interview footage, suppression motion prep and Miranda timeline playbooks, cross-exam drafts tied to quoted sources, exhibit-pack exports with a citation manifest, two-way email intake, and a read-only MCP server for querying cases from Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Claude Code, or Cursor. Every AI output is marked AI-generated and pending human review; originals are immutable. It is not trial presentation software.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $39/mo | Per user; 15 media-processing hours included; full workspace, no feature tiers |
| Firm | $99/mo | Per user; 60 media-processing hours included |
| PD Office | $750/yr | Per attorney; 100 media-processing hours included; overage metered and hard-capped at 3x included hours |
Pros
- Published pricing with no sales wall: Solo $39/user/mo, Firm $99/user/mo, PD Office $750/attorney/yr
- Overage is metered and hard-capped at 3x included hours, so runaway intake cannot overbill
- Every AI answer cites the exact source moment; AI output is always marked for human review and never makes legal conclusions
- 7-day full-access trial with no card, plus a 14-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan
- Built specifically for the defense workflow: Brady/Giglio review, motion to suppress, cross-exam prep, redaction for discovery turnover
Cons
- Not a courtroom presentation tool — you still need something to present exhibits at trial
- Media processing is metered by hours, which requires some planning on heavy-discovery cases
- Defense-only by design; prosecutors and law-enforcement workflows are not supported
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FAQs
Can I buy TrialPad by itself without the other LIT SUITE apps?
No. LIT SOFTWARE's pricing page states the apps are not sold or priced separately — LIT SUITE is a single subscription that includes all five apps (TrialPad, TranscriptPad, DocReviewPad, TimelinePad, and ExhibitsPad). You can choose to download and use only TrialPad, but you pay for the full bundle.
How much is TrialPad per year?
The Solo Litigator plan is $50/month, billed annually through the App Store — $600 per year for the entire five-app LIT SUITE. LIT Software's own comparison material notes enterprise pricing can go as low as $500/year. Litigation Teams pricing is custom and requires booking a call.
Does TrialPad have a free trial?
Yes. Solo Litigator includes a 7-day free trial via the App Store, which gives access to all five LIT SUITE apps. Litigation Teams can request an extended evaluation or guided team pilot before committing.
Does TrialPad transcribe bodycam video or jail calls?
No. TrialPad is presentation software. TranscriptPad works with transcripts you already have and can sync video depositions to those transcripts on-device at no extra charge, but the suite does not generate transcripts from raw evidence media or analyze it for inconsistencies.
Is there a cheaper alternative for criminal-defense evidence review?
For the review stage rather than the presentation stage, Evidence Copilot publishes Solo at $39/user/month with 15 media-processing hours included, and a public-defender office tier at $750/attorney/year with 100 hours. It transcribes, OCRs, and answers questions with citations into the exact video moment or PDF page.
What does TrialPad replace?
Per LIT Software, it replaces foam boards, printed exhibit binders, PowerPoint-style slide decks, desktop trial software, and hired hot seaters — trial technicians the company says run $1,500–$2,000 per day. One customer testimonial cites replacing roughly $50,000 of hot-seater work in a single trial.
Sources
- LIT SUITE Pricing — Simple pricing for one case workflow
- TrialPad — Trial Presentation Software
- Lit Software — LIT SUITE litigation workflow
- TrialPad v. OnCue: Which Trial Presentation Software Is Right
- TrialPad - Trial Presentation — App Store Ratings & Reviews
- TrialPad — LawNext Directory Overview
- TrialPad Pricing — LawNext Directory
- Evidence Copilot Pricing