LitArbi and Casedo compared
Casedo is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that brings a matter's documents into one casefile to organise, annotate and export as a paginated e-bundle. It is made by Alkhamware Ltd in London and used by barristers, solicitors, students and moot teams.
Side by side
| Feature | LitArbi | Casedo |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Desktop app for exhibits and citations (Mac, Windows) with a Word add-in; optional self-hosted LitArbi Server | Desktop app to organise, annotate and e-bundle documents |
| Runs on | macOS 14+ and Windows 10/11 apps; LitArbi Web in the browser (with LitArbi Server); iPad & Android after the beta | Mac and Windows (Casedo 1.10) |
| Where your data is | On the lawyer's computer; shared matters on the firm's own web hosting (LitArbi Server), end-to-end encryption optional | On the local computer, or in cloud folders (Dropbox, OneDrive, GSuite) |
| Pricing | Free in the beta; then Solo €24/month, Firm €20 per lawyer/month (less from 10 lawyers), Server €20 + €8 per user/month (billed yearly, excl. VAT) | £25 per user/month billed annually or £37.50 monthly (+VAT); multi-licence on request; 30-day trial |
| Exhibit numbering per party | Party series (C-, R-, CL-, CWS-, CER-) or Anlage K 1 / Beilage 1; numbered on first citation or in bulk | Not stated publicly |
| Citing exhibits from Word | Citation pane beside Word on Mac and Windows: pinpoints, full then short form, live fields, renumbering by citation order; LitArbi for Word (beta) cites the same way in Word on the iPad and the web | Imports Word documents; citing exhibits from Word not stated publicly |
| Bundles with hyperlinked index | Stamped, paginated hearing bundles with covers and indexes, plus a machine-readable index | Exported bundles with table of contents, bookmarks and in-built hyperlinks |
| Page / Bates numbering | Bundle pagination and Bates stamps | Simple or folder-based pagination, inserts and exclusions; Bates numbering not stated publicly |
| Hyperlinked submissions | Submission PDF hyperlinked to the cited page or paragraph of each bundled exhibit; hyperlinked e-briefs | Two-way links between documents in a casefile; hyperlinked submissions not stated publicly |
| Works offline | Yes: matters are stored locally; shared matters keep a full working copy offline | Works on the local computer; OCR runs offline |
| Team / shared matters | With LitArbi Server: shared matters in sync within seconds, team numbering lock, guests free; notes and markings shared between the team's tablets | Casefiles in shared cloud folders; a casefile lock prevents sync errors between users |
| Tablet app | LitArbi for iPad & Android, an add-on after the beta: every exhibit offline, presentation on the tribunal screen, hearing clock, markings and notes shared with the team, tappable citations in any PDF, scanned pages searchable on the device, a chronology | Not stated publicly |
| Interface languages | English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian | Not stated publicly |
Where Casedo offers more
- A reading and annotation workspace: comments, multicoloured highlights, bookmarks and two-way links across all documents of a casefile.
- Moot competitions such as the UCL Law Society and Durham moots take bundle submissions through Casedo.
How we compared
The facts about Casedo come from Alkhamware Ltd’s own website, price list and documents as they stood on 4 October 2026; they may have changed since. Tell us about anything outdated through our contact form and we will correct it. Casedo is a trademark of its owner; LitArbi is not affiliated with Alkhamware Ltd.