On-device case-evidence search for Mac litigators

Your case file, finally searchable.

Drop a case folder in and search every deposition video, hearing recording, scanned PDF and photo in one place — every answer cited to page:line or timestamp. Everything stays on your Mac.

macOS · Apple Silicon · 7-day free trial with a sample case · no account

There is nothing to subpoena from us, because we never have your evidence.

ABA  Formal Op. 512 NYC Bar  Op. 2025-6 U.S. v. Heppner  (SDNY 2026)

Bar guidance and the courts increasingly treat uploading a client's evidence to a cloud AI service as a documented ethics and privilege problem. Adduce is the on-device answer: indexing, transcription and search all run on your Mac, it works with Wi-Fi off, and the built-in Privacy Center shows a live “Offline-clean” network monitor you can demonstrate to a partner — or opposing counsel — with the network cable pulled.

What it does

Every source in the matter, searchable and cited.

Depositions, hearing audio, scanned productions, photos and message exports — one index, one search box, every hit traceable to its exact page or second.

Case-scoped search

Search every source in a matter at once, in keyword or semantic mode, filtered by source type and file. Search is the first thing you see.

Search depositions by what was said

Video and audio are searchable by spoken content. A hit opens the player at the exact timecode — no more scrubbing six hours of testimony.

Jump to the page, not the file

Document hits open the viewer at the page with the matched region highlighted. Drag-select an exact phrase to cite it.

Cited facts with locked provenance

Turn any span into a fact with an immutable, provenance-locked quote and a page:line or timestamp locator. The quote can't be edited — only its metadata.

Chronology & exhibits

Facts assemble into a dated timeline for depo prep and mediation. Star sources and spans into a case exhibit list.

People & entities, per matter

Face clusters and extracted names, orgs, dates and amounts scoped to the case. Name a person once, find every appearance.

SHA-256 integrity

Every source is fingerprinted at import. One click re-hashes it to prove the file behind a citation hasn't changed.

Review-gated exports

Export a chronology, fact table or cited memo — each behind a “Reviewed — export” attorney gate, with an audit log of what left the app.

Privacy Center

A live outbound-traffic monitor labeled “Offline-clean,” plus a storage view, an audit trail, and an irreversible one-click case purge.

How it works

From a folder of chaos to a cited answer.

1

Drop a case folder

Drag a folder or files onto the case. An import report shows what will be indexed, what's unsupported, and roughly how long it will take.

2

Index on-device

It transcribes, OCRs and indexes in the background with honest per-source progress and a live ETA — cancel any file, and it retries the ones that stumble.

3

Search & jump

Type a query, get grouped results across video, audio, documents and images — each with the matched span highlighted. Press Enter to open at the exact spot.

4

Cite & export

Select a span → add a fact, quote and locator captured automatically. Build the chronology, then export behind the review gate.

Honest scope

What Adduce is not.

Adduce is case intelligence over the working set you already have — a complement to tools like GoldFynch, and a replacement for manual re-listening and ⌘F across dozens of PDFs. It is not an e-discovery platform, and we don't pretend otherwise.

  • No productions, Bates stamping or load files
  • No TAR or predictive coding
  • No hosted review or privilege-review workflow
  • No cloud, no account, no seat fees
  • No accuracy guarantees — Adduce assists your review of the record. It does not find everything, and it is not legal advice.

Pricing

Own it once. No subscription, no seats.

The tools built for this job bill by the year, the case, or the seat. Adduce is a one-time purchase that runs entirely on your Mac.

Adduce for Mac

$299one-time · per Mac
  • Unlimited cases and evidence — indexed on your Mac
  • Video, audio, PDF, DOCX, TXT, EML and images
  • Cited facts, chronology, exhibits and review-gated exports
  • No account, no cloud, no subscription
  • 7-day full trial with a sample case

What the alternatives cost

Digital WarRoom (Windows)$1,795/yr
Enterprise e-discovery seat$600+/mo
Per-case cloud reviewper-case fees
Adduce$299 once

Comparison of list prices for adjacent tools; Adduce is not an e-discovery platform and is priced for the solo and small-firm Mac litigator.

FAQ

Questions litigators ask.

Does my evidence ever leave my Mac?
No. Everything is indexed and searched on-device, and it works with Wi-Fi off. The built-in Privacy Center shows a live “Offline-clean” network monitor; the only expected outbound activity is a one-time license activation and a manual update check.
What can I import?
Deposition and hearing video and audio (transcribed and searchable by spoken content), PDF (born-digital text and scanned pages via OCR), DOCX, TXT, EML, and images, photos and screenshots (OCR and faces). Court-reporter transcripts parse to page:line.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with Apple Silicon. Adduce is a native, single-window macOS app — dark-mode first — and ffmpeg is bundled, so there's nothing else to install.
How much does it cost? Is there a subscription?
$299 one-time, per Mac. No subscription and no account. A 7-day full trial with a sample case lets you try the whole app before you buy.
Can I trust the output in a filing?
Every fact, chronology entry and export is built from a quote plus a locator — each line links back to a page:line or timestamp, and exports pass a “Reviewed — export” attorney gate. Adduce assists your review of the record; it does not find everything and it is not legal advice.
Is this e-discovery? Will it replace Relativity or GoldFynch?
No. Adduce is case intelligence over the working set you already have — no productions, Bates stamping, load files or TAR. It complements tools like GoldFynch and replaces manual re-listening and ⌘F across dozens of PDFs.

Find the moment tonight.

Install Adduce, drop in a case folder, and search your first deposition before the coffee's cold.