# LiquidText — Annotate & review documents

> Document and webpage annotation, organization, and research tool. (iPhone/iPad app by LiquidText, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liquidtext/id922765270 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LiquidText, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/922765269)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 6,365 App Store ratings · 1,464 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 312 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-09-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liquidtext/id922765270/reviews.md

## What is LiquidText?

*** Named “Most Innovative iPad App of the Year” by Apple App Store ***

LiquidText offers a fast, natural way to review, gather, and organize information across all your documents and webpages—then apply the results to writing reports, meeting prep, or simply studying. Pull out key facts and connect them together, squeeze a document to compare sections, draw a line to connect ideas in different documents, comment on multiple pages at once, build upon your thoughts, and much more.


► WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

* "If you want to experience the power of going beyond paper, you can download LiquidText" – Cult of Mac

* One of Macworld’s Top 24 Apps for iPad Pro

* One of Time Magazine's Ten Best apps for iPad Pro *

* "There's a better way to organize your research, and the app is it." – iMore, Serenity Caldwell

* “All you need for deep research projects.” – Macworld, Jackie Dove

* "The world changed with...LiquidText" – Law360, Paul Kiesel

* "LiquidText may just be *the* app for reviewing and annotating PDFs using Apple's tablet and stylus." – CIO Magazine, James Martin

* “One of the most powerful, original iPad apps I've tried in years” – Federico Viticci, MacStories.net


► LIQUIDTEXT’S COMPLETE FEATURE SET INCLUDES:

(Features with * require a paid upgrade.)

Import
• Create a workspace and import all the documents and web pages you need
• Compatible with PDF, Word, and PowerPoint document types
• Import from Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Box, email, and more
• Import content from webpage or send to LiquidText directly from Safari
• Instant OCR to select text in scanned documents; do a full document-OCR to search as well!*
• Import documents & metadata directly from reference managers (supports Zotero and Mendeley)*

Interact
• Pull excerpts from all the documents in your project into the Workspace area
• Add your own notes (typed or written) to the Workspace area
• Freely draw on your notes, or on the workspace itself*
• Organize excerpts and notes into groups
• Connect anything - draw live “ink links” that span pages, documents, notes, and more*
• Create mind-maps by drawing “ink links” connecting your excerpts/notes to one another *
• Get context - tap notes and excerpts to find original source

Compare
• Pinch a document to compare different distant pages side by side
• Collapse text to see annotated parts side-by-side
• Collapse text to view search results(s) side-by-side
• Import unlimited number of documents into a project, view up to 3 at once*

Annotate
• Freely draw* or highlight on your document, notes, or the workspace itself
• Add margin notes/comments to text, images, notes, and excerpts
• Comment on two or more selections simultaneously
• Replace document with a newer version (and annotations are brought to new doc)*

Search
• Search for keywords across all your LiquidText documents
• Find keywords in title or text of your documents*
• Bulk highlight, tag, or link to your search results*

Realtime Collaboration
• Invite colleagues into your shared projects and work together in near realtime*
• Leave comments and notifications for your collaborators*
• Privacy controls: set whether each workspace & document in your project is shared or private*

Easy Export
• Export your project as a PDF (includes your Workspace and documents)
• Export your project as a Word file (converts your notes/excerpts into a linear document) 
• Send a full LiquidText file for those with the app.
• Send files by email or to Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Zotero, and more*

Sync & Backup*
• Real-time, cross-platform sync
• Continuous cloud backup
• Multi-device display: 
• Use your desktop or tablet as additional display for your other device
• Use your tablet for freehand inking while viewing and keyboarding on your desktop

See our terms of use at https://www.liquidtext.net/terms-of-use 

Learn more at LiquidText.net | Better Than Paper

## Key features

- Import documents and webpages
- Extract and organize excerpts
- Connect ideas with ink links
- Compare document sections
- Annotate PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint
- Search across all documents

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LiquidText Live, Yearly | $99.99 | per year |
| LiquidText Unlimited, Yr | $189.99 | per year |
| LiquidText Unlimited, Yr, Stu | $19.00 | per month |
| LiquidText Unlimited, Mo, Stu | $10.90 | per month |
| LiquidText Live, Monthly | $10.90 | per month |
| LiquidText Live, Yearly, Stu | $54.90 | per year |
| LiquidText Live, Monthly, Stu | $5.49 | per month |
| LiquidText Live, Yearly, Upg | $99.99 | per year |
| LiquidText Live, Monthly, Upg | $10.90 | per month |
| LiquidText Live, Monthly, StPr | $5.49 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LiquidText Pro | $29.99 | one-time |
| LT Pro - For Students | $19.99 | one-time |
| LiquidText Pro II | $89.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of LiquidText?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Powerful annotation and organization features
- 📚 Excellent for academic and research work
- 💡 Innovative concept and workflow
- 🤖 Responsive and helpful customer support
- 🖼️ Smooth integration with Apple Pencil

**Cons**

- 💰 Expensive, especially for the subscription model
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable at times
- 🤯 Steep learning curve and unintuitive interface
- 🔗 Lack of seamless cross-device sync and integration
- 🔍 Navigation and file management issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Frequent crashes and data loss issues
- Inconsistent behavior with Apple Pencil
- Text selection and highlighting problems
- Sync issues between iPad and Mac versions
- Unexpected changes to existing annotations

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Improved palm rejection and writing experience
- Better export and sharing options
- Thumbnail/outline view for easier navigation
- Ability to rotate and resize text/image annotations

## Recent user reviews (10 of 1,464)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liquidtext/id922765270/reviews.md

### 5/5 — The best app so far

*2026-08-09, version 7.3.13*

I have tried a few paid alternatives but Liquidtext beats them all. As with any app, the more content you accumulate the more difficult it becomes to manage and organize it all. LT has it all — and their feedback feature is also good since they respond to you acknowledging and at times even incorporating the feature.

### 2/5 — 논문 볼 때 좋으나 렉 심하고 이외 디테일이 부족한데도 불구 너무 비쌈

*2026-08-04*

제발 텍스트박스 더블클릭으로 수정할 수 있게 바꿔주세요. edit 누르고 하는 거 너무 귀찮음 ㅠㅠ 그리고 진짜 에러 너무 많이 남. 조금만 오래 써도 에러나서 계속 새로고침해야함. 진짜 언제 대체 업데이트 하실겁니까 ^^^^^ 돈이 한두푼도 아니고 다른 비슷한 앱 나오면 바로 갈아탈거임 ㅡㅡ

### 1/5 — Purchased app

*2026-07-18, version 7.3.12*

Bad business. Their new subscription service overpowers the app I paid for. If you moved to a subscription model, you should either allow people who purchased the original product to still access it, refund the purchase price, or at least offer a complementary subscription. What you have done is simply theft.

### 5/5 — Optimales Tool für effizientes Arbeiten

*2026-06-25*

Eine Softwarelösung die mein tägliches Arbeitsvolumen deutlich strukturierter und damit effizienter gemacht hat! Seit dem ich es z.B. in Gerichtlichen Verfahren benutze trage ich keine Berge von Akten mit mir herum sondern hab alles einfach auf meinem Ipad. Die ganze Akte mit zB. Einem Notizfeld in dem ich mir wichtige Anmerkungen zu einzelnen Stellen in der Akte mache und diese Punkte mit einem Strich von dem Punkt oben zu der Seite der Akte vwebunden hab, d,h. Wenn es zum Thema wird klicke ich nur oben auf den Punkt und der Bildschirm springt ohne lästiges Blättern im Aktenstapel direkt auf die entsprechende Seite der Akte wo ich mir schon neben den Seitentext einen textausszug herausgedrückt Oppeln hab wo dann noch Anmerkungen stehen sowie Vergleichurteile und kommentarlitertur zum fachlichen Bereich eingefügt werden. TOP

### 5/5 — Love it

*2026-06-04, version 7.1.9*

I am a PhD student and this is my favorite note-taking app

### 4/5 — Wonderful Idea so sloppy licensing

*2026-05-24, version 7.1.9*

I have used this app on and off for years. It’s a useful app for people how do research and have hundres of pdf documents to absorb and linnk and understand. However, Every time I install the app on a new device I have a couple of days getting ti to recognize my unlimited subscription. I really think they should be able to fix this, It’s frustrating, and needlessly frustrating, and can do with out the AI guys, get the basics right first~ I would gladly give the app five starts if they could just take care of business.

### 4/5 — Dark Mode

*2026-05-15, version 7.3.8*

It is a great for research and studying lots of PDFs. But since many people use it at night, the lack of dark mode is a tremendous downback.

### 5/5 — Amazing! Best product of its kind.

*2026-05-13, version 7.1.9*

This has changed and revolutionised my working life. Such a good product for working professionals that deal with lots of documents and presentations/oral submissions.

### 2/5 — Outrageous subscription price for stagnating product quality

*2026-05-08, version 7.3.8*

After spending the $135 (CAD) for the one year subscription in 2024, | cancelled half way through the year. I felt like there were so many issues not being addressed after repeated requests from users, and I did not think $135 a year was worth it for a service that was not actively listening to its users, and constantly having bug issues you would only expect from a newly developed program instead of an established one. I revisited the app today, and tried to find any updates to the app on their website, but they haven't posted any news since April 2025. Their Youtube channel posted recently, but aside from now being available for iPhone, there hasn't been many major updates besides their constant bug fixes. I then considered paying the one time fee for the pro version which is listed as $80 on their website, come to find out that it is listed as $100 on the app. They may have been named "Apple Most Innovative App of the Year" in 2015, but it is clear that the only things that have changed since then is their predictable, but no less disappointing, escalating monetization of a mediocre and underperforming product through overpriced subscriptions. Save your money!

### 2/5 — Outrageous subscription price for stagnating product quality

*2026-05-08, version 7.1.9*

After spending the $135 (CAD) for the one year subscription in 2024, I cancelled half way through the year. I felt like there were so many issues not being addressed after repeated requests from users, and I did not think $135 a year was worth it for a service that was not actively listening to its users, and constantly having bug issues you would only expect from a newly developed program instead of an established one. I revisited the app today, and tried to find any updates to the app on their website, but they haven’t posted any news since April 2025. Their Youtube channel posted recently, but aside from now being available for iPhone, there hasn’t been many major updates besides their constant bug fixes. I then considered paying the one time fee for the pro version which is listed as $80 on their website, come to find out that it is listed as $100 on the app. They may have been named “Apple Most Innovative App of the Year” in 2015, but it is clear that the only things that have changed since then is their predictable, but no less disappointing, escalating monetization of a mediocre and underperforming product through overpriced subscriptions. Save your money!

## Frequently asked questions about LiquidText

### What does LiquidText do?

LiquidText is an app designed for reviewing, gathering, and organizing information from various documents and webpages. It allows you to extract key facts, connect ideas across different sources, and annotate content, making it ideal for research, writing reports, or studying.

### What are the key features of LiquidText?

Key features include importing documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) and webpages, pulling excerpts into a workspace, adding notes, connecting ideas with 'ink links', comparing document sections side-by-side, and searching across all imported content. Some advanced features require a paid upgrade.

### How much does LiquidText cost?

The app offers a free version with core functionalities. However, certain advanced features, such as drawing on the workspace, creating mind-maps with ink links, viewing more than three documents simultaneously, and importing from reference managers, require a paid upgrade.

### What types of documents can I import into LiquidText?

You can import a variety of document types, including PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files. Additionally, you can import content from webpages directly or send them to LiquidText from Safari. The app also supports importing documents and metadata from reference managers like Zotero and Mendeley with a paid upgrade.

### Who would benefit from using LiquidText?

LiquidText is particularly beneficial for students, researchers, academics, lawyers, and anyone undertaking deep research projects or requiring extensive document analysis. Its ability to connect disparate pieces of information and facilitate side-by-side comparison makes it a powerful tool for synthesis and understanding.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.3.12 — 2026-07-13

You can now pin documents within a project for quicker access. This update also includes general app stability improvements and bug fixes.

Thanks for using the app!

### 7.3.10 — 2026-06-05

This update includes general app stability improvements, major bug fixes, and overall enhancements to make the app smoother, more reliable, and easier to use.

### 7.3.8 — 2026-05-07

This update includes UI improvements, general stability enhancements, and bug fixes to make the app smoother, faster, and more reliable.

### 7.3.6 — 2026-04-29

This update includes general app stability improvements, UI enhancements, and bug fixes to make the app smoother and more reliable.
Thank you for using our app!

### 7.3.4 — 2026-04-16

UI refinements, performance optimizations, and bug fixes for better stability.

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## More apps by LiquidText, Inc.

- [LiquidText Prepaid](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liquidtext-prepaid/id1151295644)

All apps by LiquidText, Inc.: https://appshunter.io/developer/922765269

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