Comparison

LiquidText vs CamScanner HD

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

Head to head
About

LiquidText

This app provides a dynamic workspace for reviewing and organizing information from documents and webpages. It allows users to extract key facts, connect ideas across different sources, and annotate content for research, writing, or study.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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*** 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

About

CamScanner HD

Digitize, store, and share documents from your mobile device. Optimize scan quality, extract text with OCR, and collaborate with others. Secure your important files with passwords and sync them across multiple platforms.

Highlights
  • Digitize documents with iPad camera
  • Optimize scan quality with smart cropping
  • Extract text from images using OCR
  • Share documents as PDF/JPEG
  • Print via AirPrint and fax internationally
  • Collaborate on documents with others
  • Secure documents with passcodes
Features
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The world’s No. 1 mobile document scanning and sharing today! * Installed on over 60 million devices in over 200 countries around the world * Over 50,000 new registrations per day * CamScanner, 50 Best iPhone Apps, 2013 Edition – TIME * App Store 2011/2012 Rewind Top Productivity App * “The application employs its own image cropping and enhancing algorithm that leads to clearer images.” – Makeuseof.com * “CamScanner may just be the best deal for scanning documents on your iPhone.” – CNET.com CamScanner helps you scan, store, sync and collaborate on various contents across smartphones, iPads, tablets and computers. Features: *Quickly Digitize Document Just use your iPad camera to scan and digitize all kinds of paper documents: receipts, notes, invoices, whiteboard discussions, business cards, certificates, etc. *Optimize Scan Quality Smart cropping and auto enhancing ensures the texts and graphics in scanned documents are clear and sharp with premium colors and resolutions. *Extract Texts from Image OCR (optical character recognition) feature recognizes texts in document images and extract them from images for later searching, editing or sharing. (Paid app only) *Share PDF/JPEG Files Easily share documents in PDF or JPEG format with friends via various ways: post on social media, send attachment or document download link through email. *AirPrint & Fax Documents Instantly print out any documents in CamScanner with nearby printer via AirPrint; directly select document and fax to over 30 countries from the app. *Collaborate on Documents Want to get feedback on your documents? Invite friends or colleagues to collaborate on documents. They can view, comment and exchange ideas on documents in groups. (Registrants only) *Advanced Document Editing Make annotations on documents with a full set of editing tools. Also adding customized watermarks are made available to mark your own documents. *Quick Search When you have plenty of documents, you can use Tags to categorize and easily find them. In addition, OCR for Search helps you find texts inside image and notes. Just enter one keyword, you can quickly find the document you want. *Secure Important Documents If you want to protect confidential contents, you can set passcode for viewing important documents; also, while sending document download link, you can set password to protect others from seeing it. *Sync across Platforms Sign up to sync documents on the go. Just sign in to any smartphone, tablet or computer (visit CamScanner website) you own and you can view, edit and share any document. (Registrants only) Premium Subscription Service: 1. Edit OCR results and notes of the entire doc, exporting as .txt file 2. Add 10G cloud space 3. Add 40 extra collaborators 4. Send doc link with password protection and expiration date 5. Batch download PDF files in web app 6. Everything benefit registrants enjoys 7. Everything paid app offers Payment models for Premium subscription: -$ 4.99/month -$49.99/year Please note the subscription is automatically renewed within 24-hours prior to the end of the period unless you choose to cancel the subscription. Subscriptions may be managed by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase.  For Privacy Policy, please visit http://s.intsig.net/r/terms/PP_CamScanner_en-us.html CamScanner users scan and manage * Bill, Invoice, Contract, Tax Roll, Business Card… * Whiteboard, Memo, Script, Letter… * Blackboard, Note, PPT, Book, Article… * Credential, Certificate, Identity Documents… 3rd Party Cloud Storage Services Supported: -Box.com, Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox, Check out other INTSIG’s products: CamCard - Business Card Reader CamDictionary - Snap Translator We’d love to hear your feedback: isupport@intsig.com Follow us on Twitter: @CamScanner Like us on Facebook: CamScanner Follow us on Google+: CamScanner

Screenshots

LiquidText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LiquidText at 4.6 against CamScanner HD's 3.0. LiquidText also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6.4K vs 65). CamScanner HD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LiquidText sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month and CamScanner HD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LiquidText holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiquidText has 6.4K ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LiquidText's written reviews are positive against 29% of CamScanner HD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiquidText ships an update every 2 weeks, CamScanner HD every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LiquidText versus CamScanner HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquidTextCamScanner HD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.4K ratings) — better3.0 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews — better29.2% of reviews
Number of ratings6.4K — better65
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size317 MB65 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiquidText, Inc.Shanghai Linguan Data Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

LiquidText

All ratings6,377 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1,465 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative36.7%

CamScanner HD

All ratings65 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews240 reviews
Positive29.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative61.7%

Bugs and requests

LiquidText

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • 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

Requested features

5 requests
  • 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

CamScanner HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

LiquidText

Subscriptions10
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly, Stu7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly, StPr7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • LiquidText Unlimited, Mo, Stu7 Days trial$10.901 Month
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  • LiquidText Live, Monthly7 Days trial$10.901 Month
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly, Upg7 Days trial$10.901 Month
  • LiquidText Unlimited, Yr, Stu7 Days trial$19.001 Month
  • LiquidText Live, Yearly, Stu7 Days trial$54.901 Year
  • LiquidText Live, Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • LiquidText Live, Yearly, Upg7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • LiquidText Unlimited, Yr7 Days trial$189.991 Year
One-time3
  • LT Pro - For Students$19.99
  • LiquidText Pro$29.99
  • LiquidText Pro II$89.99
4 purchases

CamScanner HD

Subscriptions2
  • CamScanner Premium$4.991 Month
  • CamScanner Premium$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • One-page Fax$0.99
  • Ten-page Fax$8.99

Questions

Is LiquidText free?
LiquidText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CamScanner HD free?
CamScanner HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiquidText or CamScanner HD?
LiquidText is rated higher. LiquidText averages 4.6 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while CamScanner HD averages 3.0 from 65 ratings.
Do LiquidText or CamScanner HD have ads?
CamScanner HD shows ads; LiquidText does not.
Which is updated more often, LiquidText or CamScanner HD?
LiquidText ships an update every 2 weeks, and CamScanner HD every 3 weeks. Most recently, LiquidText was updated on September 25, 2026 and CamScanner HD on July 5, 2026.

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