Comparison

LiquidText vs Save Me

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 powerful way to review, organize, and connect information from documents and webpages. It allows users to pull out key facts, compare sections, and build upon ideas for reports, research, or study. Advanced features enable linking concepts across multiple sources and creating visual mind maps.

Highlights
  • Import documents and webpages
  • Create workspaces for organization
  • Pull and annotate excerpts
  • Connect ideas with ink links
  • Compare document sections
  • Search across all documents
  • Create mind maps
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

Save Me

Features
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Unlock a new level of security and convenience with our Save Me - RECi Security App duress panic security button. This is designed for your IOS. Seamlessly connect your Save Me button to your mobile device and transform it into a powerful security tool. Whether you're out at work, catering for guests, safeguarding your home/office, or personal space, this app puts personal safety at your fingertips. If you feel unsafe and require assistance or security to come to your location, simple press the Save Me button to be saved! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LiquidText4 screens
Save Me3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Save Me at none against LiquidText's 10. Save Me also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month. Save Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiquidText ships an update fortnightly, Save Me every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LiquidText versus Save Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquidTextSave Me
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiquidText, Inc.GIANNA CAPITAL PTY LTD

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

Save Me

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

LiquidText

Subscriptions9
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly, Stu7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly, StPr7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • LiquidText Live, Monthly7 Days trial$10.901 Month
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  • 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-time1
  • LiquidText Pro II$89.99
None

Save Me

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiquidText free?
LiquidText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Save Me free?
Save Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LiquidText or Save Me have ads?
Neither LiquidText nor Save Me shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiquidText or Save Me?
LiquidText ships an update fortnightly, and Save Me every 6 days. Most recently, LiquidText was updated on November 10, 2026 and Save Me on November 8, 2026.

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