Comparison

LiquidText vs Tidemark

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

Tidemark

Features
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Tidemark - Countdowns & Deadlines Track what matters. One purchase, no subscriptions, no ads - ever. Tidemark is a countdown and deadline tracker built for people who take their time seriously. Clean, fast, and designed for productivity - not gimmicks. SMART COUNTING Count all days, business days only, or set a custom schedule. Tidemark automatically skips weekends and public holidays so you always know the real number of working days left. On the event day, you'll see "TODAY" — not "0 days." WIDGETS THAT WORK Beautiful widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode. Small, medium, and large sizes. Multiple countdowns rotate automatically. Widgets always show something useful — never a blank screen. LIVE ACTIVITIES Pin a countdown to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Watch it count down in real time as your deadline approaches. STAY ORGANIZED Countdowns are automatically sorted into smart sections: This Week, This Month, Later, and Past. Pin important deadlines to the top. Organize with custom categories and icons. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 12 gradient themes or set a custom background photo. Adjust overlay, blur, and crop. Pick from 20+ icons. Share beautiful countdown cards with friends. BUILT TO LAST • iCloud sync across all your devices • Repeating countdowns (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom) • Flexible notifications — on the day, 1 day, 7 days, or 30 days before • Count up from past events • Custom display units (months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds) • Supports English and Polish ONE PRICE. THAT'S IT. No trials. No premium tiers. No "unlock full version." Pay once, get everything — including all future updates. Every day counts. Start tracking yours.

Screenshots

LiquidText4 screens
Tidemark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LiquidText at Free against Tidemark's $2.99. LiquidText also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

LiquidText is free to download; Tidemark costs $2.99 up front. LiquidText sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month and Tidemark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiquidText ships an update every 2 weeks, Tidemark monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LiquidText versus Tidemark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquidTextTidemark
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size317 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiquidText, Inc.IGOR MAREK BARKOWSK

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

Tidemark

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
1 purchases

Tidemark

One-time1
  • Unlock Tidemark$2.99

Questions

Is LiquidText free?
LiquidText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tidemark free?
Tidemark costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do LiquidText or Tidemark have ads?
Neither LiquidText nor Tidemark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiquidText or Tidemark?
LiquidText ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tidemark monthly. Most recently, LiquidText was updated on September 25, 2026 and Tidemark on September 18, 2026.

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