Comparison

LiquidText vs EstateCalculus

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
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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

EstateCalculus

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Deceased estates, properly drafted. EstateCalculus is a native macOS and iPhone tool that drafts, validates and exports the official Master of the High Court forms required to wind up a deceased estate in South Africa - accurately, quickly, and free of charge. Built for estate practitioners who would rather spend their time on substance than retyping the same details across four government PDFs - EstateCalculus captures the estate once and produces the J294, J243, J192 and J155 forms ready for signature and lodgement. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture an estate once - the deceased's particulars, the surviving spouse, children and next-of-kin, the executor and applicant, assets and liabilities — and let EstateCalculus populate every form for you. • Generate the official Master's forms straight to PDF: the J294 Death Notice, the J243 Inventory, the J192 Next-of-Kin Affidavit and the J155 Acceptance of Trust as Executor. • Validate as you go. EstateCalculus flags missing details, inconsistent dates and incomplete sections before you export - so the bundle that arrives at the Master's office is complete the first time. • Export the entire bundle as a single PDF, ready to print, sign and lodge. • Work natively on macOS and iPhone. Move between devices seamlessly - your estates follow you. FORMS SUPPORTED • J294 - Death Notice (items 1–21, including marital regime and next-of-kin schedule) • J243 - Inventory of assets, liabilities and claims in favour of the estate • J192 - Next-of-Kin Affidavit, with the surviving spouse, parents, children and siblings blocks correctly populated • J155 - Acceptance of Trust as Executor (single or multiple executors) BUILT FOR • Attorneys and legal practitioners handling deceased estates as part of their practice • Accountants and tax practitioners winding up estates on behalf of clients • Anyone who has ever opened a Master's PDF in Preview and wondered why the form fields wouldn't behave PRIVACY AND YOUR DATA EstateCalculus is designed around Apple's privacy model. Your estate data is stored in your own private iCloud database - on your devices and in your Apple account, never on third-party servers. The app does not include third-party analytics, advertising frameworks or tracking. When you choose to share an estate with a colleague, sharing happens through Apple's CloudKit invitation flow - end-to-end, between Apple IDs you control. You own your data. You can export, share or delete an estate at any time. WHY IT IS FREE EstateCalculus is offered free of charge. There are no in-app purchases, no advertising and no subscription. The app exists to make the paperwork side of estate administration less painful for practitioners who already carry enough. IMPORTANT EstateCalculus is a drafting and document-generation tool. It is not a substitute for legal advice and does not replace the professional judgement of an attorney, advocate or qualified estate practitioner. The accuracy of any form generated depends entirely on the accuracy of the information entered. You remain responsible for reviewing, signing and lodging the forms with the Master of the High Court. EstateCalculus does not lodge forms on your behalf and does not constitute legal practice as contemplated in the Legal Practice Act.

Screenshots

LiquidText4 screens
EstateCalculus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EstateCalculus at none against LiquidText's 13. On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. LiquidText sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month. EstateCalculus asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LiquidText versus EstateCalculus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquidTextEstateCalculus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size317 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiquidText, Inc.John James Marshall

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

EstateCalculus

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
None

EstateCalculus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiquidText free?
LiquidText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EstateCalculus free?
EstateCalculus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LiquidText or EstateCalculus have ads?
Neither LiquidText nor EstateCalculus shows ads.

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