LiquidText
Annotate & review 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 webpagesthen 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 Macworlds 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
LIQUIDTEXTS 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
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Editors Choice
This app offers the flexibility youve always wished for when taking notes on longer documents. Quickly drag excerpts to a separate workspace, make comments, compare distant sections and more. Youll forget how you ever read without it.
Editors Choice
This app offers the flexibility youve always wished for when taking notes on longer documents. Quickly drag excerpts to a separate workspace, make comments, compare distant sections and more. Youll forget how you ever read without it.
This app is wonderful and I use it all the time. It would be perfect if there were two adjustments. Firstly, if when taking things (text for example) onto the workspace, and it is connected to the document, it stayed in the same place instead of constantly moving as you scroll through a document. It follows you rather than staying in the place you took it from. I have never really understood why it does this, since it would be far more helpful if it stayed where it was taken from. This does mean I never use the workspace because this is a pain. Secondly, if the highlighter, like the pen, stayed in the colour and size you last used it. It always reverts back to yellow and the same size, whereas the pen stays the same colour and size from the last time it was used. If these were fixed it would be perfect!
This app is wonderful and I use it all the time. It would be perfect if there were two adjustments. Firstly, if when taking things (text for example) onto the workspace, and it is connected to the document, it stayed in the same place instead of constantly moving as you scroll through a document. It follows you rather than staying in the place you took it from. I have never really understood why it does this, since it would be far more helpful if it stayed where it was taken from. This does mean I never use the workspace because this is a pain. Secondly, if the highlighter, like the pen, stayed in the colour and size you last used it. It always reverts back to yellow and the same size, whereas the pen stays the same colour and size from the last time it was used. If these were fixed it would be perfect!
I have used this app since its early days with great enthusiasm. I have even convinced many of my colleagues at the university to start using it. HOWEVER, with time passing by the app seems to be lagging fat behind, resistant to change and ignoring the feedback of its users. To take two examples which I have emailed and participated in the beta testing crying to the developper to include and each time they promise it is coming soon but a year passed with no change. First is the ability to save files on cloud and to use them across different devices. It is a pretty simple thing and when you dont have it makes your life a mess. You have to keep copying files across devices and you run a high risk of losing your notes if something went wrong with your iPad. Second is the ability to copy text from a liquid file and paste into Word without having to manually remove line breaks each time you copy. The absence of this feature makes note taking very cumbersome and time inefficient. What is troubling me is that these features are quite simple and available to other PDF readers. I have been waiting for years but it does not seem the developer of Liquid text care. With sincere regret, I decided to migrate to another app and will manually move my documents one by one . I will also have to apologize to all colleagues I convinced to use this app.
I have used this app since its early days with great enthusiasm. I have even convinced many of my colleagues at the university to start using it. HOWEVER, with time passing by the app seems to be lagging fat behind, resistant to change and ignoring the feedback of its users. To take two examples which I have emailed and participated in the beta testing crying to the developper to include and each time they promise it is coming soon but a year passed with no change. First is the ability to save files on cloud and to use them across different devices. It is a pretty simple thing and when you dont have it makes your life a mess. You have to keep copying files across devices and you run a high risk of losing your notes if something went wrong with your iPad. Second is the ability to copy text from a liquid file and paste into Word without having to manually remove line breaks each time you copy. The absence of this feature makes note taking very cumbersome and time inefficient. What is troubling me is that these features are quite simple and available to other PDF readers. I have been waiting for years but it does not seem the developer of Liquid text care. With sincere regret, I decided to migrate to another app and will manually move my documents one by one . I will also have to apologize to all colleagues I convinced to use this app.
I am a Law student and I have to admit that this is the best application for doing research and ensuring your notes are all in one place. It works well with my iPad Pro (2019). It provides quick referencing and ensurnig you have everything in one place and I cant thank this app enough. I purchased the premium version of this app with student discount and it is definitely worth it. While there are areas of improvement, it still deserves 5* because it has made me so much more productive and organised.While everything works great, there are a few areas that could be improved and implemented..1. When tranfering text highlighted onto the text box, any word thst contains ff for e.g. efficient, would change into e>icient for some odd reason.2. It would also be great if when you move the text boxes and overlap some over the other, they did not change such that some boxes overlapped ones which I did not intend for it to overlap and it would change the next time I open the app.3. The app would be better if there was an optoin to freely draw an area to select to move because i cant move handwriting from the default background once written.4. Sometimes after writing for a while, the app doesnt pick up the pen force very well and sometimes doesnt write for 5 seconds (could be to do with my pen, although it works fine on other apps)5. Have a search option to sesrch through the notes you have made and not through the documents you have referenced them from.Overall, Im really grateful for the developers to have came up with a great application and I will continue to support and find ways to help improve the app!!!
I am a Law student and I have to admit that this is the best application for doing research and ensuring your notes are all in one place. It works well with my iPad Pro (2019). It provides quick referencing and ensurnig you have everything in one place and I cant thank this app enough. I purchased the premium version of this app with student discount and it is definitely worth it. While there are areas of improvement, it still deserves 5* because it has made me so much more productive and organised.While everything works great, there are a few areas that could be improved and implemented..1. When tranfering text highlighted onto the text box, any word thst contains ff for e.g. efficient, would change into e>icient for some odd reason.2. It would also be great if when you move the text boxes and overlap some over the other, they did not change such that some boxes overlapped ones which I did not intend for it to overlap and it would change the next time I open the app.3. The app would be better if there was an optoin to freely draw an area to select to move because i cant move handwriting from the default background once written.4. Sometimes after writing for a while, the app doesnt pick up the pen force very well and sometimes doesnt write for 5 seconds (could be to do with my pen, although it works fine on other apps)5. Have a search option to sesrch through the notes you have made and not through the documents you have referenced them from.Overall, Im really grateful for the developers to have came up with a great application and I will continue to support and find ways to help improve the app!!!
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!
7.3.12 13 Jul
This update includes general app stability improvements, major bug fixes, and overall enhancements to make the app smoother, more reliable, and easier to use.
7.3.10 5 Jun
This update includes UI improvements, general stability enhancements, and bug fixes to make the app smoother, faster, and more reliable.
7.3.8 7 May
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!
7.3.6 29 Apr
UI refinements, performance optimizations, and bug fixes for better stability.
7.3.4 16 Apr
Improved user interface for a smoother and more intuitive experience.
General performance enhancements and bug fixes for better stability.
7.3.2 9 Apr
BIG NEWS: LiquidText is now on iPhone!!
Use LiquidText across all your devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more!
7.3.0 24 Mar
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
- This version also includes several enhancements to the defined terms feature.
7.1.18 14 Mar
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
- This version also includes a fix for the defined-terms lookup feature, and certain integration fixes.
7.1.16 19 Jan
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
- This version also includes a fix for the defined-terms lookup feature.
7.1.14 16 Jan
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
- This version also includes improvements in the onboarding process and various small bug fixes and improvements.
7.1.12 14 Jan
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.10 10/12/2025
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
- This version includes various stability improvements and bug fixes for customers in enterprise environments.
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.8 01/12/2025
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
- This version fixes a bug that caused highlighter width not to be saved across sessions, as well as various other small fixes.
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.6 19/11/2025
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
- This version includes various stability and reliability improvements.
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.4 28/10/2025
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
- This version also contains a hotfix for integrating with 3rd party tools.
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.2 17/10/2025
BY POPULAR DEMAND
- PDF Page Editor: You can now insert, delete, rearrange, rotate, and extract pages from your PDFs in LiquidText!
- REDO
- Fast keyboard navigation: jump to a page, add a comment, perform a search, and much more--just by typing on your keyboard or using the icon on the top bar (ok, we already had this, but it's far easier to find now)
* Some features of PDF Editor and keyboard navigation may require a paid upgrade.
7.1.0 24/09/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also fixes a bug affecting certain integrations.
7.0.30 17/09/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also fixes a bug that could affect login for some users.
7.0.28 08/09/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also fixes a bug that could cause a crash when opening certain types of projects.
7.0.26 21/08/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also includes reliability improvements in the login system.
7.0.24 08/08/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also includes fixes for document layout.
7.0.22 30/07/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also includes fixes for the purchase screen.
7.0.20 25/07/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also includes fixes for our AI integration, and several improvements to stability and reliability.
7.0.18 17/06/2025
COLLABORATE IN REALTIME WITH COLLEAGUES!
- Invite colleagues into your shared LiquidText projects!
- Work together in near realtime
- Advanced text handling lets multiple users even type in the same textbox without causing a conflict
- Indicators to see where other users are editing/annotating
- Each workspace in a project can be set to shared or private
- Make comments and notifications for your collaborators
- Basic collaboration: add up to one collaborator per project, included at no extra cost in our Live and Unlimited subscriptions.
- Full collaboration: collaborate with a nearly unlimited number of colleagues, and set the visibility of each workspace, with our new Unlimited+ subscription.
- This version also fixes a possible bug in the login system.
7.0.16 04/06/2025
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!
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Version 7.3.12 13 Jul
The developer, LiquidText, Inc., indicated that the apps privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. This information has not been verified by Apple. For more information, see the developers privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
Developers Advertising or Marketing
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
- Other Data
Analytics
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Other Data
App Functionality
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
Analytics
- User Content
- Diagnostics
- Performance Data
- Other Diagnostic Data
App Functionality
- User Content
- Diagnostics
- Crash Data
- Performance Data
- Other Diagnostic Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
- Compatibility
- Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. -
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. -
- Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later. -
- Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- Age Rating
- 16+
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- Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
- In-App Purchases
- Yes
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