LiquidText
Annotate & review documents
Free · In-App Purchases
*** 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
more This app offers the flexibility you’ve always wished for when taking notes on longer documents. Quickly drag excerpts to a separate workspace, make comments, compare distant sections and more. You’ll forget how you ever read without it.
This app offers the flexibility you’ve always wished for when taking notes on longer documents. Quickly drag excerpts to a separate workspace, make comments, compare distant sections and more. You’ll forget how you ever read without it.
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
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 purchase screen.
7.0.14 30/05/2025
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 various bug-fixes and reliability improvements.
7.0.12 18/05/2025
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 various bug-fixes and UX improvements.
7.0.10 13/05/2025
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 can affect text input in certain complex text layout (CTL) scripts.
7.0.8 25/04/2025
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 can affect text input in certain languages.
7.0.6 23/04/2025
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 general stability and reliability improvements in the realtime capabilities.
7.0.4 18/04/2025
BIG NEWS: LiquidText is now on iPhone!!
Use LiquidText across all your devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more!
more Version 7.3.0 24 Mar
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