# LiquidText Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is LiquidText the right PDF Editor solution for you? Explore 176 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/reviews --- LiquidText 4.6 (176) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of LiquidText Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews ML Matt L OwnerLaw Practice, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I appreciate that I can load non-HIPAA documents into the system and organize them by folders. As I'm reviewing the documents I can cut out the relevant portions. Once I've done that, drafting briefs, outlines, and summaries is much easier because the relevant content is organized and I'm not looking for random highlights in a myriad of PDFs.“ August 22, 2023 SD Sharin D BarristerLaw Practice, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Commonly have pages as A22, A23 etc and when searching the search goes to any hit and not automatically to the most relevant5. When opening word documents the layout does not match what would be seen on screen on a desktop meaning page numbering falls out of sync and it makes it hard to navigate when collaborating with others6. When opening a number of documents at the same time this should open as a single new workspace and not as multiple workspaces7.“ August 22, 2023 NA Nibin A Automotive Embedded DeveloperAutomotive, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I really loved the Top notch data security, Granular access controls, Efficient file sharing, Real time data synchronisation and configurable workflow of liquidtext.“ September 25, 2023 MR Mallu Hima Tejeshwar R MSc physics studentEducation Management, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Can't resize/ Change color of the selected text in workspace 8) Size mismatch when you select a part of PDF and drag it into workspace9)“ August 23, 2023 VG Vidushi G StudentMedical Practice, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The fluidity of the touch-based interface allows me to highlight, underline, and annotate text with precision.“ September 11, 2023 JA Jeffrey A OwnerRetail, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Some of the interface of LiquidText is a little clunky, especially when a workspace gets filled with text boxes.“ August 23, 2023 MM Michel M SalesFood & Beverages, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Enables me to write comments, auto exerpts, summarize, take notes during meetings, in other words be more productive“ August 22, 2023 VG Vikash G Computer Science studentComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Only issue I found was that I was unable to import my notability notes in LiquidText in note format.“ September 1, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 176 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Erle P. Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The closest to Digital Paper. " April 16, 2023 5.0 It has been a huge time saver for me, and is now the default reference & thinking tool I use when doing complex research. Pros Great Interface, simple and easy to use. Using it on a digital pen enabled device, like a tablet layout input make it worthwhile. As one of those people who still loves scribbling and noting things down, having an easy tool is a big deal for me. Cons While it can integrate with two of the most common reference managers, the ability to import would be nice. There are standardised formats out there, so its not dependent of these two. Review Source MR Mathis R. Reader Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nice but…" August 16, 2022 4.0 Excellent- almost perfect pdf reader system Pros The super easy navigation in loooong documents, ease of extracting information and as ability to annotate and link at the same time Cons The add on subscription based separate better bits that seem to inhibit the improvement of the software fat ‘normal’ users The zoom function for the desktop version (Mac) is abysmal and nowhere near that available to the iPad user. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Links easy to establish Automation of links to excerpts Review Source VR Verified Reviewer barrister Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "No need for paper - ever" September 1, 2023 3.0 Makes going "paper - free" easy. Pros It allows document management to be undertaken in a totally paper free manner. Cons There are functionality issues in syncing between windows and apple products Review Source TG Thomas G. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerhouse for PDF management" October 13, 2023 4.0 Best optimized for iPad and feature rich. Pros I personally like the thing that it contains all necessary features at such a nice price point. You can edit any pdf, open any doc file, do multitasking and make the notes at the same time. Would say that definitely go for this. Talking about professionals and students, this is the best that they can get. Cons Need to add the feature for changing the thumbnail of the documents. Switched from [Goodnotes](https://www.capterra.com/p/233930/GoodNotes/) Still use GoodNotes but prefer LiquidText as this is my all in one companion. Also, after latest update, GoodNotes started to lag a little bit which caused me to make LiquidText as my primary note taking application. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer System Analyst Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Feature-packed productivity tool for professionals" August 24, 2022 5.0 It helped me manage huge amount of information and documents, makes meaningful connections with them, which in turn help me generate additional insights. The app helped me digest information actively (i.e. making notes, create tags, add connections, write notes, highlight, create drawings and diagrams) without being so distracted on how to do it. It is very easy to use, the interface is very intuitive and the features are useful in my use case as a data professional. Pros This app helped me collect, manage and generate insights to large information and documents that i read as part of my work. It helped me quickly search important notes and capture ideas on the fly, structure them in a meaningful way, and be able to retain them for future use. I could say that this is the best productivity software in the market specially for professionals like me that handles huge amount of data in my work. Cons The subscription model limits some really useful functionality for users who cannot afford them. I hope that they could make the subscription be more affordable or have a onetime fee for a lifetime access of all future upgrades and new features. Review Source Apoorv M. Pilot Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Legolas says..." August 8, 2022 5.0 Excellent. Have used primarily for Knowledge management for both professional and academic purpose. Pros Ease of use, ability to cohesively work with touch devices as well as with a mouse. Its portability and flexibility. Its like paper on screen. Cons Note Taking could have more features added. Review Source Eduardo C. Creative Director Animation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best in its class" August 22, 2023 5.0 Have been using it for years from academic research to creative ideation. Pros There is no other app that allows you to annotate, extract, and collect elements of documents into a cohesive idea space from PDFs. Cons Can be a bit of a learning curve to understand how to use the different options. Review Source Sarah S. PhD student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Mostly love" August 4, 2022 4.0 I used it for writing my MSc thesis and it was great for being able to pull out text which I put in categories- but importantly be able to find it again. Pros I love the fact that I can store multiple documents in one file and search within the whole set in one go - it really helps in synthesis of large amounts of text. Cons sometimes liquid text will shut down mid process. Also LT is much better to use on my iPad rather than my MacBook or iMac. Sometimes the search bar gets hidden on the Mac. Review Source Feroz S. Owner Legal Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great software for legal professionals." August 16, 2022 5.0 Extremely satisfied. Pros Great for court arguments. Its helps to jump from one to another link in seconds. Better than sifting papers. Cons So far no cons at all. It is a great software to use. Review Source Augustine M. CPO & Founder Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review after 2 years" August 13, 2022 4.0 Been using it for awhile, likely to continue to use it. I have recommended it to my friends as well. Pros Cross reference of books topics and subject Cons Navigating every document could be cumbersome and could lead to loss of chain of thought Review Source VG Vikash G. Computer Science student Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great for collaboration and maping down what I have in my mind" September 1, 2023 5.0 I have notability and goodnotes and paid for them but still they were not able to fulfill my requirements but LiquidText did it well. I had recommended it to my friends and would say that you should definitely go for this. Pros Best thing about the LiquidText is that I can link any topic in any pdf to a comment and whenever I click on that comment it locates me back to that portion of the pdf. Also the whiteboard helps me to store my all notes at one place.Collaborative features are also worth to mention as this make things a lot easier when it comes to working together with a team. Cons Only issue I found was that I was unable to import my notability notes in LiquidText in note format. I had to first convert it into a pdf. This makes a little difficult to shift to LiquidText. Review Source JH Joseph H. Attorney Law Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Document Review and Management Magic" August 19, 2022 5.0 Really, it's a dream come true. I didn't know I needed it until I found it. Now I can't work without it. Pros I love that I can organize, reference, and review hundreds of documents at once. I can organize ideas and memoranda, matching the law to the facts, and with links that immediately take me to the source document. It's magic! I love the ability to access my work across multiple devices! Cons I have been worried a couple times that I had lost work. I didn't lose any work, but I thought I had before learning how to re-sync and recreate the table. Review Source KR Kartikey R. Associate software engineer Computer Networking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Could be a little bit better, but still the best" September 22, 2023 5.0 I switched from a free Apple app called Freeform just because of lack of features and I really took a good decision. Pros It's collaborative features are very useful and great. Also other tools like note taking, PDF sticky notes kinda things, editing pdf, mind maping are great features to consider. Used this for about 5 months and it has a tons of features that I like. Great support for documents. Even I can import pptx files and edit them which is a must feature to have. Cons Few things that can be added and are must to have:1. Document folder on main screen, so that we can categorize the document based on their purpose.2. User interface could be a little more user friendly. For a beginner, its a little bit hard to learn things.3. It's not available for android devices. Like atleast this must be available for samsung tab so that they can also get included in collaborative projects. Review Source MG Manoj G. Junior Resident Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best buddy for documenting all at same place" September 1, 2023 5.0 It helps me a lot while documenting my patient sign symptoms and correlating them Pros I like linking two different topics from different documents at same place for comparision and to study them Cons I think that writing tools in a document can be inproved Switched from [Notability](https://www.capterra.com/p/229356/Notability/) Lack of comparative study and linking Review Source MK Manoj K. Resident Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "All in one" September 7, 2023 5.0 I am in a healthcare industry and due to vast amount of information in it, I need a app that summarise and present it in understandable way and liquid text is definitely good at it by doing so Pros Mind maps, content sharing and document linking are my favourite features Cons Note taking is not perfectly improved to smooth experience and I think it need to be developed Review Source IR Ian R. Barrister Law Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Game Changing" August 14, 2022 4.0 I use Liquidtext for every case. The first thing I do when briefed is set up a project for the matter and import the documents. I only read the brief in Liquidtext so I can supplement it with authorities and other documents. I can note up the brief as I go and copy links to my wordprocessor document to develop into submissions, chronologies, cross examination and the like. I often create a project for reading and analysing the brief and another one to take to court. The court project has the links to a road map or speaking notes set out in a manner and in an order that allows me to take the court through the material. Pros The ability to link from a precise point in a document to a word or pages document allows me to navigate through a large volume of complex documents quickly. I am able to use the word or pages document to develop a range of additional documents including submissions, cross examination and advices while retaining the links in the original document. Cons There are two things that would vastly improve the app: 1. separate the workspace into tabbed sections so notes are easier to find. The workspace quickly becomes too cluttered to be of much use when dealing with multiple complex issues. Having a separate space for different topics such as one for each witness or issue would be great. 2. Being able to collaborate across multiple users. When working with other barristers, we end up with separate projects with our own links that cannot be shared. Review Source RB Raymond B. Professor of Physics Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Liquid Text for Academic Research" August 16, 2022 5.0 Pros It's my go-to place now for collecting pdfs and extractions from books and the web for cross-correlating thematic topics into the workspace area. The cross linking is brilliant. Synchronization is reliable. That's originally why I left GoodNotes. Cons \--> LINKS IN PDF'S!!!! This drives me crazy. Please fix it. o I need another layer of folders. Getting around is too linear especially given that I have multiple "lives" inside which do not overlap, but among which I work and navigate. o Tagging is weird and should be easier to manage. o I often find things on my phone and need a way to get links, pdfs, into liquid text. o I'd like more capability in writing in the workspace...akin to Goodnotes or Notability. o I'd like to have the ability to open JUST a workspace and use it like Goodnotes or Notability. o Importing is a little weird. Too often when I want to bring a document into LT, it ends up on the highest level area and I'm not given the ability to file it away where I want it. Review Source AG Ashutosh G. Lawyer Legal Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Product" August 29, 2023 4.0 It a great revolutionary app, that changed how I worked. While not completely paperless, I have reduced a lot of papers from my office. Pros the side-by-side view of the pdf file and the workspace with easy linking feature. The concept of a project which can have multiple files with same workspace. There are many features which I like. Cons Scrolling needs to be faster and smoother. The price of highest version is a little expensive. Easy integration for back-up of files (real-time) with any cloud storage service should have been provided (instead of compulsion of using their own cloud storage. Online access to backed-up files should be provided, so that they can be selectively downloaded wherever needed (like other devices). Overall, there is still scope for improvement. Review Source AKM Anjani Kumar M. Advocate Law Practice Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Extraordinary file manager" August 22, 2023 5.0 I have very enchanting experience with LiquidText as I enjoy doing my note making and preparing myself for argument before the court. I think there is no other similar software in any other platform. Pros this is really a fascinating experience for me when I started using liquid text, which I came to know when I saw my friend in the Supreme Court of India using the liquid text software with great ease and it gave 100% usability to the user and made the note making job very easy and manageable. Cons pages don't turn easily and it is not working with android devices. Reason for choosing LiquidText Liquid Text is very easy to run and very friendly product and can be easily operated by any person knowing not much about the computers and mobile devices. Review Source FK Fitrian K. researcher Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "typing and price" October 8, 2022 5.0 Love it. I am using it for research. Reading a lot of pdf pages in Arabic, Indonesia and English. For Arabic, most of pages are scanned. Pros Everything The price is worth it, except the subscribe :) Cons For me (Indonesian and not rich \[yet :D\]) the price is expensive, especially for subscribing. Arabic language is not fully supported yet (Right to Left, etc) Allow add page as same size on existing page on pdf Switched from [Xodo](https://www.capterra.com/p/210439/Xodo/) LT has everything they have, not vice versa. Review Source DD Daniel D. Interventional Cardiology Medical Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best product for medical research! " August 4, 2022 5.0 Amazing! Since I started using these I am not going to use anything else for research. Pros Extracting part of PDFs and putting them into one single notepad, from different PDFs, in addition to handwriting. I have no idea why This is not more frequently used or advertised more Cons The highlighting feature in the iPad doesn’t look as nice in the computer Review Source BO Burak O. Ph.D. Student Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best app for the literature review." August 4, 2022 5.0 I am really enjoying with LiquidText. Pros To organize academic journal papers, reading and taking notes afterwards was a headache for me. Although there are a few famous tools for these purposes, their note taking capabilities were not sufficient for me. LiquidText literally solved every problem I had regarding this. Creating notes while reading a paper and linking them with the relevant paragraph/figures is the killer future of this app. Cons Syncing is sometimes slow. I cannot say it is bad but I definitely feel some lag and I am sure this is not related to connection. Also, I didn't like the monthly based subscription model. It's not directly related to the LiquidText. Although, I understand they are trying to create a reliable income, as a user, I hate the idea of paying monthly fees for every app on my devices. Review Source ZB Zvi B. PROFESSOR Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Greatest PDF app" August 5, 2022 5.0 I love it. Pros The synchronizing. The management. and the ease of use. Cons OCR needs to have more languages. Adobe has Hebrew. Alternatives considered [PDFelement](https://www.capterra.com/p/148193/PDFelement-6/) Reason for choosing LiquidText I cannot explain. I just love it. Review Source RS Raees S. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Research App" August 4, 2022 5.0 Pros Great app for research-related work as it helps with organizing ideas and simplifies the need to go back to a source document to double check information. Cons Multi sync device compatibility is locked behind subscription service. Review Source vS vanda S. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "a truly useful software " August 23, 2022 5.0 excellent, I already had try several products, but the most efficacy is liquid text Pros be able to give up of my lap top and also hand writing which is best to understand and memorize what I'm reading and commenting, also the idea of made mind maps are very useful, of course the possibility to use different colors and be able to export either the all commentary and pdf or either only the comments, are wonderful Cons I , my self, use an apple, I really do not know if it works so good with a PC, however all my students who use Appel give up of taking lap tops to our classes and started to use the liquid text Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Document Management](https://www.capterra.com/document-management-software/)[PDF](https://www.capterra.com/pdf-software/)[Legal Document Management](https://www.capterra.com/legal-document-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.