LiquidText

Pros

+ ability ty create notes with links to multiple source documents+ drag and drop from source document to note with automatic link to source+ powerful navigation through highlights and annotations or searched text in source document

Cons

- handwriting notes are not convertible/searchable (using handwriting recognition engine like MyScript would be great)- search should be faster

Pros

I really loved the Top notch data security, Granular access controls, Efficient file sharing, Real time data synchronisation and configurable workflow of liquidtext. A few things could be improved but still this is the best in todays date that we can get.

Cons

Unable to handle very large files. Collaboration tools should have features like virtual whiteboard.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to LiquidText

Pros

It is a great way to use notecards without using notecards. I can take excerpts and notes and organize them to use in writing reports.

Cons

The results of exporting notes is cumbersome - sections/workspaces are out of order and have to be rearranged. I would really like to be able to rename projects or duplicate them and rearrange them. I use on an iPad but the interface and controls sometimes feel like Unix/Linux poorly emulating a graphical user interface.

Pros

Some really cool features that are only present in this are really great. I can store any kind of doc and then edit it with almost every editing tool it provide. Works well when you have Apple ecosystem and have LT in all devices with syncing turned on. Best app for managing documents and PDF files while making the notes by default integrated within the app.

Cons

The price of the monthly plans is a little bit higher. Also, all the features are not available in every plan so its like for any specific feature, we have to pay whole price of that plan but still I would say, its worth the every penny that you pay

Pros

As a professor, I found this really helpful for making all the notes, sharing those to the class, controlling the access of the shared notes and managing all books and docs at the same place. I can edit the PDF files accordingly and then distribute it to the students. so, for teaching purposes, trust me nothing is better than this.

Cons

notes taking experience could be a little bit better. My writing feels so different in this and I really want this to improve this feature a little bit more.

Pros

I really liked the thing that almost every feature that we need for document related purposes is already included in this. Like I can even make notes in this and this works really really great with Apple Pencil. Also the syncing works well throughout my Apple devices. Editing a pdf in every possible way is the best part and really love this.

Cons

Only problem that I faced is that while importing the notes document from notability, I want unable to edit the notes and had to use white pen to hide non useful stuff from that note.

Pros

The ability to link sections within a document, across documents, and to specific notes in a workspace is an absolute game-changer for scientific research.

Cons

For an academic, seamless syncing between LiquidText and my reference manager is an absolute must.

Pros

LiquidText make it easy to import PDF files and to convert web pages into PDF files for import. Its workspace makes annotation fund and easy and allows you to connect ideas. Its search function brings related ideas together. I find it easy to use, and functional enough to meet my needs as a product creator, writer, and teacher.

Cons

Some of the interface of LiquidText is a little clunky, especially when a workspace gets filled with text boxes. They have alleviated clutter a bit by allowing nested work spaces.

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Reasons for Choosing LiquidText

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to LiquidText

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pros

I really like using it to read books, reports, etc. and be able to underline them and mark important issues.

Cons

the difficulty of writing with the Apple Pencil, writing well and fast is very difficult

Pros

This has been a game-changer for research. Being able to annotate PDFs means less paper to store/recycle and mistakes are easily corrected. The workspace area is plenty big enough. I have recommended this to others in my class.

Cons

Moving documents between folders is tedious.

Pros

It covers almost all kind of demands regarding pdf and documents management. Mind maps and comments are few unique features about this that other applications lacks. Also it's pricing is good according to features.

Cons

User interface could be more interactive than it's currently is.

Pros

Great way to organise the ideas in the paper I am reading. Specially visually connecting the different ideas and concepts.

Cons

Crashes almost always at starting both on my m1 iMac and on my MacBook 15 inch

Pros

Ability to take notes and mark pdfs. Ability to extract experts. Summarize highlights.

Cons

Right to left support is lagging. Also can't make experts from Hebrew PDFs.

Pros

Easy and flexible. Dependable along being the app revolutionising the law practice.

Cons

Little bit of the user interface. Can work on it.

Pros

The ease of taking notes and linking it to the document

Cons

Two features which would make it better1. If I could add bookmarks in the outline of the document, then I would not need a different app to do so.2. Ability to search and go to specific page numbers.

Pros

The ability to read by shortening the text was the best. It also emphasizes the ability to display important parts so that they can be checked separately.

Cons

I know it has a nice feature, but I don't know how to use it. The explanation seems to lack.

Pros

Ease or access to any document or any page in the document, work space, pencil utility

Cons

No bookmarking and indexing feature, which makes shuffling between documents and annexures very easy and handy

Pros

It helps me research specific topics and manage all relevant documents in a structured manner. The app enables me easy search and understand the connections of all documents related to a specific topic, at a glance.

Cons

A little expensive. Multi-device sharing requires high subscription fees.

Pros

process multiple documents, highly accessible and user-friendly. i can easily extract the information I need, integrate them together and relatively easy to check their source.

Cons

the operation sometimes is not fluent. when search a word in a project, when delete a document.i feel the app functions are really great now , the rest is to optimize the GUI and make it more fluent as macOS

Pros

the pinching functionthe easy-to-use linking

Cons

the instability and the lack of covering word

Pros

I can underline and highlight pdfs and take notes on the side! File management is also pretty good--I can organize all those pdfs. I'm an academic--that's all I really want: to be able to read journal articles, highlight, and annotate, as I used to with xeroxes. And to have them all on my iPad so that I don't have to deal with huge stacks of paper. I don't 'integrate with business processes' because I don't have business processes, whatever they may be. I just need to pick up pdfs, read, highlight, and take notes and for this LiquidText is uniquely good--a treasure for academics! Never xerox again!

Cons

I wish that for taking notes that in addition to the desktop or whatever where I take notes that scrolls there were a *stationary* desktop where I could put stuff to refer to wherever I was in the scrolling desktop that would stay put. E.g. I'm doing Greek, have a pdf of the textbook and do exercises on the scrolling desktop. I'd like to have a place that didn't scroll where I could link vocabulary and grammar appendices from the textbook so that I didn't have to keep scrolling back or moving the links to refer to these things. Also, when I've created pdfs from liquidtext files the notes I've taken come up separately from the body of text to which I link them. If there were some way s.t. the pdfs could display the text linked to comments on the side that would be terrific! I'm also not interested in integration with other applications. I have my organizational scheme set up, it works fine, and I don't think that any integration via LiquidText would be cost-effective for me. Also, sometimes handwritten annotations don't show up well on pdfs. I use liquid text to comment on student papers and sometimes the comments aren't legible. This really needs to be fixed. Also I wish you'd go back to having notes with colored backgrounds rather than just colored bars on the side.

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

Pros

It’s extraordinary ability to edit the pdf file is really nice and handy. Combination of all document related features is good. Haven’t used this feature a lot but the pointing kinda thing that we can link a topic of a pdf to a comment is really nice though. Collaborative feature are good also and I found this app the most advance one in whole Apple ecosystem to be honest. So, you can definitely go for this.

Cons

1. it is not available for android which is really a headache.2. It’s note taking experience is not as good as Goodnotes and team should focus on improving this.3. Price of its plans is really high and some of the goodies is only available on those only.4. Document storing experience can be a little enhanced.

Pros

Editing features are really good, highlighting the text, editing text, creating a doc and accessing multiple docs at a time are really useful for journalism and this serves the proper purpose with perfection. Also, it really works the best if you have an Apple ecosystem.

Cons

A few more note taking features can be added. This is good for note taking but if we try to make some art, it doesn't have proper brushes. I know this is not made for this but still, it would be really nice if this had these.

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.

Pros

Notes taking experience is good and also works in an imported doc. So works well for editing some too. Also, includes powerful features for every aspect like pdf editing, making notes, book reading and managing multiple docs at a time.As of my experience, I found this app getting better and better and new features are constantly added. There's no bug yet that I faced. Very smooth and fluid experience 👍

Cons

There are multiple plans available which is a bit confusing. They should give a free 7 or 15 days trial to try out all the features and then decided whether plan to choose from.

Pros

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.

Cons

The product is fairly buggy. I've had it shut down on me, and fail to open certain PDFs. I use it on the iPad and the PC, the sometimes the iPad version won't open certain files. I also think it should be HIPAA-certified so that we can review medical records and other sensitive documents.

Pros

Ease of use and features. I rely on the pinch search, highlighting, text extract, quick links and option for multiple workspaces when prepping for hearings.

Cons

1. To finally resolve an issue with LiquidText removing text in a PDF form - I have repeatedly raised this as a concern and it remains unresolved2. Move all of the toolbars into one consolidated toolbar at the top of the page. The floating toolbars get in the way of being able to work on documents and I cannot understand why they are separate. Also to amend the toolbar layout so that icons aren't in the middle of the screen, causing them to interfere with Apple's split screen on an iPad. 3. Add shortcuts for 3-4 commonly used colours to reduce need to keep re-opening highlight menu to switch between colours when highlighting4. Improve ability to jump to pages in page navigation. 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. It would be great if there was a feature to allow users to save and import as a standalone, new document a signed document. 8. The bundle updating function often crashes/does not work/does not recognise when the bookmarking in a bundle has been updated/ fails to load the bundle.

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.

Pros

Best pdf application and all in one package for document management, reading, notes taking and all. Pro features like comment linking, mind maps are useful when using the iPad as a primary study device. Collaboration tools are really helpful when you are working with a team or working on a school project.

Cons

Could be optimised more for the older iPads. Sometimes lags a lot on my iPad 7th generation while taking notes or opening in Split View.

Pros

It packs all the features required for PDF management. We can edit, collaborate, make notes, mind maps and commenting are regular used features and serves their purpose well. Helps a lot by supporting almost all document types and all of the documents can be stored at one place. Totally satiesfied with this purchase.

Cons

On my iPad mini, this app can be more optimized in the terms of layout. Altough all features are great but buttons are a little bit small.

Pros

Linking feature is really great and helps to find any topic on the go while studying. One of the standout features of LiquidText is its ability to transform static PDFs into dynamic, interactive documents. The fluidity of the touch-based interface allows me to highlight, underline, and annotate text with precision. This is particularly valuable when reviewing medical research papers and patient records. The ability to easily rearrange and connect various sections of a document using the "ink workspace" is a huge plus. It helps me create visual summaries and connect key concepts in a way that's simply not possible with traditional paper documents or other PDF readers.

Cons

It's price now has increased and most of the premium features are present only in more costly plans.

Pros

LiquidText has revolutionized our document management. Its secure data storage and access control ensure data security. Collaborative features like real-time sharing and innovative ideation tools have boosted our productivity. While content management is efficient, some additional text editing options would be welcomed.

Cons

While efficient, some users find LiquidText's content management options could be more intuitive or streamlined for smoother navigation.

Pros

1) Annotating PDF with ample white space 2) White spaces can be multiple workspaces3) Linking pages of PDF , sections of one pdf to other4) apple pencil on Liquid text feels much more fluid that on onenote5) Imports pdfs as pdfs not images 6) can import webpages7) Memory efficient unlike onenote

Cons

1)When scrolling the white space (workspace) If I happen to touch an image and scroll it moves the image to different location which is very annoying. Make it double tap to select image like in one note2)Can't take only notes by without adding Document3)Can't add shapes like rectangles, circles, axes etc4) I have to adjust my pencil size every time I write on workspace and then when I write on the pdf5)very basic browser6) No Dark MODE (my eyes are straining) for text based pdfs please implement something background is in Gray colour text is in white colour something like that.7) 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) Highlighter in workspace is crapp. Its very good in notability.10) lines joining two points looks kinda cool but becomes annoying to look at when you annotate like half textbook. it would be nice if let make those lines invisible11) Not available on android , can't check something important on the go on my phone ( this is possible with onenote)

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

Pros

It offers multiple type of plans that you can buy according to your need. Every plan have their own features according to their price but you will find that all the usefull features are available in the basic plan which is the best thing that I like about this app. Also some features like linking the topic to a comment and editing the pdf file are great and unique features for this app to have.

Cons

User interface could be a little bit more graphical and beautiful.

Pros

The functions I like most are the “excerpts ” and “ink links.” They help me easily gather and summarize all the topics and ideas of a book so that I won’t forget the precious chapter when I read the next one, which I was really annoyed about before use this app.

Cons

I think the stability of this app is what still have a lot of space to improve. Sometimes when I am dragging an excerpt the app will broke and end the app mandatorily. Besides, I also hope I can change the default font size of excerpts so that I won’t have to change it manually in every new excerpt.

Pros

Many functions and options. Brilliant concept and implementation. LiquidText lets me review/analyze material and highlight/annotate for future reference.

Cons

Biggest issue is documented support, almost exclusively video. I’m surprised a product designed to work with text has minimal text support. Also, storage management, where data/files are stored and better options to minimize storage usage

Pros

For my area of research, I need to read multiple documents at once while making notes for my papers. Liking among documents, mind-mapping, free writing, adding texts, images, and my thoughts on the field, all these are what I needed. On top of that, now, with its cloud service, I can read them on any device. I highly recommend it. It made my research much easier and faster.

Cons

I do not have anything I did not like about LiquidText.

Pros

I love the workspace feature, especially the multiple document feature. When I am working on a paper, I can store the same documents in a project and organize the excerpts in the same workspace. It feels like I can cut pieces out and rearrange them on the floor, but it is all electronic. This allows me the flexibility to organize information in a way that makes sense to me, without the hassle of physical copies.

Cons

It would be nice to be able to rotate PDFs.

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

Pros

I can visualise and reference arguments and ideas extracted from different file formats

Cons

As a customer how bought LT before a subscription was introduced, I'm not happy that some functionality is hidden behind a paywall. Also, LT could think beyond US market and include other langauges in its OCR functionality.

Pros

Auto-excert and the possibility to build schemas.

Cons

Document management and the intuitivity of the product.

Pros

I like how I can color-code my highlights and update which colors are accessible as shortcuts.

Cons

I wish I could do more signatures like Adobe and how do I use the convert to PDF feature?

Pros

I love being able to work on the document I need from different devices. Because of my job and professional orientation I have to read a lot and it is very useful to have access to all the tools to work, take notes and link ideas.

Cons

I can't use it on my phone too.... Pleace make the app for Phones!

Pros

I like most the linking and connecting same tooic from two different docuemts in one projects.. helps a lot to jump and switch between two docs via linking with just a tap of finger..

Cons

Everything is useful at some level.. Every feature is meant to be useful for different perspective.