LiquidText

7.2.2 version update (12/30/25): I've been using this app since late 2020. My review in the MS Store originally began, "I love this app. There's no better alternative for reading/analyzing .pdf documents (at least on Windows).

While there's still no better alternative in the Windows space, this is more an indictment on the lack of alternatives compared to on iPadOS or MacOS. Since the release of version 7.0, certain issues have become too hard to ignore.

First, the developers care more about adding new features than refining existing ones. The big update in version 7.0 is the ability to collaborate with other users. However, they still haven't addressed the problem of unacceptably long search times. I've used the app on Intel and Snapdragon-based PCs, as well as an iPad. A search that takes seconds on the iPad will take minutes on Windows--if the search completes at all. This happens invariably when searching for a term in the documents, less so when searching for terms in the workspace.

Second, new releases tend to break existing features that have worked well for a long time. For example, you can no longer resize the workspaces smoothly when you have more than one open. They also changed the color palette for text. You no longer have green or red. Instead, you can choose between chalk red peach, light blue, a darker shade of pink, and a lighter shade of purple. I believe the did so to conform it to the colors available on the iPadOS version. But what they should have done is changed the iPadOS version to make it more like the Windows version.

Third, the company releases updates without adequate beta testing. They expect their customers to do the beta testing for them.

The same trend of adding new features at the expense of breaking basic functionality, and releasing updates without adequate testing continued with the release of version 7.2.2. This version added the ability to auto-link to defined terms and exhibits, including linking to terms in different documents. However, the PC version is seemingly unable to handle the sheer amount of data that some projects contain. For example, I have a project with 90 workspaces and 906 documents. With the latest update, this project no longer loads.

The problem with large projects would be manageable if the developers explained the app's limitations. However, I don't think they're aware of the problem. First, the iPadOS version is able to handle the same project just fine. Second, the aforementioned projected was able to load in version 7.1.2 of the app. Third, see the previous comment about inadequate beta testing. Fourth, the developers actually encourage using LiquidText as a "second brain" repository, while also preventing more than one instance of the app to be open at a time. The result is that the app encourages users to put as many files into a single project as possible, rather than breaking a project up into more smaller sub-projects.

All of these issues point to an unfortunate conclusion: the Windows version is the red-headed stepchild of the company. Besides limiting the color palette in favor of the ones in iPadOS, the developers also added AI to the IPadOS version over a year ago. It's never been released on the Windows version. (In fairness, the feature is still in beta, but it's a signal of where the development resources are focused.) Similarly, the way the app leverages the Apple Pencil compared to say, the Surface Pen, is night and day. The app could use the Surface Pen button to toggle between tools, similar to the way OneNote allows you to press the button to toggle between a pen and the lasso tool. But because the Apple Pencil can't do that--it doesn't have a button--this feature remains unused. And the UX on Windows is poorer for it. By comparison, the iPadOS version has settings for when you double-tap the barrel of the Apple Pencil.

"Priority support" in the Live Unlimited subscription tier has also become meaningless. Either that, or waiting several weeks for a response from customer support on an ongoing problem counts as "priority."

The Windows version could be even better than the iPadOS/MacOS version. I saw a lot of potential when the app first came out. But 5 years in, that potential remains largely unfulfilled.

Very intuitive, but the application still unstable.

Great idea of the app itself, but made inacceptable bad for windows. You don't have an option to change hotkeys in settings and default hotkeys are super uncomfortable to use. UI design is poor, panels and buttons with equal frequency of use located in different parts of the window, you can move some of them, but some you cant. Tools work in strange and unpredictable way, sometimes program uses the same tool even after you changed it. No forum to discuss problems, no option to submit a bug, no updates for years.... dont buy it for Wndows, maybe it runs better on iPad

I noticed several errors and crashes of this app on windows. I want to present this app to the company in order for everyone to use it for commercial purposes but its bugs discourage me a lot. Most of us there have windows or android and we would like to be able to enjoy the app but for now it is impossible.