Document reading, annotation, and analysis platform designed for deep work with complex document sets. iPad-first (Apple Editor’s Choice), now also on Windows and Mac (Microsoft Editor’s Choice). Core feature: pull excerpts from multiple PDF/Word/PowerPoint documents onto a parallel workspace, visually link related passages, create mind maps, and use the ‘squeeze’ gesture to see across a document. Strong legal adoption: litigation (trial prep, cross-examination, deposition review), contract analysis, and legal research. Named users include Julie Wright (defense attorney, went paperless), Jeff Koncius (Kiesel Law, consumer litigation), Zack Simons (top-rated UK planning barrister). iManage official technology partner (Aug 2023). Real-time team collaboration launched Apr 2025. Enterprise Edition: ISO 27001-2022 certified, GDPR compliant, password-based encryption, data locality options, Intune MDM support, $20/seat/month. Founded by Dr. Craig Tashman (PhD in document interaction). $250K funding — founder-led. Capterra: 4.6/5 (176 reviews), Apple App Store: 4.7/5 (6,304 reviews), G2: 4.8/5 (6 reviews). Pricing: Free basic → Pro $29.99 one-time → Live $3.99-4.99/mo → Live Unlimited $5.99-7.99/mo → Enterprise $20/seat/mo. FastCompany: ‘Most innovative iPad app of the year.‘
Capabilities
Spans 10 product areas: Document , Review and , Analysis, Checking and , Formatting, Brief , Drafting and , Litigation Management and Trial Preparation, Trial , Presentation.
Workflow Coverage
Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 4 workflow areas:
- Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+7 more)
- Filing & Compliance — Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention, Data Recovery (+3 more)
- Research & Analysis — Citation Checking, Citation Analysis
- Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams
Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.
Company Info
- Sector: Legal Tech
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Liquidtext is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Liquidtext addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
BigLaw firm with 1,000+ lawyers has decades of work product locked in DMS folders — the precedent brief the partner drafted 3 years ago is unfindable, institutional knowledge walks out the door when partners leave, and junior associates waste hours recreating work that already exists somewhere in the system
Litigation attorney drafting a motion for summary judgment needs to link every factual assertion to the specific page in the deposition transcript or exhibit that supports it — manually cross-referencing 3,000 pages of discovery against 30 pages of brief takes two full days, and a single unsupported factual statement gives opposing counsel ammunition to strike
Patent attorney drafting a 30-page specification has to manually verify that every reference label ('processor 235', 'memory 240', 'display 245') is used consistently across the specification, claims, and drawings — one mislabelled reference or antecedent basis error can trigger a USPTO objection that costs the client $2,000+ in additional prosecution fees and delays the application by months
In-house IP team at a tech company files 200+ patent applications per year and each one takes a patent agent 40-60 hours to draft from the inventor disclosure — the bottleneck isn't the invention, it's the labour-intensive process of writing specifications, claims, and figures that meet USPTO requirements, while the patent agent's queue grows faster than they can work through it
Litigator preparing for cross-examination has 30 depositions and 200 exhibits spread across separate PDFs — toggling between documents in Adobe Acrobat or printing everything to paper, losing the connection between what a witness said on page 47 and the exhibit that contradicts it
Lawyer reading a 200-page contract or regulatory filing highlights passages and takes notes in the margins of a PDF, but two weeks later when writing the memo can't remember why they highlighted something or how page 12 connects to the clause on page 187
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Liquidtext
Attorney receives 500 pages of discovery documents and deposition transcripts → needs to review, annotate, and extract key facts → opens in LiquidText for multi-document review with linked annotations. Or: researcher reading 20 academic papers and case law opinions → uses LiquidText to synthesise findings.
After Liquidtext
LiquidText annotations and linked excerpts → export to brief or memo draft. Visual workspace of connected ideas → informs legal strategy or argument structure. Notes export to Word or other tools.
Integrations & hand-offs
LiquidText (reading/annotation) → Word (drafting) → filing/DMS. No integration with legal-specific tools (Clio, Relativity, iManage). Standalone reading/annotation tool.
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