PTC Mathcad Alternatives for Mac

    PTC Mathcad is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Mathematica. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Maxima or wxMaxima. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad and 14 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to PTC Mathcad are Xcos (Free, Open Source), SymPy (Free, Open Source), Maple (Paid) and Mirai Math (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Oct 12, 2020
    1. Mathematica is a computational software program used widely in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing.
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      Mathematica vs PTC Mathcad opinions
      Some users think Mathematica is a great alternative to PTC Mathcad, some don't.
      Mathcad works with units with an engineer's point of view, mathematica works with an academic/theoretical point of view for mathematicians.
      Negative comment • over 3 years ago

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    2. Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors.
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    4. wxMaxima

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      wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima uses wxWidgets and runs natively on Windows, X11 and Mac OS X. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.
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      Almost everyone thinks wxMaxima is a great alternative to PTC Mathcad.

    5. Xcos

      • Free • Open Source
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        Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.
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      • SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. The stated goals of the library are to become a full-featured computer algebra system and to keep a simple code base to promote extensibility and comprehensibility.
      • Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created.
        Maple vs PTC Mathcad opinions
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        Redundant display of equations and data. No auto-resolve when changing a variable or constant content upstream to an equation. Works more like a command prompt line than like a equation editor. Not a proper format for documentation of calculations. Painful handling of units.
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      • Mirai Math

        • Free • Open Source
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        Graphical frontend for GNU Octave. Edit formulas in native mathematical notation. Available / tested for Linux x586 / x86_64, WinXP, Vista, and MacOS.
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      • Miramath

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          Miramath is an open source project inspired by the MathCad mathematical application. The main user interface consists of a page into which mathematical expressions can be entered or edited and then evaluated.

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          The website and software has not updated for the last five years.

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          Almost everyone thinks Miramath is a great alternative to PTC Mathcad.

        • Mathics

          • Free • Open Source
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          Mathics is a general purpose computer algebra system (CAS) and designed to be a free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica. It's programmable using a Mathematica like language and uses a web interface for user interaction.

        • MathStudio

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          MathStudio, formerly SpaceTime, is the most comprehensive math app available for mobile devices.
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          MathStudio vs PTC Mathcad opinions
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          kafotablo MathStudio is a powerful math program that is very easy to use and can be used for engineering calculations also. For the price, this is a superior program.
          Positive comment • almost 5 years ago

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