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 Numbat. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad and 19 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to PTC Mathcad are wxMaxima, Maple, Wolfram Language and Mathics.

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  1. Mathematica icon
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    Definitive technical computing system spanning machine learning and neural networks, data science, visualizations and much more.

    77 Mathematica alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
     
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    Mathcad works with units with an engineer's point of view, mathematica works with an academic/theoretical point of view for mathematicians.

    • Mathematica is Paid and ProprietaryPTC Mathcad is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Maxima icon
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    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.

    34 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. Numbat icon
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    High precision scientific calculator with full support for physical units (web and terminal versions).

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. wxMaxima icon
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    wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.

    42 wxMaxima alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Flathub
     
  5. Maple icon
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    Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and...

    51 Maple alternatives

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    • Paid
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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.

    • Maple is Paid and ProprietaryPTC Mathcad is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  7. Mathics icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. SymPy icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Xcos icon
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    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Maple Flow is a mathematics tool that makes it easy for engineers to brainstorm, develop, and document their design calculations. It combines a simple, freeform interface with a comprehensive math engine and provides a whiteboard-style environment that automatically keeps...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  11. Ascend icon
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    Open-source software for mathematical modeling, nonlinear equations, and optimization problems, supporting dynamic systems and large-scale models, with both command-line and graphical interfaces, specialized modeling language, and advanced solver architecture.

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  12. Axiom icon
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    Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system. It is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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