MathType AlternativesTop LaTeX Editors and other similar apps like MathType

MathType is described as 'Type and handwrite mathematical notation with MathType. Easily include quality math equations in your documents and digital content' and is a LaTeX Editor in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MathType for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best MathType alternative is LibreOffice - Math, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MathType are Overleaf, fxSolver, KLatexFormula and TeXlyre.

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  1. LibreOffice - Math icon

    LibreOffice - Math

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    Math is LibreOffice's formula editor, and can be invoked in your text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings, enabling you to insert perfectly formatted mathematical and scientific formulas.

    19 LibreOffice - Math alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    Comments about LibreOffice - Math as an Alternative to MathType
    omarbautistag
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    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

    EquationGuy
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    Compared to MathType, the LibreOffice formula editor is complete garbage. It's laughable to suggest this as a reasonable alternative.

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    • Most users think LibreOffice - Math is a great MathType alternative.

    • LibreOffice - Math is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to MathType.

    • LibreOffice - Math is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MathType.

    • LibreOffice - Math is Free and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Overleaf icon

    Overleaf

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    Overleaf, formerly WriteLaTeX, is a collaborative writing and publishing system that makes the whole process of producing academic papers much quicker for both authors and publishers.

    54 Overleaf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Overleaf as an Alternative to MathType
    Guest
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    It does have the ability to edit equations, albeit via LaTeX. And it is a really lovely tool!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    As far as I know, Overleaf is very convenient (I use it a lot) but has no graphical editing of formulas.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Overleaf is a great MathType alternative, some don't.

    • Overleaf is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to MathType.

    • Overleaf is Freemium and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
    • Overleaf is Privacy focusedMathType is not according to our users
  4. fxSolver icon

    fxSolver

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    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

    149 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. KLatexFormula icon

    KLatexFormula

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    KLatexFormula is an easy-to-use graphical application for generating images (that you can drag and drop, copy and paste or save to disk) from LaTeX equations. It is written in Qt4.

    25 KLatexFormula alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. TeXlyre icon

    TeXlyre

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    A local-first real-time LaTeX and Typst collaboration platform with offline editing capabilities. Built with React, TypeScript, and Yjs for collaborative document editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    LaTeX Tikz compilation
     
  7. AxMath icon

    AxMath

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    AxMath is a powerful interactive equation editor for multiple purposes. AxMath lets you create complex equations at ease. With sementic math you can type any equations at lightspeed without using a mouse. Still confusing with Word, MathType, LaTeX, Lyx, TexMacs...?

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Guest
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    Almost all the features of mathtype are available with Axmath. Price is also very less

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks AxMath is a great MathType alternative.

    • AxMath is the most popular commercial alternative to MathType.

    • AxMath is Paid and ProprietaryMathType is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. Cassiopeia icon

    Cassiopeia

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    Scientific Wordprocessing Software for MacOS X, MathML based equation editor, LaTeX export

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. Mathcha icon

    Mathcha

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    We want to help people to quickly write any mathematics formula/equation. People don't need to know about LATEX, but still have a powerful and rich Mathematics symbols/layouts/features so they can share with others.

    7 Mathcha alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  11. Visual Math Editor icon

    Visual Math Editor

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    VisualMathEditor is a LaTeX, AsciiMath and MathML editor developed in Javascript and HTML. It operates independently on the web or locally. It has many features and menus that help the equation-entry and allow their posting and backup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. TexMaths icon

    TexMaths

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    TexMaths is an addon designed to provide LaTeX support into LibreOffice. LaTeX equations can be inserted as images (SVG or PNG formats) and the LaTeX code is saved into the image attribute for further editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
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  13. Online Visual Math Editor icon

    Online Visual Math Editor

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    As a professional and free online math editor, https://math-editor.online offers the math OCR feature like MathPix for free. That's to say, you don't have to pay any dollars to convert the math screenshot to latex formula.

    31 Online Visual Math Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  14. WordMat icon

    WordMat

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    WordMat is an add-on to Microsoft Word which creates a tab with math functionality. Part of the Math functionality is provided by other open-source applications like Maxima, GeoGebra, Graph and GnuPlot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word
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