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 Online Visual Math Editor.

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  1. LibreOffice - Math icon
    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.

    20 LibreOffice - Math alternatives
    LibreOffice - Math screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    LibreOffice - Math Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Spell Checking
    5. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    6.  Equation editor
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    omarbautistag

    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

    Positive comment •Jul 14, 2020
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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 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.

    51 Overleaf alternatives
    Templates

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Main app

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Collaborative writing
    2.  LaTeX Editor
    3.  Online collaboration
    4. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    5. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  Cloud Sync
    8.  PDF Preview
    9.  LaTeX to PDF
    10.  Tex
    11.  Typesetting
    12.  Document Sharing
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    Guest

    It does have the ability to edit equations, albeit via LaTeX. And it is a really lovely tool!

    Positive comment •Apr 14, 2018
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    Guest

    As far as I know, Overleaf is very convenient (I use it a lot) but has no graphical editing of formulas.

    Negative comment •Aug 18, 2017
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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 icon

    fxSolver

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

    139 fxSolver alternatives
    Solver page

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Plot sample
    Variable Linking
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    Formula Search

    fxSolver Features

    1.  Formula Builder
    2.  Equation editor
    3.  Editable calculations
    4.  Engineering calculator
    5.  Equation solving
    6.  Shared links
    7.  Graphs
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  5. KLatexFormula icon
    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.

    23 KLatexFormula alternatives
    KLatexFormula screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    KLatexFormula Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Multiplatform Export
    3.  LaTeX Equations
    4.  Equation editor
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  6. Online Visual Math Editor icon
    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.

    30 Online Visual Math Editor alternatives
    https://math-editor.online

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Online Visual Math Editor Features

    1.  OCR
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    Online Visual Math Editor iconMathType Icon

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  7. WordMat icon
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    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.

    9 WordMat alternatives
    WordMat screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word

    WordMat Features

    1. Microsoft 365 Copilot icon  Compatible with Microsoft Office
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  9. AxMath icon
    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...?

    3 AxMath alternatives
    AxMath screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AxMath Features

    1.  Auto resize
    2.  Export to LaTeX
    3.  Auto coloring
    4.  Semantic Math Input
    AxMath GUI
    AxMath Settings
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    AxMath LaTeX conversion
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    Guest

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

    Positive comment •Nov 27, 2019
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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
  10. Mathcha icon
    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.

    8 Mathcha alternatives
    Mathcha screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online

    Mathcha Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
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  11. TexMaths icon
    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.

    35 TexMaths alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice

    TexMaths Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Prebuilt symbols
    3. LibreOffice icon  LibreOffice Integration
    4.  Tex
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  12. Tex2Img icon
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    Tex2Img

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    Tex2Img is a free online Latex equation editor that converts Latex equations to high resolution images to embed in documents and presentations. You can also use Tex2Img to learn Latex by trial and error.

    18 Tex2Img alternatives
    Tex2Img in Action

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Tex2Img Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Equation editor
    3.  LaTeX Equations
    Tex2Img iconMathType Icon

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