Free MathType AlternativesTop LaTeX Editors and other similar apps like MathType

The best free alternative to MathType is LibreOffice - Math, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MathType and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to MathType are Overleaf, fxSolver, KLatexFormula and Visual Math Editor.

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    LibreOffice - Math screenshot 1

    LibreOffice - Math Features

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

    LibreOffice - Math VS MathType

     
    Comments about LibreOffice - Math as an Alternative to MathType
    omarbautistag
    Positive Jul 14, 2020
    3

    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

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    LibreOffice - Math icon

    • 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
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    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

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Templates

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  LaTeX Editor
    2.  Collaborative writing
    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

    Overleaf VS MathType

     
    Comments about Overleaf as an Alternative to MathType
    Guest
    Positive Apr 14, 2018
    1

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

    Guest
    Negative Aug 18, 2017
    -3

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

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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.

    142 fxSolver alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Solver page

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

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

    fxSolver VS MathType

     
  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.

    23 KLatexFormula alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    KLatexFormula screenshot 1

    KLatexFormula Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Multiplatform Export
    3.  LaTeX Equations
    4.  Equation editor

    KLatexFormula VS MathType

     
  6. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • MT flagMalta
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Visual Math Editor screenshot 1

    Visual Math Editor Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Support for MathML
    3.  Equation editor

    Visual Math Editor VS MathType

     
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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word
    WordMat screenshot 1

    WordMat Features

    1. Microsoft 365 Copilot icon  Compatible with Microsoft Office

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  9. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    https://math-editor.online

    Online Visual Math Editor Features

    1.  OCR
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX

    Online Visual Math Editor VS MathType

     
  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.

    8 Mathcha alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    Mathcha screenshot 1

    Mathcha Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX

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  11. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
    TexMaths screenshot 1

    TexMaths Features

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

    TexMaths VS MathType

     
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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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Tex2Img in Action

    Tex2Img Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  Equation editor
    3.  LaTeX Equations

    Tex2Img VS MathType

     
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