MathType Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to MathType for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is LibreOffice - Math, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MathType and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to MathType are KLatexFormula, Cassiopeia, Mathcha and TexMaths.

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  1. LibreOffice - Math icon

    LibreOffice - Math

     119 likes

    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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    LibreOffice - Math vs MathType Comments
    omarbautistag
    Positive
    2

    This is a very easy alternative to MathType.

    EquationGuy
    Positive
    0

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

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

    KLatexFormula

     18 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. Cassiopeia icon

    Cassiopeia

     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Cassiopeia screenshot 1
     
  5. Mathcha icon

    Mathcha

     5 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  6. TexMaths icon

    TexMaths

     9 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • LibreOffice
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  7. Math Magic icon

    Math Magic

     3 likes

    MathMagic Equation Editor for Desktop Publishing software & Word Processors, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, MS Word, iWork, for Technical writing with very easy interface and fast input.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. MathCapture icon

    MathCapture

     1 like

    MathCapture365 is a equation editor designed for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    MathCapture vs MathType Comments
    taroyuyu
    Positive
    0

    It seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, providing powerful tools for creating, editing, and recognizing mathematical formulas efficiently.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MathCapture is Freemium and ProprietaryMathType is Paid and Proprietary
  10. TexSlide icon

    TexSlide

     1 like

    The revolutionary solution for native LaTeX & PowerPoint integration is finally here !

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Apache OpenOffice Math icon

    Apache OpenOffice Math

     8 likes

    Math, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a tool for creating and editing mathematical equations, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor (included in Microsoft Office). The created equations can then be embedded inside other OpenOffice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Apache OpenOffice Math vs MathType Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    2

    Has minimal and generally useless mathematical formulae and/or symbols.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Apache OpenOffice Math is Free and Open SourceMathType is Paid and Proprietary
  12. Mathematical LaTeX Helper icon

    Mathematical LaTeX Helper

     2 likes

    This tool provides a very simplistic gui that renders LaTeX-expressions directly while typing and is able to copy the rendered images to the clipboard or alternatively save them to the desktop while maintaining transparency information.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Mathematical LaTeX Helper on macOs
     
  13. JMathEdit icon

    JMathEdit

     1 like

    JMathEdit is an equation editor that helps editing complex mathematical expressions with ease. Through the powerful GUI driven interface, very complex mathematical equations, chemical formulas and other scientific and educational equations, which are hard to compose otherwise...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    JMathEdit vs MathType Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    it is a very bad interface not user friendly at all

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    A good free alternative for ubuntu... easy to use, much better than LibreOffice equation editor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • JMathEdit is Paid and ProprietaryMathType is also Paid and Proprietary
  14. LaTeXiT icon

    LaTeXiT

     9 likes

    LaTeXiT is a small utility that allows you to quickly typeset LaTeX equations, without bothering with file creation, preambles, and so on. The PDF image obtained can then be exported by dragn drop to any application supporting it.

    19 LaTeXiT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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