The Geometer's Sketchpad Alternatives

The Geometer's Sketchpad is described as 'Sketchpad® Dynamic Geometry® software gives students a tangible, visual way to learn mathematics that increases their engagement, understanding, and achievement. And it's not just for geometry' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to The Geometer's Sketchpad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best The Geometer's Sketchpad alternative is GeoGebra, which is free. Other great apps like The Geometer's Sketchpad are GnuPlot, Graph, GeoGebra CAS Calculator and Winplot.

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  1. GeoGebra icon

    GeoGebra

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    GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.

    38 GeoGebra alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Most users think GeoGebra is a great The Geometer's Sketchpad alternative.

    • GeoGebra is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to The Geometer's Sketchpad.

    • GeoGebra is the most popular free alternative to The Geometer's Sketchpad.

    • GeoGebra is Free and ProprietaryThe Geometer's Sketchpad is Paid and Proprietary
  2. GnuPlot icon

    GnuPlot

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    Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility. It was originally intended as to allow scientists and students to visualize mathematical functions and data. It does this job pretty well, but has grown to support many non-interactive...

    58 GnuPlot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • GnuPlot is the most popular Open Source alternative to The Geometer's Sketchpad.

    • GnuPlot is Free and Open SourceThe Geometer's Sketchpad is Paid and Proprietary
    • GnuPlot is Privacy focusedThe Geometer's Sketchpad is not according to our users
  4. Graph icon

    Graph

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    Graph is an open source application used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system. Anyone who wants to draw graphs of functions will find this program useful. The program makes it very easy to visualize a function and paste it into another program.

    45 Graph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graph screenshot 1
     
  5. GeoGebra CAS Calculator icon

    GeoGebra CAS Calculator

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    Free online algebra calculator from GeoGebra: solve equations, expand and factor expressions, find derivatives and integrals

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. Winplot icon

    Winplot

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    "Winplot is a free graphing utility that was written by Richard Parris, a math instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. Sadly Richard passed away in 2012. After Richard's death the program was still available for a number of years on the Exeter...

    38 Winplot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Winplot screenshot 1
     
  7. Desmos Geometry Calculator icon

    Desmos Geometry Calculator

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    Easy-to-use platform by Desmos where you can construct shapes and lines, transform shapes and lines, and use other tools such as a compass or have the platform find a midpoint of a certain segment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Geometry Pad icon

    Geometry Pad

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    Geometry Pad is a dynamic geometry application for iPad and Android tablets. Geometry Pad is your personal assistant in teaching and learning geometry through practice.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Geometry Pad screenshot 1
     
  10. Lybniz icon

    Lybniz

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    Lybniz is a simple and very easy to use mathematical function graph plotter written in Python and GTK. Expressions are entered in Python syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Lybniz screenshot 1
     
  11. KSEG icon

    KSEG

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    KSEG is a free interactive geometry program for exploring Euclidean geometry. It runs on Unix-based platforms (according to users, it also compiles and runs on Mac OS X and should run on anything that Qt supports).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  12. Autograph

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    Autograph is a dynamic PC program operating in 3 modes:

    1D - Statistics & Probability 2D - Graphing, coordinates, transformations and bivariate data 3D - Graphing, coordinates and transformations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     

    • Autograph is the most popular commercial alternative to The Geometer's Sketchpad.

    • Autograph is Paid and ProprietaryThe Geometer's Sketchpad is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Apollonius

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    Dynamic geometry software for iPhone.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  14. Graphmatica icon

    Graphmatica

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    Is a powerful, easy-to-use, equation plotter with numerical and calculus features:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Graphmatica screenshot 1
     
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