Comparison

Mathfuns vs Epicycles

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mathfuns

This app offers a powerful computing engine for solving complex mathematical problems across various educational levels. It provides answers, detailed steps, and interactive graphing for formulas, making math more accessible for students, teachers, and engineers.

Highlights
  • Powerful formula editing
  • Scientific and professional computation modes
  • Step-by-step problem solving
  • Interactive 2D and 3D graphing
  • Function image and property analysis
  • Geometry and analysis tools
  • Support for hardware keyboard
Features
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Mathfuns aims at solving mathematical problems in all stages from primary school, junior high school, senior high school to university. It uses its unique computing engine to provide problem-solving services for teachers, students and engineers.You only need to input the formula to get what you want: answer, drawing, association description and analysis, etc.Mathfuns is committed to the simplification of complex mathematical problems to make mathematics easier. Mathfuns is a new universal super calculator. Mathfuns = Formula editor + Graphing calculator + Super calculator + Step solver + Geometric sketchpad. Function highlights ● Powerful formula editing ability ● Standard, scientific and profession computation modes ● Unique computing engine, supporting a variety of computing types ● Typical mathematical problems, a variety of problem-solving methods and detailed steps ● Interactive plotting (2d, 3d) ● Function image and property analysis ● Geometry and analysis ● Support hardware keyboard Calculation type ●Algebra: Real number, complex number, constant, power, exponent, logarithm, factorial, polynomial, trigonometric function, hyperbolic function, summation, product ●Set: Inclusion, subset, proper subset, intersection, union ●Matrix: Determinant, rank, inverse, transpose, conjugate, decomposition, eigenvalue, eigenvector ●Calculus: Limit, derivative, partial derivative, integral, multiple integral ●Equation: Algebraic equation, inequality equation, trigonometric equation, ordinary differential equation, partial differential equation ●Vector: Dot, cross ●Statistics: Maximum, minimum, average, standard deviation, variance, die, binomial distribution, poisson distribution, uniform distribution, exponential distribution, normal distribution, chi square distribution, t distribution, F distribution ●Plot: Points, polylines, functions, parametric equations, implicit functions, polar equations ●Plane geometry: Point, segment, line, circle, ellipse, triangle, polygon ●Space geometry: Point, line, plane Geometric sketchpad ●Basic operation: Select,pan,delete,clear ●Point,midPoint,split ●Segment,fixed length line,ray,vector,polyline, perpendicular line,perpendicular bisector,parallel line,equal vector,angle bisector,tangent line,polar line ● Polygon,regular polygon ●Circle,circular arc, sector ●Measure: Coordinate,equation,length,distance,angle,slope,perimeter,area,radius,arc Length More types, more surprises, looking forward to your exploration! When confirming the purchase, payment will be charged from your Apple ID account. Unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, the subscription will automatically renew. Your account will receive a renewal fee within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to the account settings on the App Store to manage and unsubscribe after purchasing. The discounts and prices are subject to change without prior notice. Term of service https://mathfuns.com/servagree Privacy Policy https://mathfuns.com/policy Contact us Website: www.mathfuns.com Mailbox: mathfuns@hotmail.com QQ Group: 554100855 Sina Weibo: Mathfuns

About

Epicycles

Explore the visualization of complex Fourier series through interactive epicycles. Create and analyze approximations of parametric curves and complex functions. Save animations and export custom terms for later use.

Highlights
  • Visualize Fourier series of 2D functions
  • Create epicycles from drawn curves
  • Save custom terms to documents
  • Export animations as GIFs
  • Adjust time and number of terms
  • Interactive graphic elements
Features
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The Epicycles app is a tool for exploring the visualization of complex Fourier series. It allows users to interactively create and visualize epicycles based on sampled parametric curves or predefined Fourier series terms. The app provides a visual representation of the complex Fourier series and demonstrates the approximation of complex-valued functions using epicycles. It can be used to study the properties of Fourier series, understand the concept of epicycles, and explore the visualization of complex functions in a fun and interactive way. • Visualizes Fourier series of 2D functions parameterized by time that are built-in, your own drawn 2D curves, or custom frequency components using the terms editor. • Custom terms can saved by exporting them to 'epi' documents in Files, and then later restored by importing them. • Cyclic animations can be saved to GIFs or snapshots saved to PNGs in the Photos library, with sizes 480x480, 720x720 or 1080x1080. • The main view consists of several functional items: Graphic Menu, Time Slider (t), Number of Fourier series terms slider (N), Current Function Menu. Graphic Menu: In the main view use the menubar in the graphic view to select options to hide or show the following graphic elements of the Fourier series visualization: • Circle: The blue circles that are the paths traced by the epicycles. These illustrate Euler’s formula for the complex valued terms of the Fourier series, expressing each complex exponential term as a pair (r cos(n t), r sin(n t)) that trace a circle of radius r, n times as time t varies in the period of length 2π. • Eye: The green circle that represents the value of the Fourier series at the current time. • Lightning: The red line segment path that consists of the joined radii of the epicycles circles, from the origin to the value of the Fourier series at the current time. • Pencil: The orange path that traces the current 2D function. • Star: The black path that traces the Fourier series 2D approximation of the current 2D function. Additionally in the menubar: • Magnify: Hide some views to make room for the expanded display the graphic. • Share: Save the graphic as an animated GIF or snapshot PNG in Photos library. • Play: Animate the graphic by periodically advancing the current time. • Info: Display internet resources conveniently in the app about Fourier series, epicycles and Euler’s formula. Time Slider (t): Adjust the time slider to see the state of all the graphic elements at any time within the time period [-π,π] on which the current 2D function is defined. Number of Fourier series terms slider (N): Adjust the number of terms included in the Fourier series approximation to the current 2D function. Frequency components in a partial Fourier series range from -N to N. The maximum value is limited to 100. As a guide tap the wand icon to set the number of terms to a value whose corresponding highest frequency can theoretically be reproduced with the given number of samples, based on the concept of Nyquist frequency with uniform sampling. For the built-in sample functions that sample count is fixed. The number of samples of your own drawn curve is variable, and displayed in the drawing view. The custom Fourier series using the term editor has known frequency components, limited to the range -20 to 20. The number of samples generated is sufficient for any selection in that range. Therefore in this case the wand sets N to the highest absolute frequency value of the terms. Current Function Menu: Use the segmented control to select from a variety of built-in 2D parametric curves or select the `?` item. Then you can either draw a 2D curve in the Draw tab view, or edit custom Fourier series terms in the Term tab view. In the latter case the app will numerically generate the Fourier series of a Fourier series, by sampling the summation of the series terms.

Screenshots

Mathfuns4 screens
Epicycles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Epicycles at none against Mathfuns's 3. Epicycles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mathfuns's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mathfuns sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Epicycles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Epicycles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mathfuns has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mathfuns ships an update every 3 weeks, Epicycles every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mathfuns versus Epicycles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathfunsEpicycles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Xingxinghai Technology Co., LtdLimit Point Software

Customer experience

Mathfuns

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Epicycles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mathfuns

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly membership$1.997 Days
  • Monthly membership$5.991 Month
  • Year membership3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Epicycles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mathfuns free?
Mathfuns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Epicycles free?
Epicycles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mathfuns or Epicycles?
Epicycles is rated higher. Mathfuns averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Epicycles averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mathfuns or Epicycles have ads?
Mathfuns shows ads; Epicycles does not.
Which is updated more often, Mathfuns or Epicycles?
Mathfuns ships an update every 3 weeks, and Epicycles every 5 days. Most recently, Mathfuns was updated on September 24, 2026 and Epicycles on September 21, 2026.

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