Comparison

Vulcanize vs DeTeXt

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

Head to head
About

Vulcanize

Easily send beautifully rendered mathematical formulas within iMessage. Write equations using LaTeX and see them previewed live, or create stickers from your formulas for quick sharing. Access your previously created formulas with ease.

Highlights
  • Send rendered math formulas via iMessage
  • Write formulas using LaTeX
  • Live preview of formulas
  • Create iMessage stickers from formulas
  • Access past formulas
Read full description

Vulcanize makes it easy to send beautiful mathematical formulas using iMessage. No longer will you send or recieve unreadable messages that look like "integrate mu_0/(4*pi)*Idl*sin(theta)/r^2 from 0 to 2*pi*r"–instead, you'll get a neat, well-rendered formula. • Write your formulas using LaTeX • View formulas inline with the live preview • Create iMessage stickers with your formulas • Easily access past formulas

About

DeTeXt

Easily find LaTeX commands for symbols by drawing them or searching a comprehensive database. Get the exact command you need for your documents without memorization.

Highlights
  • Draw symbols to find LaTeX commands
  • Neural image classification for symbol recognition
  • Searchable database of 1098 symbols
  • Supports Apple Pencil on iPad
  • Copy commands, symbols, or Unicode codepoints
  • Offline symbol database
Read full description

Finding the symbol you want to use in LaTeX can be hard since you can't memorize all the commands and packages for every symbol. DeTeXt tries to solve this problem by giving you two ways to find the command you want: - Draw the symbol you want and DeTeXt's neural image classification engine will identify what it thinks are the 20 most likely LaTeX commands that will generate a symbol closest to the one you drew. DeTeXt supports Apple Pencil drawings on the iPad. - Search the entire symbol set of 1098 symbols from packages like tipa, amsmath, amssymb, textcomp and more, in addition to the default mathematical symbols. - Copy the symbol, or the character itself, or its Unicode codepoint to the system clipboard, to paste anywhere else. DeTeXt's neural engine processes your drawn symbol and finds the best matches in its symbol database, all on your device without requiring you to be online. All the symbols are stored within the app as well.

Screenshots

Vulcanize4 screens
DeTeXt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DeTeXt at 4.9 against Vulcanize's 3.2. DeTeXt also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 55%). Vulcanize's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DeTeXt holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Vulcanize's written reviews are positive against 92% of DeTeXt's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Vulcanize versus DeTeXt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVulcanizeDeTeXt
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (26 ratings)4.9 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2640 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaagar JhaVenkata Subrahmanyan Govindarajan

Customer experience

Vulcanize

All ratings26 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

DeTeXt

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

None

Vulcanize

No in-app purchases

None

DeTeXt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vulcanize free?
Vulcanize is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeTeXt free?
DeTeXt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vulcanize or DeTeXt?
DeTeXt is rated higher. Vulcanize averages 3.2 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while DeTeXt averages 4.9 from 40 ratings.
Do Vulcanize or DeTeXt have ads?
Neither Vulcanize nor DeTeXt shows ads.

Other comparisons