Comparison

DeTeXt vs FireAPT

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

Head to head
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
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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.

About

FireAPT

Prepare for firefighter aptitude tests with a comprehensive practice app. It offers over 1,300 original questions with detailed explanations across four key skill areas. Track your progress and identify areas for improvement with timed exams and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • 1,360 original practice questions
  • Worked explanation for every question
  • Over 1,800 purpose-drawn diagrams
  • Timed practice exams
  • Realistic reading comprehension passages
  • Offline functionality
  • Progress tracking by skill area
Features
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FireApt is a focused practice app for anyone preparing for a firefighter aptitude assessments. 1,360 original questions across the four skill areas (Numeracy, Literacy, Abstract & Mechanical), every one with a worked explanation — because knowing you got it wrong teaches you nothing on its own. WHAT'S INSIDE • 1,360 original questions — 340 each in Mechanical Reasoning, Numeracy, Literacy and Abstract Reasoning • A worked explanation for every single question, not just an answer key • Over 1,800 purpose-drawn diagrams: pulleys, gears, levers, circuits, pattern grids • Timed practice exams — 40 questions across all four areas against a 30-minute clock, drawn fresh every time (now customisable) • Reading comprehension built on realistic documents: standard operating procedures, incident reports, safety bulletins, station notices THE FOUR AREAS Mechanical Reasoning — gears, levers, pulleys, hydraulics, forces and how things move. Numeracy — ratios, rates, percentages, unit conversion and the practical calculations the job actually asks for. Literacy — comprehension, inference and clear written communication, including passage sets drawn from the kinds of documents you would read on station. Abstract Reasoning — pattern sequences, matrices and odd-one-out problems that test reasoning independently of prior knowledge. TRACK WHERE YOU STAND Your results are broken down by skill area, with your average, your best and your latest score for each, plus a trend line across every session you have completed. The point is not the score — it is knowing which area to spend your next hour on. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Works completely offline. Every question and diagram ships with the app, so it runs on a train, in a basement, or anywhere with no signal. • No account, no sign-up, no email address. • No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. You buy the app once and you have all of it. • Nothing is collected about you. Your practice history is saved on your device and never leaves it. WHY IT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS Every question, explanation and diagram here was written and drawn from scratch. There is no recycled question bank behind it, no advertising, and nothing to upsell you once you are inside. One price, everything included, forever. A NOTE ON PREPARATION No practice app can tell you what will be on your assessment. What it can do is make the formats familiar, so that on the day your attention goes on the problem rather than on working out what is being asked. That is what this is for.

Screenshots

DeTeXt4 screens
FireAPT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DeTeXt at Free against FireAPT's $12.99. DeTeXt also leads on device support (4 vs 1). FireAPT's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

DeTeXt is free to download; FireAPT costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeTeXt ships an update every 2 months, FireAPT every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DeTeXt versus FireAPT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeTeXtFireAPT
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.9 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVenkata Subrahmanyan GovindarajanCameron Stewart

Customer experience

DeTeXt

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

FireAPT

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DeTeXt

No in-app purchases

None

FireAPT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeTeXt free?
DeTeXt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireAPT free?
FireAPT costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeTeXt or FireAPT have ads?
Neither DeTeXt nor FireAPT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeTeXt or FireAPT?
DeTeXt ships an update every 2 months, and FireAPT every 4 weeks. Most recently, DeTeXt was updated on November 3, 2026 and FireAPT on November 10, 2026.

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