Archimedes Editor vs Math Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archimedes Editor
This app is a powerful Markdown editor that simplifies mathematical writing with integrated LaTeX support. It offers features like inline LaTeX, autocompletion, live previews, and a math library to help users create beautifully typeset documents.
- Markdown editing with syntax highlighter
- Inline LaTeX support with autocompletion
- Magic Type for drawing mathematical symbols
- Live preview with custom themes and Dark Mode
- Math library for LaTeX commands
- iCloud document sync with Mac counterpart
- Export to PDF and HTML
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Archimedes is a Markdown editor designed to make mathematical writing easy with inline LaTeX support. MARKDOWN EDITING At its core, Archimedes is a fully-featured plain text and Markdown editor. It includes a fast syntax highlighter and provides convenient keyboard shortcuts for common actions, such as inserting images and links. With complete support for Markdown and the Format Bar floating above the keyboard, Archimedes makes formatting and structuring documents elegant and easy. MATH MODE + AUTOCOMPLETE In Math Mode, Archimedes lets you write mathematics in a subset of LaTeX, making it an approachable LaTeX editor. Just enter $$ to get started. Over 700 intuitive commands, such as \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}, help you produce stunning mathematical output. Archimedes even autocompletes commands and intelligently matches closing braces, brackets, and parenthesis as you type. MAGIC TYPE Just getting started with LaTeX syntax? Don't know the code for the asymptotically equal symbol? Just draw it! Archimedes will recognize the symbol and insert the corresponding code for you. LIVE PREVIEW As you work, a beautifully-typeset live preview of your document is always visible. You can even select a custom theme, and Dark Mode is fully supported. Themes come with various font faces. MATH LIBRARY Browse the math library to see all available LaTeX commands and their previews in one place. NAVIGATOR Working on a long document? Use the Navigator to pull up a table of contents and quickly jump between sections. IMAGES Insert images from your Photos library, via the Document Camera, or by drawing sketches right inside the document. DOCUMENT SYNC Archimedes is the only app of its kind that supports syncing documents via iCloud with its Mac counterpart. SHARING Share your work with the rest of the world via email, iMessage, AirDrop, and more. Export documents to the Files app in PDF or HTML formats. You can even print with AirPrint. SEARCH Use the Find bar to quickly find text in any document. STATISTICS View the character count, word count, and reading time as you work. MATH SNIPPET EDITOR Quickly typeset mathematical expressions and copy the rendered result as a vector image for use in apps like Keynote. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Take advantage of Magic Keyboard and keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate the app.
Math Editor
Create and organize mathematical notes and presentations with a user-friendly interface. Input complex notations, import or create images, and utilize voice commands. Export documents as PDFs or images, and generate LaTeX strings.
- Enter complex mathematical notations
- Import and create images with built-in editor
- Handwritten notes optimized for Apple Pencil
- Create documents with rich formatting
- Voice commands and custom shortcuts
- Export to PDF and image formats
- Generate LaTeX strings
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Create, customize and organize Math notes and presentations with friendly interface: • Enter fractions, square roots, exponents, subscripts, integrals, sums, products, limits, piecewise functions, matrices, and most other mathematical notations. • Import images from external sources, or create them with built in image editor. • Take handwritten notes with the image editor, optimized for Apple Pencil. • Create documents with headers, text content, formulas, matrices, images and written notes. Highlight, color code and choose from different fonts. • Use Apple’s Voice recognition plus Math Editor’s voice commands. Create your own voice and keyboard commands for formulas or matrices. • Convert documents into PDF format or image format and export the files. • Generate LaTeX strings from your typed entries. View string blocks between matching LaTeX delimiters. • Create presentations, record and export presentation videos. • Save your work on your device and in iCloud. Synchronize data between devices. Made for students, teachers, tutors, engineers, scientists, and anyone who needs polished custom Math notes on iPhone/iPad. Help is available. Dark mode is supported. We welcome feedback: graphmath@aol.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Math Editor at none against Archimedes Editor's 1. Math Editor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Archimedes Editor's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 4). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Archimedes Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Math Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Math Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Archimedes Editor has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Archimedes Editor ships an update every 5 weeks, Math Editor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archimedes Editor | Math Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furnace Creek Software LLC | Eteri Byazrova |
Customer experience
Archimedes Editor
Math Editor
In-app purchases
Archimedes Editor
- Pro: One Time Purchase$9.99
Math Editor
No in-app purchases









