Math Keyboard vs SciMath Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Keyboard
This custom keyboard simplifies typing mathematical and physics symbols, including Greek letters and superscripts/subscripts. Seamlessly input formulas into any app without needing to copy and paste from external sources. Enhance your notes, reports, and messages with ease.
- Superscripts/subscripts for numbers, letters, and symbols
- Greek letters support
- Wide variety of math symbols
- Familiar keyboard layout
- Quick tab switching
- Cursor control via long-press
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Struggling to type math symbols on your phone? Math Keyboard is a custom keyboard that lets you input the symbols, Greek letters, superscripts, subscripts, and more commonly used in math and physics — directly from your keyboard. No more searching the web every time just to copy a symbol. From class notes and reports to chats and memos, type math expressions smoothly in any app. 【Key Features】 Superscript / subscript for numbers, letters, and symbols Full Greek alphabet support Rich set of math symbols (basic) Custom keyboard support 【Highlights】 Same look and feel as the standard keyboard Shift key to toggle superscript / subscript (or uppercase / lowercase) Easy tab switching within the keyboard Long-press the Space key to move the cursor Add and reorder categories 【About Pro】 The free version has limited categories. Upgrade to Pro to unlock all categories, including: Standard alphabet Advanced math symbols (calculus) Arrows Logic & sets Custom keyboard You can also switch the alphabet display style between italic and regular. ※ This in-app purchase is a one-time payment. ※ To use this keyboard, you need to add it and enable "Allow Full Access" in the Settings app. (We do not collect any of your input — your privacy is fully protected.)
SciMath Keyboard
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SciMath is a keyboard for iOS and iPadOS that gives you the symbols science, mathematics, and technical writing actually need - without copying from character maps, switching apps, or settling for approximations. Every symbol is a proper Unicode character. It copies, searches, and renders correctly in every app that supports Unicode text. ONE-TIME PURCHASE. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No advertising. Ever. FOUR LAYERS ABC - Full QWERTY with extended diacriticals on long-press. French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Eastern European, and scholarly Latin variants. 123 - Numbers and punctuation. Long-press any digit for its superscript and subscript form. #+= - Brackets, operators, and currency symbols. sci - Scientific and mathematical symbols: Operators: degree, plus-minus, multiply, divide, approximately, not-equal, less-or-equal, greater-or-equal, square root, infinity Calculus: summation, integral, partial derivative, nabla, delta, h-bar, Angstrom, micro, ohm Logic and sets: pi, therefore, for-all, proportional, element-of, prime, perpendicular, and more Long-press sci keys for additional symbols: element-of opens not-element, subset, superset, union, intersection, empty set, and more. FOOTNOTE SYMBOLS The complete traditional footnote sequence for mathematical and legal writing, where superscript numbers would be confused with exponents or indices. KEY FLASH Toggle key flash in the SciMath app. When on, keys brighten immediately on contact with no delay, visible in direct sunlight. When off, standard iOS balloon previews appear. TRACKPAD MODE Hold the spacebar to move the text cursor precisely without tapping in the text. iPAD Pull-down secondary characters on every key. Full-width layout with more keys per row. Hide keyboard button. PRIVACY SciMath does not request Full Access and never will. It never logs keystrokes, never makes network requests, and contains no analytics or telemetry of any kind. Nothing you type ever leaves your device. THE SCIMATH APP A built-in composition workspace for building expressions at your own pace, then copying or screenshotting the result against a clean background. Light, dark, and system appearance modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Math Keyboard at Free against SciMath Keyboard's $2.99. SciMath Keyboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). On ads 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
Math Keyboard is free to download; SciMath Keyboard costs $2.99 up front. Math Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SciMath Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Math Keyboard | SciMath Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuta Nishimatsu | JAMES WILLIAM BRUCE SHAW |
In-app purchases
Math Keyboard
- MathKeyboard Pro$5.99
SciMath Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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