Comparison

MathNotes vs p

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

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About

MathNotes

This app provides an infinite digital canvas for studying and visualizing mathematics. It allows users to create 2D and 3D graphs, take notes with LaTeX formatting, and convert handwritten equations into editable LaTeX using OCR. Ideal for students and professionals needing a comprehensive math workspace.

Highlights
  • Infinite digital canvas
  • 2D and 3D graph plotting
  • Formula OCR to LaTeX
  • LaTeX equation rendering
  • Interactive animated sliders
  • Note organization with media
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Transform the way you study and visualize mathematics with MathNotes, the ultimate infinite canvas built for students, professionals, and math enthusiasts! Whether you're plotting a simple 2D graph, exploring complex 3D surfaces, or simply taking digital notes with perfect LaTeX formatting, MathNotes gives you full freedom in a single, boundless workspace. FEATURES • Infinite Canvas: Pan, zoom, and organize your math notes unhindered! Add text, images, videos, and web links instantly. • Advanced Plotting Engine: Easily plot standard 2D functions, polar coordinates, and parametric curves. • Interactive 3D Surfaces: Visualize multi-variable formulas (`z = f(x,y)`) in full 3D space with an orbit camera. • Formula OCR Engine: Found a complicated equation? Simply snap a photo or scan it using our built-in ONNX-powered OCR to perfectly convert it into editable LaTeX. • Beautiful LaTeX Rendering: Write and render complicated mathematical formulas with gorgeous typography. • Scrubbable Constants: Use animated sliders to watch your 2D and 3D graphs react in real-time. • Custom Organization: Pin definitions, build concepts visually, and maintain your custom study notes. Designed for fluid interaction, MathNotes handles your deepest mathematical explorations with a clean, dynamic, and focused interface. Ready to master calculus, linear algebra, and trigonometry? Download MathNotes today and unlock the perfect math study canvas!

About

p

Features
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Every rational number lives simultaneously in infinitely many completions of Q: the real line at infinity, and the p-adic fields Q_2, Q_3, Q_5, and so on. Most of modern number theory's deepest theorems are statements about how these completions fit together. p-adelic puts all of them on one screen. THE ADELIC STRIP Type a number - rational, algebraic radical, polynomial, Hilbert pair, special-function value - and a horizontal strip materializes with one column per place: infinity on the left, then 2, 3, 5, 7, and so on. There is no "p-adic mode": you see all completions at once. Tap a column to expand; toggle between digit-string and Laurent series; long-press to copy as plain text or LaTeX. ARBITRARY PRECISION Every computation runs through arbitrary-precision BigInt. Type 2^60 / 3 and the parser hands the engine a real BigInt - no Int.max ceilings, no silent truncation. The precision dial at the bottom of every screen is the canonical gesture: drag it and digits stream in across every place, lazily extended via long division, Hensel lifting, or whichever generator the source warrants. ALGEBRAIC NUMBERS sqrt(17) lifts via Hensel iteration at every prime where it splits, and renders 4.12310562 at infinity to dial-controlled depth. algebraic(x^3 - 2) triggers the algebraic engine: Newton polygon partitions roots by valuation, F_p[x] factorization splits the unramified part, Hensel lifts each factor to Z_p[x] mod p^N. The Galois toggle cycles three roots at p = 31 (fully split), one totally-ramified root at p = 2 (Eisenstein), one inert F_343 lift at p = 7. CYCLOTOMIC IN FULL zeta_n at every prime: split, inert with residue degree greater than 1 (zeta_7 at p = 2 with F_8 digits per level), ramified (zeta_4 at p = 2 with uniformizer 1 - zeta_4). The strip's per-prime (e, f) metadata is correct; the Galois row lets you walk embeddings. THREE VISUALIZATIONS Nested balls: the canonical Z_p picture as a tangent-circle packing. Pinch-zoom drills into the on-path sub-ball, which becomes the new outer disk; a breadcrumb shows descended digits. Bruhat-T**s tree: the (p^f + 1)-regular tree of PGL_2 over the local field. Tap any node for its coordinates. Berkovich line: the analytic refinement. Type II vertices at rational radii along the geodesic from the Gauss point to the Type I leaf. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS exp_p, log_p, Artin-Hasse E_p with proper convergence checks. Morita's p-adic Gamma_p including Wilson's theorem at every prime. fact(n) via Legendre's formula: fact(1000) at p = 2 reports v_2 = 994 instantly without materializing 1000 factorial.

Screenshots

MathNotes4 screens
p4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: p at none against MathNotes's 1. p also leads on ads (none vs shown). MathNotes's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price 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. MathNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. p asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
MathNotes versus p: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathNotesp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size340 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav AlikovPracticallyZen, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MathNotes

One-time1
  • Support the App and remove Ads$2.99
None

p

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MathNotes free?
MathNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is p free?
p is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MathNotes or p have ads?
MathNotes shows ads; p does not.

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