MathNote vs Typeset Typst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MathNote
A document editor for researchers and students that supports live rendering of LaTeX and Markdown notes with full math capabilities. It integrates with AI apps, allowing you to bundle notes, photos, and PDFs for analysis and verification.
- Live preview with KaTeX math rendering
- LaTeX and Markdown editing
- Attach photos and reference PDFs
- LaTeX-friendly keyboard
- Diff panel for change review
- Ask AI for proof verification and reformatting
- Customizable prompts for AI assistance
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MathNote is a document editor for researchers and students who write in LaTeX or Markdown. It renders your notes live with full math support — theorems, proofs, equations, matrices — powered by KaTeX. Ask AI lets you bundle your source, photos, and reference PDFs into a single file and hand it off to any AI app on your device via the iOS share sheet. Six built-in prompts help you verify proofs, find counterexamples, fill gaps, reformat notes, and more. Create your own custom prompts, too. Features: • Live preview with KaTeX math rendering • LaTeX and Markdown editing with syntax-aware toolbar • Attach photos and reference PDFs to your notes • LaTeX-friendly keyboard • Diff panel to review changes between edits • LaTeX and Markdown editing with syntax-aware toolbar • Customizable preamble, macro, and snippet • Ask AI: one-tap bundling and share to any AI app. • Six research-tuned prompt cards plus custom prompts MacOS version is available on https://github.com/kihun-nam/MathNote-releases. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/kihun-nam/MathNote-releases/blob/main/PRIVACY.md
Typeset Typst
This app allows users to write and compile Typst documents on Apple devices. It offers a live PDF preview alongside the source code and integrates a language server for enhanced editing features like autocomplete and signature hints.
- Typst document compilation
- Live PDF preview
- Side-by-side source and preview
- Tinymist language server integration
- Autocomplete and signature hints
- Package universe support
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Typeset compiles Typst documents on Apple devices. You can use the spectacular universe of packages to add content and style your documents. In addition to typst, Typeset integrates the Tinymist language server for autocomplete and command signature hints. Typeset is completely free and open source and always will be. Typeset is unaffiliated with Typst. A native Mac editor with your Typst source and a live PDF preview side by side. The preview keeps pace as you type, and clicking it jumps straight to the matching line of source. Typeset embeds the Tinymist language server, so the editor understands your document as you write it. Start typing and Typeset suggests the functions, parameters, and symbols that fit, including your own #let bindings and anything pulled in from a package. Call a function and a signature hint shows its parameters and their types, so you don't have to keep the documentation open in another window.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MathNote at 5.0 against Typeset Typst's 4.3. MathNote also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Typeset Typst's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MathNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Typeset Typst asks for nothing beyond the download.
MathNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | MathNote | Typeset Typst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kihun Nam | Twarge LLC |
Customer experience
MathNote
Typeset Typst
In-app purchases
MathNote
- Ask AI Monthly$1.991 Month
- Ask AI Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
Typeset Typst
No in-app purchases





