Comparison

MathNote vs Typeset Typst

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Typst document compilation
  • Live PDF preview
  • Side-by-side source and preview
  • Tinymist language server integration
  • Autocomplete and signature hints
  • Package universe support
Features
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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.

Screenshots

MathNote4 screens
Typeset Typst3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MathNote versus Typeset Typst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathNoteTypeset Typst
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKihun NamTwarge LLC

Customer experience

MathNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Typeset Typst

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MathNote

Subscriptions2
  • Ask AI Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ask AI Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
None

Typeset Typst

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MathNote free?
MathNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Typeset Typst free?
Typeset Typst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MathNote or Typeset Typst?
MathNote is rated higher. MathNote averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Typeset Typst averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do MathNote or Typeset Typst have ads?
Neither MathNote nor Typeset Typst shows ads.

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