Comparison

Trellis vs MathWrite Notes

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

Head to head
About

Trellis

Features
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Turn a learning goal into your next action. Trellis brings study projects, daily tasks, a calendar, focus sessions and routines together. START WITH YOUR GOAL Create a project for an exam, a language, a skill or another learning goal. Add the resources you plan to use and the time you can give it. MAKE A PLAN YOU CAN FOLLOW Use AI planning to build a study schedule around your goal and resources. Preview each change to your plan, and undo it if it isn't right. SEE TODAY CLEARLY Find today's tasks, mark individual activities complete and see at a glance whether the day fits your time. Keep several learning projects within reach. STUDY WHERE YOUR MATERIAL IS Link mimosa documents, Seeds and Lotus decks to a project and open them from Today. Results come back to your plan. KEEP YOUR THINKING WITH THE PROJECT Save observations and useful information in project notes, alongside your learning resources. GIVE YOUR GOAL YOUR ATTENTION Start a focus session, track time spent studying and maintain daily routines. Designed for iPad and iPhone. Available in ten languages. AI planning requires internet access. Some features require an additional purchase; see the in-app offer for current availability and terms. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ymelihbozgeyik.github.io/trellis-support/privacy/

About

MathWrite Notes

Features
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MathWrite Notes turns your handwritten maths into LaTeX. Write on the page as you always do, with Apple Pencil on iPad or on iPhone, and MathWrite converts each page into clean, structured LaTeX and compiles it into a typeset PDF. HOW IT WORKS • Write a page by hand. • At the end of the page, pull down and hold to add a new one. The page you leave behind turns into LaTeX on its own. • Open the LaTeX tab to see the source, or the PDF to see it typeset. On iPad in landscape, the source and the PDF sit side by side, and you can put your handwriting next to the PDF to compare them. A NOTEBOOK BUILT FOR MATHS • Blank, ruled, grid or dotted pages, in portrait or landscape. • Draw and hold: a stroke held still at its end becomes a perfect line, circle, rectangle, triangle or arrow. • The shapes tool places lines, arrows, axes and polygons with a single drag. • The graph pencil: write a function such as y = sin x and get its graph, drawn in ink you can move, resize and adjust. • Insert photos on the page. • Apple Pencil only mode, so your hand can rest on the screen, and a read-only mode for reviewing. • Folders, favourites, search and dark mode. LATEX THE WAY YOU WANT IT • Three styles: Classic, Tagged and Boxed. • Conversion settings: page layout, font size, margins, title and table of contents, equation numbering, what to do with diagrams, crossed-out work and margin notes, and whether photos are converted or inserted as images. • Your notes keep their own language, and theorem and proof headings follow it. • Every page is checked before it reaches you, and if a page would break your document, MathWrite repairs it so the PDF keeps compiling. YOUR PAPERS AND PDFS TOO • Scan pages with the camera, choose photos or import a PDF, and convert them to LaTeX. • Import a PDF from another notes app as a notebook and keep writing on top of it. SHARE AND EXPORT • Copy the LaTeX, share the .tex file, or open it in Overleaf in one tap. • Export the typeset PDF, or your handwriting as a PDF. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notebooks are stored on your device. Pages leave it only to be converted, and our server does not keep them. MATHWRITE PRO MathWrite Notes is free to download. Using it in full requires MathWrite Pro, an auto-renewable monthly or yearly subscription. Prices and terms are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://math-write-notes-backend.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://math-write-notes-backend.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Trellis4 screens
MathWrite Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Trellis at every 5 days against MathWrite Notes's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Trellis sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MathWrite Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trellis ships an update every 5 days, MathWrite Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Trellis versus MathWrite Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrellisMathWrite Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuf Melih BozgeyikAndres Osorio Leyenda

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Trellis

Subscriptions3
  • Trellis Base$4.991 Month
  • Trellis Max7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Trellis Ultra$19.991 Month
One-time3
  • 50 Credit$3.99
  • 150 Credit$8.99
  • 400 Credit$17.99
2 purchases

MathWrite Notes

Subscriptions2
  • MathWriteNotes Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • MathWriteNotes Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Trellis free?
Trellis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathWrite Notes free?
MathWrite Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trellis or MathWrite Notes have ads?
Neither Trellis nor MathWrite Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trellis or MathWrite Notes?
Trellis ships an update every 5 days, and MathWrite Notes monthly. Most recently, Trellis was updated on October 13, 2026 and MathWrite Notes on October 11, 2026.

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