KineScribe vs Math Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KineScribe
This application allows users to create, edit, and read dance notation scores using Laban movement principles. It offers a comprehensive symbol palette and tools for customization, enabling easy sharing and integration with other notation software.
- Create and edit structured notation scores
- Support for Motif and Language of Dance scores
- Import and read LabanWriter scores
- Extensive symbol palette for movement notation
- Customizable tools with multiple colors and backgrounds
- Save and share scores as PDFs
- Multi-page score creation
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KineScribe reimagines LabanWriter for iOS and MacOS, allowing you to write dances in Laban movement notation and quickly edit scores and symbols. Development of this app was supported by Reed College and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with the cooperation and continued support of The Ohio State University. Make Scores: KineScribe creates and edits structured notation scores on the staff, Motif scores, and scores using Language of Dance. Read Scores: KineScribe reads all scores imported from LabanWriter. Edit Scores: KineScribe edits scores created in-app or with LabanWriter. Symbol Palette: Includes directions, levels, paths, rotations, bows, staff, floor plan, text input, and more. App updates will increase the number of available symbols and modifications. Tools: Choose graph paper or plain background. Make multiple-page scores. Choose from 20 colors for each symbol. Save and Share: Email KineScribe files as PDFs from in-app command. Read, edit, and print saved KineScribe files in LabanWriter through iTunes sync. For more information: https://u.osu.edu/kinescribe/
Math Editor
Create and organize mathematical notes and presentations with a user-friendly interface. Input complex notations, import or create images, and utilize voice commands. Export documents as PDFs or images, and generate LaTeX strings.
- Enter complex mathematical notations
- Import and create images with built-in editor
- Handwritten notes optimized for Apple Pencil
- Create documents with rich formatting
- Voice commands and custom shortcuts
- Export to PDF and image formats
- Generate LaTeX strings
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Create, customize and organize Math notes and presentations with friendly interface: • Enter fractions, square roots, exponents, subscripts, integrals, sums, products, limits, piecewise functions, matrices, and most other mathematical notations. • Import images from external sources, or create them with built in image editor. • Take handwritten notes with the image editor, optimized for Apple Pencil. • Create documents with headers, text content, formulas, matrices, images and written notes. Highlight, color code and choose from different fonts. • Use Apple’s Voice recognition plus Math Editor’s voice commands. Create your own voice and keyboard commands for formulas or matrices. • Convert documents into PDF format or image format and export the files. • Generate LaTeX strings from your typed entries. View string blocks between matching LaTeX delimiters. • Create presentations, record and export presentation videos. • Save your work on your device and in iCloud. Synchronize data between devices. Made for students, teachers, tutors, engineers, scientists, and anyone who needs polished custom Math notes on iPhone/iPad. Help is available. Dark mode is supported. We welcome feedback: graphmath@aol.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Math Editor at every 3 days against KineScribe's every 11 months. Math Editor also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KineScribe against 5.0 for Math Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
KineScribe ships an update every 11 months, Math Editor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KineScribe | Math Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Ralley | Eteri Byazrova |
Customer experience
KineScribe
Math Editor
In-app purchases
KineScribe
No in-app purchases
Math Editor
No in-app purchases
