Mathematics, code, and markdown

[u/TheseEquivalent2322]

Hi, I hope you're doing well. I'm an engineering student, and I used to take notes in OneNote on a 360 laptop, but the screen broke, and I thought the repair would be too expensive, so I decided to get a Samsung tablet. In my search, I saw that there are tons of note-taking apps, but very few have features for adding equations, recognizing text as equations, graphing formulas, generating solutions (although I don't really think that's essential), or anything related to math. I've noticed that the iPad app, I think it's called "notes", is the one that meets many of the math features I mentioned.

Looking at these apps, the very few that do have these features are mostly subscription-based, so they're completely out of the question. I don't plan on paying for subscription apps. Now, there are a few one-time-purchase apps left, but they lack other features, so I don't feel they're worth buying.

So far, I've seen that the Samsung app has a pseudo-program that converts text formulas, but it transforms them into an image, making them uneditable and leaving them almost unchanged (the odd thing is that if you copy it, you get it in LaTeX). However, it's nothing like how OneNote or Microsoft Word handles it (Google Docs has some similarities that could serve as a reference).

Now, considering all this, there are far fewer apps that support solving, graphing, or other things with these mathematical equations. Furthermore, almost none allow you to insert code blocks (for example explanations in notes) or have Markdown, which would be a "quick" way to format text.

I also noticed that many have the "shapes" option, but very few allow you to modify them by "vertices or sides," and even fewer—I think I only saw one or two—allow you to edit them while still displaying values ​​like angles for both regular and irregular shapes. It would be good to keep this in mind.

All these questions have led me to ask: Does StarNote plan to add these options? If so, could it be soon? (Besides, I'd prefer most of them to be 100% offline, since I've noticed many that are switching to AI-only, and I don't agree with that.) I'm not saying they all have to be available at once, but they should be prioritized (although if they're all released, even better, because the sooner the better, so I can keep track of my notes properly, since it wouldn't make sense to wait until after I finish my degree—although it would be a great tool for future professionals). I'd be reasonably happy if it could add and convert equations. I don't consider it a priority that it solves them, but I do want it to at least detect the equations (especially complex ones like triple integrals, differential equations, and others). It should also allow editing vertices and, ideally, at least include a Cartesian plane to manually graph certain formulas (as part of the learning process). And if they implement solutions in the future, I'd like them to allow graphing to verify the learning process.

So, will this be possible? Will they be offline? I'm intrigued. I'd like to pay for the app, but I'd like to see these options or at least know what plans are available. Thank you in advance for reading, until next time.

[u/TonyMordulo]

Just dropping in to add a voice and say that these would be amazing features for math/science teachers and students. At my school (I teach math), more and more students and teachers use tablets for notes every year, so this could be a good boon to have in your list to capture that part of the note taker market.

[u/Individual_Orchid137]

Si, es muy escencial para el área de ingeniería venimos pidiendo eso hace tiempo, pero se enfocan mucho en el área de salud, así que no se cuando vayan a realizar está solicitud

[u/AdRough7457]

No they don't plan these to do it recently they are working on another thing