Write, compile and read LATEX on your iPad and iPhone, offline.

TeXAnt is a mobile app with a full LuaLaTeX engine built in, so your documents compile without a connection. Missing packages install in a tap, and your projects sync to your own cloud or Git.

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Compiles with LuaLaTeX. Most pdfLaTeX documents compile unchanged; shell escape (minted, pythontex) is not available.

A paper compiled in TeXAnt: Spectral Solutions of the Heat Equation, with its equations, a plot and a results table

From the first line to the final PDF, in one app.

Every screen here is the real app on an iPad. Pick an area to see what it does.

Compile on your device, even offline

A full LuaTeX engine is part of the app. Your document compiles on your iPad or iPhone, with no upload and no waiting on a server, so it works on a plane just as well as at your desk.

Split view: the source next to the PDF it compiled into

Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi and other complex scripts come out right, and any OpenType font can be used. Plain TeX documents work too, with one switch in settings.
Two ways to compile from one button: Full starts clean, Fast reuses the last run's auxiliary files while you iterate.
Reruns by itself until cross-references, contents, lists of figures, indexes and glossaries settle.
BibTeX, biblatex (Biber), makeindex, glossaries and nomencl run as part of the compile.
Stop ends a runaway compile at any point, including loops inside Lua code.
The Problems panel lists errors and warnings, with the full log one tap away. If a helper step fails, you still get the PDF and a clear warning.
Markdown files compile too: the same button turns a .md file into a PDF saved next to it.

An editor that knows LaTeX

Syntax highlighting for LATEX, BibTeX and Markdown, with completion that reads your preamble. Suggestions come from the packages you actually load, plus your own labels and citation keys.

The quick menu: jump to start or end, search, snippets, symbols, bibliography and Math OCR

Change \begin{...} and the matching \end{...} follows.
Unbalanced braces, unmatched environments and stray math delimiters are marked in the gutter as you type.
Hover a command for its description, syntax and an example. Color values get a swatch you can tap to pick a new color.
Fold anything from \part down to \subparagraph. Zero-width and non-breaking spaces are made visible.
Lines in Arabic, Persian or Urdu run right to left while LATEX commands stay left to right, line by line.
Multiple cursors with ⌘D, Vim keybindings and spell check as you type.

A missing package installs itself

When a compile stops on a package or font you do not have, TeXAnt finds it and offers to install it. The same document then compiles.

A compile finds two missing packages and offers to install them

Missing packages and fonts are picked up from the compile log and installed in one tap, one at a time or all at once.
Installed a package but forgot to load it? TeXAnt spots the undefined environment and offers the \usepackage line.
Search CTAN and install any package, or install from an archive you already have.
Start with a ready bundle, Minimal, Balanced or Extended, or pick TeX Live collections by category.
Browse installed packages and fonts, see what depends on a package, and reset everything if an install goes wrong.

Bibliographies that build on the device

Manage your .bib file inside the app, bring in references from the tools you already use, and cite them as you write.

The bibliography manager with your entries, search and sorting

Paste a DOI and the entry fills itself in.
Import from Zotero collections, Mendeley folders or EndNote groups.
Add and edit entries with validation and automatic citation keys. Type \cite{ and your keys are suggested as you write.
BibTeX and biblatex bibliographies compile on the device, and documents with an inline thebibliography number their citations correctly.

Write math the way that suits the formula

Type it, build it visually, or photograph it. Every route ends with LATEX you can edit.

Math OCR reads a formula from a picture and gives you LaTeX to insert

Math OCR turns a photo, or a picture from your library, into LATEX. The recognition model downloads once and then runs on the device.
MathLive lets you build a formula visually and hands you the LATEX.
An equation editor with 11 symbol categories and 15 ready-made templates.
Put the cursor inside math and a live preview appears above it.

Your research belongs to you.

Drafts, data and unpublished results stay on your iPad or iPhone while you write and compile. There is no advertising identifier and no ad network in the app.

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Stays on your device

Your source, .bib files and figures. The engine compiles on the device, so nothing is uploaded to build the PDF.
The app's local database, encrypted with a key created on your device and kept in its Keychain.
Diagnostics, which are anonymous, off by default, and never include file names, source or PDFs.

Leaves only if you connect it

Files you sync, to your own cloud account and nowhere else.
Commits you push, to the Git remote you chose.
Requests to the AI assistant, sent straight to the provider whose key you added.

Take your LATEX projects with you.

TeXAnt is a paid app for iPad and iPhone. The six-month and yearly plans start with a free week for new subscribers, and a one-time purchase is also available.

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Requires iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or later.

Write, compile and read LATEX on your iPad and iPhone, offline.

From the first line to the final PDF, in one app.

Compile on your device, even offline

An editor that knows LaTeX

Figures, snippets and templates without the boilerplate

Move around a long document without scrolling

A PDF reader built for checking your own drafts

Jump between your source and the page it produced

A missing package installs itself

Bibliographies that build on the device

Write math the way that suits the formula

An assistant for LaTeX, on your own key

Git, built into the editor

Sync and back up to the storage you already use

Made for touch, ready for a keyboard

Your research belongs to you.

Stays on your device

Leaves only if you connect it

Take your LATEX projects with you.

Write, compile and read LATEX on your iPad and iPhone, offline.

From the first line to the final PDF, in one app.

Compile on your device, even offline

An editor that knows LaTeX

Figures, snippets and templates without the boilerplate

Move around a long document without scrolling

A PDF reader built for checking your own drafts

Jump between your source and the page it produced

A missing package installs itself

Bibliographies that build on the device

Write math the way that suits the formula

An assistant for LaTeX, on your own key

Git, built into the editor

Sync and back up to the storage you already use

Start, open and share projects from anywhere

Made for touch, ready for a keyboard

Your research belongs to you.

Stays on your device

Leaves only if you connect it

Take your LATEX projects with you.