Getting started

Maths Explore is a calculation pad for engineers: you write maths on paginated sheets, every expression is evaluated live in reading order, and units are checked as you type. This guide takes you from creating an account to your first calcsheet.

Create an account

On the Maths Explore site, choose Create Account (top right) or the Try Maths Explore button. Sign-up opens in a dialog on the page — no separate registration site. If you already have an account, use Login instead.

Once you’re signed in, you land on your home page, and the site header shows Open Workspace instead of the sign-in buttons. Signing out returns you to the front page.

The beta waitlist

Maths Explore is currently in private beta. After you create an account, you may see a You’re on the beta waitlist screen: your account is awaiting approval, and you’ll get an email at your registered address as soon as you’re in. There’s nothing else you need to do — just come back and sign in after the email arrives.

If you see Access not available instead, your account doesn’t currently have access to Maths Explore. If you think that’s a mistake, get in touch.

Tell us where you’re based

The first time you continue past the waitlist, Maths Explore asks Where are you based? Pick your country and press Continue.

Your country sets the local currency used for every price you’ll see in the app — plans and AI credits alike. It doesn’t limit how you pay: you can change how you pay at checkout. This is a one-time step; you won’t be asked again.

Your free trial

Every new account automatically starts a 14-day free trial of the Individual plan on first sign-in — no card details, nothing to activate. While the trial runs, the app header shows how many days you have left; click that notice any time to see the plans.

When the trial ends, your account simply moves to the Free plan. Your calcsheets are untouched — only the paid features switch off until you subscribe.

Note

The trial is tied to your email address and runs once. Deleting your account and re-registering with the same email won’t restart it.

Create your first calcsheet

Your home page greets you with three ways to start:

• New maths sheet — opens a blank calcsheet. The calcsheet options dialog opens with it, so you can pick things like paper size and page style up front — or just close it and accept the defaults.
• New from template — lists your saved templates and starts a new calcsheet from the one you pick. On a fresh account this list is empty; you create templates later with Save as template in the worksheet menu.
• Open from local drive — opens an existing calcsheet file (.mez) from your computer.

As you return to the home page over time, it also lists your Browser save calcsheets (everything you’ve worked on in this browser) and Recent local files, so you can pick up where you left off with one click.

Inside the workspace

A few things worth knowing on day one:

• Name your calcsheet by clicking its name at the top of the workspace and typing. The cog button next to the name reopens the options dialog.
• Start another sheet without leaving via the worksheet menu (the ☰ button beside the name) → New. Your current sheet is already saved in the browser, so nothing is lost.
• Your work autosaves. Changes are saved to your browser moments after you stop typing — watch the save status in the header. Use Save in the worksheet menu when you want a portable .mez file on disk.

What’s next

From here, the natural path is: add your first blocks to the canvas, write some maths with variables and units, and watch results update as you change inputs. The guides in the sidebar cover each of these in depth.