Download Match! 4 Beta Version

On this page you can download the most recent beta version 4 of the Match! software. Please note that this version has not been officially released and may still contain bugs or other inconsistencies! The current official version 3 can be downloaded from here.

The most recent version is 4.0 Build 295 (created April 12, 2024).

Before downloading and installing the Match! 4 beta version please take a look at the following hints:

1. If you have a Mac with an Apple Silicon processor (M1, M2, M3, ...), please make sure to download the installer for macOS for ARM, because it runs significantly faster than the one for the "old" Intel macOS.
2. You can use your Match! version 3 license file also for version 4.

Platform	Readme file	Download Package	Size
Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 (64-bit)	Readme.txt	Match-4-windows-x64-installer.exe	335 MB
Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 (32-bit)	Readme.txt	Match-4-windows-x32-installer.exe	315 MB
macOS 11 "Big Sur" or higher (Apple Silicon processor)	Readme.txt	Match-4-macOS-ARM-installer.dmg	429 MB
macOS 10.13 "High Sierra" or higher (Intel processor)	Readme.txt	Match-4-macOS-Intel-installer.dmg	420 MB
Linux (Intel 64-bit)	Readme.txt	Match-4-linux-x64-installer.zip	410 MB

Main enhancements compared to version 3

• Profile-fitting search-match (PFSM) is now available, as an alternative to the classical search-match based on peak data. PFSM tries to fit the profile calculated from every candidate entry in the reference database to your experimental diffraction pattern. PFSM can be run using the new menu command "Search / Search-match using profile fitting".
• Improved handling of entries without I/Ic value in quantitative RIR analysis, e.g. when using the ICDD PDF-2 database: Missing I/Ic values in the match list can now be calculated from imported crystal structure data (CIF) or entered manually.
• New menu command "Quantify / Rietveld refinement (FullProf)" uses the currently selected schedule (-> Rietveld options) to perform an automatic Rietveld refinement calculation for quantitative analysis.
• New "Quantitative analysis" options "Show quantitative analysis method in pie chart graphics title" and "Automatically switch over to the pie chart graphics after performing a quantitative analysis"
• New menu command "Entries / Automatic entry selection" selects matching phases automatically. The minimum required Rwp reduction (that is also used for automatic selection of entries) can be adjusted in the "PF search-match" section on the "Search-Match" tab of the "Options" window.
• New menu command "Edit / Copy candidate list" copies the current contents of the candidate list at the bottom left into the clipboard, in order to insert it into some other program (e.g. Microsoft Excel).
• New menu command "Edit / Copy match list" copies the current contents of the match list (phases selected as 'matching') at the bottom right into the clipboard, in order to insert it into some other program (e.g. Microsoft Excel).
• Continuous display of already found results during normal (peak-based) search-match
• For macOS there now are separate versions for ARM (Apple Silicon) and Intel processors. This significantly increases the calculation speed on Apple Silicon while at the same time reducing the memory overhead.
• Demo version has new signature, so that the Match! 4 demo version can be run for 60 days even if the Match! 3 demo version has expired.
• An issue causing background control points to be no longer shiftable or removable once they got too close to each other has been resolved.
• A bug affecting the recalculation of the degree-of-crystallinity (DOC) has been fixed.
• Another bug sometimes affecting the peak position accuracy in peak searching has been resolved.
• There was a bug affecting the "1/d"-scaling of the x-axis in the pattern graphics that has been fixed by now.