MathCal vs Mental Calculation & Abacus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MathCal
Engage in weekly mathematical challenges covering trigonometry, geometry, and algebra. Solve puzzles alone or with friends, compare results with a global community, and train your mind with fun, cerebral exercises.
- Weekly math challenges
- Trigonometry, geometry, algebra
- Solve challenges alone or with friends
- Compare results with community
- Cerebral training
- Global player competition
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Loving Maths ? Download MathCal, the first mathematical game with one awesome challenge by week ! You’ve got 7 days to find the solution, alone or with a little help from your friends. Between two dares, play & train with our Math Application. Trigonometry, geometry, algebra, with MathCal, got your thinking caps on! The “Presses universitaires de Strasbourg”, with the support of wellknown mathematicians, propose you to confront this mathematical challenge head on. Nothing more simple, connect to the application, and you will receive every week a notification announcing you the new challenge. You are not alone! You could ask a helping friend, and compare your results with all the MathCal community. A stalk of logic, cerebral training, and mathematical spirit, it is all that you need to be the best in MathCal. Train yourself, consult the indications, and progress in this real math competition. Try to be the leader of the world players competition. Doing Math with fun, this is the challenge of MathCal!
Mental Calculation & Abacus
Engage in a fun and educational game designed to enhance mental calculation skills. Learn to use an abacus with an easy-to-follow tutorial and practice with diverse question types.
- Mental calculation practice
- Abacus learning tutorial
- Variety of practice questions
- Suitable for all ages
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Play the best Mental Calculation and Abacus game! * Practice with a variety of questions * Easy tutorial for learning Abacus
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mental Calculation & Abacus at 100% against MathCal's 55%. Mental Calculation & Abacus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). MathCal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. MathCal sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Mental Calculation & Abacus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mental Calculation & Abacus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of MathCal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mental Calculation & Abacus's.
MathCal ships an update every 2 weeks, Mental Calculation & Abacus every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MathCal | Mental Calculation & Abacus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Université Strasbourg | Park Jisang |
Customer experience
MathCal
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In-app purchases
MathCal
- Pack of coins$0.99
- Pack of coins$2.99
- Pack of coins$4.99
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- Pack of coins$9.99
Mental Calculation & Abacus
No in-app purchases
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