Comparison

Abacus vs Mind Maths Trainer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Abacus

This educational app combines ancient calculation wisdom with modern technology. It features a beautiful interface with large beads, supports decimal points and negative numbers, and offers multilingual support for a fun and engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Beautiful interface with large beads
  • Support for decimal points and negative numbers
  • 21-column abacus
  • Multilingual support (19 languages)
  • Interactive calculation examples
Features
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WHEN ANCIENT WISDOM MEETS MODERN TECHNOLOGY ! BEAUTIFUL INTERFACE with COMFORT & BIG BEADS ! SUPPORT DECIMAL POINT & NEGATIVE NUMBERS ! 21-COLUMN ABACUS CAN SPEAK ! • LANGUAGES: ENGLISH JAPANESE RUSSIAN CHINESE ARABIC GERMAN FRENCH SPANISH KOREAN NORWEGIAN FINNISH CANTONESE DANISH PORTUGUESE SWEDISH INDONESIAN TURKISH DUTCH VIETNAMESE • LET'S USE ABACUS TO CALCULATE AND HAVE FUN ! 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2 = 20 30-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 = 0 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+...+98+99+100 = 5050

About

Mind Maths Trainer

This app offers two modes for practicing abacus math techniques: Flash Anzan for visual calculation and Aural Test for auditory processing. Users can customize exercises, track progress with detailed reports, and export quizzes as PDFs for offline practice.

Highlights
  • Flash Anzan visual calculation
  • Aural Test auditory calculation
  • Customizable abacus exercises
  • Practice and Challenge modes
  • Detailed progress reports
  • PDF quiz and answer export
  • Numpad and Multi-touch Abacus Interface
Features
Currently charting
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Mind Maths Trainer is a question generator provides popping up questions (Flash Anzan) and audio listening calculation (Aural Test). It targets on specific FOUR abacus addition and FOUR abacus subtraction techniques. Reports for tracking test results, exercises and answers in PDFs are available. Mind Maths Trainer provides popping up questions (Flash Anzan) and audio listening calculation (Aural Test). It focuses on specific FOUR abacus addition and FOUR abacus subtraction techniques too. It provides a whole range of options that can be flexibly selected to fit the drilling needs. The immense pool and combination of questions enhance the learning interest. Exercises can be customised on combination of any four addition and four subtraction techniques. Two modes are designed to fit different learning needs. Practice mode supports endless number of questions with no time limit, with the purpose of accuracy. Challenge mode requires answers to all the questions within the specific time limit, encouraging to boost speed as well as accuracy. No matter practice or challenge modes, the performance, score and every detail will be recorded in report, which is useful for learning progress monitoring. The report records assist you to find out the strength and weakness, a customized approach in abacus training can be derived as a result. Apart from doing the exercises directly on iPhone/iPad in a timed way, export both the quiz paper and the answer paper in PDF format to aid offline exercises. All questions are generated randomly to ensure no quiz paper will be identical. Print and email functions are also provided for your convenience. Product features: - English and Español support added in Aural Test - Quizzes on Flash Anzan, Aural Test, and Abacus FOUR Addition and FOUR Subtraction techniques - Practice and Challenge modes are provided in all sorts of Abacus Beads and Numbers questions. - User can customise their own set of quiz and exercise according to requirements. - Report on every quiz and exercise is available for keeping track the learning progress. - Quiz paper can be generated in PDF format. - Both Numpad and Multi-touch Abacus Interface are embedded.

Screenshots

Abacus4 screens
Mind Maths Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mind Maths Trainer at 100% against Abacus's 15%. Mind Maths Trainer also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). Abacus's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Abacus costs $2.99 and Mind Maths Trainer $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abacus ships an update every 9 months, Mind Maths Trainer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and June 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Abacus versus Mind Maths Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbacusMind Maths Trainer
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#189 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊 姜Hamster Force Multimedia Limited

Customer experience

Abacus

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative84.6%

Mind Maths Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Abacus

No in-app purchases

None

Mind Maths Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abacus free?
Abacus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mind Maths Trainer free?
Mind Maths Trainer costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Abacus or Mind Maths Trainer have ads?
Neither Abacus nor Mind Maths Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abacus or Mind Maths Trainer?
Abacus ships an update every 9 months, and Mind Maths Trainer every 4 months. Most recently, Abacus was updated on September 4, 2026 and Mind Maths Trainer on June 25, 2026.

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