Comparison

Flash mental calculation vs Abacutor

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

Head to head
About

Flash mental calculation

Practice mental arithmetic with this educational app. Review your calculation process, and easily re-challenge mistaken problems from your past logs. Upgrade to save more calculation history.

Highlights
  • Practice flash mental arithmetic
  • Review calculation process
  • Rechallenge mistaken problems
  • Save past calculation logs
  • Log history saved after purchase
Features
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This app that you can practice flash mental arithmetic. You can review the calculation process by tapping the confirmation button after calculation. In addition, since the question which was made is saved in the past log, you can rechallenge the mistaken problem later. The past logs are saved for 10 questions before purchase, and 150 questions can be saved after purchase. ■ Past log Challenge mode, practice mode questions and results are automatically saved. Touch the challenge button to re-challenge the question. The past logs are saved for 10 questions before purchase and 150 questions are stored after purchase.

About

Abacutor

This app serves as a digital abacus for students to practice mental math and abacus skills. Teachers can assign homework and monitor student progress in real-time, facilitating faster learning.

Highlights
  • Digital abacus simulation
  • Mental math (Anzan) training
  • Homework assignment and management
  • Real-time student progress monitoring
  • Abacus and Soroban method
  • Classwork and homework tool
Features
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Abacus, called as Soroban in Japanese and Suanpan in Chinese is an ancient arithmetic tool used even today in many countries and taught to children around the world as a way to improve their mental math (Anzan) abilities. Abacutor, an Abacus Tutor App is a classwork and homework management tool for Abacus teachers and students and follows the Soroban Abacus method. Abacutor allows students to do their classwork and homework on the tablet and provides real time status to Sensei (The Teacher). The sensei can monitor progress of students' homework in real time and provide new homework anytime anywhere for students to practice. Abacutor helps students to practice their homework regularly and get better at Abacus and Anzan at a faster pace. Visit http://www.abacutor.com/ for privacy policy and terms and conditions.

Screenshots

Flash mental calculation3 screens
Abacutor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flash mental calculation at 5.0 against Abacutor's 3.8. Abacutor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Flash mental calculation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Abacutor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash mental calculation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abacutor has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flash mental calculation ships an update every 5 months, Abacutor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flash mental calculation versus Abacutor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlash mental calculationAbacutor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings229 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkenji kiuchiSoroban League North America Corp

Customer experience

Flash mental calculation

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Abacutor

All ratings29 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative27.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flash mental calculation

One-time1
  • Remove AD & All function Release.$9.99
None

Abacutor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flash mental calculation free?
Flash mental calculation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Abacutor free?
Abacutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flash mental calculation or Abacutor?
Flash mental calculation is rated higher. Flash mental calculation averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Abacutor averages 3.8 from 29 ratings.
Do Flash mental calculation or Abacutor have ads?
Flash mental calculation shows ads; Abacutor does not.
Which is updated more often, Flash mental calculation or Abacutor?
Flash mental calculation ships an update every 5 months, and Abacutor every 2 months. Most recently, Flash mental calculation was updated on August 19, 2026 and Abacutor on September 18, 2026.

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