Mental Arithmetic For Learn vs Soroban Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mental Arithmetic For Learn
This app helps users practice mental arithmetic with customizable exercises. It offers both auditory and visual learning modes, and uniquely incorporates speech recognition for answering. Users can also create and share their own math problems.
- Generate custom math expressions
- Hearing and seeing mental arithmetic modes
- Speech recognition for answers
- Track exercise records
- Adjustable time limits
- Share expressions via messaging
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* Generate test expressions freely for mental arithmetic. * Choose Hearing and Seeing Mental Arithmetic * Check the exercise records carefully. * Say the answer carelessly, the first mental arithmetic APP to introduce speech recognition * Adjust the time of mental arithmetic at will. * Edit expressions freely to make learning more symmetrical. * Feel free to share expressions via Wechat or QQ. * Use mental arithmetic to open expression files shared by Wechat or QQ. * Feel free to transfer expressions to computers or other mobile phones. * All kinds of walking functions wait for you to discover.
Soroban Training
Learn and practice abacus skills directly on your touchscreen. Generate custom problems to hone your abacus techniques, even with a physical abacus.
- Touchscreen abacus simulation
- Custom problem generation
- Practice with physical abacus
- Abacus learning tool
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This app enables you to play an abacus on the touch screen. You can also just create problems, so you can practice the abacus using your actual abacus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Soroban Training at 4.7 against Mental Arithmetic For Learn's 3.9. Soroban Training also leads on ratings volume (179 vs 7). Mental Arithmetic For Learn's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Mental Arithmetic For Learn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Soroban Training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soroban Training has 179 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Mental Arithmetic For Learn's written reviews are positive against 80% of Soroban Training's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mental Arithmetic For Learn ships an update every 3 days, Soroban Training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mental Arithmetic For Learn | Soroban Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (179 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 80.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 179 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小文 黄 | Jumpei Adachi |
Customer experience
Mental Arithmetic For Learn
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In-app purchases
Mental Arithmetic For Learn
- Convenient Functions$2.99
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
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