Abacutor vs Anzan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Digital abacus simulation
- Mental math (Anzan) training
- Homework assignment and management
- Real-time student progress monitoring
- Abacus and Soroban method
- Classwork and homework tool
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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.
Anzan
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It is a game that answers the displayed calculation as soon as possible. ・You can choose from five mode. -Addition -Subtraction -Addition and Subtraction -Multiplication -Division ・You can choose the level from 1 to 6 (MAX). ・If you answer correctly, you will see the next calculation formula. ・If you answer 10 calculation formulas correctly, you clear the game. ・Let's do your best to update the Best score!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Abacutor at 15.1 against Anzan's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Abacutor ships an update every 2 months, Anzan every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abacutor | Anzan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soroban League North America Corp | Tomohiro Kamiyama |
In-app purchases
Abacutor
No in-app purchases
Anzan
No in-app purchases
