Soroban Training vs Mental Arithmetic Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Mental Arithmetic Math
Engage in fun arithmetic challenges suitable for all ages. Improve your math skills and concentration with adjustable difficulty levels. Play solo or with friends, even offline, for a quick and enjoyable brain workout.
- Arithmetic challenges
- Adjustable difficulty
- Suitable for all ages
- Play with friends
- Offline play
- Improves concentration
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■ Application Features Have a great time playing with family and friends. Become skilled at arithmetic, useful for your mathematical studies. Play with a difficulty that matches your level. Enjoyable for all ages. Even playing for a short amount of time can be a lot of fun! You can also play offline. Increase your ability to concentrate through brain activation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Arithmetic Math at none against Soroban Training's 1. Mental Arithmetic Math also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Soroban Training's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mental Arithmetic Math asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soroban Training holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 90 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Soroban Training's written reviews are positive against 90% of Mental Arithmetic Math's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Soroban Training ships an update every 2 weeks, Mental Arithmetic Math every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soroban Training | Mental Arithmetic Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (176 ratings) — better | 4.4 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 90 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Satoshi Konno |
Customer experience
Soroban Training
Mental Arithmetic Math
In-app purchases
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
Mental Arithmetic Math
No in-app purchases
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