Soroban Training vs Abacus Lesson
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soroban Training
Practice abacus calculations directly on your touchscreen device. Generate custom problems to hone your skills with both digital and physical abacuses. Ideal for learners of all levels to improve mental math abilities.
- Touchscreen abacus simulation
- Custom problem generation
- Practice with physical abacus
- Mental math skill development
- Educational 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.
Abacus Lesson
Learn multiplication using a virtual abacus. This app teaches a simple and fast method for calculating multiplication, emphasizing the mental calculation benefits of the abacus over digital calculators.
- Virtual abacus for multiplication
- Simple and fast calculation methods
- Focus on mental calculation skills
- Step-by-step multiplication lessons
- Suitable for beginners
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An abacus is named "Soroban" in Japan. Do you know what an abacus is? The abacus is very simple calculator used in China, Japan, Korea and so on. Some people may say "Isn't it an unnecessary tool if you have a calculator such as a smartphone?". Answer would be "No". The biggest difference between electric calculators and the abacus is whether you need to hold it in your hand when calculating. Because of its simplicity, you will be able to easily use the abacus in your mind. In the app, we will explain simple and fast method of the multiplication using the abacus. To learn multiplication, it is essential to be able to add with an abacus. If you are new to addition and subtraction, we recommend that You first learn with the following app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/abacus-lesson-add-sub/id1526785916 This app will give you the skill of calculation of multiplication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Abacus Lesson at 5.0 against Soroban Training's 4.7. Abacus Lesson also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Soroban Training's advantage is ratings volume (181 vs 15). 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. Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Abacus Lesson sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Abacus Lesson holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soroban Training has 181 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Soroban Training's written reviews are positive against 100% of Abacus Lesson's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Soroban Training | Abacus Lesson |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (181 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Hirokazu Komatsu |
Customer experience
Soroban Training
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In-app purchases
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
Abacus Lesson
- Donation Lv1 for hiding Ad$1.99
- Donation Lv2 for hiding Ad$3.99
- Donation Lv3 for hiding Ad$8.99
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