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
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.
Abacus Lesson
Learn the simple and fast method of division using an abacus. This app focuses on developing mental calculation skills by leveraging the abacus technique. It's recommended to master addition, subtraction, and multiplication with an abacus first.
- Learn abacus division techniques
- Develop mental calculation skills
- Focus on Soroban method
- Step-by-step division instruction
- Builds on addition, subtraction, multiplication
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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 division using the abacus. To learn division, it is essential to be able to add, sub, and multiplication with an abacus. If you are new to them, we recommend that you learn addition subtraction multiplication with the app in my app list first. This app will give you the skill of calculation of division.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Abacus Lesson at 100% against Soroban Training's 78%. Abacus Lesson also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Soroban Training's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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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 176 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Soroban Training's written reviews are positive against 100% of Abacus Lesson's.
Soroban Training ships an update every 2 weeks, Abacus Lesson monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soroban Training | Abacus Lesson |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (176 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| 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 | 8 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Hirokazu Komatsu |
Customer experience
Soroban Training
Abacus Lesson
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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