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
Master mental arithmetic and abacus calculation with this comprehensive app. Learn efficient finger movements and mental math techniques to solve complex problems quickly. Enjoy a customizable and ad-free learning experience with progress tracking.
- Abacus lessons
- Mental arithmetic training
- Finger movement focus
- Customizable abacus color
- Screen orientation options
- Trophy system for goals
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356+735+195, 23×89, 5626÷58, Can you solve each in 5 sec by mental arithmetic? The goal of this app is to learn abacus and solve these problems in mental arithmetic within 5 seconds. All lessons of the abacus lesson series, which have been highly evaluated all over the world, are recorded. The lessons have been reworked in a more polite and easy-to-understand. In addition, we have added unique training methods such as training focusing on finger movements and mental arithmetic training to improve mental arithmetic in order to learn abacus more efficiently. And various improvements have been made. - Either vertical screen or horizontal screen can be selected. - The position and size of the abacus and window can be freely laid out. - No ads. - Added sound variations. Volume control can also be finely set. - The color of the abacus can be set freely. - Earn a trophy by achieving the goal. - Smoother operability by optimizing the app. ◆Support web page https://hirokuma.blog/?p=4427
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Abacus Lesson at none against Soroban Training's shown. Abacus Lesson also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Soroban Training against 4.8 for Abacus Lesson. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 95 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Soroban Training's written reviews are positive against 75% of Abacus Lesson's.
Soroban Training ships an update every 2 weeks, Abacus Lesson every 2 days. 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) | 4.8 (95 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 153 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
- Unlock all contents$5.99
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