Soroban Training vs Cabacus
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.
Cabacus
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Brought to you by cabacus.school Coming Soon: - Arithmetic challenges and exercises (+, −, ×, ÷) - More colors Want to become a math master? Cabacus is your pocket abacus! Train your brain for super-fast mental math. Easy to use. Just tap to move the beads, tap on CABACUS to reset to zero. Perfect for learning arithmetic. Visualizing numbers on the abacus makes math super easy and fun! Used for centuries, the abacus boosts math skills, concentration, and number sense. Whether you are a student, teacher, or just a curious learner, Cabacus lets you explore the power of the abacus anytime, anywhere. Develop powerful mental math abilities through interactive practice. Download Cabacus now and see why the abacus is one of humanity's greatest inventions!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Soroban Training at Free against Cabacus's $7.99. Soroban Training also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). Cabacus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Soroban Training is free to download; Cabacus costs $7.99 up front. Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cabacus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soroban Training ships an update every 2 weeks, Cabacus every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soroban Training | Cabacus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (179 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Benjamin Tan |
In-app purchases
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
Cabacus
No in-app purchases
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