Soroban Training vs Abacus Practice
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 Practice
Practice abacus, mental arithmetic, and calculation skills on your iPhone or iPad. Features a realistic abacus interface for various exercises, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and flash calculations. Track your progress and review your performance over time.
- Realistic abacus interface
- Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Flash and slip calculations
- Customizable problem generation
- Practice history and performance records
- Adjustable settings for sound, vibration, and left-handed mode
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Build an answer with beads. Check it, then try your mistakes again. Abacus Practice brings Japanese soroban and mental arithmetic practice to iPhone and iPad. Use the on-screen abacus, work with your own physical soroban, or answer mentally. LEARN AND PRACTICE • 16 introductory lessons with bead movement demonstrations • Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division • Flash mental arithmetic with adjustable speed and column-style drills • Answer checking, per-question results and mistake-only review • Start another session with your previous practice settings CREATE YOUR OWN DRILLS Generate problems from selected conditions and practice them in the app. Timed mock exams show answer progress and scores by subject. These are practice formats based on Japanese soroban exams, not official examinations or a guarantee of passing. FIND YOUR FAVORITE BEADS The standard wooden beads have a detailed natural texture. Pro adds skins including springy mint Jelly and transparent Glass, each with a distinct feel and sound. Try extra skins in the interactive preview before purchase. Sound, haptics and left-handed layout are adjustable. FREE AND PRO Introductory lessons, basic practice, a free abacus, and selected problem-generation and mock-exam options are available free. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks expanded practice conditions, advanced problem generation, PDF worksheet creation and sharing, additional exam levels, and extra skins. There is no monthly subscription. No account or ads. Practice records are stored on this device. Now available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. Screens, all 16 introductory lessons, instructions, purchases and restore, practice history and PDFs follow your app language. Change it directly in Settings > App language inside the app; your choice applies immediately. There are six skins in total: standard Amber is free; Pro adds Walnut, Red & Ivory, Indigo, Jelly and Glass. The free abacus uses a large landscape board with minimal controls so you can focus on moving the beads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Soroban Training at Free against Abacus Practice's $0.99. Soroban Training also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Abacus Practice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On in-app purchases, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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; Abacus Practice costs $0.99 up front. Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Abacus Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Soroban Training ships an update every 2 weeks, Abacus Practice every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soroban Training | Abacus Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (180 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 180 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | SMART BIT K.K |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
Abacus Practice
- Pro Unlock$2.99
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