Abacus Exercise vs Abacus Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abacus Exercise
Practice abacus calculations with a customizable digital tool. Adjust bead colors, sounds, and layout for a personalized learning experience. Challenge yourself with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division exercises.
- Customizable abacus layout
- Adjustable bead size and position
- Up to 15-digit support
- Customizable bead colors and sounds
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
- Level-based challenges
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This app focuses on the ease of use of the abacus on the app, and aims to realize smooth and comfortable operability. In addition to being able to use the abacus widely on the horizontal screen, the size and position can be freely customized according to the device. The number of digits can be used up to 15 digits, and the color and sound of the beads can also be set. You can challenge the addition and subtraction, multiplication, division questions according to your level.
Abacus Simulator
Enhance your mental math abilities with interactive abacus exercises. This app offers guided lessons and daily drills to improve calculation speed, focus, and accuracy. Customize your abacus for a fun and engaging learning experience.
- Interactive abacus exercises
- Guided step-by-step lessons
- Daily skill-sharpening exercises
- Focus, speed, and accuracy improvement
- Customizable abacus
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Count faster with Abacus! Build your mental math skills with our interactive exercises. From basic to advanced calculations, we got you covered! It is easy, fun, and free! Why Abacus? Guided lessons - step-by-step tutorials on every level. Sharpen skills - improve focus, speed, and accuracy through our daily exercises. Fun - customize your abacus and have fun with it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abacus Exercise at none against Abacus Simulator's 10. Abacus Exercise also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Abacus Simulator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (72% vs 46%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Abacus Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Abacus Exercise asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Abacus Exercise against 4.6 for Abacus Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Abacus Exercise's written reviews are positive against 72% of Abacus Simulator's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Abacus Exercise | Abacus Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (60 ratings) | 4.6 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hirokazu Komatsu | Nicholas Ang |
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Abacus Exercise
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In-app purchases
Abacus Exercise
No in-app purchases
Abacus Simulator
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