Abacus Exercise vs Abaculator
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.
Abaculator
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Abaculator can be used as a calculator or an abacus. You can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with abaculator. Simple tutorials are available for you to learn abacus. And you can switch between 3 languages. The bead movement speed can also be adjusted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Abaculator at none against Abacus Exercise's shown. Abacus Exercise's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Abacus Exercise ships an update every 3 weeks, Abaculator every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abacus Exercise | Abaculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (60 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hirokazu Komatsu | Chi-Cheng Liao |
In-app purchases
Abacus Exercise
No in-app purchases
Abaculator
No in-app purchases
