Flash Mental Math vs Abacus Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flash Mental Math
Practice mental arithmetic with various difficulty levels and custom modes. This app serves as a brain training tool to enhance calculation skills.
- Mental arithmetic practice
- Easy, normal, and difficult modes
- Customizable modes
- Brain training
- Calculation skill improvement
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Flash mental arithmetic practice app In addition to the easy, normal, and difficult modes, there are also custom modes. It can also be a brain training to improve mental arithmetic
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: Flash Mental Math at none against Abacus Simulator's 10. Abacus Simulator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Abacus Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Flash Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Flash Mental Math against 4.6 for Abacus Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 31 respectively.
Flash Mental Math ships an update every 3 months, Abacus Simulator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flash Mental Math | Abacus Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | 4.6 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 72.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryouhei Azuma | Nicholas Ang |
Customer experience
Flash Mental Math
Abacus Simulator
In-app purchases
Flash Mental Math
No in-app purchases
Abacus Simulator
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