Abacus Simulator vs Abacus Lesson
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Abacus Lesson
Master mental arithmetic and abacus calculation with this comprehensive app. Learn efficient finger movements and mental math techniques to solve complex problems quickly. Enjoy a customizable and ad-free learning experience with progress tracking.
- Abacus lessons
- Mental arithmetic training
- Finger movement focus
- Customizable abacus color
- Screen orientation options
- Trophy system for goals
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356+735+195, 23×89, 5626÷58, Can you solve each in 5 sec by mental arithmetic? The goal of this app is to learn abacus and solve these problems in mental arithmetic within 5 seconds. All lessons of the abacus lesson series, which have been highly evaluated all over the world, are recorded. The lessons have been reworked in a more polite and easy-to-understand. In addition, we have added unique training methods such as training focusing on finger movements and mental arithmetic training to improve mental arithmetic in order to learn abacus more efficiently. And various improvements have been made. - Either vertical screen or horizontal screen can be selected. - The position and size of the abacus and window can be freely laid out. - No ads. - Added sound variations. Volume control can also be finely set. - The color of the abacus can be set freely. - Earn a trophy by achieving the goal. - Smoother operability by optimizing the app. ◆Support web page https://hirokuma.blog/?p=4427
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Abacus Lesson at every 2 days against Abacus Simulator's every 3 weeks. Abacus Lesson also leads on ratings volume (95 vs 31) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 and Abacus Lesson sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Abacus Lesson holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 95 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Abacus Simulator's written reviews are positive against 75% of Abacus Lesson's.
Abacus Simulator ships an update every 3 weeks, Abacus Lesson every 2 days. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Abacus Simulator | Abacus Lesson |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (31 ratings) | 4.8 (95 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Ang | Hirokazu Komatsu |
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In-app purchases
Abacus Simulator
- Cloud Beads$1.99
- Coconut Beads$1.99
- Lemon Beads$1.99
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- Mushroom Beads$1.99
- Penguin Beads$1.99
- Flower Beads$1.99
- Orange Beads$1.99
- Snail Beads$1.99
- Snowman Beads$1.99
- Watermelon Beads$1.99
Abacus Lesson
- Unlock all contents$5.99
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