Comparison

Abacus Simulator vs Abaculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Abacus Simulator

Free

📚 Education

★ 4.631 ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

Interactive abacus exercises
Guided step-by-step lessons
Daily skill-sharpening exercises
Focus, speed, and accuracy improvement
Customizable abacus

Features

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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!

About

Abaculator

Features

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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.

Screenshots

Abacus Simulator4 screens

Abaculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abaculator at none against Abacus Simulator's 10. Abacus Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Abacus Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Abaculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abacus Simulator ships an update every 3 weeks, Abaculator every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

Abacus Simulator versus Abaculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Abacus Simulator	Abaculator
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.6 (31 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	72.4% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	31 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 3 weeks — better	Every 35 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	No — better
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.6
Further details — not scored
Size	41 MB	45 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Nicholas Ang	Chi-Cheng Liao

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Abacus Simulator

One-time10

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

None

Abaculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abacus Simulator free?

Abacus Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Abaculator free?

Abaculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Abacus Simulator or Abaculator have ads?

Neither Abacus Simulator nor Abaculator shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Abacus Simulator or Abaculator?

Abacus Simulator ships an update every 3 weeks, and Abaculator every 35 months. Most recently, Abacus Simulator was updated on September 30, 2026 and Abaculator on September 9, 2026.