Ninimaths vs Soroban Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ninimaths
Enhance your mental arithmetic skills with a variety of calculation modes. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with customizable number ranges and column display. Track your progress with daily scores and compete with others through a ranking system.
- Multiple calculation modes (add, subtract, multiply, divide, mix)
- Customizable number ranges (1-5 digits)
- Column display format
- Daily score recording and graphing
- Game Center ranking
- Time trial mode
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Ninimaths is an application to train mental arithmetic ability. Characteristic: - Selection from 5 modes of calculation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, mixing - 1 to 5 digit numbers can be freely combined - Corresponds to display in the column format - Daily scores are recorded for each mode and displayed on the graph - Ranking function by Game Center - Time trial to measure strictly
Soroban Training
Learn and practice abacus skills directly on your touchscreen. Generate custom problems to hone your abacus techniques, even with a physical abacus.
- Touchscreen abacus simulation
- Custom problem generation
- Practice with physical abacus
- Abacus learning tool
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This app enables you to play an abacus on the touch screen. You can also just create problems, so you can practice the abacus using your actual abacus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ninimaths at none against Soroban Training's shown. Ninimaths also leads on review sentiment (97% vs 80%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Soroban Training's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (176 vs 45). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Ninimaths sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Soroban Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ninimaths holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Ninimaths's written reviews are positive against 80% of Soroban Training's.
Ninimaths ships an update every 2 months, Soroban Training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ninimaths | Soroban Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (45 ratings) — better | 4.7 (176 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better | 80.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 176 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ninicode | Jumpei Adachi |
Customer experience
Ninimaths
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In-app purchases
Ninimaths
- Coffee$0.99
- Hamburger$1.99
- Ramen$4.99
Soroban Training
- Remove Ads$2.99
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