Anzan+ vs Sorokun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anzan+
Engage in quick mental math challenges with 10 questions per round. Build combos, unlock bonus rounds, and track your progress. Customize your experience with adjustable music and haptic feedback.
- 10-question rounds
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Combo building for musical progression
- Bonus round for perfect scores
- Personal best tracking
- Offline practice mode
- Customizable sound and haptics
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Solve it. Feel the beat. Anzan+ turns mental math into a quick, playful challenge. Answer 10 questions, build your combo, and hear the music grow with every streak. A QUICK ROUND, ANYTIME Choose Easy, Normal, or Hard and jump into a 10-question challenge. Practice addition and subtraction on Easy, or mix in multiplication and division on Normal and Hard. BUILD THE BEAT Consecutive correct answers build your combo. Reach 3 to add the bass, then 5 to bring in the melody. Enjoy responsive keys, short sound effects, and optional haptic feedback. GO FOR FEVER Get all 10 questions right to unlock an optional 15-second bonus round. Keep solving and see how many bonus answers you can get. BEAT YOUR PERSONAL BEST Complete a perfect round to save your best time for that difficulty. See your accuracy, time, and best combo, then share your result with friends. PRACTICE AT YOUR OWN PACE Practice without a countdown and revisit questions you missed. Choose the difficulty that suits you and make progress one round at a time. MAKE IT YOURS Turn music, haptics, and celebration effects on or off. No account is required, and your personal bests are stored on your device. “Anzan” means mental arithmetic in Japanese. Pick a level, press Start, and find your flow.
Sorokun
Master abacus skills with this app, offering practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Engage in timed exams or practice modes for mental calculation, flash anzan, and dictation of sums. Problems align with recognized abacus competition standards.
- Abacus competition practice
- Mental calculation modes
- Flash anzan training
- Dictation of sums with speech synthesis
- Practice and exam modes
- Customizable difficulty and speed
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Main Events (総合種目) This section presents events found in abacus competitions and exams—addition/subtraction, multiplication, and division, along with their respective mental calculation counterparts—tailored to your proficiency level. You can enter your answers directly within the app. In "Practice Mode," you receive immediate feedback on whether your answers are correct or incorrect. "Exam Mode" imposes a time limit, and you cannot check your results until you submit your answers. The problems correspond to the grade levels defined by both the Zen-Shu-Ren and the Nisshu-Ren standards. Flash Anzan (フラッシュ暗算) Flash Anzan involves mentally adding up a rapid succession of numbers displayed on the screen. Two modes are available: "Exam Mode," where you challenge yourself based on specific grade levels, and "Free Mode," which allows you to freely customize the number of entries, number of digits, and display speed. Exam Mode supports the grade standards of both the Zenshuren and the Japan Flash Anzan Association. Dictation of Sums (読上算) This training involves mentally adding and subtracting numbers as they are read aloud. Problems are read using VOICEVOX speech synthesis, and you can select the character who reads them. Like Flash Mental Arithmetic, this feature offers both Exam Mode and Free Mode. In Exam Mode, you can take mock exams based on the Zenshuren's standards. In Free Mode, you can customize the number of entries, the digit range, and the reading speed, as well as choose whether to include only addition or both addition and subtraction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sorokun at 5.0 against Anzan+'s 4.0. Sorokun also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Sorokun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Anzan+ | Sorokun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erika Fujita | Chet Lin |
In-app purchases
Anzan+
No in-app purchases
Sorokun
No in-app purchases









