Comparison

Schoolatica vs Simple Soroban (Abacus)

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

Head to head
About

Schoolatica

A smart educational platform designed to enhance communication between schools and parents. It allows students and guardians to stay updated on school news and academic progress, supporting students' educational development.

Highlights
  • Smart educational platform
  • Track academic progress
  • School news updates
  • Teacher-parent communication
  • Student development support
Features
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تطبيق سكولاتيكا للتعليم الذكي منصة تعليمية ذكية تتيح للطلبة وأولياء الأمور متابعة آخر المستجدات الصادرة عن إدارة المدرسة والكادر التدريسي. يهدف التطبيق إلى تعزيز التواصل الفعّال بين المدرسة وأولياء الأمور، بما يضمن متابعة دقيقة للمستوى الدراسي والتطور العلمي لأبنائنا الطلبة، ويُسهم في دعم جهودهم نحو تحقيق أفضل النتائج التعليمية.

About

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

Learn and practice Japanese abacus calculations with interactive tutorials and multiple modes. Customize your abacus experience and improve mental math skills with this completely free educational tool.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorials for arithmetic
  • Freeform, Relax, Challenge, and Anzan modes
  • Configurable 7 or 9-column soroban
  • Multiple color themes
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Mental calculation training
Features
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Simple Soroban is a complete Japanese abacus in your pocket. Whether you are discovering the soroban for the first time or training for serious mental calculation, everything is included and everything is free. It's multi-touch and configurable, so it feels like a real soroban. LEARN Step-by-step interactive tutorials teach you addition, subtraction, multiplication and division from scratch. No prior knowledge needed: you will learn how to read the beads, manipulate numbers, use complements, and carry across columns at your own pace. PRACTICE Freeform mode: a realistic soroban, for homework, checkout sums or just playing with numbers Relax mode: solve calculations at your own pace and earn badges as you progress Challenge mode: race the clock and push your calculation speed to the next level Anzan mode: hides the beads so you manipulate the soroban in your mind, a technique used by mental calculation champions in Japan MAKE IT YOURS Choose between a 7-column or 9-column soroban Multiple color themes Plenty of settings to adapt the abacus to how you practice FREE, REALLY No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No data collection. Simple Soroban is completely free, with nothing to unlock and nothing tracking you. Already trusted by millions of learners on Android, now available on iPhone. Whether you are a student learning arithmetic, a teacher looking for a classroom tool, or an adult keeping your mind sharp, Simple Soroban gives you the full path from your first bead flick to calculating entirely in your head.

Screenshots

Schoolatica4 screens
Simple Soroban (Abacus)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Soroban (Abacus) at 5.0 against Schoolatica's 3.8. Schoolatica's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Soroban (Abacus) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Schoolatica versus Simple Soroban (Abacus): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolaticaSimple Soroban (Abacus)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.3
Further details — not scored
Size382 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJSoftUSA LLCBruno Takahashi Carvalhas de Oliveira

Customer experience

Schoolatica

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Schoolatica

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Schoolatica free?
Schoolatica is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Soroban (Abacus) free?
Simple Soroban (Abacus) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Schoolatica or Simple Soroban (Abacus)?
Simple Soroban (Abacus) is rated higher. Schoolatica averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Simple Soroban (Abacus) averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Schoolatica or Simple Soroban (Abacus) have ads?
Neither Schoolatica nor Simple Soroban (Abacus) shows ads.

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