Soroban Calculation vs まいにち5分!そろばん練習
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soroban Calculation
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Move the soroban's beads with your finger to build numbers and get a real feel for calculation. SOROBAN Drag the beads on the on-screen abacus and the current number shows large as you go. Full-featured: you can even choose which column is the ones place (fixed-point marker). Clear, undo, and toggle the result display — use it as freely as a calculator. PRACTICE Pick a grade (10 kyu, easiest, through 1 kyu, hardest) and a type — addition & subtraction, multiplication, or division — then solve 10 questions. The abacus board stays on screen, so you can move real beads while you work. Each answer is checked the moment you enter it, with a full score at the end. RECORDS Every practice run is saved automatically — date, grade, type, and number correct. A perfect score gets its own special mark. Seeing your progress makes it easier to keep going. WHO IT'S FOR Kids currently learning soroban, and kids just starting out. Adults who want to practice calculation or mental arithmetic in spare moments. Parents who want to explore numbers together with their kids. FEATURES No ads, no in-app purchases. No account required, and no personal information (like your name) is collected. Supports dark mode, and displays in both Japanese and English. Problems are not a strict reproduction of any official soroban certification exam's standards — use grades as a general guide only.
まいにち5分!そろばん練習
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Five minutes of arithmetic a day, on an on-screen soroban (Japanese abacus). Set each answer by tapping the beads. Over time the soroban appears in your mind's eye, and you begin to answer in your head. ■ Practice by digits Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and column addition (見取算) with 1-, 2- and 3-digit numbers. Ten problems a round: a right answer earns a 〇, and a miss comes with the steps to review it. ■ See the steps Every bead move is played back one at a time and named as soroban teachers name it (carry ten, five complement and so on). Multiplication by 両落とし and division by 商除法 show which rod each digit goes on. ■ Toward mental math As you answer accurately, the beads fade until they can't be seen. They still move where they would be, so your fingers keep working the soroban in your head. Each kind of problem has its own level (0–6), shown on the home screen and during a round. ■ How it works Lessons from the single bead moves of addition and subtraction to 2- and 3-digit worked examples and the methods for multiplication and division, each ending with one problem to try. ■ For • Children learning soroban, practising at home • Adults picking up the soroban they learned long ago • Anyone building mental arithmetic a little every day No account, no ads. All data stays on your device, and the app works offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Soroban Calculation at 3 against まいにち5分!そろばん練習's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
| Parameter | Soroban Calculation | まいにち5分!そろばん練習 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart Connections | Masashi Saito |
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Soroban Calculation
No in-app purchases
まいにち5分!そろばん練習
No in-app purchases
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