Comparison

Mental Abacus Expert vs Abaculator

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

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About

Mental Abacus Expert

Enhance your mental arithmetic abilities with this app that utilizes abacus-based exercises. Improve concentration and working memory through four distinct training modules designed to build mental calculation skills.

Highlights
  • Four abacus-based arithmetic exercises
  • Develops concentration and working memory
  • Practice mental abacus technique
  • Modern (4+1) or classic (5+2) abacus types
  • Text and video instructions
  • Built-in speech engine
  • Beginner and expert modes
Features
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Working with the Mental abacus app will help you develop your mental arithmetic skills using the abacus. The four different types of exercises also trains your concentration and working memory. Exercise 1 - Quick interpretation of abacus figures. This exercise will practice your ability to imagine and keep the images clear in your mind. It is a skill that is essential if you want to develop mental arithmetic with the so-called mental abacus technique. Exercise 2 - Quick perception of numbers. The aim of this exercise is to develop your ability to quickly percept numbers in numerical form, remember the numbers, and then transfer them to abacus form. Exercise 3 - View / listen to numbers and count on an Abacus. In this exercise, you practice addition, subtraction or mixed arithmetic. This activity provides opportunities for you to develop mental abacus technique- that is the ability to order your mind’s eye to imagine an abacus, and then make the calculations on this inner, virtual abacus. Exercise 4 - Listen and/or view numbers and count on a Mental Abacus. This exercise practice your ability to imagine an abacus and make calculations on it. By practicing all four steps of the Mental Abacus app at each training session, you will notice that it gets easier and easier to mentally retain and imagine the beads movements for your inner eye. It is possible to train a fast and accurate mental arithmetic skill this way. Features - Four exercises that practice your arithmetic skills and develops mental abacus technique. - Choose between modern (4+1) or classic (5+2) abacus type. - Text- and video instructions. - The app has built in speech engine. - Choose between beginner mode and expert mode on the two last exercises.

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

Mental Abacus Expert4 screens
Abaculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mental Abacus Expert at every 3 weeks against Abaculator's every 35 months. Mental Abacus Expert also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Abacus Expert ships an update every 3 weeks, Abaculator every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mental Abacus Expert versus Abaculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Abacus ExpertAbaculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLindbla Las och Skrivutveckling ABChi-Cheng Liao

In-app purchases

None

Mental Abacus Expert

No in-app purchases

None

Abaculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Abacus Expert free?
Mental Abacus Expert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abaculator free?
Abaculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mental Abacus Expert or Abaculator have ads?
Neither Mental Abacus Expert nor Abaculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mental Abacus Expert or Abaculator?
Mental Abacus Expert ships an update every 3 weeks, and Abaculator every 35 months. Most recently, Mental Abacus Expert was updated on October 6, 2026 and Abaculator on October 11, 2026.

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