Simple Soroban

4.8
10.7K reviews
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Rated for 3+
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Rated for 3+
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About this app

This application is a simple Japanese abacus (soroban / そろばん). It has a free mode where you can use the abacus freely, and a challenge mode with 4 operations (addition, subtraction, one and two digit multiplication, and division) and 3 difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard) where you must race against the clock to perform calculations.

Contains tutorials for:
* basic concepts
* addition
* subtraction
* one-digit multiplication
* two-digit multiplication
* division

Also has a custom challenge mode where you can set the number of questions, type of questions and difficulty.

(This is just a hobby project I'm doing for fun. This app is free and doesn't have in-app purchases or ads).

[PERMISSIONS USAGE]
This is a description of how permissions are used in this app.
Vibrate: The application can vibrate the phone to give user feedback. This can be enabled/disabled in the Settings screen.

[PRIVACY]
This application does not collect or transmit any data. Your settings, ranking and challenge times are stored locally on your phone only.
You can view the privacy policy here: http://bit.ly/simple-soroban-privacy
Updated on
Aug 11, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.8
9.73K reviews
N Piazza
May 11, 2025
i have never reviewed a damn thing on this app store, but in the year of 2025, this app has no ads, no music, no purchases, and is entirely offline. i truly appreciate the integrity of the developer, and i went out of my way to leave a review, as there arent any pop-ups asking you to. the tutorials and challenges are simple, clear, really got me from zero to adding five digit numbers. i havent done this much math since high school, and im thoroughly enjoying it.
76 people found this review helpful
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Lena Hinés
August 18, 2025
I love this app so much, I appreciate how it's free to use, and I enjoy studying on it. I do find that the sound effects for the correct answers are a bit too loud compared to the beads movement sounds, and as an auditory learner the sounds of the beads' movements help me focus while learning. It would be great if the app allowed the beads sounds and the feedback sounds to be adjusted separately, so I wouldn't have to put my sound settings all the way up just to hear the beads.
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Adnan
May 11, 2025
It is as the name implies: a soroban (Japanese abacus), and works effectively as one. There's no excessive visual nor sound, not even online highscore, and those helps in streamlining the experience of practicing. Some challenges are available, also predetermined drills are abundant. Finally, there's randomized problems with customizations, making it a long-term companion for practicing arithmetic.
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What’s new

* Layout and color palette adjustments
* Bug fixes and performance improvements
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About the developer
Bruno Takahashi Carvalhas de Oliveira
brunotc@gmail.com
16 Stuyvesant Oval #12A New York, NY 10009-2234 United States

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