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🇺🇸 English
What LetAbacus is
LetAbacus (珠心算小學堂) is a soroban (Japanese abacus) mental-math app for young kids on iPhone and iPad. There is almost no text on screen — children learn through animated demos, glowing beads and cheerful voice encouragement: a flickable multi-touch abacus, a lesson course (8 units, 18 lessons) from meeting the abacus to complements and running sums, Sense Island number-sense games, visual and listening drills, and 9 bead skins unlocked by practicing. It is completely free with no ads and no data collection, and all learning content works fully offline.
Requirements
- iOS 17 / iPadOS 17 or later. The same app runs on iPhone and iPad.
- No account or login required. Learning needs no internet connection.
- No microphone, camera, photos, location, or notification permissions are requested.
Common questions
Is LetAbacus really free? Are there ads or in-app purchases?
The app is 100% free: every lesson, drill and bead skin is unlocked by practicing, never by paying. There are no ads. The only in-app purchases are three optional "tip jar" donations (buy the developer a coffee) inside the parent zone, behind the parental gate. They unlock nothing and children cannot reach them.
How do I open the parent zone? What is the parental gate?
Tap the family icon at the top of the home screen. The gate shows an adult-level multiplication question (e.g. 123 × 5) with three answers — tap the correct one to enter. There is no fixed password by design, so children cannot get in on their own. Inside you'll find progress, language, listening pace, skins, and the optional tip jar.
There's no sound / the voice is silent.
Check that the device volume is turned up. LetAbacus deliberately plays through the media channel so teaching audio still works when the silent switch is on — bead clicks and voice are the content, not decoration. If another app has taken over audio, returning to LetAbacus and flicking a bead resumes sound.
How do I switch between Chinese and English?
Open the parent zone → Language. UI text (parent zone only — the child's screens have no text) and all voices switch together between English and Traditional Chinese.
The listening drill seems to wait — is it stuck?
That's by design. The app calls one term ("five"), then waits until your child actually sets 5 on the abacus before calling the next term ("plus three"). If nothing happens for a while it repeats the current term. You can change the calling pace (slow / medium / fast) with the tortoise/rabbit button or in the parent zone.
My child doesn't know what the bead values are.
In lessons, tap the "123" button in the top bar to show value labels on the ones rod (5 on the upper bead, 1–4 on the lower beads). Tap again to hide; the choice is remembered.
How do I reset progress?
Parent zone → "Reset all progress". This erases stars, skins and records on this device. Progress is stored only on the device, so deleting the app also removes it.
How is my child's data handled?
LetAbacus collects no data at all. Lesson progress is stored only on the device and never uploaded. See the Privacy Policy.
Contact
Email us at [email protected]. We typically reply within 1–2 business days.
🇹🇼 繁體中文
珠心算小學堂是什麼
珠心算小學堂(LetAbacus)是給小小孩的 iPhone / iPad 珠心算 app。畫面裡幾乎沒有文字——孩子靠動畫示範、發光的珠子和語音加油自己上課、自己練習:可撥的多點觸控算盤、8 單元 18 課的課程小學堂(從認識算盤到補數與連加連減)、數感島量感遊戲、看算與聽算挑戰、9 款用練習解鎖的珠子皮膚。完全免費、零廣告、不收集資料,學習內容完全離線。
系統需求
- iOS 17 / iPadOS 17 以上。同一個 App 在 iPhone、iPad 都能用。
- 不需要帳號或登入;學習不需要網路連線。
- 不請求麥克風、相機、相簿、定位或通知等權限。
常見問題
珠心算小學堂真的免費嗎?有廣告或內購嗎?
100% 免費:所有課程、挑戰與珠子皮膚都用練習解鎖,不用花錢買。沒有任何廣告。唯一的內購是家長區裡的三檔自由讚助(請開發者喝杯咖啡),在家長閘之後、小孩碰不到,而且不解鎖任何功能。
如何進入家長區?家長閘是什麼?
點首頁上方的家庭圖示。家長閘會出一道大人級的乘法題(例如 123 × 5)、三個選項,按正確答案才能進入;刻意不設固定密碼,孩子自己進不去。裡面有學習進度、語言、報數速度、皮膚收藏與自由讚助。
沒有聲音 / 語音不會響。
請確認裝置音量已調高。珠心算小學堂刻意走媒體聲道,靜音鍵開著也會有聲音——撥珠聲與語音是教學內容,不是裝飾。若被其他 app 佔走聲音,回到 app 撥一下珠子就會恢復。
如何切換中文 / 英文?
家長區 → 語言。介面文字(只有家長區有字,小孩畫面零文字)與所有語音會一起切換英文/繁體中文。
聽算好像停住不動——是當掉了嗎?
這是刻意設計。App 唸一項(「5」)後,會等孩子真的在算盤上撥出 5,才唸下一項(「加 3」)。太久沒動會把本項再唸一次。報數節奏可用龜/兔按鈕或家長區調整(慢/中/快)。
孩子不知道珠子代表多少。
課程中點頂列的「123」按鈕,個位檔會標出珠值(上珠 5、下珠 1–4)。再點一次隱藏;選擇會記住。
如何重置進度?
家長區 →「重置所有學習進度」,會清除此裝置上的星星、皮膚與成績。進度只存在裝置本機,刪除 App 也會一併移除。
孩子的資料怎麼處理?
珠心算小學堂完全不收集任何資料。學習進度只存在裝置本機、不會上傳。詳見隱私權政策。
聯絡我們
請寄信至 [email protected],通常 1–2 個工作天內回覆。