# Fourth Seat Mahjong — American Mah Jongg, live

> American Mah Jongg, live (iPhone/iPad app by STEPHEN CARROLL HAGER.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fourth-seat-mahjong/id6800969170 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [STEPHEN CARROLL HAGER](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796527008)
- Category: Games, Board, Card
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 38 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fourth-seat-mahjong/id6800969170/reviews.md

## What is Fourth Seat Mahjong?

American Mah Jongg the way a real table plays it — and a parlor that is always open.

FOUR WAYS TO PLAY
• The full four-player game — the Charleston, calling, exposures, jokers, and scoring
• Solitaire — nineteen tile-matching layouts, plus a daily board everyone plays the same day
• Tower — twenty solitaire boards of rising difficulty, six hearts, and four trophies to collect
• The Parlor — live tables with real people, chat, friends, and a 1v1 solitaire race

LEARN IT, OR SKIP THE LESSONS
Your first game asks: Coached or Classic. Coaching draws borders around the sets you are building, ranks the hands you are closest to, reads a joker from the tiles you set it beside, and tells you what a discard or a call costs — then steps aside the moment you tap the badge. Classic is just you and the tiles.

THE PARLOR
Start a table in a tap — empty seats fill with bots, and friends join from a texted link that opens straight to your table, or by your friend code. A chair you leave is held for you: come back and it is still yours. Global chat runs all day, and the weekly ladder crowns whoever climbs highest.

BRING YOUR OWN OFFICIAL CARD
The app includes thirty original example hands, shown in full. If you own the official NMJL yearly card, you can play it in our online Parlor, including an assistant coaching mode to help you learn the game. We do not provide that card due to copyright laws.

EARN YOUR BELT
Nearly everything pays XP — wins, Tower floors, daily challenges, and most of all playing live. Fifty levels climb through panda belts: Bamboo, Jade, Gold, Dragon, and summits beyond.

EVERY DAY, TWO REASONS BACK
The Daily Solitaire: one shared board, your best time takes the leaderboard — and an unsolved board still counts by the tiles you left. Today's Deal: one real hand on the same wall for the whole world, no coaching for anyone.

NO ADS, NO TRACKING
Everything offline needs no account: pick a name and play, entirely on your device. Online play uses a free account — a username, a password and an email for recovery — so your level, badges, friends and Tower climb follow you to any phone or computer, one device at a time. Every player gets a six-character friend code; give it to a friend and they add you in a tap. Delete your account any time from the app.

Not affiliated with the National Mah Jongg League. The official card is copyrighted and is not included — bring your own current card to play its hands. Cards can be bought at nmjl.org.

THE PARLOR PASS
Everything offline is free, always. Online play — live tables, the Daily Deal on The Official Card, the weekly ladder, friends and chat — is free for your first month, then continues with the Parlor Pass: $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, an auto-renewing subscription billed to your Apple ID. Cancel any time in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions.

Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://mahjong-parlor.fly.dev/store/privacy-policy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parlor Pass | $4.99 | per month |
| Parlor Pass | $49.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-16

• Tougher opponents: Medium and Sharp bots plan their hands better, and Gentle bots can now declare Mahjong.
• The weekly ladder: every online game counts, no sign-up, and the top player each week wears the crown.
• The discard pile stays where you scroll it.
• Alternate ways of making a card line show the line's own number.
• Leaving a hand in progress now asks first, plus many smaller fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-15

No release notes.

## More apps by STEPHEN CARROLL HAGER

- [Fretwork: Chords and Scales](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fretwork-chords-and-scales/id6796527006)

All apps by STEPHEN CARROLL HAGER: https://appshunter.io/developer/6796527008

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