# Hong Kong Mahjong Club — user reviews > 267 indexed App Store user reviews of Hong Kong Mahjong Club by Recax Technology Limited, rated 4.50/5 from 2,185 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hong-kong-mahjong-club/id488514298/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hong-kong-mahjong-club/id488514298.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,487 · 4★ 449 · 3★ 137 · 2★ 47 · 1★ 65 ## What do users think of Hong Kong Mahjong Club? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Authentic Hong Kong style mahjong - 👍 Great way to practice and learn the game - 🕰️ Convenient to play anytime - 💡 Helpful for improving memory and brain exercise **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs in scoring and winning hand recognition - ⚠️ Frequent crashes and freezing issues - 📺 Intrusive and unskippable ads - 🔇 Sound issues on certain devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect scoring and unrecognized winning hands - Game freezing and crashing mid-game - Inability to claim tiles for winning - Inconsistent behavior with discarding and drawing tiles **Most requested features** - Tutorial and explanation of rules and scoring - Option to play with real players online - Customization options like font size and layout - Detailed fan point system reference ## Newest reviews (21 of 267) ### 3/5 — Great game but Horrible ADs *2026-07-19, version 3.5.9* I would give it more starts if there was an AD free version. This is by far one of the better Hong Kong style game available. I like how the direction of the game and each seat is displayed. The tile are big so I can see clearly. I wish there was a chicken had option but its not a deal breaker. Now to the ADs. I have a hard time figuring out how to close the ADs , my elderly mom has an even harder time on the iPad. Every AD acts differently with some having an obvious “X” while other is a big mystery. If there was a paid version that was AD free I would be the 1st to pay. ### 3/5 — Cheats, buggy *2026-05-26, version 3.5.9* I am Chinese and being playing MJ for over 50 years. This is fun to play for the most part but it cheats a lot. There are times I feel that it cheat and clearly doesn’t allow you to win. I don’t understand the 12 tile violation that happens from time to time. Then when i can chow, but the game won’t allow it. Or when it give me the option to pong but not chow. But the worse part is when you win but the game won’t allow it, and you end up throwing out the tile and someone else wins with the similar hand. I compare our hands and they are both similar yet I can’t win. That’s the most frustrating thing about this game. If I find an another MJ game I will delete this one immediately. ### 4/5 — Fun, but glitchy *2026-05-09, version 3.5.9* The game is fun but sometimes the round goes twice, it only seems to happen in the 3 farn minimum with flowers. But that’s the one I like to play. Overall, it’s a good rendition of HK style mahjong ### 2/5 — Annoyed.. *2026-05-06, version 3.5.9* This was an awesome game that I’ve played for many years and I would have given 5 stars but it started pushing ads after every round which is super annoying. I was okay when they had ads every 4-5 rounds but now it’s almost impossible to have a rhythm. Sad.. ### 4/5 — 有bug *2026-04-24, version 3.5.9* 無一炮雙響同折糊，有損遊戲體驗 ### 3/5 — English version *2026-02-23, version 3.5.9* I wish the tiles had English instead of Chinese ### 3/5 — Dementia and Adds *2025-12-17, version 3.5.9* My Dad has dementia/Alzheimer’s but loves this Mahjong Game. He remembers how to play and all the rules. Is there a way to pay for the adds to go away? When the adds come up, they redirect to a browser and he clicks and then doesn’t know how to get back to the game. It’s a little frustrating for him. Thanks. ### 3/5 — Repeating hands *2025-12-12, version 3.5.9* I like this game a lot when I first downloaded, and later on, I realize it very often to replay hands, I am not sure you can pay to upgrade it, but it’s good enough for beginner! ### 4/5 — Mahjong mahjong fun *2025-12-10, version 3.5.9* Great game with a few errors in the calculation of points. The annoying thing is too many interruptions by ads which cannot be removed. The developer should consider removing the ads in order to retain its players. ### 3/5 — Used to be better *2025-09-07, version 3.5.9* It’s been kind of screwed up the past year. The messages are wrong as you play on. When you actually win, the game doesn’t acknowledge it! ### 4/5 — Good game but has much room to improve *2025-08-14, version 3.5.9* This is by far one of my favorite authentic Cantonese mahjong game. However, the developer has missed the mark on the “Wind”. It was never accurate. Then, the game sometimes has a glitch on “Self pull 自摸”. It will have one of the player pays the money instead of all 3 players. Then, the annoying “missing Suzhou boat” stays on for so long that the banner blocks the player from selecting the card. I hope the developer will fix’s these bugs. ### 4/5 — A help button would be a useful tool *2025-08-04, version 3.5.9* I enjoy this game but I’m not sure whether there is a glitch or something with rules I am unfamiliar with. I just finished a game ( well thought I did) my hand was 2 chows in bamboo, a pung of winds and a pung of one circles - I had 2 tiles remaining , both East wind. I would have thought this was mah Jong but game was asking me to discard one of the east winds? ### 4/5 — Game is still not set correctly *2025-06-14, version 3.5.9* I have been playing on and off for a few years and the system still not fixed. I had two correctly flowers and I was calling 1-4-7 of sticks (chicken hand) but across from me threw out 7stickd and I should have won at least 1 fan if not 2 fan. But it did not allow me to win at all. So the (1 fan and up) system is still not correct. ### 2/5 — Game is so rigged *2025-02-25, version 3.5.9* Some others have noticed too… game is super rigged. There are SO many self picks it’s ridiculous! And there are so many games in which the computer hands are almost completely set for high scores that within a few rounds they win with a very high hand. I play in real life and these are super rare wins and yet it happens all the time in this game. So after a while it’s really not fun anymore. Very limited play when it happens! ### 4/5 — Pretty realistic version of HK style Mahjong but has bugs *2024-12-17, version 3.5.9* Been playing this game for a couple of years and just recently it’s not adding up fans correctly. Sometimes I have my own flower but doesn’t count it, and when others woo, it gives them an extra fan for a flower they don’t have. Last app update was about a year ago, what changed? ### 3/5 — Get stuck sometimes *2024-12-17, version 3.5.9* Sometimes you leave the app and come back and it just stopped dealing. This happens quite often. Otherwise very good app to play. Could use some quick lookup on winning hands! ### 3/5 — Classic HKOS *2024-11-16, version 3.5.9* Easy to use. Would be good to have scoring tables (for both game with flowers & without flowers) and a list of special hands that are acceptable eg is 7 Unique Pairs or 13 Orphans accepted. It freezes if you leave mid way in the game and try to come back. Also definition of terminology eg using “Fire-gun” for the term Discarder. ### 2/5 — Glitched *2024-08-21, version 3.5.9* Game auto recognizes plays and misses enough that I do not desire to play anymore. No option to turn auto recognition off😡 ### 3/5 — Beginner struggles *2024-06-19, version 3.5.9* Hi, I really love this game, I used to play on the computer many years ago. I am having trouble finishing my hand. How do I self pick a card? How do I get a woo to finish the round? Is there a tutorial somewhere to learn? Please help? ### 3/5 — Good But Misses Melds *2024-04-28, version 3.5.9* This game is good except it misses melds especially wins (Woo/Mahjong). I won so many times but the software needs to be updated to recognize concealed melds. ### 4/5 — Authentic Chinese Version *2024-04-02, version 3.5.9* Fun game, but need an explanation of how to score. Sometimes points are subtracted from non winners. Sometimes your win is not achknolwedge. There needs to be a button to indicate I won to overirde the auto play. Frustrating when you have a win and is not achknowledge. Otherwise great game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Has flaws *2026-08-16, version 3.5.9* Twice I drew a winning tile and it didn’t let me me. No option to declare Mahjong yourself either. ### 1/5 — Sucks you can’t actually win *2026-06-21, version 3.5.9* Doesn’t actually let you win. Only way to win is if you toss one away , with a winning hand, and hope you get the same one again. ### 1/5 — Terrible ads *2026-03-25, version 3.5.9* The intrusive ads make this virtually unplayable. ### 1/5 — Wouldn’t let me win *2025-12-23, version 3.5.9* I got the exact requirements to win, others won but not me😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Ads between games consistently crash *2024-12-03, version 3.5.9* As per title can’t get through most games without an ad crashing. Have to restart the app and start again - most games I’ve played is about 6 before an ad crashes. ### 1/5 — 1 *2023-07-31, version 3.5.5* The updated version is very bad ### 1/5 — This is not a fair play game. *2023-04-19, version 3.5.5* This is not a fair play game. The game designer just want to fool you all around. Whenever you are ready for last tile to win, you will be switch to be a loser . The designer not to try to pool out tiles by randomly, but intent to make you either lose or very hard to gain point. ### 1/5 — Terrible game!! *2023-04-10, version 3.5.5* Worst mahjong game ever! ### 1/5 — Terrible display *2023-04-10, version 3.5.5* The big display of this version is too obtrusive ### 1/5 — English only. 衹有 英文版本 *2023-03-11, version 3.5.0* English only. 衹有 英文版本 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game! But a bit buggy. *2026-02-26, version 3.5.9* Terffic game! But buggy. How can I get a copy of the rules? How do I know what the special hands are? Apparently, if I steal a Kong as the last tile then this is a win. But I had all pairs and this was not a win. Gates of Heaven? 发财 pong with bamboo is not extra fan? ### 5/5 — Great game! But a bit buggy. *2026-02-08, version 3.5.9* Terffic game! How can I get a copy of the rules? How do I know what the special hands are? Apparently, if I steal a Kong as the last tile then this is a win. But I had all pairs and this was not a win. Gates of Heaven? 发财 pong with bamboo is not extra fan? ### 5/5 — Great game! Special hands? *2025-01-13, version 3.5.9* Terffic game! How can I get a copy of the rules? How do I know what the special hands are? Apparently, if I steal a Kong as the last tile then this is a win. But I had all pairs and this was not a win. Gates of Heaven? 发财 pong with bamboo is not extra fan? ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-06-18, version 3.5.9* It appears to be 100% bot play, which makes sense. Impossible to coordinate otherwise. Great for practice. A little addictive. ;-) I’m just trying to figure out why some legit hands don’t woo. My guess is if it’s a zero hand with no fans, IOW, no points, then you have to try something else… ### 5/5 — Good game but… *2024-03-31, version 3.5.9* It is very fun! But it has ads, if only there were no ads ### 5/5 — The only real HK mahjong game here! *2024-03-10, version 3.5.9* This was the only real HK Mahjong game me and my friends were able to find in the App Store. I’m so glad this exists! Practicing here makes our IRL game skills much stronger! ### 5/5 — Mahjong game *2023-03-09, version 3.5.0* I love to play it almost daily! It exercises my brain and do as my fingers! But today when I tried to play the setting has been changed and all in English! I love it in Chinese and hopefully you can made it with an option! Thank you for this wonderful game! Keep up with the good work 👍 ### 5/5 — Michael *2023-02-18, version 3.4* Good game ### 5/5 — Great way to practice *2023-02-16, version 3.4* Excellent way to hone your Mahjong skills. ### 5/5 — 有意思 *2022-12-19, version 3.4* 可以锻炼大脑并没有舒缓压力 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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