# Hong Kong Style Mahjong — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Hong Kong Style Mahjong by Paul Vella, rated 2.80/5 from 13 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hong-kong-style-mahjong/id916388468/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hong-kong-style-mahjong/id916388468.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (14 of 43) ### 3/5 — Glitch in Sec Wu *2026-01-14, version 2.0.8* Does not recognize a winning hand !!! ### 3/5 — Calling for game *2024-06-16, version 2.0.6* How does one do this. There is no apparent icon and my mahjong hands are to being recognized/ ### 3/5 — Real mahjong *2024-03-31, version 2.0.6* Good game but has bugs so only three stars. App will not award a win with All pair hand ### 3/5 — Very Fun EXCEPT *2023-12-05* I have like this game a lot! Easy interface, simple play style - the biggest and by far MOST ANNOYING complaint I have is that the game doesn’t seem to realize when you’ve won. I’ve been noticing it more and more. I’ll have a win if. Hand and it will continue like I do not. Sometimes, if you click out of game, go to a different level, then immediately come back to level you were playing, it will recognize that you’ve won. Otherwise, it makes you continue to play and doesn’t accept win. This is trusting for obvious reasons but also because as a new player trying to learn the game, it makes it difficult to know if I’m actually correct that I have right hand to win or if I’m playing incorrectly. If this bug could be fixed it would be perfect game! ### 3/5 — Why did I not win the hand? *2022-07-07, version 2.0.6* I was advised to discard the north wind which I had drawn to make my pair for a Mahjong win! In other words I could not win when I should have done. ?? ### 3/5 — Hangs frequently on ads *2020-10-06* Nice and fun but hangs frequently on ads after each round. Must break out and restart each time. ### 3/5 — Can’t play with friends! *2019-09-20, version 2.0.5* Hopefully they will fix it soon. 5 stars if this game can play online with friends. ### 3/5 — Crashes on orphan hand *2018-08-15* Like most of these games I’ve tried it’s not overly challenging. However it is good enough. I was annoyed when the app crashes when I got the orphan hand. Whenever I restart it allows me to resume and try to win again. But it just closes out every time I click win. And it also seems to change some cards in my hand after I discard on the highest level game. ### 3/5 — Laggy *2018-07-15* I love this app for mahjong. I play it on my galaxy s8 no issues but on my iPad Pro 2 it lags! Fix it! ### 4/5 — Great game for someone new to Mah Jong *2017-09-24, version 1.37* Frustrating that settings do not seem to be retained and even though I resume a game, it seems to start from the beginning again ### 4/5 — Good *2017-01-20, version 1.34* Nice play but I discard first a lot when not east !? ### 3/5 — Ok *2016-08-21* Major glitch in that you can't eat woo (complete the match) when you have a pong or a row. The game will give the match to another player. Need to fix this. And there are too many ads. There could be more special hands too and more options for not getting chicken hands other than one option. ### 3/5 — Mrs *2016-02-19, version 1.30* Bugs galore, extra tiles, fail to acknowledge wins. Very irritating when you can see you have won and game ignores it. Have had several games with five tiles in a set. There should only be 4 of each. Shame really as rest of app is good. ### 3/5 — Has a lot of bugs *2016-01-09* I love the game but it is not accurate with its play. Even when you've won, it keeps allowing the other players to pong or chow so you don't get the "win" button. Very buggy. Needs improvement. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t recognize special hands *2020-10-04, version 2.0.6* This game doesn’t recognize special or winning hands sometimes. So I always have to discard after self picking and then I end up losing. ### 1/5 — Still setting level at 0 *2018-01-21* I do not like to play chicken games but the game keeps setting at level 0. I thought this was resolved. It has not been. ### 1/5 — Chicken level only *2018-01-18* The game always start with level 0 (chicken level). I tried to set at higher level of play in 3 or 5. But when I started the game, it went back to level 0. Needed to fix this issue. ### 1/5 — Paid for no ads but still got ads?????? *2017-11-28, version 1.37* Wth? ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY! *2017-01-25, version 1.34* I would give a big fat ZERO if I could. Good board game, but this version is very buggy. Unable to mute the sound. Also, no option to restart the match. Would not recommend this purchase until the bugs are fixed!!!! Poor software quality control... ### 1/5 — Needs to be fixed a lot. *2017-01-04* UPDATE: It froze every level. Can't play anymore. Don't waste your money. First I wouldn't write a review but couldn't find easy way to connect with customer report. Strike one. I try to report some glitches but not easy to find connect. It is a good app interfaces friendly and very nice. Very real good mahjong game but many areas you can't able to finish and force throws. Calculating points wrong and wrong descriptions.strike two. This game has potential but need to be fixed and more customer friendly. I bought add free version, still need to refresh every time to play add free, strike three. I will be happy to raise ratings when it is corrected.. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2015-03-20* Deals all 1's and crashes ### 2/5 — Glitchy. Misreads your hand *2021-06-21, version 2.0.6* 1) I won with a pure hand but didn’t give me the correct winnings. 2) Tiles that show in my hand that don’t make sense (I discarded it). 3) just does weird stuff ### 2/5 — Good but doesn’t allow friend players *2018-05-21, version 2.0.4* Can’t find how to play with friends as per sub header. But good animation and no ads ### 2/5 — Game seems good, but no help *2017-06-06* Too bad there is no search and no faq. For instance: to win you must declare "sec vu," but where the hack is a button to do so? I have a winning hand, but nowhere in the explanations does it tell where the sec vu botton is ... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2024-01-25, version 2.0.6* So well organised and includes rules and loads of settings, brilliant for beginner or advanced to play the proper game ### 5/5 — Good fun *2018-09-29, version 2.0.5* Well developed and good fun to play! ### 5/5 — 好玩 *2018-09-29, version 2.0.5* 勁似真實玩法! ### 5/5 — Awesome mahjong game!! *2018-09-29, version 2.0.5* Love the game, it’s easy to understand and easy to play. The developer keeps implementing new stuff as well as listening to feedback. Would recommend for all those who love mahjong. ### 5/5 — Best game *2018-03-17, version 2.0.3* Best mahjong apps in iOS easy to learn ### 5/5 — An excellent mahjong. *2015-11-01, version 1.15* An extremely smooth and professional mahjong with a great AI built in as well. I highly recommend this. ### 5/5 — Excellent Hong Kong Style Mahjong *2014-10-17* I am always used to play this mahjong ### 5/5 — Mr. *2014-10-14, version 1.3* Love this game challenging AI, very addictive. The slide to discard gesture feels very natural. Looking forward to the multi-player version. ### 4/5 — Great *2023-05-15, version 2.0.6* Easy to understand mahjong game. I might be misunderstanding the rules but I get a round or player wind pong but no bonus point. Also player names and position on the game screen would be nice and for the ‘slow’ gameplay to be a bit slower (it’s still too fast for me!!) ### 4/5 — Play with Friends *2020-04-18, version 2.0.5* How can you invite friends to play? It doesn’t appear that you can actually play with your friends! If this is possible, then this would be a great app! --- *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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