# MAHJ: Learn American Mahjong — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of MAHJ by Welcome2Mahj LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 384 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahj-learn-american-mahjong/id6762031478/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahj-learn-american-mahjong/id6762031478.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 362 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (17 of 28) ### 5/5 — A Great Learning Tool *2026-07-10* I wanted to learn more about the game that my daughter taught me and I found this app. The lessons are just right for a several minute break and the quizzes are really helpful (though I wish the answers were not almost always the second one!) I’ve now recommended it to my 3 friends who are learning the game, too. **Developer response:** Thank you, this genuinely made my day, and welcome to the game! 🀄 You're spot-on about the quiz answers landing on the second option too often, I just fixed that (they shuffle now) in an update heading to the App Store. We love that you're learning alongside your daughter and passing it on to friends; a new "crew" feature in that same update lets you all track progress together as you learn. Thanks so much for the kind words and the recommendations! ### 5/5 — Excellent!! *2026-07-08* I love this app SO much! I am learning so much! Thank you!! **Developer response:** Thank you so much, this made my whole day! 🀄 I built the app to help people learn exactly the way you're describing, so hearing it's clicking for you means everything. Happy learning, and enjoy game night! ### 5/5 — MAHJ ‘n’ roll! *2026-07-01* I felt a bit left out when all my friends got hooked on Mahjong and I didn’t. This app helped me catch up, shock everyone, and Mahj-pow them into submission! **Developer response:** "Mahj-pow them into submission" 😂 might be the greatest review I've ever gotten. So glad you caught up and got to shock everyone, that's the whole reason I made this. Now go rack up those wins! 🀄 ### 5/5 — Best mahj app *2026-06-30* I've tried a handful of Mahjong apps over the years, but this one genuinely surprised me. I picked it up not really expecting much, just something to pass time…and somehow it became part of my daily routine. What hooked me was how well it actually teaches you. I grew up watching my grandmother play, but never fully understood the rules. This app broke everything down in a way that finally made it click, without making me feel like I was reading a textbook. The tutorial is patient, and you can revisit any concept super easily. Highly recommend if you're a beginner trying to learn, or someone returning to the game. **Developer response:** Thank you, this genuinely made my day! The grandmother connection is exactly why I built this; so many people grew up around the game but never had anyone patient enough to break it down. I'm so glad it finally clicked, and that it didn't feel like a textbook, that was the whole goal. Welcome back to the table! 🀄 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-06-30* I've been playing Mahjong for years, and this new app has quickly become one of my favorites. The interface is clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate, making it enjoyable for both experienced players and those just learning the game. I especially appreciate the smooth gameplay, reliable scoring, and thoughtful features that keep games moving without unnecessary distractions. The developers have clearly put a lot of effort into creating a fun, welcoming community. The app runs well, and it's refreshing to find a Mahjong app that balances great functionality with an enjoyable player experience. I'm looking forward to future updates and highly recommend giving it a try! **Developer response:** This means a lot coming from someone who's played for years. "Keeps games moving without unnecessary distractions" is precisely what I was aiming for. More updates are on the way, if there's anything you'd love to see next, I'm all ears. Thanks for playing! ### 5/5 — Best app to learn Mahjong! *2026-06-29* I was looking for a way to learn at my own pace, not in an intimidating group setting and this app has been the best solution! It’s easy to follow and I love how visually appealing it is along the way. Great app! **Developer response:** This is exactly who I made it for, learning at your own pace, without a whole table waiting on you. I'm so happy it's been the right fit, and that the visuals make it enjoyable along the way. Thank you for the kind words! ### 5/5 — So good *2026-06-29* This app is perfect for learning MAHJong. I really like it. YouTube videos ar not enough, but this is perfect. **Developer response:** "YouTube wasn't enough, but this is perfect" might be my favorite review yet, thank you, Collin! Learning by doing beats watching every time. Really glad it's clicking for you! ### 5/5 — Fun way to learn how to play! *2026-06-23* I’m new to Mahjong and loved this app, specially the quizzes! Very helpful for beginners **Developer response:** Gabi, this made my whole day! 🥹 The quizzes were honestly my favorite part to build, so I'm so happy they're clicking for you. Welcome to Mahjong, you're going to love it. Thank you for taking the time to write this! 💚 ### 5/5 — Best app for complete beginners!!! *2026-06-23* This app has taught my whole family how to play and we are so excited!! Tomorrow we are all getting together and testing our skills to play!! **Developer response:** A whole family learning together?! This is everything to me. 🀄 I hope your game night was an absolute blast (and that someone snuck in a sneaky Mahjong!). Thank you for letting me be a little part of it, this is exactly why I built the app. 💚 ### 5/5 — Newby! *2026-06-23* I’ve had a couple of live learning sessions in my neighborhood. Then found MAHJ a couple of days ago—so appreciate the explanations and sequence of steps! Haven’t been through all the lessons yet, but I believe I will be referencing this app quite a bit! **Developer response:** Thank you so much! I laid the lessons out step-by-step for exactly this, so you can pop back in for a refresher between your neighborhood games. Enjoy the rest of the lessons, and welcome to Mahj! 🀄 ### 5/5 — Mahj18 *2026-06-16* I often teach mahj lessons, and I have found this App awesome in helping those new to the game become proficient faster. Moreover, it’s great for seasoned players who need a refresh or have a question. Love this App! **Developer response:** Coming from someone who teaches, this means the world. 🥹 Knowing it helps both your new students and your seasoned players is the best compliment I could ask for. Thank you for sharing it with them! 💚 ### 5/5 — Exceptional *2026-06-14* I’ve been looking for an app to teach me mah-jongg and this is by far the best one I’ve seen. I want to thank the developer for coming up with this exceptional app. **Developer response:** Okay, you got the developer a little teary! 🥹 I poured so much love into this app, so hearing it's the best you've found means everything. Thank you, and enjoy every minute of learning. You've got this! 💚 ### 5/5 — Great app!! *2026-06-14* I am so thrilled this app is available to help teach my friends. It is user friendly, and really has inspired my friends to learn mahj !! The app is well thought out and really helps new players grasp the game! I will continue to share this app with my mahj enthusiasts 🀄️🀄️ **Developer response:** You sharing it with your mahj crew is the highest honor. 🀄💚 I worked hard to make it click for brand new players, so knowing it's inspiring your friends is the dream. Thank you so much, happy teaching! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-06-12* This app makes it so easy to learn mahjong. The lessons are clear and fun! Would recommend to anyone who is learning mahjong for the first time. **Developer response:** Thank you, Colette! "Clear and fun" was the whole goal, Mahjong can feel intimidating at first and I really wanted to take that away. So glad it's working for you, and thank you for recommending it! 💚 ### 5/5 — Extremely helpful and fun way to learn Mahj! *2026-06-07* Mahjongg is everywhere right now and for a good reason. I wanted to be a part of that fun, but was intimidated a bit since people around me seemed so experienced. This app changed that. It’s intuitive easy to use and makes a century+ year old game feel new and exciting. The way the lessons are set up is well thought out and brings you into the world in a smart way. If you are at all Mahjongcurious like I was just click download and do it already! **Developer response:** Leah, this review! 🥹 You nailed exactly what I was going for, taking away the intimidation and making a 100+ year-old game feel brand new. So glad you jumped in even though you felt nervous. Welcome to the Mahj world, you belong here! 💚 ### 5/5 — Great intro to Mahjong *2026-04-27* Great app for learning mahjong as a beginner! The lessons are clear and walk you through the game step by step without being overwhelming. I like that you can practice as you go which has helped me understand how everything works. Definitely a helpful way to get started! **Developer response:** Thank you so much, this is exactly what I was going for when building MAHJ! Mahjong can feel overwhelming at first, so knowing the step-by-step approach is landing well means a lot. Happy you're enjoying the practice along the way. Good luck at the table! ### 5/5 — Beginner loving this! *2026-04-26* Sara, your app is great and I’ve been recommending it to all my friends! For beginners, it’s nice to have quizzes and you lay things out so nicely. Is this only for apple users? My Samsung friends are looking for you! **Developer response:** Angeline, thank you so much - this made my day! So glad the quizzes and layout are clicking for you, and thank you for spreading the word to your friends! Right now MAHJ is iOS only, but the Android version is submitted to Google Play and waiting for approval, so your Samsung friends won't have to wait long! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Learn the basics *2026-06-03* I loved the lessons and shared with the person who taught me the game. She thought the lessons were solid and well explained. I can’t help but wonder if there are programming hiccups in the practice games. I have stumbled into a hiccup when the table wouldn’t let me pick up a tile to make a pong. As I write this, the target hand is 7 pairs. I have pairs in 7B,8B,7C,1D,7D,8C and 2 flowers. It won’t let me call Mahjong. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for this, truly. It means a lot that you played all the way through the lessons and shared the app with the person who taught you. That's the best compliment I could possibly get. Because of your note, I found exactly what was going wrong in the practice game and fixed it: the calling and Mahjong problems are gone, and the table now shows you when a hand is concealed and spells out what it needs to win, so it never leaves you stuck guessing again. It's all in the next update coming out soon! I made this app on my own, so still trying to figure some stuff out. I grew up playing American Mahjong and have taught it across a lot of kitchen tables - this app is my way of pulling up a chair next to one more new player. Thoughtful feedback like yours is exactly how it gets better, so thank you for taking the time to write it. And if anything still feels off, write me anytime at info@welcome2mahj.com. ### 5/5 — Best tool to learn mahjong! *2026-08-06* My spouse and I both took the lessons in the app and are so excited to continue playing this game! I’ve recommended this app to so many of my friends! ### 5/5 — Perfect and fun tutorial! *2026-08-04* I’ve spent forever watching videos, reading blogs and trying other apps to learn how to play mahjong from scratch. This is the only resource that explains it completely while still keeping it fun. Great app, thanks! ### 5/5 — Totally taught me *2026-07-26* This app is awesome. The lessons are concise, easy to understand, and thorough with the short meaningful quizzes at the end of each lesson. I got invited to a game after I had completed lesson 9 and I knew enough to hang with the players. Highly recommend. **Developer response:** This made my day, truly - thank you! 🀄 Getting invited to a game after Lesson 9 and knowing enough to hang with the table is the exact moment we built MAHJ for. Teaching the tiles is just the start; the real goal is getting you to a real table, ready to play and belong there - and you did it. So glad the concise lessons and the quizzes landed for you. Enjoy every game ahead! ### 5/5 — PERFECT APP!! *2026-07-19* Omg I’m SO thankful for this app! Mahjong appeared too overwhelming, but this app has been beyond perfect for me! I’ve sent this to all my friends that have discussed starting to play! Thank you to the developer of this app! So grateful! 🤗 **Developer response:** Gina, this absolutely made my day, thank you! 🥹 "Mahjong appeared too overwhelming" is the exact feeling I built this app to melt away, so knowing it clicked for you means the world. And sharing it with friends who want to start? That's the dream - Mahjong is best around a table with people you love. Wishing you so many happy games ahead. Tell your crew I said hi! 💚 ### 5/5 — Love this game, Developer very responsive *2026-07-15* At first, I was having some problems with play, Developer very responsive and willing to check it out….. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! This genuinely made my day! 💚 I really appreciate you giving me the chance to help. Taking care of my players is the whole reason I built this, and I'm always just an email away if anything ever comes up. Enjoy the game, so glad to have you here! 🀄️ ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-07-13* I don’t usually write reviews but this app is fantastic! Clean user interface and excellent at teaching a newbie mahjong. I’ve fwd’d this app to my friends as well! **Developer response:** This made my day, thank you! I set out to make mahjong easy and welcoming for beginners, so this means everything to a one-person business like mine. And thank you for sharing it with your friends!! 🀄️💚 ### 5/5 — Clear Easy Precise *2026-07-12* The best learning tool I have used. Great examples! **Developer response:** Thank you so much, "clear, easy, precise" is exactly what I was hoping for, so this genuinely made my day. 🀄 I put a lot of care into the examples, so I'm thrilled they clicked for you. If you ever rope a few friends into learning too, that's the whole dream - mahjong's best with four! Enjoy! ### 5/5 — Incredible *2026-07-12* This app is incredible. I can tell the developer really takes pride in it. I used it to learn the basics a couple of months ago and it was great. I restarted progress from scratch the other day and can see the app is clearly upgraded significantly from top to bottom to make learning even easier. Plus the ask the coach feature utilizes ai very well so questions are answered clearly. On top of all of that the app is free which is unusual for an app like this. Keep it up! **Developer response:** Thank you so much, this genuinely made my day. 🀄 I'm a one-person team, so hearing that the pride shows through means the world. You noticed exactly right: I've been rebuilding the app top to bottom - lessons, drills, and especially the AI Coach - to make learning even easier, and reviews like yours are how I decide what to improve next. So glad you came back and started fresh, and even happier the Coach is answering your questions clearly. Welcome back to the table! 💛 ### 5/5 — Best app for beginners to learn Mah Jong *2026-07-11* Such a wonderful app to learn Mah Jong I have sent this to a few friends already and they all love it. Step by step instructions and extremely user friendly. Thank you for this app! **Developer response:** Thank you so much, this made me day! 🀄 Helping beginners get to that first game is the whole reason I built MAHJ, so knowing it clicked for you and your friends means everything. Thank you for the kind words and for spreading the word... happy learning! 💚 ## Most praised reviews (1 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So helpful after a 101 class! *2026-07-10* I attended a 101 class last night from a local mahjong club. Started learning the basics but knew I needed to keep up the learning or I’d lose it before I’m able to get in some games consistently… (and life is busy). I am enjoying the lessons-very brief and to the point, easy to understand, with helpful little quizzes! Highly recommend! **Developer response:** Thank you, and welcome to the table! 🀄 You nailed the hard part: keeping it warm after a 101 class until you're playing regularly. That's exactly why I built this - short lessons, quick quizzes to make it stick, and practice games so you're ready when your group is. Between game nights, the daily puzzle keeps it fresh in five minutes. So glad you're learning with us, can't wait for you to sit down at your first real game! 💚 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*