# Mahjong Essential — Solitario mahjong a livelli

> Solitario mahjong a livelli (iPhone/iPad app by Tommaso Tamantini.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahjong-essential/id6799641195 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tommaso Tamantini](https://appshunter.io/developer/6794208760)
- Category: Games, Board, Card
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 64 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahjong-essential/id6799641195/reviews.md

## What is Mahjong Essential?

Mahjong solitaire the way it should be: clean, elegant and always playable.

Clear the board by matching identical tiles, one pair at a time. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.

EVERY BOARD IS SOLVABLE
No impossible layouts. Each deal is built by simulating a full solution first, so a way through always exists: getting stuck is a challenge, never bad luck.

FIVE MODES
• Classic — the traditional multi-layer layout
• Turtle — mahjong's iconic shape
• Pyramid — a challenge that builds upward
• Time Attack — clear as many tiles as you can before the clock runs out
• Puzzle — uncover a picture, one piece for every game you win

NEW: PUZZLE MODE
Fourteen illustrations to uncover. Pick the one you like: every game you win reveals another piece, eight wins to complete it.

DIFFICULTY THAT GROWS WITH YOU
Start on a compact, properly stacked board and work your way up to the full 144-tile classic. Each mode keeps its own progress, so you can switch between them freely.

HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT
Hint, shuffle and undo, paid for with tokens you earn by playing: some every day you open the game, and more for every level you finish. Nothing is compulsory — play without them if you prefer.

BUILT FOR ACTUALLY PLAYING
• Always picks up exactly where you left off, even days later
• Restart a level to retry the very same layout
• Two tile designs: full colour or traditional black and white
• Pinch to zoom on busier boards
• Haptics you can switch off in Settings
• Works with no connection
• Your progress follows you between iPhone and iPad

NO FUSS
No sign-up, no account, no profile to create. Open it and play.

Prefer to play uninterrupted? The "Remove ads" purchase clears the ads between levels, once and for all.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| No-Ads | $2.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3.6 — 2026-08-19

NEW: PUZZLE MODE
Fourteen illustrations to uncover one piece at a time: pick a picture, and every game you win reveals another part of it.

PROGRESS NOW SYNCS
Tokens, levels and puzzles follow you between iPhone and iPad.

BIGGER TILES
The board now fills the whole screen and the tiles are around a quarter larger.

A PROPER TURTLE
Turtle mode now uses mahjong's classic layout, head and tail where they belong.

WHEN THERE ARE NO MOVES LEFT
The game notices and offers you a free shuffle — a dead end isn't your fault.

Also fixed: zoom could reset itself in the middle of a game.

### 1.1.10 — 2026-08-16

Font size correction
Translation correction
Minor fix

### 1.0 — 2026-08-12

No release notes.

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