# Mahjong - Tile Matching Puzzle — user reviews > 279 indexed App Store user reviews of Mahjong by Brainium Studios LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 107,501 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahjong-tile-matching-puzzle/id1454698138/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mahjong-tile-matching-puzzle/id1454698138.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 87,810 · 4★ 15,871 · 3★ 2,989 · 2★ 426 · 1★ 405 ## What do users think of Mahjong? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👏 Fantastic game - 🎨 Beautiful, visually pleasing - 🧠 Challenging, tests intelligence - 🔄 Solvable puzzles - 📈 Sense of accomplishment **Cons** - 🚫 Impossible puzzles - 🛑 Invasive ads covering controls - 🔁 Repetitive board layouts - 🐛 Game freezing/crashing issues - 🔍 Difficulty progression not well-balanced **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect game statistics tracking - Tiles getting stuck on top of each other **Most requested features** - Difficulty settings - Custom tile/board designs - Ability to access past daily puzzles - Improved undo/backtracking functionality ## Newest reviews (13 of 279) ### 3/5 — Used to be good *2026-08-23, version 1.2.1* The ads have become so invasive they ruined this app for me. It was such a fun one too and has pretty nice customizations. But the ads are just sooo bad at this point I can play it anymore :( ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2026-05-09, version 1.2.1* The graphics are beautiful and games are challenging but who cares when there is a long ad after EVERY game. No, thank you. ### 2/5 — Game great, but adverts have taken all the pleasure *2026-05-05, version 1.2.1* Adverts used to be short and easily dismissed but now they are overlong and sometimes cannot be closed. This wholly detracts from the game and means I’ll find a new version that isn’t neutered by adverts to the same degree! ### 2/5 — Game great, but adverts have taken all the pleasure *2026-04-19, version 1.2.1* Adverts used to be short and easily dismissed but now they are overlong and sometimes cannot be closed. This wholly detracts from the game and means I’ll find a new version that isn’t neutered by adverts to the same degree! ### 2/5 — Fun *2026-02-19, version 1.2.1* Fun ### 2/5 — Ads don't go away or give you a way to close them. *2026-01-04, version 1.2.1* Ads don't go away or give you a way to close them. You have to restart the game. Super annoying ### 2/5 — Dauer-Werbesendung…. *2025-12-23* Das scheint ja momentan total in zu sein: mehr Werbezeit als Spielzeit… Ich finde es sehr unangenehm, auf einen Bildschirm starren zu müssen, ohne erkennen zu können, wie lang die Werbung noch geht. So macht das Spielen keinen Spaß. ### 2/5 — Not As Fun Anymore *2025-11-04, version 1.2.1* I purchased this app because I enjoyed it so much . Now that there are no adds , it has become very difficult if not impossible to play . The puzzles are extremely complicated to the point I question if they can be solved . I love a good challenge , but after struggling weeks with a board , I am certain it was unsolvable, but they assured me they could all be solved . In which case they need a button that shows how to solve a frustrating puzzle. Which at this point , most of them are . I wouldn’t recommend purchasing this one . ### 2/5 — Annoying Ads *2025-08-30, version 1.1.18* The amount and length of ads with no option to x out and overpriced to purchase. Deleting. ### 3/5 — Not enough ad free time to evaluate *2025-08-23, version 1.1.18* After only two games, the ads start and they are impossible to remove from screen without quitting the app. The tiles look interesting, and the game more challenging than Vita Mahjong, but I don’t know yet if it’s worth paying 11.99 to get rid of the ads, so I may well end up deleting this app. ### 4/5 — Annoying advertisements over the bottom buttons *2025-08-18, version 1.1.18* I’ve been playing a long time without these annoying ads rendering the game inoperable ### 3/5 — Nice but once u play it for a looong time it starts to get boring *2025-08-17, version 1.1.18* Great stress relief game that lets u relax with endless amounts of moves but it got boring really quickly in my opinion ### 4/5 — Offer up *2025-08-03, version 1.1.18* Offer the ability to shuffle when you’re out of moves. Another opportunity to force another video into the game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No longer works *2026-07-05, version 1.2.1* This has been a great app. One of my favorites, but it just stopped working. I uninstalled it and reinstalled but it still will not work ### 1/5 — Brainium Mahjong *2026-06-28, version 1.2.1* The game doesn’t appear for play. ### 1/5 — Disturbing ad *2026-05-04, version 1.2.1* Disturbing ad on this game. A hunting safari ad and showed a tiger being shot. This is unacceptable ### 1/5 — Ads kill this game *2026-01-03, version 1.2.1* Now, as soon as you touch the ad screen it launches a browser and opens a tab. After playing about 10 games my chrome browser was flooded with tabs I didn’t want to- all running cookies in the background and my Wayfair app had been launched. This app is just a hostile takeover of your device. ### 1/5 — Unplayable because of ads *2025-12-16, version 1.2.1* The ads frequently do not have a close button. After watching the full ad, there is no X, and the only option is to force close the app. This makes the game unplayable. Disappointing. ### 1/5 — Ads that cannot be closed *2025-11-18, version 1.2.1* I enjoy the game and would have given it five stars up until now. A recent update brought in a type of ad which does not have an X button or an end. One of the companies advertising with this method is Reddit. Please do something about the ads that force you to stop playing the game, quit the app, and reopen it. Or just quit playing if you get too many in a row and get frustrated. ### 1/5 — Horrible ads *2025-11-06, version 1.2.1* Don't waste your time! ALL Brainium games I had installed are impossible to get past ads now. It's too bad, they were pretty good before, but this makes them virtually unusable. ### 1/5 — Enough of the Ads!!! *2025-10-16, version 1.2.1* This used to be a fun game, but they’ve rigged it so it’s nothing but ads! 9/10 you will lose so you are forced to watch an ad that last twice as long as the game!! I can understand having ads to support the app financially, but the amount of ads and length of them is getting absurd. Going to look for another Mahjong app because this app has become garbage ad central! ### 1/5 — Used to be great! *2025-09-01, version 1.1.18* Clearly they’ve tweaked the algorithm to make most of the games unsolveable after a few moves - forcing you to watch more ads. Too bad - used to be fun. ### 1/5 — Ads are predatory *2025-06-15, version 1.1.18* Cannot x out of an ad at all. Cannot stand shooter games and could not x out at all. Done. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mahjong *2026-08-24, version 1.2.1* I love playing it. I play several times a day. I am retired and I have fun. ### 5/5 — Game *2026-07-26, version 1.2.1* I love playing this game had it on my tablet but it would not open ### 5/5 — My go-to puzzle type game *2026-07-16, version 1.2.1* Love the fact that you can choose your tiles and your boards, and the random board function. But the best feature IMO is that the tiles have recognizable differences so you can easily tell them apart from the others. ### 5/5 — Mahjong *2026-07-12, version 1.2.1* Have been looking for a bit for decent Mahjong game. Found it !!! Excellent, well thought out strategy Mahjong game. Ads ok. Might get ad free eventually. Thanks 🦋 October 19/24 Bad update. Invasive pop up ad at bottom of screen blocks controls. I’m fine with full video ads between sessions but latest is a negative marketing move. Kills the game. FIX IT PLEASE. Thank you… July 11/26 So I hear soon no longer supported this version. Unfortunately not paying $24 + new version. I will be deleting. Thanks… ### 5/5 — Np *2026-04-02, version 1.2.1* The one and only OG!🦉🪶🍯 ### 5/5 — Love the game *2026-03-07, version 1.2.1* I been playing Mahjong for many years and enjoy it greatly and I have never found a game that is not winable until now, Daily Game 7.3.26 ### 5/5 — Very fun! *2025-11-28, version 1.2.1* Love it! ### 5/5 — What did you do to this game? Why do I have to deal with the excrement you forcbefore I can play th *2025-11-07, version 1.2.1* What did you do to this game? Why do I have to deal with the excrement you forcbefore I can play th ### 5/5 — Ads block game content *2025-08-02, version 1.1.18* This used to be a fun game. However with recent update or change to ads, the game is no longer fully playable. I am not complaining about ads, as I realize they are part of the game when not paying for the ad-free version. However there has been a change in the past few days - the banner ad is now static, it shows up all time while playing the game and it blocks the game content so all tiles and/or options cannot be seen and thus cannot be used. This happens whether the screen is portrait or landscape. Sadly I think will have to be deleting this and finding a different game developer app to use. I can’t keep an app that I can’t use to play the game. ### 5/5 — Add Reshuffle *2025-07-12, version 1.1.18* Like the game, but adding re-shuffle would be nice. --- *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 2026-08-28.*