# Maylee: American Mahjong — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Maylee by LORA KUEHN THOMPSON, rated 4.90/5 from 701 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maylee-american-mahjong/id6758261607/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maylee-american-mahjong/id6758261607.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 663 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (10 of 37) ### 5/5 — Love! *2026-05-22* Great for learning the basics. I started playing this before I bought my set, to get familiar with the game, tiles, and building hands. Love it! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review!! We LOVE that you're enjoying Maylee and that it's helped you get more familiar with the game! 🀄🎉 ### 5/5 — Mahjong Newbie *2026-05-19, version 1.36* Love, love, love being able to play Mahjong at any time! ### 5/5 — big fan! *2026-05-18, version 1.36* was looking for a user friendly american mahjong game and this is the one. have all my friends addicted, too! ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2026-05-13* The prettiest of all my mahjong apps, I only wish the suggested hands can be featured permanently and not a tab I have to open and close. I do love that I change from portrait to landscape playing AND blanks - love blanks! **Developer response:** Hi!! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a kind review - it truly means the world to us!! We're so glad you're enjoying Maylee! 🀄 We had actually been thinking about making suggested hands easier to view during gameplay, and when we read your review we knew exactly what we had to do! Now if you update your app and pin a suggested hand, it will attach right to the top of your hand so you can toggle it up and down for easy reference anytime during the game! We hope you love it - this one's for you! 🌸 ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2026-04-14, version 1.21* I have learned so much playing on this game! I am new to MahJong and this app has been great to practice when I can’t play with friends. I recommend it to everyone I know who is learning or plays Mahjong with me! It’s helping me kick my teacher’s butt! ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2026-04-13* As a beginner, this beautiful app has been a fabulous tool for learning mahjong! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review! We're so glad it's helping you learn!! ### 5/5 — Possible glitch *2026-03-23* Love the app, and now that I’ve figured out all the functionality, I’ve found that the only problem is I’m unable to call Mahjong! with Jokers involved in an unexposed line. Exposed lines don’t appear to be a problem, but when I have jokers appropriately involved in sequences in my hidden hand, the app still calls it a Joker Violation. Very frustrating getting stuck with multiple technical wins unable to claim Mahjong! **Developer response:** Hi HSV624! Thank you so much for the kind words and for taking the time to leave such detailed feedback — this is incredibly helpful! We are so sorry you're running into this issue with jokers in unexposed lines. We want to get to the bottom of this right away!! Could you please email us at gamesonly4women@gmail.com with the hands you're having trouble with? Screenshots are always welcome too! We take bug reports very seriously and will look into this immediately! Thank you so much for playing and helping us make Maylee better! ### 5/5 — Pretty and simple app *2026-03-17* Pretty app and simple to use. I wish the tiles were larger. I play on an iPad Pro and they’re so tiny! Also, Is there an option to play with real people? I also couldn’t figure out how to do a joker swap and there were no instructions on how to do it **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback!! We will look into making the tiles larger for iPad users! The joker swap button is in the top right section of the screen (it looks like two arrows going in a circle). It will light up orange during your turn, after you draw, to indicate it's time to swap! As for multiplayer, it's not available yet but something we hope to add soon! Again, thank you SO much for playing Maylee Mahjong and sending in this feedback — it is so valuable to us! 🀄 ### 5/5 — Updated Review! Bug squashed and App now works! *2026-03-15* The developers worked out the bug that prevent the two free games a day from being played. I enjoy the app now and will probably subscribe since it supports not only the NML card but also the Big Card. The graphics are great and make the game enjoyable. Thank you for the response and prompt attention to making the app functional. **Developer response:** Hi Gabi, thank you so much for taking the time to download and try Maylee Mahjong! You're absolutely right that 2 free games per day should be available, and I'm so sorry that wasn't your experience. The app is still new and this sounds like it could be a bug! We will look into it right away! ### 5/5 — Love the app but have a question *2026-03-15* Definitely the best American Mahjong app I’ve used! One question though, I can’t figure out how to swap a tile for a joker in an opponent’s exposed set. When I have the matching tile, I try to drag it onto their exposed joker to exchange it, but it doesn’t work. Am I missing something? **Developer response:** Hi Photobitty!! Thank you so much for the kind review!! We're so glad to hear you're enjoying the app! The joker swap button is in the top right section of the screen (it looks like two arrows going around in a circle). The button will light up orange during your turn, after you draw, to indicate it's time to swap! We are currently looking for ways to make this more intuitive and user friendly, so stay tuned for updates! In the meantime, if you have any other questions please feel free to reach out to us anytime at lkkthompson@gmail.com — we're always happy to help! 🀄 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hard on the eyes *2026-06-23, version 1.42* I thought the tiles were nice but the pink background and the very small tiles were just too hard on my eyes and I couldn’t find any other ways to change selection of tiles and or background ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-04-10, version 1.19* Feels unfinished. Won’t validate concealed hands (from their card) with jokers so I just exited. ### 2/5 — App is frozen *2026-07-22, version 1.45* It was working, now the app is stuck on the Charleston . What do I do? ### 2/5 — False Advertising!!! Pushes you to subscribe and doesn’t allow 2 free games per day as advertised! *2026-03-12* This app was supposed to allow you to play for free twice without having to purchase a monthly subscription. I played once yesterday and when I went to play again, it wanted me to upgrade. I thought it may have been a glitch but when I went to play today, it went directly to the subscribe page. I probably would have subscribed because the app is beautiful but I don’t like the trickery. If you are only offering one free play just say that! This app will be deleted. **Developer response:** Hi Gabi, thank you so much for taking the time to download and try Maylee Mahjong! You're absolutely right that 2 free games per day should be available, and I'm so sorry that wasn't your experience. The app is still new and this sounds like it could be a bug! We will look into it right away! ### 3/5 — Only 1 free game *2026-06-17* I am enjoying playing and learning Mahjong with Maylee. Unfortunately I only get one free game per day. This is very disappointing. At first I thought I did something wrong, but I confirmed that I had used 0 of 2 games. After I played one game, game showed that I had played 2 of 2 free games. **Developer response:** Hi Carolina66!! Thank you so much for making us aware of this issue! We have fixed the game tracking bug in our latest update! Happy mahjong!! ### 3/5 — NMJL 2026 card not represented fully *2026-04-26, version 1.28* Have played a few times now and when trying to claim a tile to complete a sequence, it tells me I can’t claim the tile because I lack the tiles to complete the match. However, I had the 336 bam tiles and the discarded tile was the 9 bam I needed to complete the 3369 sequence. It was not a closed hand combination. I was going for the FF 3369 3333 3333 hand under the 369 section of the NMJL 2026 card. The game only seems to allow me to make same number of, same suit matches when attempting to claim discarded tiles. I checked to verify that I had the NMJL 2026 card selected in the settings for the game. Really like the style of this game as well as the option to play free. Just don’t understand how or which hands from the selected card are supported. ### 3/5 — Joker swap *2026-04-18, version 1.26* Nice app appearance but glitch not allowing joker swap ### 4/5 — Best option BUT *2026-06-10, version 1.39* Please add: -Tile sounds and sounds for different actions (like when someone swaps a joker or wins) -Optional music -Different tile options ### 4/5 — Needs improvement, but has lots of potential! *2026-04-08* Beautiful app, just very slow compared to other mahjong apps and does not appear to sync between devices very well (if at all, just started playing on my phone and iPad and it hasn’t synced yet). Wish it was a quicker and smoother experience. **Developer response:** Hi Bethany! Thank you so much for the kind words and honest feedback — we're always working to make Maylee better so we really appreciate it! We actually noticed the slight delay you described and it bothered us too… so we fixed that 🥳 We just released an update with significant performance improvements and the app is now MUCH faster and smoother! EDIT to add - So sorry we misunderstood what you meant by cross-device sync! Your subscription is available on all devices as long as they are logged into the same Apple ID! You might need to open settings in the app and click "Restore Purchases." ### 4/5 — Beginner *2026-03-16* This app is so beautiful and so informative for someone just starting. I think something that would be HUGE is having help during the game almost like here’s what you should or could do at each turn. Maybe highlight the tile with little explanations for the beginner play. Otherwise I play and still not sure what I’m doing **Developer response:** Hi JMorey1! Thank you so much for your review and feedback! We're so excited to hear that you're using Maylee to learn how to play American Mahjong!! Your feedback is extremely helpful! Game guidance for beginners is something we're actively thinking about as we want Maylee to be the app that actually teaches you to play (not just assumes you already know how)! So stay tuned, we have some exciting updates for Beginners coming that we think you'll love! And in the meantime, if you ever have any "how to play" questions, please feel free to reach out to us at lkkthompson@gmail.com — we are always happy to help! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best App for Learning *2026-07-27, version 1.46* This is my favorite app by far for mahjong. ### 5/5 — Best Mahjong App *2026-07-27, version 1.46* I became so much better at playing Mahjong and winning by playing this app. Yearly cost is reasonable too. ### 5/5 — I LOVE THISSS *2026-07-24, version 1.45* This is my fav app ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Fun & Helpful *2026-07-13* I took lessons to learn Mahjong and use this app to keep up and help learn the card. I’ve gotten pretty good at deciding the right hands because of Maylee’s “percentage to Mahjong” feature, which I use to double check my decisions as a beginner & I can now use the app without having my card on me. I love this app! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review!! We are so glad you're enjoying the app and it's helping you learn the card! Happy mahjong!! ### 5/5 — Great learning game *2026-06-17* Using this to help me after recently taking lessons. It has been really helpful to learn the rules **Developer response:** Thank you so much for playing Maylee and for taking the time to leave us such a kind review! We are so glad you're enjoying the app and that it's helping you learn the rules!! ### 5/5 — Beautiful! *2026-06-07, version 1.39* Such a pretty design! Easy to use! ### 5/5 — Cannot play 2 free games *2026-06-05* Unfortunately a bug must exist that prevents the 2 free games. Only allows me to play one. Otherwise one of the better mahjong apps **Developer response:** Hi Amahjer157!! Thank you so much for making us aware of this issue! We have fixed the game tracking bug in our latest update! Happy mahjong!! ### 5/5 — Good teaching tool! *2026-05-27* I am brand new at this game. My daughter was so excited to teach me. At 68, I wasn’t sure I was teachable. She patiently went over all the basics. Then she also suggested this app. Wow has this made a difference! **Developer response:** Aww thank you so much for your kind review!! We're so glad that your daughter introduced you to Maylee!! 🀄🎉 ### 5/5 — Great game for beginners *2026-05-25* I have really enjoyed playing game on my phone to learn American mahjong. I like the game interface and it’s really helped me to learn mahjong as it’s a very intricate game. Really recommend to play this app if you are learning mahjong or want practice intern playing with groups of people. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review!! We are thrilled to hear you're enjoying Maylee and it's helping you learn 🀄🎉 ### 5/5 — Great for learning! *2026-05-24, version 1.36* This app is helping me learn! It’s fun, easy to understand, and beautiful. --- *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 2026-09-04.*