# Moonlight Mahjong — user reviews > 429 indexed App Store user reviews of Moonlight Mahjong by Midnight Martian, rated 4.80/5 from 6,359 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moonlight-mahjong/id284943962/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moonlight-mahjong/id284943962.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,441 · 4★ 657 · 3★ 167 · 2★ 45 · 1★ 49 ## What do users think of Moonlight Mahjong? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast gameplay - 👍 Variety of layouts and game modes - 🎨 Beautiful 3D graphics - 🧠 Challenging and mentally stimulating - 💡 Customizable backgrounds and tile sets - 🕹️ Intuitive controls and easy to play **Cons** - 🤖 Tilebot moves too fast at higher levels - 🤔 Uneven difficulty progression - 🔁 Repeating layouts in Scramble mode - 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes - 🔒 Game Center integration issues - 🔋 Battery drain on some devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Tiles not registering properly - Freezing and crashing on startup - Incorrect tile highlighting - Rotation issues on certain devices **Most requested features** - More new and challenging layouts - Ability to save and resume games - Option to control tilebot speed - Syncing progress across devices - Leaderboards and achievements ## Newest reviews (17 of 429) ### 3/5 — Some Games are not Winnable *2026-05-23, version 4.0.3* I have been playing this game for years. I enjoy it and while I am not overly concerned about “winning” and certainly am up for a challenge, the game would be much more enjoyable if it was at least possible to win the games. I don’t know how the timing is determined or why the bot goes faster on some games than others, but there are some games that are not possible for a human to win, no matter how fast you are. What is the purpose of that? I have also noticed, as others have said, that the bot can be inconsistent, where all of a sudden the bot finishes although there were 20-30 pieces left. These factors keep this from being a truly great game and certainly less enjoyable for the average player. ### 3/5 — Used to be great *2026-05-13, version 4.0.3* This used to be a great game that I have played for years but they are now riddled with adds after every level you play. Most you cannot even click out of but have to watch for the whole add. Adds are ruining this games.Also as you go higher in the level Tilebot goes so impossible fast that it is near impossible to beat which can get very frustrating. I have tried for several months to get past level 114 but Tilbot goes so fast it is almost impossible. I am almost ready to call it quits on this game. ### 4/5 — Great for years... *2026-01-03, version 4.0.3* But, noted just tonight that there's a glitch in the touch/move sensor. I can't touch and move while on the board itself, so impossible to play. Hope it's fixed soon. I've loved this game for years. ### 5/5 — Relaxation mode - AHHHH! *2025-12-18, version 4.0.3* I just broke my dominant wrist. Needless to say, I’m not real fast at anything right now, and the regular mode gets way too fast. Relaxation mode - no timer, all the puzzles. I loved this game before, but right now, this is a sanity saver. ### 5/5 — Janet *2025-12-14, version 4.0.3* Love it, love it, love it ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — I LOVE This Game! *2025-12-12, version 4.0.3* There are different modes; I prefer the Relaxation mode. But what I love most about Moonlight Mahjong is the 3D aspect. It adds a whole new component to any standard game of mahjong. That’s always a good thing for stimulating your brain but Moonlight Mahjong takes a digital game a step farther, adding the eye-hand coordination needed to manipulate each puzzle in space. ### 5/5 — Great Puzzles! *2025-12-05, version 4.0.3* I have been having such a great time playing against the timer bot. I love a good challenge & it keeps my brain stimulated! This is the best Mahjong I have ever found! 😍 ### 5/5 — Relaxing and beautiful *2025-11-27, version 4.0.3* This is a great version of mahjong, with beautiful tiles and background. It’s more “3D” than most in that the player needs to rotate the tile deck in order to see the tiles in layers beneath the top couple of layers. I like to use it in “Relaxation” mode where there’s no race against the clock. ### 3/5 — Used to be great *2025-07-30, version 4.0.3* This used to be a great game that I have played for years but they are now riddled with adds after every level you play. Most you cannot even click out of but have to watch for the whole add. Adds are ruining this games.Also as you go higher in the level Tilebot goes so impossible fast that it is near impossible to beat which can get very frustrating. I am almost ready to call it quits on this game. ### 5/5 — Love this but *2025-07-05, version 4.0.3* I would like a version that can be purchase so to get rid if ads! ### 5/5 — Brenda Won *2025-06-13, version 4.0.3* stop Cheating ### 2/5 — inconsistent behavior *2025-05-27, version 4.0.3* can be fun but play is inconsistent. robot player arbitrarily speeds up or slows down. the penalty for losing can be excessive with no consideration for the difficulty of the puzzle nor how close to winning you might have been. also, a large number of puzzles are completely impossible to win no matter how fast you play. there are simply too many tiles or the game must be continuously maneuvered to locate buried tiles. i’ve been playing this for years but have become so frustrated by its play, i gave up on it and deleted from my ipad ### 5/5 — So geht 3D! *2025-05-14, version 4.0.3* Das beste 3D Mahjong das ich jemals gespielt habe. War schon auf meinem iPod 2gen drauf. Jetzt Spiel ich es unter iOS18!!! Das ist Nachhaltigkeit. ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2025-04-21, version 4.0.3* I love Mahjong in general, but Moonlight Mahjong takes the cake. The three dimensionality of it is endlessly fascinating. Once I learned to navigate: easily shrink or enlarge (pinch in or out) rotate the puzzle in space to view it from any angle (hold and drag any tile) or move the puzzle up down or sideways (hold and drag any of the negative space around the puzzle) I was totally hooked. Fabulous. ### 5/5 — Fun and Not Addictive *2025-04-08, version 4.0.3* I play this a few times a day and win or lose, I log off! A session takes 2-3 mins. ### 4/5 — Good game but has annoying quirks *2025-04-03, version 4.0.3* The game is generally fun, but there are quirks that should be easy to fix, but have lingered for years. First, the game sometimes lags/stutters when you play. It’s random. It usually plays fine but sometimes it lags/stutters to the point where it’s unplayable. I have to just close the app and wait a couple hours, and then it works again. (Immediately reopening the app after closing it does not fix the lag/stutter). The other problem is the scrambles in scramble mode. Once you get to high levels, the scrambles become the determining factor as to whether or not you beat the tile bot. I know when the board is first presented whether or not I’m going to beat the tile bot with 90% accuracy. The games is not fun like this. What needs to happen is the game should keep track of your history for scrambles, and it should present you with puzzles that you historically have almost won but lost, or just barely won. This keeps it challenging. Instead what happens is you get an easy puzzle and you win easily. Then you get an impossible puzzle and barely get started before tile bot finishes. And it just becomes a frustrating exercise in waiting for a random string of easier puzzles. ### 5/5 — Great Mahjong Game! *2025-02-20, version 4.0.3* If you love Mahjong, you’ll love this version. Loads of challenging layouts. Complete controls of the board, so that you can rotate the tiles any way you want to be able to see tile faces on lower levels. Various different backgrounds and tile faces. A “Tilebot” that you can play against to challenge yourself, your best time and your best thinking. Best of all, no private information is collected from you when you play this game! Privacy - what a novel concept!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — meh *2026-07-16, version 4.0.3* there is annoying swoosh swoosh sound as you're trying to solve the puzzle. Really annoying. Also the graphics are very poor compared to other things that are out there. ### 1/5 — Moonlight Mahjong *2026-03-14, version 4.0.3* Would like my $1.79 or $1.99 back! When you still have moves it closes I think there is a timer. Deleting app! ### 1/5 — Don’t buy it. *2025-01-11, version 4.0.3* I want my dollar back ### 1/5 — RUINED game *2024-12-21, version 4.0.3* I have been playing this game for years. You have now RUINED this game!!!!! ### 1/5 — Scramble Mode *2024-09-01, version 4.0.3* Really like this game, but since the last update (yesterday), the computer is just wayyyyy tooooooo fast! How am I ever going to move up levels now...it just seems impossible. It's nice for the easy layouts but once you have more than 100 tiles, forget it. I'd love to go back to the Challenge but it does not let you pickup at the level one was. PLEASE have the speed at a reasonable pace, that it is possible to beat. ### 1/5 — Turn off the game centre pop-up *2024-09-01, version 4.0.3* I've enjoyed this app for many years until the game centre notice started popping up. What gives? I have absolutely no interest in playing through the game centre. Please get rid of it! ### 1/5 — What Changed??? *2023-11-08, version 3.2.4* I’ve been playing this game for many years. I go through spurts, leave it for a couple months and then go back to it. I’m not an expert; the highest I’ve ever gotten was a mid-80s level. In the past when you failed a level you went back one level and tried to advance from there. Now when you fail a level you go back all the way to level 1! Whatever changed please change it back! ### 1/5 — Changed for the Worse *2022-03-19, version 3.2.4* The update removed most all of what made the game enjoyable. Not automatic landscape mode. No scramble to try before you start a new game. You went backwards instead of forward with the update. Will try another brand. ### 1/5 — Now harder impossible *2022-03-01, version 3.2.4* The game has changed and is no longer fun. There is no way that you can ever come close to beating levels as they are finished for wayyyyy before I am even half done. I’m over level 100 and at least won some levels. Now it’s none and extremely frustrating to play and no longer fun at all. There’s no way the computer can be finishing as fast as it is. Game is ruined for me, used to play for hours no hours. ### 1/5 — Shouldn't you have a chance to win? *2021-08-15, version 3.2.4* *Update* No response or correction on the ability to actually have a chance at beating the AI. However, I did lose 26 levels since posting. Maybe that was my response. DON’T PAY FOR THIS GAME! Used to be a fun game. But now, you get to a certain level and it becomes humanly impossible to beat the AI. If someone simply repeatedly tapped the tiles and was amazingly lucky enough to get matches every time, you still couldn't win because the AI goes so fast. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I wanted something different *2026-07-20, version 4.0.3* I wanted a 3D mahjong game. This hits all the marks. I just play the puzzle layout to unwind. I just finished the DNA LAYOUT and it’s my favorite so far. $1.99 for ad fee version. Graphics are very clean and sharp ### 5/5 — The Ideal App *2026-07-09, version 4.0.3* Been playing this app since my iPhone 3G, and I’m so glad it hasn’t gone to the app graveyard. It’s Just Gameplay. A variety of game modes, from speed rounds to player v computer to just solving the puzzles. You can pick your background. There’s no lives limiting gameplay, there’s no weird power ups or extra bits you have to “earn” to solve the puzzles. There are hundreds of layouts to play. Want something relaxing but fun? Want something to just chill out with on your phone that doesn’t have 82 micro transactions or minigames or the “season pass”? This is your game. Pure zen. Love it so much. Please never change. ### 5/5 — Finally a more challenging one without ads! *2026-05-18, version 4.0.3* It’s not free but it’s dirt cheap. I would even have paid more money for it because it’s so worth it! All the other ones out there are too easy, this one at least forces me to think and I love it! This one is available with some ads if you want to try it or don’t want to spend any $. But I thinks it’s so worth it and I love the no ads. ### 5/5 — BEST MAHJONG! *2026-05-11, version 4.0.3* I’ve been playing Mahjong for a long time but I was always frustrated by other versions of the game found here in the Apple Store. They all required you to watch hideous amounts of advertisements, but not this one. Well worth the money and it makes all the other Mahjong games that I’ve played throughout the years look absolutely boring. The 3-D layout is awesome and there are many different layouts to choose from. It’s challenging and yet relaxing plus you can choose to be challenged or not. It’s entirely up to you… to developers; nicely done! ### 5/5 — Honest fun *2026-04-21, version 4.0.3* I’ve always liked Mahjong!! When this game was advertised as no ads, I thought I’d give it a try. It is NO ADS!!! It is fun being able to do different layouts every game if you want to OR play the same layout over and over. You’re choice 😊 ### 5/5 — The best! *2026-03-26, version 4.0.3* For many years I have had matching games this one is my absolute favorite. I love the way it varies, the options in the tablets, the colors and most of all, the multi dimensionality!! I never get bored with it! Keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — Fizz *2026-03-08, version 4.0.3* I just love playing this ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-02-16, version 4.0.3* Moonlight Mahjong Lite had been favourite for years (on and off). Recently I thought “if this is the lite version, there there must be a full cream version somewhere. And there was, no ads, great game, really good price, win win win. ### 5/5 — Relaxation mode - AHHHH! *2025-12-27, version 4.0.3* I just broke my dominant wrist. Needless to say, I’m not real fast at anything right now, and the regular mode gets way too fast. Relaxation mode - no timer, all the puzzles. I loved this game before, but right now, this is a sanity saver. Still buggy! ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-12-25, version 4.0.3* Fast and fascinating with variety. 🙌 --- *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 2026-08-27.*