# TileSense - Mahjong Trainer — Tile efficiency, step by step > Tile efficiency, step by step (iPhone/iPad app by 瑞庆 王.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tilesense-mahjong-trainer/id6830058870 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [瑞庆 王](https://appshunter.io/developer/1854269704) - Category: Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB - Languages: American English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Chinese (Simplified, China) - Released: 2026-11-09 - Data updated: 2026-11-11 ## What is TileSense? TileSense teaches you to play mahjong better. Lessons use Riichi (Japanese) mahjong, and the tile efficiency they teach works in Chinese styles too. Not for American mahjong (NMJL card). 7 UNITS, 34 LESSONS • Mahjong Basics: the tiles, how a game works, chow, pung and kong • Tile Efficiency: shanten, counting effective tiles, good and bad partial melds, which isolated tile to cut, complex shapes • Advanced Efficiency: how many pairs, 1-shanten shapes, choosing a wait, good and poor shapes, the five-block method • Defense: safe tiles, suji and walls, ranking danger, reading discards, folding turn by turn • Push or Fold: three things to weigh, doing the math, tenpai vs 1- and 2-shanten, late in the hand • Calls: call or not, discarding after a call • Rule Differences: seven pairs and thirteen orphans, Sichuan void suit and tile swap, the Guobiao 8-fan minimum PRACTICE • Today's practice: 5 questions, about 2 minutes • Skill check: 10 discard questions that chart your progress • Drills: which tile to discard, count the shanten, find the effective tiles • Mistake book: questions you miss are saved; get one right in review and it's removed HAND ANALYZER Enter any hand and compare every discard by shanten and effective tiles. Mark the tiles you've seen on the table to count what's really left. Supports 13 tiles and Taiwanese 16 tiles, with optional seven pairs and thirteen orphans. WHY TILESENSE • Every answer is checked by an engine • Wrong answer? A picture shows you why • Two tile styles: classic artwork or big numbers, three tile-back colors • English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and Malay • No account. No data collected. Free: the Basics unit, the first two efficiency lessons, today's practice and the skill check once a day, and 5 hand analyses a day. Unlock everything with a single purchase. No subscription. TileSense is for learning only. It has no gambling, betting, chips or real-money play. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlock Everything | $4.99 | one-time | ## Is TileSense safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess TileSense. ## Is TileSense legit? TileSense - Mahjong Trainer has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for TileSense is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.1 — 2026-11-11 • Now in Korean, Indonesian and Malay • Optional daily practice reminder (off by default) • Redesigned Learn, Practice, Analyze and Me tabs: your next lesson up front and clearer progress • New animations on the unlock screen • Smoother Hand / Seen switch in the analyzer ### 1.0 — 2026-11-09 No release notes. ## More apps by 瑞庆 王 - [CheckInDuck - Daily Habit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/checkinduck-daily-habit/id6760517368) - [BoBo Calculate](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bobo-calculate/id6808910018) All apps by 瑞庆 王: https://appshunter.io/developer/1854269704 --- *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 2026-11-11.*