Alphametic vs World Mahjong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alphametic
Solve cryptarithm puzzles where letters represent digits in arithmetic equations. With over a million stages, this game offers a lifetime of challenging word-based math problems.
- Cryptarithm puzzles
- Over 1,000,000 stages
- Lifetime gameplay
- Word-to-digit substitution
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An alphametic puzzle (also sometimes known as a cryptarithm) is a type of puzzle where words are put together into an arithmetic formula such that digits can be substituted for the letters to make the formula true. In this app, there are more than 1,000,000 stages. You can play this app in a lifetime.
World Mahjong
Learn and play traditional Chinese and Riichi Mahjong. Offers tutorials, practice modes, and online multiplayer against thousands of daily users. Requires a network connection for online play.
- Traditional Chinese Mahjong
- Riichi Mahjong
- Tutorials for learning
- Practice mode
- Online multiplayer
- User replay function
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This app supports traditional Chinese mahjong and riichi mahjong play. Tutorials, practice, and online play supported. You can learn how to play Mahjong by investing only 10 minutes. This game requires a network connection for online play. If the network connection is not smooth, the game will not play normally. Mahjong is a game that requires skill. Don't doubt this game with your clumsy skills. Our games are played by thousands of users every day. More than 30% of users have played this game more than 10,000 times. You'll have to play that much and you'll be of average skill. If you are in doubt about the game opponent, please report it using the replay function. Many Mahjong players await your challenge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alphametic at 3.5 against World Mahjong's 2.0. Alphametic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). World Mahjong's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. World Mahjong sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Alphametic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alphametic holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Alphametic's written reviews are positive against 79% of World Mahjong's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Alphametic ships an update every 5 days, World Mahjong every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alphametic | World Mahjong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuki Fujimoto | MasterGames |
Customer experience
Alphametic
World Mahjong
In-app purchases
Alphametic
No in-app purchases
World Mahjong
- Game Gold 3$1.99
- Game Gold 5$2.99
- Game Gold 9$5.99
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