500 Scoreboard vs American Mahjong Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
500 Scoreboard
This app simplifies scorekeeping for the card game 500. It automatically calculates scores based on bids and tricks won, supporting up to six players. Features include game history, rule references, and editable entries.
- Automatic score calculation
- Supports 2-6 players
- Pause and resume games
- Game history log
- View game rules
- Editable score entries
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500 Scoreboard simplifies the score keeping for the card game 500. Simply enter the bid and tricks each team won and it calculates the scores for you. Play with up to six players in teams or individually. FREE FEATURES: • Score keeping for 2 to 4 players • Pause and continue games later • See a history of games played • View the rules for playing and what cards to use • Table of scoring values for each bid • Edit or delete incorrect entries PREMIUM FEATURES: • Removed ads • Play with 5 or 6 Players • Change the color theme • Choose which scoring system to use • Save player names to use in later games
American Mahjong Practice
Practice American Mahjong with a large tile design optimized for mobile screens. Learn the 2026 card with suggested hands, validation tools, and progress tracking. Play offline solo against bots or with custom rules.
- Large tiles and font option
- 2026 card practice
- Suggested hands with overlap analysis
- Hand validation and corrections
- Progress tracking and stats
- Offline play
- Play against bots or solo
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The secret to great Mahjong? Play more games. Play every hand to completion and watch how tile choices create winning hands. Ready for a challenge? Play the daily challenge hand against other players, or enable opponent bots and compete. Try 2018 hands for free or purchase the monthly subscription or purchase 2026 hands one-time. The monthly subscription includes the new hands every year. The new Daily Challenge Hands and Leaderboard are included with the monthly subscription and 2026 hands one-time purchase. Mahjong Practice rethinks mahjong for mobile, with a design that takes full advantage of small screens. Play fun, quick games offline, anywhere, anytime. No internet connection needed. This is the best way to learn the 2026 card. Suggested Hands: All possible hand combinations are evaluated and sorted by the highest matching tile count. Play one of these hands or any hand you want. See the combinations of hands with the most overlapping tiles. Develop your strategies selecting hands. Large Tiles and Large Tile Font Option: Tiles are large. Enable the Large Tile Font option to make the tiles even easier to read. Hand Validations and Corrections: See the closest matching pattern when you declare an unknown pattern. Tips help beginning players. Hand Stats: Track hands completed and your progress on the NMJL card. Hand Filters: Select the sections you like to play the most. Hide sections to focus on any given section. Play the whole card. Play Against Bots or Solo: When playing solo, the opponent bots play valid patterns and exchange jokers but do not declare Mahjong. Play until you declare Mahjong or the wall is empty in solo mode. Go to Settings to enable bots that win to practice defense. Advanced Practice Features: Try different strategies with Replay and Undo. Enable Open Play to disable NMJL rules and play by your own House Rules. This is the Original American Mahjong App, 10 Years in the making. Contact support@eightbam.com for help at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: American Mahjong Practice at weekly against 500 Scoreboard's every 3 months. American Mahjong Practice also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 64%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). 500 Scoreboard's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. 500 Scoreboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and American Mahjong Practice sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
American Mahjong Practice holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Mahjong Practice has 23K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of 500 Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 93% of American Mahjong Practice's.
500 Scoreboard ships an update every 3 months, American Mahjong Practice weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 500 Scoreboard | American Mahjong Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (35 ratings) | 4.9 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 93.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #37 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Corey Barnard | Eight Bam LLC |
Customer experience
500 Scoreboard
American Mahjong Practice
Bugs and requests
500 Scoreboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
American Mahjong Practice
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tile placement issues
- Incorrect win count tracking
- Upside down orientation
- Discarding issues
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- Ability to see other players' hands
- Option to hide suggested hands
- Ability to switch discard pile location
In-app purchases
500 Scoreboard
- Unlock All Features$0.99
American Mahjong Practice
- Monthly Access All Features$3.991 Month
- 2025 Hands. All Features$3.99
- Hands 2024$3.99
- 2024 Hands, All Features$3.99
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- 2023 Hands, All Features$4.99
- 2022 Access All Features$6.99
- 2022 Access All Features B$6.99
- 2026 Hands, All Features$17.99
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