Comparison

American Mahjong Practice vs Tile Tutor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Tile Tutor

This app acts as a personal coach for American Mah Jongg, offering hand suggestions based on your tiles. It supports popular Mah Jongg cards and is designed for both new and experienced players to use while playing in person.

Highlights
  • Personalized hand suggestions
  • Supports popular Mah Jongg cards
  • Ideal for beginners and experienced players
  • Convenient for in-person play
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
Features
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Tile Tutor is your very own American Mah Jongg coach, using your tiles to suggest the best hands for you! It's great for beginners and experienced players alike. Brought to you by MyJongg.net, this is a "takeout" version of the Tile Tutor feature available in the online game: designed to be conveniently used on your iPhone or iPad while playing at a table with friends and family! It supports several of the most popular American Mah Jongg cards, including the National Mah Jongg League card, the Big Card from the Mahjong Line, and the MyJongg.net Starter Card.

Screenshots

American Mahjong Practice4 screens
Tile Tutor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: American Mahjong Practice at Free against Tile Tutor's $9.99. American Mahjong Practice also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 2) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). Tile Tutor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On rating, review sentiment, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

American Mahjong Practice is free to download; Tile Tutor costs $9.99 up front. American Mahjong Practice sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tile Tutor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for American Mahjong Practice against 5.0 for Tile Tutor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Mahjong Practice has 23K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of American Mahjong Practice's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tile Tutor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

American Mahjong Practice ships an update weekly, Tile Tutor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
American Mahjong Practice versus Tile Tutor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmerican Mahjong PracticeTile Tutor
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (23K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEight Bam LLCMyJongg.net

Customer experience

American Mahjong Practice

All ratings22,945 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews442 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.1%

Tile Tutor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Tile Tutor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

American Mahjong Practice

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Access All Features$3.991 Month
One-time7
  • 2025 Hands. All Features$3.99
  • Hands 2024$3.99
  • 2024 Hands, All Features$3.99
Show 4 more
  • 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
None

Tile Tutor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is American Mahjong Practice free?
American Mahjong Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tile Tutor free?
Tile Tutor costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, American Mahjong Practice or Tile Tutor?
Tile Tutor is rated higher. American Mahjong Practice averages 4.9 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Tile Tutor averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do American Mahjong Practice or Tile Tutor have ads?
Neither American Mahjong Practice nor Tile Tutor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, American Mahjong Practice or Tile Tutor?
American Mahjong Practice ships an update weekly, and Tile Tutor fortnightly. Most recently, American Mahjong Practice was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tile Tutor on October 24, 2026.

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