Comparison

Gift Xchanger vs Mahjong Points

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

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About

Gift Xchanger

Effortlessly organize Secret Santa and gift exchanges with this randomizer. It ensures no self-matches, allows budget setting, and prevents unwanted pairings. Share assignments instantly via messages.

Highlights
  • Secret Santa randomization
  • Budget setting
  • Direct sharing via Messages
  • Exclusion rules for pairings
  • Anti-repeat logic
  • Custom app icons and themes
Features
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Gift Xchanger makes organizing Secret Santa and gift exchanges effortless. Enter participant names, tap Randomize, and instantly see who's buying for whom — guaranteed no self-matches. Share results directly via Messages so everyone knows their assignment. Set a spending budget to keep things fair. Need to make sure spouses or roommates aren't matched? Pro exclusion rules have you covered. Gift Xchanger Pro unlocks powerful features: - Exclusion rules to prevent specific pairings - Anti-repeat logic that remembers past exchanges - 11 custom app icons to personalize your experience - Beautiful themed backgrounds - Unlimited exchange history Free features include core randomization, budget setting, sharing via Messages, and one saved exchange in history. All participant data stays on your device — we never upload names or results to any server. Gift Xchanger requires at least three participants and all names must be unique. Perfect for family holidays, office Secret Santa, friend groups, and any occasion where you need fair, random gift assignments. Terms of Use: https://icolasoft.github.io/Gift-Exchange-Randomizer/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://icolasoft.github.io/Gift-Exchange-Randomizer/privacy.html

About

Mahjong Points

Easily calculate scores for Hong Kong mahjong games. Simply tap your winning tiles, and the app automatically determines the fan, points, and who pays whom. It also maintains a running scoreboard for up to four players, with a glossary of scoring patterns.

Highlights
  • Automatic scoring by tapping tiles
  • Detailed score breakdown
  • Four-player running scoreboard
  • Bilingual scoring pattern glossary
  • Private and ad-free design
  • Undo and season tracking
Features
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MAHJONG POINTS The easy way to score Hong Kong mahjong. Tap the tiles in your winning hand and the app works out the fan, the points, and who wins what, then keeps a running four-player scoreboard for the whole night. Made for players who never learned to count the score. TAP YOUR TILES, GET THE SCORE Tap the real tiles you are holding and the winning patterns are detected automatically, from Common Hand and All Triplets to Full Flush and the big limit hands. A live readout shows your total fan and points as you build the hand. SEE EXACTLY WHY Tap the score for a full breakdown: every pattern that counted, the fan it is worth, and how the total converts to points. No more arguments at the table. HOW YOU WON Choose self-draw or by discard, set your seat wind and the round wind, and flag special wins like concealed hand, robbing the kong, last catch, or a heavenly or earthly hand. The result updates instantly. FOUR-PLAYER SCOREBOARD Record each win and every player's running total updates, with a leader crown, one-tap undo, and separate seasons to keep different nights apart. Swipe to remove a hand, drag to reorder, and tap any past hand to review the exact tiles it was made from — or load it straight back into the calculator. TEN TILE SETS Choose the artwork that looks like the set on your table: Wood, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Neon, Bronze, Clockwork, Stone or Cartoon. It changes the tiles everywhere, including hands you share. SHARE A HAND Turn any hand or the standings into a single image — the tiles, the patterns, the fan and the result — ready to drop into a chat. SCAN YOUR TILES (BETA) Lay your tiles in a row, take a photo, and the app reads them for you. Everything runs on your device: no account, no upload, no server. This is a beta feature and it does misread tiles, flowers and seasons especially, so you check and correct every tile before it is added. CHEAT SHEET A plain-language glossary of every scoring pattern, ordered cheapest to dearest and searchable, with the Chinese name alongside. Tap a pattern to load an example hand straight into the calculator. THREE LANGUAGES English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Medan Hokkien — the tile names stay in Chinese throughout. The app follows your phone's language on first launch. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, and no data collected. There are no servers: your scores, seasons and settings live in a plain file on your device, and photos you scan are read on the phone and never stored or sent anywhere. Sharing a hand creates an image only when you ask for it, and you choose where it goes. Works on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Gift Xchanger4 screens
Mahjong Points4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gift Xchanger at Free against Mahjong Points's $1.99. Gift Xchanger also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). Mahjong Points's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Gift Xchanger is free to download; Mahjong Points costs $1.99 up front. Gift Xchanger sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Mahjong Points asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mahjong Points holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gift Xchanger has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gift Xchanger ships an update every 77 months, Mahjong Points every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gift Xchanger versus Mahjong Points: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGift XchangerMahjong Points
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 77 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric InternicolaGusti Benawi

Customer experience

Gift Xchanger

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mahjong Points

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Gift Xchanger

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Pro$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
None

Mahjong Points

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gift Xchanger free?
Gift Xchanger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Points free?
Mahjong Points costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gift Xchanger or Mahjong Points?
Mahjong Points is rated higher. Gift Xchanger averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Mahjong Points averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gift Xchanger or Mahjong Points have ads?
Neither Gift Xchanger nor Mahjong Points shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gift Xchanger or Mahjong Points?
Gift Xchanger ships an update every 77 months, and Mahjong Points every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gift Xchanger was updated on October 14, 2026 and Mahjong Points on October 19, 2026.

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