Mahjong 4 Friends vs Spellmoji
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mahjong 4 Friends
Play American or Chinese Mahjong with friends or AI. Features customizable gameplay, built-in tips for beginners, and unlimited free play. Enjoy smooth multiplayer across devices.
- American and Chinese Mahjong variants
- Play with friends or AI
- Built-in tips for beginners
- Unlimited free play
- Cross-device multiplayer
- Customizable settings
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Play real American or Chinese Mahjong — free, anytime, with friends or AI players. Play on your own against AI players, invite friends for a full table, or mix both — Mahjong 4 Friends brings the full table experience online. You'll be playing and practicing mahjong in seconds. AMERICAN MAHJONG — JUST LIKE YOUR WEEKLY GAME Play with NMJL (National Mah Jongg League) 2026 and Marvelous cards, complete with Charleston rounds, jokers, and authentic scoring. Everything works exactly the way you expect. CHINESE, HONG KONG & BRITISH VARIANTS Switch styles anytime. Play 13-tile formats with pongs, kongs, chows, and pairs — all fully supported with proper rules. ALWAYS HAVE A GAME Play with friends or fill empty seats with AI players — no waiting for a full table. You can also join public tables to play others. GREAT FOR BEGINNERS AND REGULARS Built-in tips and suggestions help new players learn naturally, without slowing the game down for everyone else. PLAY ANYWHERE Enjoy smooth real-time multiplayer across devices with no complicated setup. Start playing in no time. FREE AND UNLIMITED No paywalls for continued play. No time limits. Play online with friends or offline with AI players, and customize your settings to play your way. Have feedback or want a new feature? We actually read our emails — reach us at support@mahjong4friends.com. We typically respond within 24 hours. Your Mahjong table is now always open. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Spellmoji
A cheerful word game where you spell words based on emojis. Progress through puzzles with increasing difficulty and earn coins for clues. Enjoy a daily challenge and a relaxing, ad-free experience.
- Emoji-based word spelling
- 300 puzzles across three difficulty tiers
- Coin rewards for solving puzzles
- Daily challenges with streaks
- Audio pronunciation of words
- Ad-free and account-free gameplay
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Spellmoji is a gentle, cheerful word game. Look at the emoji, then tap the scrambled letters into the right order to spell the word. • 300 puzzles in three tiers: Easy (one emoji, short words), Medium (two emojis, longer words), and Spicy (three or more emojis, big phrases) • Every hard puzzle is followed by an easier one, so you always feel good • Earn coins for each solve and spend them on a written clue or to reveal a letter • A new Daily Challenge every day, with a streak to keep • Tap "Say it" to hear the word read aloud • Gentle sounds, soft colors, no flashing lights, no ads, no accounts, and nothing to sign up for Spellmoji was designed together with Allie, who wanted a puzzle that feels friendly on a hard day and a little spicy on a good one. It plays great on iPad and iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spellmoji at none against Mahjong 4 Friends's 8. Spellmoji also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Mahjong 4 Friends's advantage is ratings volume (26K vs 1) and chart position (#20 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Mahjong 4 Friends sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Spellmoji asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Mahjong 4 Friends against 5.0 for Spellmoji. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong 4 Friends has 26K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Mahjong 4 Friends's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spellmoji's.
Mahjong 4 Friends ships an update every 3 weeks, Spellmoji every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong 4 Friends | Spellmoji |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (26K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unwind Media, LLC | Eric Brown |
Customer experience
Mahjong 4 Friends
Spellmoji
Bugs and requests
Mahjong 4 Friends
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezing or crashing after updates
- Suggested hands feature not working with new card
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to play with real people online
- Keeping score and progress tracking
- Support for special hands in Chinese Mahjong
Spellmoji
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mahjong 4 Friends
- Mahjong 4 Friends Premium$0.991 Month
- Mahjong 4 Friends Premium$2.991 Month
- NMJL Pro$5.991 Year
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- Marvelous Pro$5.991 Year
- Chinese Pro$5.991 Year
- Ad-Free$5.991 Year
- Mahjong 4 Friends Premium$9.991 Year
- Mahjong 4 Friends Premium$19.991 Year
Spellmoji
No in-app purchases
Questions
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