Comparison

Lichess vs Mahjong Marvel

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

Head to head
About

Lichess

Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.

Highlights
  • Real-time and correspondence chess
  • Arena tournaments
  • Chess puzzles
  • Game analysis with Stockfish
  • Interactive study feature
  • Chess clock
Features
Currently charting
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages

About

Mahjong Marvel

Experience authentic American Mah Jongg offline on your iPhone or iPad. Play against intelligent bots with full NMJL card compliance, including practice modes and hand-checking. Enjoy a realistic game experience anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • Intelligent bot opponents
  • Full NMJL card compliance
  • Practice Play mode
  • Suggested Hands and Pass
  • Built-in hand-checking
  • Detailed scoring
Features
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Mahjong Marvel brings authentic American Mah Jongg to your iPhone and iPad — completely offline, with no internet connection required. Play against three intelligent bot opponents across Easy, Normal, and Advanced difficulty. Every hand follows the official NMJL card, with full support for the Charleston, exposures, joker exchanges, and every valid pattern. FEATURES • Full NMJL card compliance across all valid hands • Three bot difficulty levels, each with a distinct play style • Practice Play mode with Suggested Hands and Suggested Pass, ideal for learning • Optional voice announcements of discards and calls • Built-in hand-checking — see exactly how close you are to Mah Jongg • Detailed scoring and a running Wall Game comparison across all four hands • Works entirely offline — no account, no internet, no interruptions Whether you're a lifelong player or just learning the game, Mahjong Marvel is the same experience you'd find at the table — in your pocket, anywhere. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Mah Jongg League (NMJL). The NMJL card is used for educational and entertainment purposes.

Screenshots

Lichess4 screens
Mahjong Marvel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mahjong Marvel at 5.0 against Lichess's 4.1. Lichess's advantage is ratings volume (802 vs 3) and chart position (#41 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mahjong Marvel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 802 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Lichess versus Mahjong Marvel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLichessMahjong Marvel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (802 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings802 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#41 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLICHESS.ORGSTEPHEN MATHEW THECCANAT

Bugs and requests

Lichess

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement

Requested features

3 requests
  • Name of opening in opening explorer
  • Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
  • Reset/replay button on puzzles

Mahjong Marvel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lichess

No in-app purchases

None

Mahjong Marvel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lichess free?
Lichess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mahjong Marvel free?
Mahjong Marvel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lichess or Mahjong Marvel?
Mahjong Marvel is rated higher. Lichess averages 4.1 out of 5 from 802 ratings, while Mahjong Marvel averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Lichess or Mahjong Marvel have ads?
Neither Lichess nor Mahjong Marvel shows ads.

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