Comparison

Moonlight Mahjong vs Sil·labetes

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

Head to head
About

Moonlight Mahjong

Experience Mahjong Solitaire in immersive 3D VR with intuitive touch controls. Choose from competitive arcade-style levels or relaxing non-competitive modes. Enjoy various gameplay styles, from strategic challenges to casual puzzles.

Highlights
  • Virtual reality 3D Mahjong Solitaire
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Arcade style with progressive levels
  • Non-competitive relaxation modes
  • Scramble, Challenge, Puzzle, and Relaxation modes
  • Original 3D Mahjong Solitaire on iOS
Features
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Moonlight Mahjong is Mahjong Solitaire in virtual reality 3D, designed specifically for the iPhone and iPad. Intuitive touch control allows you to tilt and turn, zoom in and out to match tiles in 3D. Play “arcade style” with progressively difficult levels and high scores, or relax with one of the non-competitive game modes. The gameplay is simple yet addictive. Moonlight Mahjong features four main types of play: • Scramble Mode: Match tiles faster than the automated opponent "Tilebot" through increasingly difficult levels. The board is automatically reshuffled when you run out of matches, making this game mode easy to start and fun, yet challenging on the higher levels. • Challenge Mode: Compete against Tilebot in full puzzle mode, with no automatic reshuffling, only undo. Challenge requires more strategy than Scramble. This is the ‘pure’ form of the game, but it is difficult! • Puzzle Mode: Solve puzzle boards with no time limit. Choose any layouts you like. This is the original game mode, what people usually think of as Mahjong Solitaire. • Relaxation Mode: Clear boards with no time limit and automatic reshuffling when out of matches. Perfect for when you're just not in the mood to strategize or rush. Feel free to download the free Lite version with ads, or purchase the paid version without ads. They are the same game; the paid version has a few additional features. Moonlight Mahjong is the original 3D Mahjong Solitaire on iOS, having debuted with the launch of the App Store in 2008. It has been played millions of times and was honored as a "Best Board Game" on the App Store.

About

Sil·labetes

A Catalan word puzzle game designed to make learning vocabulary enjoyable. It features unique stages with multiple solutions, allowing players to compete with friends for high scores based on word length. Players can also check word definitions and translations.

Highlights
  • 20 unique stages
  • Multiple puzzle solutions
  • Friend score competition
  • Word definition lookup
  • English translation and pronunciation
Features
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Catalan word puzzle game. Learn vocabulary while having fun! * 20 hand-crafted unique stages. * Multiple solutions to each puzzle. * Compete with friends for a better score. * The longer the word, the higher the score! * Check definition online through the "Diccionari de la llengua catalana" by IEC. * Translate words to English and listen to their pronunciation.

Screenshots

Moonlight Mahjong4 screens
Sil·labetes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sil·labetes at Free against Moonlight Mahjong's $1.99. Sil·labetes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Moonlight Mahjong's advantage is ratings volume (6.4K vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Sil·labetes is free to download; Moonlight Mahjong costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sil·labetes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonlight Mahjong has 6.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moonlight Mahjong ships an update every 4 months, Sil·labetes every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Moonlight Mahjong versus Sil·labetes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonlight MahjongSil·labetes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (6.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#68 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidnight MartianDavid Gavilan

Customer experience

Moonlight Mahjong

All ratings6,359 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews431 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.7%

Sil·labetes

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

Bugs and requests

Moonlight Mahjong

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tiles not registering properly
  • Freezing and crashing on startup
  • Incorrect tile highlighting
  • Rotation issues on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More new and challenging layouts
  • Ability to save and resume games
  • Option to control tilebot speed
  • Syncing progress across devices
  • Leaderboards and achievements

Sil·labetes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moonlight Mahjong

No in-app purchases

None

Sil·labetes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moonlight Mahjong free?
Moonlight Mahjong costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sil·labetes free?
Sil·labetes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moonlight Mahjong or Sil·labetes?
Sil·labetes is rated higher. Moonlight Mahjong averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while Sil·labetes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Moonlight Mahjong or Sil·labetes have ads?
Neither Moonlight Mahjong nor Sil·labetes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moonlight Mahjong or Sil·labetes?
Moonlight Mahjong ships an update every 4 months, and Sil·labetes every 17 months. Most recently, Moonlight Mahjong was updated on October 19, 2026 and Sil·labetes on October 2, 2026.

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