Comparison

Moonlight Mahjong vs Moving Puzzle

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

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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
Currently charting
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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

Moving Puzzle

This game challenges you to reassemble a moving picture puzzle. You must identify pieces as the image scrolls across the tiles, with options for swapping or sliding puzzle mechanics. Customize difficulty with tile count, scrolling speed, and direction.

Highlights
  • Moving image puzzle mechanics
  • Swapping and sliding puzzle modes
  • Customizable tile count
  • Adjustable scrolling speed and direction
  • Use personal photos for puzzles
  • Built-in and custom image options
Features
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Unscramble the pieces of a puzzle, while the picture itself is not standing still! The photo is scrolling over the tiles, so try to keep an eye on small conspicuous features as they move off one tile onto another, to figure out which tiles go together. The game even has a choice of two different kinds of puzzle: In "Swapping" mode, you can swap any two pieces by either dragging or tapping them. The "Sliding" mode works like a classic "15" sliding puzzle with the gap at the bottom right. Only you're not limited to 15 pieces, of course. You can choose the number of tiles, the scrolling speed and the scrolling direction. The game comes with six pictures included, but you can also choose any picture from your library or even take one with the camera.

Screenshots

Moonlight Mahjong4 screens
Moving Puzzle2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Moonlight Mahjong at 4.8 against Moving Puzzle's 1.0. Moonlight Mahjong also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (6.4K vs 1). Moving Puzzle's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). 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

Moonlight Mahjong costs $1.99 and Moving Puzzle $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moonlight Mahjong holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. 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, Moving Puzzle every 21 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Moonlight Mahjong versus Moving Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonlight MahjongMoving Puzzle
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (6.4K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#141 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidnight MartianMichel Colman

Customer experience

Moonlight Mahjong

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

Moving Puzzle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Moving Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moonlight Mahjong

No in-app purchases

None

Moving Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moonlight Mahjong free?
Moonlight Mahjong costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moving Puzzle free?
Moving Puzzle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moonlight Mahjong or Moving Puzzle?
Moonlight Mahjong is rated higher. Moonlight Mahjong averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while Moving Puzzle averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Moonlight Mahjong or Moving Puzzle have ads?
Neither Moonlight Mahjong nor Moving Puzzle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moonlight Mahjong or Moving Puzzle?
Moonlight Mahjong ships an update every 4 months, and Moving Puzzle every 21 months. Most recently, Moonlight Mahjong was updated on October 29, 2026 and Moving Puzzle on October 29, 2026.

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