Comparison

Moonlight Mahjong vs zMahjong Mini

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

zMahjong Mini

A fast-paced solitaire puzzle game where you clear a board by matching identical tiles. Compete for the best times and climb the leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Speed-focused gameplay
  • Tile matching puzzle
  • Leaderboard support
  • Multiple language options
  • No hints or retries
Features
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This is the Mini Version of famous zMahjong Solitaire, or Zhongyuan Mahjong (Solitaire)! zMahjong Solitaire is an extremely challenging and additive puzzle game that tens of thousands of people are challenging and enjoying every day! This Mini Version, being 1/4 of the full scale version, adopts same game rules but provides a totally different taste of game. It is speed. Your time will be recorded as precisely as 1/100 second. ***Demo of How to Play in Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lgXnHV0_M ----------------------------------------------- ***Game goal Clear the board by removing two same tiles each time as quickly as possible. ***How to remove Condition 1: If two same tiles are on the same row or column and there are no other tiles between them, tap to remove them directly. Condition 2: If one tile can be moved to a new position where Condition 1 can be met by this tile and the other same tile, move this tile first and then tap the other to remove these two same tiles. ****Game features The game proceeds with no hints, no help and no re-try. You can press the “End” button to see remaining removable pairs, but the game will end at the same time. ***Others *It supports Chinese, English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Swedish. *It supports leaderboard of Game Center with cetegories of completement times and best time. *It supports local leadearboard of best time.

Screenshots

Moonlight Mahjong4 screens
zMahjong Mini3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Moonlight Mahjong at 6.4K against zMahjong Mini's 3. Moonlight Mahjong also leads on chart position (#68 vs unranked). zMahjong Mini's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 zMahjong Mini $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Moonlight Mahjong against 4.7 for zMahjong Mini. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonlight Mahjong has 6.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Moonlight Mahjong's written reviews are positive against 100% of zMahjong Mini's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Moonlight Mahjong versus zMahjong Mini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonlight MahjongzMahjong Mini
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (6.4K ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#68 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidnight MartianShen Zhongyuan

Customer experience

Moonlight Mahjong

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

zMahjong Mini

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

zMahjong Mini

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moonlight Mahjong

No in-app purchases

None

zMahjong Mini

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moonlight Mahjong free?
Moonlight Mahjong costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is zMahjong Mini free?
zMahjong Mini costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moonlight Mahjong or zMahjong Mini?
Moonlight Mahjong is rated higher. Moonlight Mahjong averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while zMahjong Mini averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Moonlight Mahjong or zMahjong Mini have ads?
Neither Moonlight Mahjong nor zMahjong Mini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moonlight Mahjong or zMahjong Mini?
Moonlight Mahjong ships an update every 4 months, and zMahjong Mini every 4 months. Most recently, Moonlight Mahjong was updated on November 10, 2026 and zMahjong Mini on November 10, 2026.

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