Moonlight Mahjong Lite vs ChessClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
Experience Mahjong Solitaire in immersive 3D with intuitive touch controls. Choose from competitive arcade-style modes with increasing difficulty or relax with non-competitive options. Enjoy a classic puzzle game designed for iPhone and iPad.
- Virtual reality 3D Mahjong Solitaire
- Intuitive touch controls
- Arcade-style progressive levels
- Non-competitive relaxation modes
- Scramble, Challenge, Puzzle, and Relaxation modes
- Original 3D Mahjong Solitaire on iOS
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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. This free advertising-supported version of Moonlight Mahjong features five complete game modes (the main four, plus 'Lightning Mode'). The full version of Moonlight Mahjong offers a few additional features with no advertisements. 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.
ChessClock
This app provides a digital and analog chess clock with customizable time controls, including Fischer, Bronstein, and USCF delay modes. It features a classic skeuomorphic design and highlights the active clock for easy tracking during games.
- Dual clock display
- Fischer, Bronstein, USCF delay modes
- Analog and digital modes
- Independent clock settings
- Active clock highlighting
- Skeuomorphic design
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My original iOS Chess Clock from 2008 is back... in all its old-school Skeuomorphic glory! Two clocks. Tap one to start the other counting down. Tap both to stop both. Tap the little clock icon to set the time, and the info button to change the settings. Chess Clock includes features found in competition chess clocks, including Fischer, Bronstein, and USCF ("Simple") delay modes, which work in both digital and the visually appealing analog mode. Also, since this version was rewritten entirely within the borders of Switzerland, I guess this might be the cheapest Swiss timepiece you can have. Features: • Analog flag movement that swings back and forth as it falls (which took me a silly amount of time to get right, but I like it) • Set each clock independently • Analog and digital modes • Adjustable time delay (Bronstein, Fischer, and USCF modes) • Highlights the currently running clock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moonlight Mahjong Lite at 82% against ChessClock's 38%. Moonlight Mahjong Lite also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). ChessClock's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, ChessClock every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonlight Mahjong Lite | ChessClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midnight Martian | Aardustry GmbH |
Customer experience
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
ChessClock
Bugs and requests
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during shuffling
- Tilebot continuing to play during freezes
- Tiles not registering matches
- Layouts not fitting screen properly
Requested features
5 requests- Adjustable tilebot speed
- Ability to save progress
- Relaxation mode without time pressure
- Option to rate/filter layouts
- Customizable tile/background options
ChessClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
No in-app purchases
ChessClock
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Moonlight Mahjong Lite free?
Is ChessClock free?
Do Moonlight Mahjong Lite or ChessClock have ads?
Which is updated more often, Moonlight Mahjong Lite or ChessClock?
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