Moonlight Mahjong Lite vs iMahjong
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.
iMahjong
Experience the ancient game of Mahjong on your mobile device. This addictive puzzle game challenges you to remove identical tiles by finding pairs that are free and unobstructed. Compete globally with your avatar in this classic strategy game.
- Play Mahjong on iPhone/iPod Touch
- Addictive puzzle gameplay
- Remove identical free tiles
- Compete with Jirbo Avatar
- Classic strategy game
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Play Mahjong on your iPhone or iPod Touch! FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME! • The world’s oldest and most exciting game is on the world’s newest and most innovative platform, the iPhone! • Mahjong has never been this fun! One of the most addictive puzzle games on iPhone and iPod Touch. • Remove two identical tiles that have at least one side that is not adjacent to another tile and on which there is no other tiles. • Thus, a pair consists of two Mahjong tiles which both are “free” and identical. Compete against the world with your Jirbo Avatar! • BEST OF ALL, IT'S FREE!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moonlight Mahjong Lite at 82% against iMahjong's 30%. Moonlight Mahjong Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (15K vs 13). iMahjong'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 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonlight Mahjong Lite has 15K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Moonlight Mahjong Lite's written reviews are positive against 30% of iMahjong's.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, iMahjong every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonlight Mahjong Lite | iMahjong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 3.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 29.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midnight Martian | AdColony, Inc. |
Customer experience
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
iMahjong
User reviews
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Stimulating concentration
- 🌇 Aesthetic and relaxing background
- ⏱️ Quick return to game
- 👍 Excellent game
- 🧠 Keeps mind active
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent freezing and shuffling issues
- ⏱️ Overly fast tilebot
- 🖼️ Layouts too large for screen
- 🙄 Disruptive ads
- 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes
iMahjong
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 💰 Free to download and play
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual appeal
- ⚖️ Good difficulty balance and challenge
- 🔧 Stable performance (no crashes in earlier versions)
Room to improve
- 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🔊 Unmutable ad audio even when phone is silent
- 📉 Tiles too small and difficult to select
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes mid-game
- 🎮 Game freezes and becomes unplayable
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
iMahjong
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes mid-game requiring restart
- Can only play one game before app must be closed and restarted
- Game freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Tiles difficult or impossible to select despite being available
- Screen freezes during gameplay
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- Game incorrectly reports 'no more moves' when moves exist
- High score system not working properly
- Worldwide score sync not functioning
- Registration system stuck preventing gameplay
- Incompatible with older iOS versions (OS 8)
- Sound API takeover stops background music
- Ads play at full volume despite phone being on silent
- App crashes after ad playback
Requested features
11 requests- Zoom in/out capability for better tile visibility
- Ability to rotate board view
- Larger tile sizes
- Undo function for moves
- Shuffle button for stuck games
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- Mute option for advertisements
- Restore previous app version
- Restore old Jirbo games (JirboMatch, JirboBounce)
- Access to worldwide leaderboard scores
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to pan around the board
In-app purchases
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
No in-app purchases
iMahjong
No in-app purchases
Questions
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