Moonlight Mahjong Lite vs Mahjong Pro
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.
Mahjong Pro
Experience a classic Mahjong game with 15 engaging levels. The objective is to match pairs of identical tiles until the board is cleared. Compete against your own high scores on each unique level for endless replayability.
- Classic Mahjong gameplay
- 15 unique levels
- High score tracking per level
- Easy-to-understand rules
- Endless replayability
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Enjoy hours of fun with this classic Mahjong game which contains 15 different levels to play! The game rules are easy to understand: Match 2 stones of the same type until all stones have disappeared. 15 Levels are included and each level has it's own highscore. Have endless fun trying to break your highscore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moonlight Mahjong Lite at none against Mahjong Pro's 6. Moonlight Mahjong Lite also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 58%). Mahjong Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Mahjong Pro sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Moonlight Mahjong Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 6.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Moonlight Mahjong Lite's written reviews are positive against 58% of Mahjong Pro's.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Mahjong Pro every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonlight Mahjong Lite | Mahjong Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 4.5 (6.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 58.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 6.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midnight Martian | Fapps World et Cie S.E.C.S. |
Customer experience
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
Mahjong Pro
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
Mahjong Pro
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Variety of traditional Mahjong boards
- 🚀 No intrusive ads
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Tiles too small, difficult to see
- 🔍 Lack of level tracking and progress monitoring
- 🔍 Scoring system not clear
- 🔍 Inability to restart or replay levels
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
Mahjong Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tiles getting stuck or disappearing
- Screen size issues on larger devices
- Levels getting stuck or unwinnable
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and increased difficulty
- Option to enlarge tiles or adjust display
- Level tracking and progress history
- Shuffle button or option to reset levels
- Clearer scoring explanation
In-app purchases
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
No in-app purchases
Mahjong Pro
- 500 coin package$0.99
- 1100 coin package (+10%)$1.99
- 3000 coin package (+20%)$4.99
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- 6250 coin package (+25%)$9.99
- 13000 coin package (+30%)$19.99
- 35000 coin package (+40%)$49.99
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