Moonlight Mahjong Lite vs Mahjong Master
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 Master
Engage in a classic tile-matching puzzle game. The objective is to clear all tiles by matching pairs of identical tiles, aiming for the fastest time and highest score. Offers a vast number of levels and customization options.
- 1300+ Game Levels
- Shuffle
- Hint
- Undo
- Auto Save
- Multiple Backgrounds & Tile Art
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============How To Play============ Mahjong Master is a free mahjong game based on a classic Chinese game.(also known as Shanghai Mahjong, Taipei Mahjong, Kyodai, Mahjong Trails, or Shanghai mahjongg) The aim of the game is to remove all the playing tiles in the fastest time, while trying to achieve the highest score. Each tile has a picture on it, there are 43 different pictures in total. Tiles must be selected and matched with other tiles of the same picture. Whenever you match two tiles, they both disappear, and when all tiles have disappeared the game is over. ============Features============ - Portrait Mode - 1300 More Game Levels. - 8 backgrounds. - 7 tile art. - Shuffle - Hint - Undo - Auto save - Block shadow - Auto zoom in
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Moonlight Mahjong Lite at every 3 weeks against Mahjong Master's every 2 months. Moonlight Mahjong Lite also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 2K). Mahjong Master's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Moonlight Mahjong Lite against 4.6 for Mahjong Master. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moonlight Mahjong Lite has 15K ratings behind it against 2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Moonlight Mahjong Lite's written reviews are positive against 85% of Mahjong Master's.
Moonlight Mahjong Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Mahjong Master every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonlight Mahjong Lite | Mahjong Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 4.6 (2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 2K |
| 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midnight Martian | 106 Games Inc. |
Customer experience
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
Mahjong Master
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 Master
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Excellent game
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and tile designs
- 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging
- 🕰️ Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay
- 💰 Free with minimal ads
Room to improve
- 🔇 Sound/music issues (can't turn off or volume doesn't work)
- 📱 Small screen/tile size on some devices
- 🔍 Difficulty seeing/identifying tiles in certain backgrounds
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 Master
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unexpected sound effects or music playing
- Game freezing or crashing
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to save/resume progress
- More level/board variety
- Larger tile sizes or zoom options
In-app purchases
Moonlight Mahjong Lite
No in-app purchases
Mahjong Master
No in-app purchases
Questions
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