PowerBall vs Mahjong Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerBall
Experience a unique gravity-based single-player maze challenge collecting stars, then switch to a competitive pool-like game. Employ tricky moves and avoid hazards to outsmart opponents.
- Gravity-based single-player levels
- Star collection in mazes
- Competitive pool-like multiplayer
- Trick shot mechanics
- Hazard avoidance (fire holes, devils)
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A brand new game, or better, two games in one. Enjoy yourself with a gravity based single player levels, where you have to save your powerball in a dangerous maze, collecting stars during your journey, and later try to challenge others player in a pool like game. Not a regular pool game, but a powerball pool game. Use tricks to annoy your enemy, avoid the fire holes and the devils in the play area. Be ready, be quick!
Mahjong Solitaire
Engage your mind with a classic tile-matching puzzle game. Remove pairs of identical tiles to clear the board and progress through hundreds of unique layouts. Enjoy a relaxing offline experience with beautiful visuals and helpful boosters.
- Over 800 unique boards
- Beautiful graphics and sound
- Hint, Swirl, and Shuffle boosters
- Offline play
- No time limits
- Multiple stage styles
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Mahjong Solitaire is one of the most popular board game int the world. Challenge and train your brain with this classic game! HOW TO PLAY • Remove all matching tiles to complete a board. FEATURES • Over 800+ boards! • Beautiful graphics and sound effects. • Easy to play hard to master. • Hint, Swirl and Shuffle boosters with amazing animation effects. • Play offline anytime. • Without time limits. • Different styles of stages. • iPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xr and iPhone Xs Max support. Have fun with Mahjong Solitaire: Earth the classic mahjong matching game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mahjong Solitaire at 4.7 against PowerBall's 2.5. Mahjong Solitaire also leads on ratings volume (910 vs 2). PowerBall's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 58%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. PowerBall sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Mahjong Solitaire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mahjong Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Solitaire has 910 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of PowerBall's written reviews are positive against 58% of Mahjong Solitaire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PowerBall ships an update every 4 months, Mahjong Solitaire every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerBall | Mahjong Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (910 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 910 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 484 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nas-Games | 慧 姚 |
Customer experience
PowerBall
Mahjong Solitaire
Bugs and requests
PowerBall
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mahjong Solitaire
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads go blank after winning
- Game stops in the middle
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and stages
- Improve scoring system
- Enlarge tile size
In-app purchases
PowerBall
- 5000 Coins$0.99
- 20000 Coins$1.99
- 50000 Coins$2.99
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- 100000 Coins$3.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
- 250000 Coins$4.99
- 500000 Coins$6.99
Mahjong Solitaire
- 5 tornadoes$1.99
- 40 hints$1.99
- 10 swirls$1.99
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- 10 tornadoes$1.99
- 70 hints$2.99
- 130 hints$4.99
- 30 swirls$4.99
- 30 tornadoes$4.99
- 15 tornadoes$4.99
- 80 tornadoes$9.99
Questions
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