Mahjong by Dogmelon vs Lost Artifacts 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mahjong by Dogmelon
This application offers a classic tile-matching puzzle experience designed to entertain and sharpen your mind. It features a variety of layouts, customizable visuals, and user-friendly controls for an enjoyable and engaging gameplay session.
- Multiple fun layouts
- Customizable tiles, backgrounds, and layouts
- Deep zooming for tile readability
- Full Undo/Redo functionality
- Clean, distraction-free interface
- Optional subtle sound effects
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The game that will entertain you AND keep your brain sharp. We've collected all the feedback from our customers over the years, to help make this our best version yet, including: - A heap of fun layouts to play, so you won't get bored - choose your favorite tiles, backgrounds, and layouts, to make it look how YOU want. - Deep zooming, so that you will never have trouble reading the tiles. - Full Undo/Redo, so you can go back and make different choices. - clean, attractive layouts, with no distractions, to ensure you can relax while you play. - subtle sound effects that you can easily turn off, if you need to pay in silence.
Lost Artifacts 1
Embark on an adventure as an archaeologist searching for ancient treasure. Build cities, manage resources, and restore ancient sites across a continent with unique challenges and captivating gameplay.
- Resource management
- City building
- Ancient artifact restoration
- 40+ levels
- Multiple objectives
- Unique world and plot
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For a long time Claire worked as a historian and archeologist in a prominent university. When she chose her course in life she thought she'd be searching for ancient treasure, but instead ended up spending all her time reading. Then one day Claire noticed a peculiar coincidence. Had she really uncovered a treasure map of the ancient Tonauak people? So without a second thought she left in search of the treasure. She had been waiting for so long and couldn’t miss her chance. Set off with Claire on an adventure through the uncharted continent of the casual strategy game Lost Artifact . Get ready for 40 vivid levels, lots of different objectives, increasing difficulty, a fun plot, and a unique world and captivating gameplay for any age. Build a city and manage resources, restore ancient statues, use powerful magic and draw power from holy places. With its simple controls and easy training, you’ll be playing like a pro in no time. Lost Artifacts — Restore the ancient city and defeat the dark priest! - A unique world that gets its magic from ancient statues and holy places. - A fun plot, vivid graphics and unforgettable characters! - Lots of different objectives you haven’t yet encountered. - More than 40 unique levels. - Dangerous enemies: wild men, ancient curses, bears and… crocodiles. - 4 unforgettable locations: forests, plains, deserts and cursed lands. - Helpful bonuses: speed up work, stop time, fast run. - Simple controls and easy training. - More than 20 hours of exciting gameplay for any age. - Cool game music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mahjong by Dogmelon at 4.6 against Lost Artifacts 1's 4.1. Mahjong by Dogmelon also leads on ratings volume (541 vs 8) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). Lost Artifacts 1's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 21 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Mahjong by Dogmelon costs $9.99 and Lost Artifacts 1 $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mahjong by Dogmelon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong by Dogmelon has 541 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Mahjong by Dogmelon's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lost Artifacts 1's.
Mahjong by Dogmelon ships an update every 21 months, Lost Artifacts 1 every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong by Dogmelon | Lost Artifacts 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $10.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (541 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 541 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dogMelon Pty Ltd | 8FLOOR COMPANY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Mahjong by Dogmelon
Lost Artifacts 1
Bugs and requests
Mahjong by Dogmelon
Reported bugs
5 issues- Scoring does not work correctly
- App crashes when winning or running out of moves
- App goes black screen and crashes
- Tiles not matching even with hints
- Timer not stopping when app is not active
Requested features
6 requests- Bring back calming music
- More frequent updates
- Option to hide stats
- Redo button
- Shuffle/reshuffle option
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- Suggest winnable scenarios
Lost Artifacts 1
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mahjong by Dogmelon
No in-app purchases
Lost Artifacts 1
No in-app purchases
Questions
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