Mahjong by Dogmelon vs Lost Artifacts 3
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 3
Embark on a casual strategy adventure to stop an ancient emperor from world domination. Restore statues, build structures, and manage resources across diverse mythical locations. Enjoy a fun storyline with over 40 levels and engaging challenges.
- Resource management
- Building and restoration
- Over 40 unique levels
- Fun storyline with comics
- Varied quests
- Multiple locations and enemies
- Useful bonuses
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After the Soulstone is stolen during an auction in the national museum, Claire and her loyal helpers witnessed the revival of the terracotta army and its Emperor. The Emperor wishes to take over the world by awakening a dragon from the crater of a volcano, but our heroes have other ideas. Go on a journey through a country full of legends and myth in the exciting casual strategy game Lost Artifacts: Soulstone. Many varied quests, over 40 levels, a fun storyline, simple and captivating gameplay and a mysterious world – all this awaits you now! Restore statues, build epic buildings, overcome challenges and manage resources. Simple controls and an easy to understand tutorial will help you easily grasp the basics of the game. Lost Artifacts: Soulstone – Stop the terracotta army! -A world full of legends and fairy tales – ancient monkey statues and dragon fountains give you strength on your journey. -A fun storyline, colorful comics and memorable characters! -Many varied quests that you’ve never seen before. -Over 40 unique levels. -Dangerous enemies: the Terracotta Army, archers, snakes and stone lions. -4 unique locations: a ruined city, a vast desert, a forest wilderness and snowy mountains. -Useful bonuses: speed up work, stop time, run fast. -Simple controls and a clear tutorial. -Over 20 hours of exciting gameplay for any age. -Fun themed music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mahjong by Dogmelon at every 21 months against Lost Artifacts 3's every 63 months. Mahjong by Dogmelon also leads on ratings volume (541 vs 45) and price ($9.99 vs $10.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 3 $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Mahjong by Dogmelon against 4.7 for Lost Artifacts 3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong by Dogmelon has 541 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 69% and 69% positive.
Mahjong by Dogmelon ships an update every 21 months, Lost Artifacts 3 every 63 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong by Dogmelon | Lost Artifacts 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $10.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (541 ratings) | 4.7 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 541 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 63 months |
| 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 | 586 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dogMelon Pty Ltd | 8Floor |
Customer experience
Mahjong by Dogmelon
Lost Artifacts 3
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 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mahjong by Dogmelon
No in-app purchases
Lost Artifacts 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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