MahJong vs Dragon Mahjong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MahJong
Experience an endless supply of unique tile arrangements for this classic Chinese game. Enjoy beautifully crafted 3D tiles and immersive music as you match pairs to clear the board.
- Infinite random tile arrangements
- 10 unique tile and table sets
- Hand-designed 3D tile art
- Board rotation and zoom
- Immersive soundtrack
- Classic pair-matching gameplay
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MahJong generates random tile arrangements that gives you infinite game possibilities for this Chinese-inspired favorite. Featuring 10 different tile and table sets, each tile is a delightful, hand-designed work of art, showcased in a 3D view with board rotation and zoom to capture every angle. Select and match pairs of open tiles to remove them from the board, exposing layers of tiles below for more matching. The goal is to match every pair to fully clear the board. Outstanding music completes the experience that will transport you eastward.
Dragon Mahjong
Experience a classic matching puzzle game with a twist. Clear the board by matching identical tiles. Discover new game modes, diverse layouts, and adjustable difficulty levels for endless entertainment.
- Classic Mahjong gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- Over 40 unique layouts
- Three difficulty levels
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Multi-language support
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Mahjong is a classic matching puzzle game. Clear the board by matching all identical and free tiles. Game Features: - Different Game Modes: Dragon Mahjong is not only a Mahjong Game! A bunch of new game modes will be unlocked gradually. Let's start with Dragon Memory and stay tuned for the others! You'll never get bored! - 40 and more Different Layouts: be ready to travel among the seven wonders, freezing winters and dozen of classical themes. Do not miss the new layouts that will be released! - 3 Degree of difficulties to better fit your skills. - Multi Language System. - Leader Boards, Achievements, and Social Features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dragon Mahjong at 73% against MahJong's 36%. Dragon Mahjong also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.9) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). MahJong's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. MahJong sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dragon Mahjong sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dragon Mahjong holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of MahJong's written reviews are positive against 73% of Dragon Mahjong's.
MahJong ships an update every 3 months, Dragon Mahjong every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MahJong | Dragon Mahjong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (22 ratings) | 3.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 318 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | baKno Games | Code This Lab srl |
Customer experience
MahJong
Dragon Mahjong
Bugs and requests
MahJong
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dragon Mahjong
Reported bugs
7 issues- App no longer opens after update
- Game freezes and resets progress
- Matching tiles on ends do not always disappear
- Mathematical algorithms not right, leading to unsolvable levels
- Rank page freezes
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- Score stuck and not updating
- Shuffle button restarts the game instead of shuffling
Requested features
6 requests- Bring back the original game version
- Option to choose backgrounds
- Allow playing in portrait mode
- Implement a proper shuffle feature
- Larger tiles
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- Different sounds for tile matches
In-app purchases
MahJong
- MahJong 10 Game Sessions$0.99
- MahJong Unlimited for One Month$1.99
- MahJong Full Game Unlimited$24.99
Dragon Mahjong
- New Layouts$0.99
- New 7 Wonders Layout$0.99
- New 6 Winter Layout$0.99
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- Disable Ads$1.99
- Coins Pack$1.99
- 100 coins, disable Ads, your name in the credits!$2.99
