MahJong vs Mahjong Challenges
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.
Mahjong Challenges
Experience the classic Mahjong solitaire game with a timed challenge. Remove all tiles by matching pairs, utilizing unlimited undo, hints, and shuffles. Compete for high scores on 300 unique board layouts.
- 300 board layouts
- Infinite Undo, Hints, Shuffle
- Adjustable tile illumination
- HD graphics
- Guaranteed solvable puzzles
- Score based on time
- High score tracking
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Mahjong Challenges is the classic Mahjong solitaire game, with the variance of each game must be resolved on a given time or less. Hoy to play Mahjong: The goal is to remove all the tiles from the board. You may remove only paired free tiles. The tile is free when there are no tiles either to the left or to the right from it. In this Game you will have: - 300 Board layouts - Infinite Undo, Hints, Shuffle. Easy access at the bottom of the board. - Shadow: you decide to illuminate the entire Layout, or only the clickable tiles. - HD Images. - All puzzles can be solved. - Tile set design for easy recognition. - Score based on the time elapsed between matches. Less time more points. - Each Board has a High Score that you can beat. - Universal Game. You can play on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mahjong Challenges at 4.8 against MahJong's 2.9. MahJong's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 34 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MahJong sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mahjong Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mahjong Challenges holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MahJong has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of MahJong's written reviews are positive against 29% of Mahjong Challenges's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MahJong ships an update every 3 months, Mahjong Challenges every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MahJong | Mahjong Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (22 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 318 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | baKno Games | Jose Varela |
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MahJong
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In-app purchases
MahJong
- MahJong 10 Game Sessions$0.99
- MahJong Unlimited for One Month$1.99
- MahJong Full Game Unlimited$24.99
Mahjong Challenges
- 3 extra lives$1.99
- Undo button$1.99
- Hint$1.99
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- Double time$1.99
- Shuffle$1.99
- Set of 5 lives$2.99
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