Wordmaster vs Mahjong Score Drill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wordmaster
This game challenges you to find as many words as possible from a scrambled six-letter word. It features a large dictionary, community-updated word lists, and social sharing options. Improve your vocabulary and compete with friends.
- Anagram word puzzles
- Massive word dictionary
- Community word list updates
- Leaderboard competition
- Social sharing
- Customizable word length
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Exercise your brain with Wordmaster, a new take on a pen-and-paper classic! Wordmaster is an addicting anagram game where the object is to form as many real words as possible based on a scrambled 6-letter word. With a massive dictionary of Official Tournament and Club Word List words, thousands of possible puzzles await you. The goal of Wordmaster is to help you learn new words and eventually master the English vocabulary. To this end, Wordmaster gives you two ways to win each round: solve one of the 6-letter words or solve at least 50% of all words in the round. Wordmaster has an active player community that contributes additions and removals to new dictionary versions, which are automatically downloaded from within the game. You don't have to wait for the next update to see obscure words removed or recognized words included. Game Center integration lets you compete with other players and your friends, vie for the top spot on the Wordmaster leaderboards, and share high scores to Facebook, Twitter, Mail or Messages. Other features: - No annoying proper nouns, abbreviations, or acronyms - Choose a minimum word length that suits you: 3 or 4 letters - See definitions or suggest removal for words you've solved while the game is paused; also suggest additions to the dictionary Subscription option: For US$1.99/month, upgrade to Wordmaster Plus and enjoy an ad-free experience. Privacy policy: https://impulseapps.web.app EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Mahjong Score Drill
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Still leaving mahjong score calculation to someone else at the table? Mahjong Score Drill is a training app built purely for repetition — the fastest way to go from "let me check the table" to answering fu, han, and points instantly. Like a flashcard deck, it's simple by design, and the more you use it, the more it sticks. ■ Learn in 3 steps 1. Memorize with Flashcards Drill fu, han, and points on cards. Yaku and fu cards include tile images showing the actual hand shape. Tap to reveal the answer, then mark it "Got it" or "Not yet" to track your mastery. 2. Test yourself with Drills Enter the real score using the on-screen keypad. Choose from 5 test types — Fu, Yaku & Han (including closed/open and yakuman judgment), Non-Dealer, Dealer, or both — and confirm you truly know it with a 10-question test. 3. Watch your progress in Stats Mastery bars by category and full test history make your improvement visible at a glance. ■ Real Hand Scoring — 300 Hands (Premium, NEW) Score real winning hands directly — fu, han, and the final score, all at once. Practice working it out from an actual hand, just like at the table. ■ SNS Share Image Generator (Free, NEW) Arrange tiles, create a "What to Discard?" or "What's the Score?" quiz image, and share it straight to social media — free for everyone, no purchase required. ■ 668 cards across every category - Fu & Han: how to count fu at a win, han values for every yaku - Score Calculation: Non-Dealer Ron/Tsumo, Dealer Ron/Tsumo scores - Real Hand Scoring: score real winning hands directly (300 hands) - Bonus: glossary, table etiquette, special rules, strategy & tile efficiency, local yaku & yakuman ■ Built-in score table A fu × han lookup table, plus reference tables for "How Fu Works" and "Yaku & Han" — covering Non-Dealer, Dealer, Mangan and above, fu breakdown, and every yaku's han value. ■ Standby Flashcard Shows a flashcard right on your Lock Screen. Tap to move to the next card — review during spare moments without even opening the app. Premium unlocks choosing the card scope and order. ■ Home Screen Widget Shows a flashcard right on your Home Screen — just tap "Again," "Good," or "Easy" to rate it on the spot. Answer a card in a spare moment without ever opening the app. Has its own category scope and order settings, independent from the Standby Flashcard. ■ Weak Cards, Surfaced Automatically Using the difficulty score from the FSRS spaced-repetition algorithm, the Flashcard screen automatically lists the cards you struggle with most — so you always know what to focus on next. ■ Called by Name Set a nickname and the mascot will greet you by name. A small touch that makes daily practice feel a little more personal. ■ Who it's for - Riichi mahjong beginners to intermediate players who want to call their score with confidence - Anyone who's been counting fu "by feel" without really knowing the rules - Anyone who wants to learn a little at a time, whenever they have a spare moment ■ Highlights - Two themes (Notebook / Dark) and 3 text sizes - Switch the display language between Japanese and English - Doubles as a full reference covering local yaku, etiquette, and strategy - Scoring based on standard Riichi mahjong rules as commonly played in Japan ■ Free vs. Premium 【Available for free】 - Score Table (fully viewable) - Flashcards (Non-Dealer categories ① & ②, fully random order) - Test (Non-Dealer score, once per day) - Standby Flashcard (Non-Dealer categories ① & ②, fully random order) - SNS Share Image Generator (fully free) 【Unlocked with Premium (one-time purchase)】 - All 12 flashcard categories (Score, Yaku, Fu, Real Hand Scoring, Bonus) + unmastered-first mode - All 5 test types (Fu, Yaku & Han, Dealer, Non-Dealer, both) + mastery-based mode, unlimited - Full stats view - Choose the Standby Flashcard's category scope and order freely ※In-app purchases are processed through the App Store. Start making score calculation second nature — today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mahjong Score Drill at none against Wordmaster's shown. Mahjong Score Drill also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). Wordmaster's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Wordmaster sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Mahjong Score Drill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wordmaster ships an update every 6 months, Mahjong Score Drill fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wordmaster | Mahjong Score Drill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (366 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 366 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Impulse Apps Inc. | miyahira yuki |
Bugs and requests
Wordmaster
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game progress lost after crashes
- Incorrect word rejections
- Settings reset unexpectedly
- Ads freezing or interrupting gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable background and text colors
- More time options for each round
- Integration with popular word dictionaries
- Ability to save progress and scores
- Offline mode or reduced ads
Mahjong Score Drill
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wordmaster
- Wordmaster Plus$1.991 Month
Mahjong Score Drill
- 麻雀点数ドリル プレミアム版$3.99
Questions
Is Wordmaster free?
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