Comparison

LinkSame vs Mahjong Vacations

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LinkSame

This game challenges you to find matching pairs of tiles. Connect them with a path of up to three straight lines to remove them from the board. Clear all tiles to win and aim for high scores by making quick selections.

Highlights
  • Tile matching gameplay
  • Pathfinding connection mechanic
  • Clear the board to win
  • Score-based challenges
  • Fast-paced selections
Features
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LinkSame reconstructs MacLinkSame, a popular PPC Mac OS X application (which itself turns out to be based on the traditional Shisen-Sho). All you have to do is spot a pair of tiles bearing the same picture, such that the center of the tiles can be connected by a path consisting of one, two, or three straight line segments, where no segment of the path crosses any other tile. Select both tiles to remove them from the board. Proceed in this way to clear the board, one pair of tiles at a time. Play for fun, or try to beat your previous score by making your selections in quick succession.

About

Mahjong Vacations

Embark on a global journey with this immersive mahjong solitaire game. Explore over 500 unique boards across dozens of exotic vacation destinations, each with custom music and visuals. Utilize helpful boosts and track your travels on a world map.

Highlights
  • Over 500 unique mahjong boards
  • Dozens of exotic vacation destinations
  • Customized music and immersive visuals
  • World map tracking of visited locations
  • Helpful boosts (Shuffle, Hint, Undo)
  • Pinch and zoom functionality
Features
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Mahjong Vacations is the biggest, best, and most immersive mahjong solitaire game out there. With over 500 unique boards, dozens of themes and hundreds of challenges, it satisfies even the most enthusiastic mahjong player. Take a trip around the world to dozens of different vacation destinations. From the canals of Venice to the soft white beaches of Thailand, explore the world like never before from the comfort of your own house while playing mahjong solitaire. It's time to relax and lose yourself on a soft white beach of Thailand, explore the Yucatan, enjoy a gondola ride in Venice or take an adventure in the Amazon through Mahjong Vacations. Choose from one of the dozens of exotic vacations with customized music, immersive visuals, unique tile sets and interesting bits of information that capture the culture and the essence of the location you are playing. Track the places you've visited on a real map. Utilize your Shuffle, Swap, Undo, Hint and Clarity boosts to help you throughout your mahjong journey. Upgrade your boosts to improve your scores and to help you through some of the more difficult challenges. Think your friends will miss you while you travel? Send them a postcard that you'll collect from each beautiful place you've played. You can even pinch and zoom in on the tiles to get a closer look! Think you've played Mahjong? You haven’t really experienced it until you've taken a Mahjong Vacation. You deserve a vacation. You really do! Visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/MahjongVacations Talk to us via Twitter @MJVacations

Screenshots

LinkSame1 screens
Mahjong Vacations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinkSame at none against Mahjong Vacations's 5. LinkSame also leads on ads (none vs shown). Mahjong Vacations's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mahjong Vacations sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. LinkSame asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for LinkSame against 4.4 for Mahjong Vacations. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Vacations has 137 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of LinkSame's written reviews are positive against 83% of Mahjong Vacations's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkSame ships an update every 10 months, Mahjong Vacations every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LinkSame versus Mahjong Vacations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkSameMahjong Vacations
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings)4.4 (137 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews82.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11137 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt NeuburgGraveltree Productions, LLC

Customer experience

LinkSame

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Mahjong Vacations

All ratings137 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative8.0%

Bugs and requests

LinkSame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mahjong Vacations

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing after ads
  • Progress not saving properly
  • Incorrect scoring on some challenges

Requested features

4 requests
  • More vacation destinations
  • Ability to reset progress
  • Better save/load functionality
  • Improved tutorial and instructions

In-app purchases

None

LinkSame

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Mahjong Vacations

One-time5
  • Pack of 10,000 Vacation Coins$0.99
  • Pack of 25,000 Vacation Coins$1.99
  • Pack of 100,000 Vacation Coins$4.99
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  • Pack of 300,000 Vacation Coins$9.99
  • Pack of 750,000 Vacation Coins$19.99

Questions

Is LinkSame free?
LinkSame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mahjong Vacations free?
Mahjong Vacations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LinkSame or Mahjong Vacations?
Mahjong Vacations is rated higher. LinkSame averages 4.4 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Mahjong Vacations averages 4.4 from 137 ratings.
Do LinkSame or Mahjong Vacations have ads?
Mahjong Vacations shows ads; LinkSame does not.
Which is updated more often, LinkSame or Mahjong Vacations?
LinkSame ships an update every 10 months, and Mahjong Vacations every 2 months. Most recently, LinkSame was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mahjong Vacations on November 1, 2026.

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