Comparison

Drybar vs Mahjboard

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

Head to head
About

Drybar

Book and manage professional blowout appointments at your favorite salon. Discover exclusive app-only promotions, join membership programs, and find style inspiration for your next visit. Rebook services and locations with ease.

Highlights
  • Book blowout appointments
  • Manage appointments
  • Exclusive app promotions
  • Barfly Membership management
  • Find salon locations
  • Style inspiration
Features
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At Drybar® shops, our philosophy is simple. Focus on one thing and be the best at it. For us, that’s blowouts. With that purpose in mind, we are focused on giving each and every client the premier blowout experience while providing professional quality products and tools to better help clients achieve and maintain the perfect blowout at home. Easily book a blowout appointment for you and all your friends. View, edit, or cancel your upcoming appointments on your personal home screen and seamlessly rebook your favorite service & location with just a few taps. You can find a Drybar location while on the go and become a Barfly with our Signature or Premium Memberships to ensure your hair is perfect on your most important dates throughout the month. 4 Reasons you'll love our new Mobile Booking App. 1. Get access to promotions and offers sent only to App users. 2. Book all your blowout appointments easily & frequently. 3. Join & manage your monthly Barfly Membership. 4. Find style inspiration for your next appointment.

About

Mahjboard

Streamline your mahjong league management with automated table seating, session pacing, and scorekeeping. This app handles the administrative tasks, allowing organizers to focus on running the league without complex spreadsheets. Players can easily access live standings and scores without needing to install anything.

Highlights
  • Automated table seating
  • Session timer with Apple Watch integration
  • Player score submission
  • Live league standings
  • Customizable league branding
  • Support for multiple mahjong styles
Features
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Mahjboard runs the busywork of your mahjong league—table seating, session pacing, scorekeeping, and standings—so you can run the league, not the spreadsheet. It's simple on purpose: one score per player, one link for the entire season, zero formulas, and nothing for your players to install. Any style works: American mah jongg (NMJL), Riichi, Hong Kong, house rules. Start a league, import your roster from a spreadsheet or paste a list of names, and you're ready for league night. Before the games begin, one tap builds the night's tables. Mahjboard remembers who's already played together and mixes each session's pairings for variety, or groups tables by skill level. Move anyone, sit a player out, reshuffle, or undo. Name a table "Cream bakelite set" and it stays that way week to week. During play, the session timer keeps everyone on time. Tell Mahjboard when the night starts, how long it runs, and how many games to aim for. It splits the time evenly, nudges you and your Apple Watch at each checkpoint, and keeps the countdown on your lock screen. Open the league near game time and it offers to start the clock for you. Scorekeeping is the easy part. Tap the evening's scores in, or let them come to you. Players can submit their own, and one submission can cover the whole table. Every score waits for your approval before it counts, and you can approve or reject it right from the notification. Mark who attended, and Mahjboard instantly ranks the cumulative leaderboard, so nobody has to wonder where they stand. Every league gets its own public page to share by text or QR code. Players just tap and the live board opens. No app to install, no account, no password, and nothing for them to pay. They can look themselves up and see their weekly scores all season long. One subscription covers your entire league. Make it yours. Add your logo, colors, and website once, and every league and leaderboard you run wears them. Save the standings as a branded image for Instagram or the group chat. If you host at a lounge, studio, or shop, the board points players right back to you. When a season wraps, archive it and start the next one. Run your Tuesday group, the club ladder, and the spring tournament side by side, all from the phone already in your pocket. If you can send a text, you can run a league. Features: - Multiple leagues at once (up to 10 active) - Import your roster from a spreadsheet, paste a list of names, or bring in a full season's scoreboard - Player skill levels, custom tags, and private organizer-only notes - Set skill levels and tags for a whole group of players at once - Automatic table seating—mixes pairings for variety or groups by skill level, with move, sit-out, reshuffle, and undo - Optional table names that carry from week to week - Session timer with start time and meeting days, checkpoint notifications to you and your Apple Watch, and a lock-screen countdown - One score per player, per session, plus who attended - Players can submit their own scores from the public board—one submission can cover the whole table, and every score waits for your approval - Approve or reject a submitted score straight from the notification - Auto-ranked cumulative leaderboard with shared ranks for ties - Shareable public leaderboard by link or auto-generated QR code - Save your standings as a branded image, or share it straight to Instagram - Player self-lookup on the public page, with weekly scores all season long—no app needed - Custom branding: your logo plus primary and secondary colors - Per-player stats: attendance, best session, score trends, and a week-by-week score history - Full activity log of every score edit and league change - Archive completed leagues - Sign in with Apple Mahjboard Pro is $19.99/month after a 14-day free trial. Subscription auto-renews. Manage or cancel anytime in your iPhone Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mahjboard.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mahjboard.com/privacy

Screenshots

Drybar4 screens
Mahjboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mahjboard at 100% against Drybar's 7%. Mahjboard also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Drybar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (33 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Mahjboard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Drybar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mahjboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drybar has 33 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Drybar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mahjboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drybar ships an update monthly, Mahjboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drybar versus Mahjboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrybarMahjboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (33 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrybarMaybe Tomorrow, LLC

Customer experience

Drybar

All ratings33 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative60.6%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative86.9%

Mahjboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Drybar

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Login credentials not recognized despite being correct
  • App logs out user every time it's opened
  • Password reset emails not being sent
  • Server error messages during booking process
  • Scrolling issues on date selection screens
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  • Font rendering too large making content unreadable
  • Location search returns incorrect/distant locations
  • App crashes when entering zip code search
  • Payment processing fails with server errors
  • Appointment confirmation not syncing to salon systems
  • Membership credits showing as zero when they exist
  • Add-on requests not appearing at salon
  • Appointments not displaying in user schedule
  • App freezes on confirmation screen
  • Unable to add payment methods despite limit errors
  • Location detection fails on cellular networks
  • Password validation inconsistent between app and website
  • Account profile phone number validation errors
  • Customer not found errors for existing accounts
  • Automatic next screen progression inconsistent

Requested features

17 requests
  • Face ID or biometric authentication support
  • Remember login credentials between sessions
  • Show available times across multiple locations simultaneously
  • Search appointments by date instead of location
  • Save user preferences and settings permanently
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  • Ability to select specific stylists
  • Display location phone numbers in app
  • Cancel and modify appointments within app
  • Show membership credits and benefits clearly
  • Integration with calendar apps
  • Keyboard shortcut support for login fields
  • Better error messaging and explanations
  • View appointment history with stylist names
  • Search by date range across nearby locations
  • Saved favorite add-ons and services
  • Automatic location detection accuracy improvement
  • Show availability before answering all questions

Mahjboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drybar

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Mahjboard

Subscriptions6
  • Mahjboard (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Mahjboard Pro (Monthly)$39.991 Month
  • Mahjboard Studio (Monthly)$59.991 Month
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  • Mahjboard (Annual)14 Days trial$199.001 Year
  • Mahjboard Pro (Annual)$399.001 Year
  • Mahjboard Studio (Annual)$599.001 Year

Questions

Is Drybar free?
Drybar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mahjboard free?
Mahjboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drybar or Mahjboard?
Mahjboard is rated higher. Drybar averages 2.5 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Mahjboard averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Drybar or Mahjboard have ads?
Neither Drybar nor Mahjboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drybar or Mahjboard?
Drybar ships an update monthly, and Mahjboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Drybar was updated on October 19, 2026 and Mahjboard on October 22, 2026.

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