Mahjong Vacations vs AR Mahjong+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
AR Mahjong+
Experience classic mahjong puzzles in augmented reality, placing them on any detected surface. Enjoy 378 unique tile arrangements that randomize with each play, offering endless replayability. Move freely around the tiles for an immersive, zoom-free gameplay experience anywhere.
- Augmented reality gameplay
- Play on any detected surface
- 378 classic mahjong puzzles
- Randomized tile orders
- Immersive, zoom-free experience
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With augmented reality, you can play mahjong puzzles on your coffee table or a kitchen table, on the beach or in bed. You can play anywhere your phone detects a surface. Enjoy completing 378 classic mahjong puzzles all designed using the standard 144 tile set. The tile order are randomized each time you play so you can enjoy them again and again. No need to zoom in and out, since it is in AR you can move around and be as close to the tiles as you would like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR Mahjong+ at none against Mahjong Vacations's 5. AR Mahjong+ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Mahjong Vacations's advantage is ratings volume (137 vs 5). On price, update cadence 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. Mahjong Vacations sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. AR Mahjong+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
AR Mahjong+ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Vacations has 137 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong Vacations | AR Mahjong+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (137 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graveltree Productions, LLC | EnsenaSoft, S.A. de C.V. |
Customer experience
Mahjong Vacations
AR Mahjong+
Bugs and 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
AR Mahjong+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mahjong Vacations
- 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
AR Mahjong+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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