Comparison

Mahjong Vacations vs Mahjong Secrets

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

Head to head
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

About

Mahjong Secrets

Embark on a royal mystery adventure combining Mahjong and hidden object gameplay. Solve quests and puzzles across over 100 Mahjong layouts to uncover a captivating storyline and reunite a royal family.

Highlights
  • Mahjong and Hidden Object gameplay combination
  • Over 100 Mahjong layouts
  • Hidden object puzzles
  • Mysterious storyline
  • Quests and mini-games
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Plunge into an exciting world of Royal mystery and intrigue in this new Mahjong thriller! Over 100 Different Mahjong layouts for players of all skill levels. Innovative combination of Mahjong & Hidden Object game play! Help the kingdom's beautiful Princess find her twin sister who was kidnapped years ago. Set out on a mysterious and dazzling journey, solve innovative quests and mini-games as you enjoy addictive Mahjong game play at its best! Help reunite the Royal Family as you experience a enthralling storyline filled with twits and turns in this unique and entering mix of Mahjong and hidden object game play. - Innovative combination of Mahjong & Hidden Object game play! - Over 100 different Mahjong layouts - Colorful and challenging hidden object puzzles - Clever & mysterious storyline - Excellent quests and mini-games - Fun for all ages

Screenshots

Mahjong Vacations4 screens
Mahjong Secrets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mahjong Secrets at none against Mahjong Vacations's shown. Mahjong Secrets also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.6). Mahjong Vacations's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (137 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Mahjong Secrets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mahjong Vacations holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Vacations has 137 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Mahjong Vacations's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mahjong Secrets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mahjong Vacations ships an update every 2 months, Mahjong Secrets every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mahjong Vacations versus Mahjong Secrets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMahjong VacationsMahjong Secrets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (137 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings137 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGraveltree Productions, LLCJoyBits Co Ltd.

Customer experience

Mahjong Vacations

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

Mahjong Secrets

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Mahjong Secrets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

Mahjong Secrets

One-time1
  • Full version$2.99

Questions

Is Mahjong Vacations free?
Mahjong Vacations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Secrets free?
Mahjong Secrets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mahjong Vacations or Mahjong Secrets?
Mahjong Vacations is rated higher. Mahjong Vacations averages 4.4 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while Mahjong Secrets averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Mahjong Vacations or Mahjong Secrets have ads?
Mahjong Vacations shows ads; Mahjong Secrets does not.
Which is updated more often, Mahjong Vacations or Mahjong Secrets?
Mahjong Vacations ships an update every 2 months, and Mahjong Secrets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mahjong Vacations was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mahjong Secrets on October 21, 2026.

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