Mahjong Delight vs Mahjöng
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mahjong Delight
This relaxing tile-matching game offers a calming way to focus your mind during short breaks. It's designed to help you de-stress, keep your brain sharp, and enjoy a moment of quiet. Perfect for filling those small gaps in your day.
- Relaxing gameplay
- Focus-enhancing tile matching
- Simple, uncluttered interface
- Calming experience
- Brain-sharpening activity
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It's funny. Our iPads and iPhones keep us connected to the world -- which is great -- but it can mean that we feel busy all the time. Are you making sure to take some time for yourself? And what do you do when you get those little gaps of time where you can't do anything useful? You check Facebook -- now what? Mahjong Solitaire by Dogmelon is ideal for these moments. The screen is simple, uncluttered. Playing is relaxing, calming. The search for matching tiles encourages your mind to ACTUALLY focus. Look for the free mahjong tiles and eliminate them. It's one small thing you can do each day to help keep your brain sharp, and your mind relaxed. Fun fact: other names for Mahjong Solitaire include Shanghai Solitaire, and Taipei.
Mahjöng
Experience a relaxing matching game with 500 challenging mahjong puzzles. Enjoy beautiful, realistic tiles and intuitive controls designed for fans of the classic game.
- 500 mahjong layouts
- Beautiful realistic tiles
- Intuitive controls
- Relaxing matching gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
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Mahjong is the relaxing matching game, supplied with 500 layouts to explore, beautiful realistic tiles, intuitive controls, and all the features that fans of Mahjong have come to expect.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mahjöng at none against Mahjong Delight's shown. Mahjöng also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). Mahjong Delight's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Delight sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mahjöng sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Mahjong Delight against 4.7 for Mahjöng. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 151K and 68K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Mahjong Delight's written reviews are positive against 82% of Mahjöng's.
Mahjong Delight ships an update every 4 weeks, Mahjöng every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong Delight | Mahjöng |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (151K ratings) | 4.7 (68K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.3% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 151K — better | 68K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dogMelon Pty Ltd | Vintolo Ltd |
Customer experience
Mahjong Delight
Mahjöng
User reviews
Mahjong Delight
From 151K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent app
- 🚀 Fun and challenging
- 🧠 Excellent way to learn and keep brain stimulated
- 🧠 Good for brain training
- 🧠 Great for brain activity
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🔍 Ads that take over
- 🔍 Ads are annoying and disruptive
- 🔍 Ads are too frequent and long
- 🔍 Ads are intrusive and frustrating
Mahjöng
From 68K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Years of fun
- 👍 Great game
- 🧠 Brain training
- 🕰 Relaxing and engaging
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for shuffles and hints
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🤯 Frustratingly difficult levels
Bugs and requests
Mahjong Delight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes or crashes
- Timer is inaccurate
- Tiles get stuck
- Game won't open or load
Requested features
5 requests- Add a timer option to turn on/off
- Provide an ad-free version for a fee
- Increase the number of tile and background options
- Add a 'shuffle' or 'undo' feature
- Improve the visibility and accessibility of the game controls
Mahjöng
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unwinnable levels
- Progress not saved across devices
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode option
- Ability to earn free shuffles/hints
- More level variety
In-app purchases
Mahjong Delight
- Month Subscription$3.991 Month
- Year Subscription$19.991 Year
- 1000 Coins - Starter$1.99
- 5000 Coins - Deluxe$6.99
- 10000 Coins - Best Value$11.99
Mahjöng
- 2 shuffles$1.99
- 8 hints$2.99
- 5 shuffles$3.99
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- 20 hints$4.99
- 8 shuffles$5.99
- 35 hints$7.99
- 15 shuffles$9.99
- 60 hints$9.99
- 40 Shuffles$19.99
- 100 shuffles$39.99
Questions
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