Mahjong Delight vs Mahjong Solitaire*
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.
Mahjong Solitaire*
A classic tile-matching solitaire game where players pair identical Mahjong tiles to clear the board. It features 60 levels with varying layouts and a straightforward objective: remove all tiles by finding matching pairs.
- Mahjong tile matching
- Solitaire gameplay
- 60 levels
- Different layouts
- Exposed tile mechanics
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Mahjong Solitaire is a solitaire matching game that uses a set of Mahjong tiles. Mahjong Solitaire contains 60 levels with different layouts. Mahjong Solitaire is 100% free game. There is NO pop-up or full screen ads. There is NO in-app-purchase. A tile that can be moved left or right without disturbing other tiles is said to be exposed. Exposed pairs of identical tiles (Flower and Seasons tiles in the same group being considered identical) are removed from the layout one at a time, gradually exposing the lower layers to play. The aim of the game is to clear the layout by pairing up all the tiles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mahjong Solitaire* at none against Mahjong Delight's 5. Mahjong Solitaire* also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Mahjong Delight's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (150K vs 353). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Delight sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Mahjong Solitaire* asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Mahjong Delight against 4.6 for Mahjong Solitaire*. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Delight has 150K ratings behind it against 353, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Mahjong Delight's written reviews are positive against 66% of Mahjong Solitaire*'s.
Mahjong Delight ships an update every 4 weeks, Mahjong Solitaire* every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong Delight | Mahjong Solitaire* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (150K ratings) — better | 4.6 (353 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 65.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 150K — better | 353 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dogMelon Pty Ltd | Lei Li |
Customer experience
Mahjong Delight
Mahjong Solitaire*
User reviews
Mahjong Delight
From 150K 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
Mahjong Solitaire*
From 353 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Good way to relax
- 👍 Keeps mind occupied
- 👍 Entertaining for hours
- 👍 No-nonsense presentation
Room to improve
- 😠 Frequent progress resets
- 😠 Unwinnable levels
- 😠 Ads are intrusive
- 😠 Frustrating difficulty spikes
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
Mahjong Solitaire*
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress resets to level 1
- Levels 49 and 60 are impossible
- Next level won't open
- Ads are present despite claims
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Purchase ad-free version
- Fix progress reset bug
- Fix unwinnable levels
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
Mahjong Solitaire*
No in-app purchases
Questions
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