Dragon Mahjong vs Mahjong Challenges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dragon Mahjong
Experience a classic matching puzzle game with a twist. Clear the board by matching identical tiles. Discover new game modes, diverse layouts, and adjustable difficulty levels for endless entertainment.
- Classic Mahjong gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- Over 40 unique layouts
- Three difficulty levels
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Multi-language support
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Mahjong is a classic matching puzzle game. Clear the board by matching all identical and free tiles. Game Features: - Different Game Modes: Dragon Mahjong is not only a Mahjong Game! A bunch of new game modes will be unlocked gradually. Let's start with Dragon Memory and stay tuned for the others! You'll never get bored! - 40 and more Different Layouts: be ready to travel among the seven wonders, freezing winters and dozen of classical themes. Do not miss the new layouts that will be released! - 3 Degree of difficulties to better fit your skills. - Multi Language System. - Leader Boards, Achievements, and Social Features.
Mahjong Challenges
Experience the classic Mahjong solitaire game with a timed challenge. Remove all tiles by matching pairs, utilizing unlimited undo, hints, and shuffles. Compete for high scores on 300 unique board layouts.
- 300 board layouts
- Infinite Undo, Hints, Shuffle
- Adjustable tile illumination
- HD graphics
- Guaranteed solvable puzzles
- Score based on time
- High score tracking
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Mahjong Challenges is the classic Mahjong solitaire game, with the variance of each game must be resolved on a given time or less. Hoy to play Mahjong: The goal is to remove all the tiles from the board. You may remove only paired free tiles. The tile is free when there are no tiles either to the left or to the right from it. In this Game you will have: - 300 Board layouts - Infinite Undo, Hints, Shuffle. Easy access at the bottom of the board. - Shadow: you decide to illuminate the entire Layout, or only the clickable tiles. - HD Images. - All puzzles can be solved. - Tile set design for easy recognition. - Score based on the time elapsed between matches. Less time more points. - Each Board has a High Score that you can beat. - Universal Game. You can play on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dragon Mahjong at 73% against Mahjong Challenges's 29%. Dragon Mahjong also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 34 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13). Mahjong Challenges's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Dragon Mahjong sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Mahjong Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mahjong Challenges holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Dragon Mahjong's written reviews are positive against 29% of Mahjong Challenges's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dragon Mahjong ships an update every 2 months, Mahjong Challenges every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dragon Mahjong | Mahjong Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Code This Lab srl | Jose Varela |
Customer experience
Dragon Mahjong
Mahjong Challenges
Bugs and requests
Dragon Mahjong
Reported bugs
7 issues- App no longer opens after update
- Game freezes and resets progress
- Matching tiles on ends do not always disappear
- Mathematical algorithms not right, leading to unsolvable levels
- Rank page freezes
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- Score stuck and not updating
- Shuffle button restarts the game instead of shuffling
Requested features
6 requests- Bring back the original game version
- Option to choose backgrounds
- Allow playing in portrait mode
- Implement a proper shuffle feature
- Larger tiles
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- Different sounds for tile matches
Mahjong Challenges
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dragon Mahjong
- New Layouts$0.99
- New 7 Wonders Layout$0.99
- New 6 Winter Layout$0.99
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- Disable Ads$1.99
- Coins Pack$1.99
- 100 coins, disable Ads, your name in the credits!$2.99
Mahjong Challenges
- 3 extra lives$1.99
- Undo button$1.99
- Hint$1.99
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- Double time$1.99
- Shuffle$1.99
- Set of 5 lives$2.99
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