Mahjong Pro vs Riichi Mahjong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mahjong Pro
Experience a classic Mahjong game with 15 engaging levels. The objective is to match pairs of identical tiles until the board is cleared. Compete against your own high scores on each unique level for endless replayability.
- Classic Mahjong gameplay
- 15 unique levels
- High score tracking per level
- Easy-to-understand rules
- Endless replayability
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Enjoy hours of fun with this classic Mahjong game which contains 15 different levels to play! The game rules are easy to understand: Match 2 stones of the same type until all stones have disappeared. 15 Levels are included and each level has it's own highscore. Have endless fun trying to break your highscore.
Riichi Mahjong
Experience authentic Japanese Riichi Mahjong with comprehensive tutorials, customizable rule sets, and engaging singleplayer and multiplayer modes. Practice your skills with advanced AI or in a unique discard reading game mode. Enjoy AR mode for an immersive experience and save/share replays.
- Learn to play tutorials
- Multiplayer and singleplayer
- Multiple AI opponents
- Configurable rule sets
- Replay saving and sharing
- Augmented Reality (AR) mode
- Guess the wait game mode
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Authentic Japanese mahjong with riichi mechanics and dora tiles. - Learn how to play: Tutorials and game instructions for new players. - Multiplayer and singleplayer modes. - Multiple AIs with different play styles. - Configurable rule sets: Play with official JPML, EMA, or WRC rules. Or define your own rules. - Replay functionality: Save replays of any game. Replays can be watched with fast forward and rewind. You can also jump into play mode at any point during the replay and try to finish the hand differently. - Share replays: Share your saved replays directly from the game and send them to your friends. Open the shared replay files with the game to watch or save the replay. - Special moves: Undo your last turn, look for tiles, or flip the table! - AR Mode: Devices that support augmented reality can enable this mode to play as if on a real table. - Guess the wait: Special game mode to practice your discard reading skills. Try to guess what tiles your opponents need to win.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Riichi Mahjong at 79% against Mahjong Pro's 58%. Riichi Mahjong also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Mahjong Pro's advantage is ratings volume (6.6K vs 359). On price, ads, 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. Mahjong Pro sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Riichi Mahjong sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Riichi Mahjong holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Pro has 6.6K ratings behind it against 359, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Mahjong Pro's written reviews are positive against 79% of Riichi Mahjong's.
Mahjong Pro ships an update every 5 months, Riichi Mahjong every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong Pro | Riichi Mahjong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.6K ratings) | 4.8 (359 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.4% of reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.6K — better | 359 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fapps World et Cie S.E.C.S. | Flyout Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Mahjong Pro
Riichi Mahjong
User reviews
Mahjong Pro
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Variety of traditional Mahjong boards
- 🚀 No intrusive ads
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Tiles too small, difficult to see
- 🔍 Lack of level tracking and progress monitoring
- 🔍 Scoring system not clear
- 🔍 Inability to restart or replay levels
Riichi Mahjong
From 359 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning Mahjong
- 👍 Intuitive UI and design
- 👍 No ads, honest app
- 👍 Smooth gameplay and stable
- 👍 Good computer player difficulty
Room to improve
- 🐛 Dora calculation sometimes wrong
- 🐛 Glitches with high scores
- 🐛 Powers don't work anymore
- 🐛 Bug with furi ten indication
- 🐛 AI players too fast in multiplayer
Bugs and requests
Mahjong Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tiles getting stuck or disappearing
- Screen size issues on larger devices
- Levels getting stuck or unwinnable
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and increased difficulty
- Option to enlarge tiles or adjust display
- Level tracking and progress history
- Shuffle button or option to reset levels
- Clearer scoring explanation
Riichi Mahjong
Reported bugs
11 issues- Dora calculation seems wrong
- Game times out around 4 million points
- Keys stop working
- Save file did not contain a valid mahjong game
- Powers don't work anymore
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- Bug with furi ten indication
- High temperatures in CPU area on M1 Macbook Air
- iBoot Panic error on M1 Macbook Air
- Problems declaring hands furiten
- Not counting a 13 orphans hand as tenpai
- Textures too low def
Requested features
11 requests- Hold zoom option with reset button
- Yaku explanations in French
- One-page illustrated yaku patterns
- Setting to hide best discards and winning tile count
- 3 player mode
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- Custom tile designs and board variations
- Tournaments and trophies/collectibles
- Additional camera angles
- Online game with worldwide players
- Counter for online gamers
- Permanent camera control
In-app purchases
Mahjong Pro
- 500 coin package$0.99
- 1100 coin package (+10%)$1.99
- 3000 coin package (+20%)$4.99
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- 6250 coin package (+25%)$9.99
- 13000 coin package (+30%)$19.99
- 35000 coin package (+40%)$49.99
Riichi Mahjong
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Custom tile designs$1.99
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- Large Tip$4.99
- Huge Tip$9.99
Questions
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