TopWords vs Mahjong Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TopWords
A word creation game where you break down a given word to form new words connected to existing ones on the board. Race against a bomb timer and use bonus squares for higher scores. Expand your vocabulary with a vast dictionary.
- 135,000+ word dictionary
- Bomb timer with 60-second rounds
- Bonus squares for score multipliers
- Global high-score table
- Expand vocabulary with uncommon words
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* A Fun new twist on a classic word creation game * TopWords is an addictive new word creation game. The game starts with an 'anchor' word chosen from the huge 135,000+ dictionary already placed on the board. The game then choses another word for you to break up and place on the board. The new words you create must be connected to any already placed words on the board. Be quick as you must finish the round before the bomb explodes. When you have placed your new words or just panic as the bomb timer runs out, press the bomb to stop the timer and end the round. Use up all your letters each round or lose a life. When all your lives are gone it's game over! Manage to place a word on one of the bonus squares and earn double,treble or quadruple points, not to mention the board also contains some high additional point squares. You can break up the 'given' word as many times as you like to try and use up all the letters. TopWords uses it's own high score server if Game Centre is not enabled to allow users to post high scores to the whole world so you are playing against all TopWord players everywhere on every platform. Can you become the Worlds number one TopWords champion? All the words in the dictionary are genuine words but over 70,000 of them are not in everyday use so be prepared to expand your own personal vocabulary. Please email any comments, improvements, or problems to social@qedgaming.com and we will strive to incorporate them into future updates. Features of TopWords 135,000+ Words in the dictionary. 70,000 not in common use. Bomb timer with 60 seconds on the clock. Bonus squares. Highly addictive!! High-score table connecting all players of TopWords. Compatible with: All iPads including the new mini.
Mahjong Solitaire
Engage in two addictive tile-matching games: connect identical tiles in a line or match free tiles that are not overlapped. Each puzzle offers a unique, randomly generated layout for endless replayability.
- Mahjong Push gameplay
- Mahjong Solitaire gameplay
- Unique puzzle layouts
- Random tile placement
- Addictive casual gameplay
- Tile elimination objective
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Mahjong Push and Mahjong Solitaire. Two very addictive casual mahjong games. The objective is to eliminate all the mahjong tiles from the board. Each puzzle have unique layout and tiles are placed randomly. So the puzzle is always different on each time you play. Mahjong Push: Connect two identical mahjong tiles in a line vertically or horizontally. Drag a cluster of mahjong tiles vertically or horizontally to a position where a match can be made. Mahjong Solitaire: Match two identical free mahjong tiles which is not overlapped by other pieces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mahjong Solitaire at 4.0 against TopWords's 3.0. Mahjong Solitaire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 48 months). TopWords's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price 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. TopWords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mahjong Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mahjong Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Solitaire has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of TopWords's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mahjong Solitaire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TopWords ships an update every 48 months, Mahjong Solitaire every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | TopWords | Mahjong Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QED Gaming PTY. Ltd | 毅 郑 |
Customer experience
TopWords
Mahjong Solitaire
In-app purchases
TopWords
- Extra Everything!$1.99
Mahjong Solitaire
No in-app purchases
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