Comparison

Mahjong Challenges vs Match Emojis

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 300 board layouts
  • Infinite Undo, Hints, Shuffle
  • Adjustable tile illumination
  • HD graphics
  • Guaranteed solvable puzzles
  • Score based on time
  • High score tracking
Features
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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!

About

Match Emojis

A simple concentration-style game where players match emoji cards. It's designed as a fun distraction and a learning tool for Swift development. The game features a leaderboard for high scores with point penalties.

Highlights
  • Emoji card matching
  • Concentration game style
  • Leaderboard high scores
  • Point penalties
  • Swift learning tool
Features
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This is a simple Concentration style game. I created it as a tool to learn Swift and SwiftUI. It's a fun distraction game when waiting in long lines. 1. Pick an Emoji Theme. 2. Tap on two cards to revile the emoji on the underside of card. If cards match you get 1 point. If cards don't match and you've seen the second card before so you know it's not a match you lose 1 point, you also can lose 2 points. You can't touch more than two cards at a time. You have to wait for animations to complete before touching new card. 3. Easy Scoring mode doesn't go below 0 and only penalies 1 point. This is to not discourage young kids or people with disabilities. 4. You post your score by tapping the Score icon in the bottom tab bar 5. The game uses the new Leaderboard "High Score - With Penalties_V1" 6. You can create your own Theame game by pressing the + button. You then can type any character from the keyboard (minimum of 10). Each time a new game is run a random number of 10 characters are picked for that game. Note that Emojis are just characters. You can create a game with all uppercase letters for example. This application gathers NO user personal data at all, period! It has not Social Media capability.

Screenshots

Mahjong Challenges4 screens
Match Emojis3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Match Emojis at 100% against Mahjong Challenges's 29%. Match Emojis also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 34 months). Mahjong Challenges's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mahjong Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Match Emojis asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Match Emojis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Mahjong Challenges's written reviews are positive against 100% of Match Emojis's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mahjong Challenges ships an update every 34 months, Match Emojis every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mahjong Challenges versus Match Emojis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMahjong ChallengesMatch Emojis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings414 — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose VarelaMike Retondo

Customer experience

Mahjong Challenges

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.6%

Match Emojis

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mahjong Challenges

One-time6
  • 3 extra lives$1.99
  • Undo button$1.99
  • Hint$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Double time$1.99
  • Shuffle$1.99
  • Set of 5 lives$2.99
None

Match Emojis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mahjong Challenges free?
Mahjong Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Emojis free?
Match Emojis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mahjong Challenges or Match Emojis?
Match Emojis is rated higher. Mahjong Challenges averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Match Emojis averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Mahjong Challenges or Match Emojis have ads?
Neither Mahjong Challenges nor Match Emojis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mahjong Challenges or Match Emojis?
Mahjong Challenges ships an update every 34 months, and Match Emojis every 4 weeks. Most recently, Mahjong Challenges was updated on October 23, 2026 and Match Emojis on November 2, 2026.

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