Comparison

Mahjong Challenges vs Mahjong Legend HD

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

Mahjong Legend HD

A classic tile-matching puzzle game where players aim to clear the board by matching identical tiles. Compete against the clock to achieve the highest score and unlock hundreds of levels. Offers helpful tools like hints and undos to assist gameplay.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of game levels
  • Multiple tile art options
  • Various background themes
  • Shuffle tiles
  • Hint and Undo functions
  • Auto-save progress
Features
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============How To Play============ Mahjong Legend is a free mahjong game based on a classic Chinese game.(also known as Shanghai Mahjong, Taipei Mahjong, Kyodai, Mahjong Trails, or Shanghai mahjongg) The aim of the game is to remove all the playing tiles in the fastest time, while trying to achieve the highest score. Each tile has a picture on it, there are 43 different pictures in total. Tiles must be selected and matched with other tiles of the same picture. Whenever you match two tiles, they both disappear, and when all tiles have disappeared the game is over. ============Features============ - Portrait Mode - 300 Game Levels. - 8 backgrounds. - 3 tile art. - Shuffle - Hint - Undo - Auto save - Block shadow - Auto zoom in

Screenshots

Mahjong Challenges4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mahjong Challenges and Mahjong Legend HD both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Mahjong Legend HD's written reviews are positive against 29% of Mahjong Challenges's. Mahjong Legend HD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (101 vs 4). Mahjong Challenges's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and rating 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. Mahjong Legend HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Mahjong Challenges against 4.7 for Mahjong Legend HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mahjong Legend HD has 101 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Mahjong Challenges's written reviews are positive against 96% of Mahjong Legend HD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mahjong Challenges ships an update every 34 months, Mahjong Legend HD every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Mahjong Challenges versus Mahjong Legend HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMahjong ChallengesMahjong Legend HD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (101 ratings)
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4101 — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS139.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Varela106 Games Inc.

Customer experience

Mahjong Challenges

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

Mahjong Legend HD

All ratings95 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

Mahjong Challenges

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mahjong Legend HD

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Clue highlight needs to be turned off for every game

Requested features

5 requests
  • Compare previous scores
  • More tile sets
  • New boards
  • Different level of boards
  • More than one song

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

Mahjong Legend HD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mahjong Challenges free?
Mahjong Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Legend HD free?
Mahjong Legend HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mahjong Challenges or Mahjong Legend HD?
Mahjong Challenges is rated higher. Mahjong Challenges averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Mahjong Legend HD averages 4.7 from 101 ratings.
Do Mahjong Challenges or Mahjong Legend HD have ads?
Mahjong Legend HD shows ads; Mahjong Challenges does not.
Which is updated more often, Mahjong Challenges or Mahjong Legend HD?
Mahjong Challenges ships an update every 34 months, and Mahjong Legend HD every 10 months. Most recently, Mahjong Challenges was updated on October 23, 2026 and Mahjong Legend HD on October 22, 2026.

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