Mahjong Challenges vs Marble Blast Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Marble Blast Mania
A Zuma-style puzzle game where players shoot colored balls to match three or more, preventing them from reaching a hole. It offers new graphics, scenes, boosters, and challenging levels for an exciting adventure.
- Shoot colored marbles to match 3+
- Prevent balls from falling into the hole
- New graphics and scenes
- Unlock powerful boosters
- Unique and challenging levels
- Interact with friends on Facebook
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Another special offer for Zuma style game fans! Fire colored balls to make sets of three or more, prevent balls from falling into the hole. Marble Blast Mania brings a fresh new experience unlike other games you played before! Come on, let's begin the fantastic adventure on the mystery marble land! Highlighted Features: - Marvelous new graphics, fresh style! - Gorgeous new scenes, exciting experiences! - New boosters, more fun! - Unique levels, challenging puzzles! - Interact with your friends on facebook! - Variety of game modes frequently illustrated in different levels! - EASY to learn,CHALLENGING to master! How to play: - Shoot color matched marbles in group of 3 or more. - More marbles, higher scores. - Create Combos to cause a chain reaction and earn more opportunities to get awarded items. - UNLOCK powerful boosters to help with challenging levels! Become a fan of Ezjoy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ezjoygame
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Marble Blast Mania at 81% against Mahjong Challenges's 29%. Marble Blast Mania also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 34 months). Mahjong Challenges's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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
Both are free to download. Mahjong Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Marble Blast Mania asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mahjong Challenges holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Blast Mania has 285 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Mahjong Challenges's written reviews are positive against 81% of Marble Blast Mania's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mahjong Challenges ships an update every 34 months, Marble Blast Mania every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mahjong Challenges | Marble Blast Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (285 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 285 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 4.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jose Varela | Ezjoy |
Customer experience
Mahjong Challenges
Marble Blast Mania
Bugs and requests
Mahjong Challenges
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Marble Blast Mania
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game crashes at level 40 and beyond
- Crashes after winning and during ad display
- Freezing during gameplay, especially with notifications
- Game doesn't record level completion after crash
- Incompatibility with iOS 8.3 and iOS 9.0.2
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- Screen shaking causes performance issues
- Coins consumed even when level fails due to crash
- Game won't run while Pandora is playing
Requested features
7 requests- More levels beyond level 61
- Better explanation of scoring and star system
- Easier ways to earn coins
- Marble Mania 2 sequel
- Better background music options
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- Improved color contrast for colorblind players
- Fix for playing while other apps are running (Pandora)
In-app purchases
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
Marble Blast Mania
No in-app purchases
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