Comparison

Connect Master vs Zen Mahjong Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Connect Master

Embark on an adventure-themed tile matching puzzle game. Connect pairs of identical tiles within a time limit using up to three straight lines. Explore various vibrant themes and utilize helpful game props to overcome challenges and achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Adventure-themed tile matching
  • Multiple game theme skins
  • In-game store for props
  • Game resurrection function
  • Google/Facebook account login
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Connect Master - Tile Matching is an adventure-themed onnect pair matching puzzle game with various game theme skins. Let you go on an adventure as an explorer while having fun and relaxing simultaneously. You can feel the warmth and harmony of the village tribe on the way and play on the sunny ocean beach. You can also visit the icy animal kingdom, find the mysterious magic forest and enjoy the desert culture. So, come on and try it out! 【Features】 1. Colorful collections of tiles - onnect cute animals, beautiful flowers, fruits & other cute things, impact your visual senses. 2. Set the game mall; you can buy the game props you need with gold as you like. 3. Game resurrection function, in case you fail to challenge, allows you to resurrect and challenge the game again. 4. You can log in to your Google and Facebook accounts and automatically save the level upgrade progress so that you can play anytime, anywhere! 5. Multi-language options 【How to play】 1. To connect and match, you need to find two tiles with the same pattern in a pile of pattern tiles. 2. In connecting two tiles with the same pattern, you can only use a maximum of three straight lines to connect them. 3. If you encounter difficulties, do not be discouraged; you can use powerful game props to get help. 4. You must match all the tiles successfully within the time limit; otherwise, the challenge fails. 【How to win】 1. Familiar with the game props function and flexible use of game props. Our game will provide you with four types of game props; they are to replace the pattern category, change the pattern position, eliminate the tiles and find the matching tiles. 2. You need to eliminate all the tiles in the fastest time; the shorter the time, the higher the score. 3. Insist level by level, get the star score reward, get the star treasure box, and give you various game props and theme awards! 4. You can play the game to win gold coins and use the gold coins to buy game props in the store to help you upgrade the game level!

About

Zen Mahjong Solitaire

This is a free mahjong solitaire puzzle game designed for relaxation and brain exercise. It features large tiles, soft colors, and an intuitive interface, making it ideal for elderly players. Enjoy thousands of levels, collect oriental elements, and use helpful props to enhance your gameplay.

Highlights
  • Large-size high-definition graphics
  • Intimate eye protection features
  • Classic matching elimination gameplay
  • Over 10,000 diverse levels
  • Oriental collection elements
  • Rich prop system
  • Offline mode
Features
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Zen Mahjong Solitaire is a simple and easy-to-play free mahjong puzzle game designed to provide global players with a relaxing and interesting oriental mahjong world. We have also optimized it for the elderly player group. The game has larger icons and buttons, and the interface color is soft and not dazzling, which helps elderly players to more easily identify elements in the game, exercise the brain to delay cognitive decline, enjoy the fun of solving puzzles in a relaxed and comfortable environment, gain a sense of accomplishment, and enhance self-confidence. How to play Zen Mahjong Solitaire Basic rules: - When the game starts, a certain number of mahjong tiles will be arranged on the screen. - Players must find and match two identical mahjong tiles to make them disappear. - Note that mahjong tiles can only be selected when no other tiles are blocking the mahjong tiles and at least one side is empty. Use of props: - Highlight tiles: Directly highlight the two tiles that can be eliminated. - Return tiles: Return them to the last operation. - Refresh the game by rearranging all mahjong tiles. Assisted mode: - You can choose not to highlight the optional cards and challenge yourself. Game Features - Excellent visual effects: large-size high-definition graphics and text are used to exquisitely display various mahjong tiles, bringing players an immersive gaming experience. - Intimate eye protection experience: appropriately increase or decrease the screen contrast to ensure that the text and images are visible, while avoiding excessive color contrast to bring extra burden to the eyes and protect vision health. - Simple and easy-to-understand gameplay: classic matching elimination mode helps you exercise logical thinking, stimulate the brain, and delay cognitive decline. - Diverse level design: The game has more than 10,000 carefully designed levels, each with a unique layout and difficulty, ensuring that players can experience freshness every time. - Unique oriental collection elements: you can collect a variety of cards and background pictures, allowing you to appreciate the unique artistic conception of Asian civilization while playing the game. - Rich prop system: The game provides a variety of auxiliary props, such as "highlight card" to help players see the cards that can be eliminated directly, and "return card" allows players to return to the position of the previous card to help players solve difficulties. - Social interaction function: Players can compete with friends, and the elderly can also make new friends and expand their social circle. - Daily tasks and rewards: Completing daily tasks can get rich rewards, including gold coins, props, extra life points, etc., to motivate players to continue playing. - Offline mode: No need to connect to the network, you can play the game anytime, anywhere and enjoy the fun of the game. Zen Mahjong helps the elderly - Improve memory: Identify the same patterns and find them according to the elimination rules. - Exercise the brain: Continuous elimination is required to achieve combos and improve concentration. - Improve self-confidence: You can choose the auxiliary mode to play the game, get a sense of accomplishment faster, and improve self-confidence. Zen Mahjong is not only an easy elimination game, but also a good helper to exercise the brain's logical thinking. It combines the charm of traditional oriental culture with the innovation of modern games. Whether you are a mahjong lover or a loyal fan of elimination games, this game will bring you an unprecedented gaming experience. Come and join this mahjong journey full of wisdom and challenges. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact us.

Screenshots

Connect Master4 screens
Zen Mahjong Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

Connect Master and Zen Mahjong Solitaire both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of Zen Mahjong Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 61% of Connect Master's. Zen Mahjong Solitaire also leads on chart position (#177 vs unranked) and ratings volume (13K vs 3.5K). Connect Master's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Connect Master sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Zen Mahjong Solitaire sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Connect Master against 4.8 for Zen Mahjong Solitaire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 13K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Connect Master's written reviews are positive against 97% of Zen Mahjong Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Connect Master ships an update monthly, Zen Mahjong Solitaire every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Connect Master versus Zen Mahjong Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnect MasterZen Mahjong Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.5K ratings)4.8 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews96.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K13K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#177 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAged Studio LimitedTenyoko Entertainment Inc

Customer experience

Connect Master

All ratings3,401 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative27.3%

Zen Mahjong Solitaire

All ratings9,246 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.2%

User reviews

Connect Master

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable game
  • 💡 Great game, really enjoy playing

Room to improve

  • 🤦‍♂️ Too many ads
  • 😡 Ads after every level
  • 🤷‍♂️ Spend more time watching ads than playing

Zen Mahjong Solitaire

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Challenging and entertaining
  • 👍 Great entertainment
  • 👍 Quick and fun for seniors
  • 👍 Helps feel relaxed and useful
  • 👍 Good fun and skill rate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App keeps closing
  • 🐛 Frequent updates and pop-ups

Bugs and requests

Connect Master

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game gets stuck with boxes blocking last elements
  • Images get smaller as you advance

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to remove ads
  • Larger images for better visibility

Zen Mahjong Solitaire

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes
  • Incompatible with some devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Fix app crashing issue
  • Improve update and pop-up experience

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Connect Master

One-time10
  • 400 coins$1.99
  • Big Bundle$3.99
  • 2000 coins$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 6000 coins$6.99
  • Huge Bundle$12.99
  • 13000 coins$12.99
  • 26000 coins$19.99
  • Mega Bundle$24.99
  • 65000 coins$49.99
6 purchases

Zen Mahjong Solitaire

One-time6
  • Novice Bundle$1.99
  • Mahjong Bundle$4.99
  • No AD Offer 1$6.99
Show 3 more
  • Remove AD$7.99
  • Superior Bundle$9.99
  • No AD Offer$13.99

Questions

Is Connect Master free?
Connect Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zen Mahjong Solitaire free?
Zen Mahjong Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Connect Master or Zen Mahjong Solitaire?
Zen Mahjong Solitaire is rated higher. Connect Master averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Zen Mahjong Solitaire averages 4.8 from 13K ratings.
Do Connect Master or Zen Mahjong Solitaire have ads?
Both Connect Master and Zen Mahjong Solitaire show ads.
Which is updated more often, Connect Master or Zen Mahjong Solitaire?
Connect Master ships an update monthly, and Zen Mahjong Solitaire every 2 weeks. Most recently, Connect Master was updated on November 7, 2026 and Zen Mahjong Solitaire on November 8, 2026.

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