Comparison

Leon's Mahjong vs Night 9

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

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About

Leon's Mahjong

Experience a classic Mahjong solitaire game with a unique retro pixel art style. Enjoy 63 handcrafted boards, offline play, and no intrusive ads or in-app purchases. This timeless game offers a peaceful, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Retro pixel art graphics
  • 63 handcrafted Mahjong boards
  • Offline play
  • No ads or popups
  • No in-app purchases
  • Family sharing
Features
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This is a calm, handcrafted Mahjong solitaire experience, designed to help you unwind. Your quiet moment at the end of the day. Beautifully designed boards, rendered in a warm retro pixel-art style, and the simple satisfaction of solving them. What you get • 99 handcrafted, always-solvable boards, from quick sessions to deeper challenges. • 5 tilesets to choose from, switchable in real time, with more on the way. • Unlimited hints and undos, so you never get stuck. • Over an hour of original music by composer Bjørn Lynne. • Play in 15 languages across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Now you can also play with an MFi game controller! • Buy once, all future updates included. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. No internet required. Why this game exists This game is a tribute to my father, who introduced me to Mahjong in the ‘80s. My son Leon helped shape it as the game’s smallest (and loudest) stakeholder. Three generations. One love for games. Lucas and Leon

About

Night 9

Explore a dark island house using your device as a camera in this suspenseful survival game. Navigate a nightmare loop, facing anomalies and making critical decisions to survive nine nights and break free. No internet or ads required for this immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Immersive suspenseful world
  • Device as a camera exploration
  • Nightmare loop survival
  • Anomaly detection and escape
  • Offline play
  • No ads or in-app purchases
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Embark on a nightmarish journey in a dark lake island house. Use your device as a camera to explore your eerie surroundings. Get ready to face the nightmare loop and strive to survive 9 nights to break free. • Immersive Experience. Dive into a spine-tingling world that pushes the boundaries of suspense. Feel the terror as you navigate the nightmare-infested island house. • A whole new Virtual Reality like experience. A hair-raising experience. It's like being there and you see the world through your camera. • No ads. No internet connection required. No in-app purchases or subscriptions. No tracking of any kind. Night 0 has no anomalies. Pay attention to details and escape from both bed and boat. On other nights there might be an anomaly. If there is an anomaly return to bed. If there is no anomaly take the boat. Any mistake will lead you back to night 0 resetting the loop of terror. Are you brave enough?

Screenshots

Leon's Mahjong4 screens
Night 94 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Leon's Mahjong at 4.5 against Night 9's 4.0. Leon's Mahjong also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 1) and chart position (#40 vs unranked). Night 9's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Leon's Mahjong costs $0.99 and Night 9 $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leon's Mahjong holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leon's Mahjong has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Leon's Mahjong's written reviews are positive against 100% of Night 9's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leon's Mahjong ships an update every 4 weeks, Night 9 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Leon's Mahjong versus Night 9: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeon's MahjongNight 9
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.5 (68 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size296 MB110 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLucas DimaJohn Konstantaras

Customer experience

Leon's Mahjong

All ratings68 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.9%

Night 9

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Leon's Mahjong

No in-app purchases

None

Night 9

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leon's Mahjong free?
Leon's Mahjong costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Night 9 free?
Night 9 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Leon's Mahjong or Night 9?
Leon's Mahjong is rated higher. Leon's Mahjong averages 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Night 9 averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Leon's Mahjong or Night 9 have ads?
Neither Leon's Mahjong nor Night 9 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leon's Mahjong or Night 9?
Leon's Mahjong ships an update every 4 weeks, and Night 9 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Leon's Mahjong was updated on September 23, 2026 and Night 9 on August 12, 2026.

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