Leon's Mahjong vs Meta Control*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leon's Mahjong
A serene Mahjong solitaire game featuring handcrafted boards and retro pixel art. Enjoy unlimited hints, undos, and a calming soundtrack. Play offline on multiple devices with a one-time purchase.
- 99 handcrafted, solvable boards
- 5 switchable tilesets
- Unlimited hints and undos
- Over an hour of original music
- Offline play
- MFi game controller support
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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 1980s. He passed away before my son Leon was born, so they never met. Leon helped shape the game as its youngest (and loudest) stakeholder. In a small way, this game became a bridge between them. Three generations. One love for games. Lucas and Leon
Meta Control*
Engage in a post-apocalyptic strategy game where you control Metahumans with unique abilities. Draft your army, outsmart opponents, and defeat enemy Mind Controllers to save humanity or seize power.
- Metahuman drafting with point system
- Tactical turn-based combat
- Unique Metahuman abilities
- Fog of War mechanic
- Invisible bomb traps
- Online multiplayer mode
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Welcome to Meta Control! In this world meteors rained down from space and the radiation gave humans many different remarkable superpowers, making them Metahumans. For a while everyone used their powers for good and lived happy lives until a group of Mind Controllers started controlling other Metahumans to gain wealth and power and dispose of anyone who got in their way. This created the post-apocalyptic world we are in now and it is up to you to use your rare Mind Controlling abilities to fight back against the other Controllers to save everyone, or to claim as much for yourself as you can. Your reasons are your own. Goal of the game: Defeat the enemy by eliminating their Mind Controller. Use your Metahumans' unique stats & abilities to outsmart and overpower your opponent. Drafting Phase: You have 10 Points to build your army. • Metahuman units cost 1 Point. • Bombs cost 0.5 Points. • You MUST include at least 1 Mind Controller. • You can only include 1 of each metahuman type in your army. • Place units on your side of the board (green highlight). Press CONFIRM when ready. • In the online mode you have 90 seconds to draft your team and place them where you want. If time runs out, the amount of units you are missing will be randomly generated and placed. Movement & Attacks: • Tap a unit to select it. Green tiles are valid moves. • Units can move 1 tile orthogonally (Up, Down, Left, Right). • Moving into an enemy initiates Combat. The attacker attacks first, then if the defender lives they retaliate doing 1 damage. If the defender dies then the attacker takes their tile. if the attacker dies then the defender stays where they are. • Water tiles (Lakes) block movement for every unit but the hydrokinetic. • Special Abilities can be activated by clicking on the orange button in the bottom right after selecting them. Read the metahumans tab in the app's tutorial for more information about each special ability. Important Rules: • Fog of War: You can see enemy units, but you don't know what they are until they attack, get attacked, or use an ability. • Bombs: Invisible traps. Contact deals massive damage. Cannot be moved once draft ends unless using the Technopathic. • Turn Timer: You have 15 seconds per turn. If time runs out, your turn is skipped. • Alternating turns: You alternate turns with the enemy. When it is your turn it will display your name in green and outline the game map in green. The first turn is random. • When your unit's information is revealed to the other team, it will have an eye at the bottom of its image. • Surrendering: You can surrender matches at any time. If you surrender in an online match it is considered a normal loss. • Maximum Rounds: The maximum amount of rounds that can be played is 80. If a match exceeds 80 rounds then the player with the most combined HP left wins (excluding bombs). If total HP from both players is the same then it is a tie and battle scores are unaffected. Other Info: • Battle Score: Your Battle Score measures your skill level and determines your world rank. The game will try to match you up against players with similar Battle Scores. Increasing your battle score is also how you can unlock new metahuman units. • Friends: You can add your friends on the account screen. Once added you can view their stats, play them in a custom match, or spectate them. • Replays: You can watch the replay of yours or your friends previous 3 matches on the account screen. All replays are automatically deleted after 24 hours. • Notifications: Your notifications are where you can accept or decline friend requests and private challenges. • Leaderboard: The leaderboard displays the top 100 players in all of Meta Control along with their Battle Score. • Offline: None of your stats are affected by the offline gamemode or friendly challenge battles. • Individual metahuman units descriptions, stats, and special/passive abilities can be found in the game tutorial
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meta Control* at Free against Leon's Mahjong's $0.99. Meta Control* also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Leon's Mahjong's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (70 vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Meta Control* is free to download; Leon's Mahjong costs $0.99 up front. Meta Control* sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Leon's Mahjong asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meta Control* holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leon's Mahjong has 70 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Leon's Mahjong's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meta Control*'s.
Leon's Mahjong ships an update every 4 weeks, Meta Control* every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Leon's Mahjong | Meta Control* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #83 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 334 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lucas Dima | EDWARD ANTHONY BARCH |
Customer experience
Leon's Mahjong
Meta Control*
In-app purchases
Leon's Mahjong
No in-app purchases
Meta Control*
- Conversion Star$5.99
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