Comparison

MJ DB vs Mahjong Game Master

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

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MJ DB

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## Game Records - Record scores for each round: Real-time game trend charts - Detailed statistical analysis: Displays historical win rates and fan point distribution trends - Supports modifying/deleting past records, no fear of marking mistakes - Local Connection: Real-time sharing to other local devices, everyone can see - Displays modification and deletion logs for fairness and transparency ## Quick Start - Free, no intrusive ads - Completely offline, simple and easy to use - One-click to join previous players - Record scores with drag and drop of players - Handy tools: Seat shuffling, dice rolling, final settlement (supports grouping two people together for split payments) - Preset and customizable fan point tables, supports Jackpot gameplay ## UIUX - Traditional Chinese and English interface - Supports Dark Mode - Supports iPhone and iPad

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Mahjong Game Master

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Keep score for a real mahjong table. 雀局掌櫃 does the arithmetic so four friends can get on with the night. Tap in who won and how big, and it works out who pays whom, follows the dealer and the round wind, keeps the jackpot, and settles everyone up at the end. It is not a mahjong game. Nobody plays mahjong on a phone — the tiles are on the table. 影相計番 PHOTO SCORING Photo the winning hand and the app reads the tiles and works out the faan. In a game, tap 影相食糊 Scan a win on the table, then tap who won: their flowers and winds are counted for them. Pick how it was won, and the hand is ready to save. The photo is read on your phone and never leaves it. YOUR TABLE'S RULES, NOT OURS Every rule two tables argue about is a setting, saved under your own name — 星期日屋企局, 公司飯局. Stake, 起糊, 爆棚, 半銃 or 全銃, 自摸 half or full, the points curve, flowers, 七對子, 包, and the value of every hand. A game keeps the rules it was played under, so editing a table never rewrites last week's money. 分享 SHARE THE NIGHT Send a link and your friends follow the scores on their own phones, hand by hand, with no app to install. Send your table's rules to a friend the same way, and one tap adds them. 獎池 THE POT, HOWEVER YOU PLAY IT Four ways to pay in, three ways to win it, three ways to share what is left at the end. It is tracked as cash on the table and reported separately, so it never quietly moves the scores. A NIGHT, START TO FINISH • 揀位 — draw the winds in the app, or enter what you drew at the table • 記一鋪 — four taps: who, how, how many 番, save • 紀錄 — edit or delete any hand and everything after it recalculates itself • 結算 — the fewest payments that clear the table, plus 食糊王, 出銃王 and 最大一鋪 • 歷史 — every night, and running totals per player 計番機 WORK OUT A HAND Toggle the patterns and it counts the 番, excluding and absorbing them correctly: 平糊 against 對對糊, 小三元 swallowing its own 番子, a limit hand paying the cap. 食糊組合 THE HANDS Every winning hand with what it is worth, searchable. BUILT TO BE READ ACROSS A TABLE Big type, high contrast, and a text-size control (大 / 特大 / 超大) that scales the whole app — not just the words. Cantonese first, English beside it, everywhere. NO ACCOUNT, NO NETWORK NEEDED Everything stays on your phone and works with no signal at all. Only a game you choose to share goes online. THREE WAYS TO PLAY 港式 (13 tiles), 港式台牌 and 台灣牌 (16 tiles), each with its own hand table and calculator. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://weminelabs.com/mahjong/privacy

Screenshots

MJ DB4 screens
Mahjong Game Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MJ DB at none against Mahjong Game Master's shown. Mahjong Game Master's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MJ DB sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mahjong Game Master sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MJ DB ships an update every 2 days, Mahjong Game Master every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
MJ DB versus Mahjong Game Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMJ DBMahjong Game Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB67 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerwilson chungWeMine 微礦

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MJ DB

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
2 purchases

Mahjong Game Master

Subscriptions1
  • 專業版 Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is MJ DB free?
MJ DB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Game Master free?
Mahjong Game Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MJ DB or Mahjong Game Master have ads?
Mahjong Game Master shows ads; MJ DB does not.
Which is updated more often, MJ DB or Mahjong Game Master?
MJ DB ships an update every 2 days, and Mahjong Game Master every 3 days. Most recently, MJ DB was updated on November 5, 2026 and Mahjong Game Master on November 6, 2026.

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