Comparison

Minimal Mahjong vs Cajun Bourre

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Mahjong

Features
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Minimal Mahjong is built to be simple, practical, and easy to learn. Play against bots, choose your preferred rules and turn order, and use the built-in tutorial and cheat sheet to get comfortable with claims and winning hands. - Play a quick round of traditional mahjong. Start a new game in seconds and focus on the essentials: draw, discard, and claim. - Make it yours with themes. Choose tile themes and presentation options (Light, Dark, or System, plus optional animations). - Learn faster with a guided tutorial. Step-by-step lessons walk you through core actions like discarding and making claims (Chow, Pong, Kong, Win). - Customize your rules and table flow. Switch rule sets and adjust turn order from Settings to match how you like to play. - Track your recent games. Game History records past rounds so you can review outcomes, settings, and how the game played out. - Choose how you want actions to work. Pick Automatic Actions (only valid actions shown) or Manual Actions (all actions visible, with advanced control).

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Cajun Bourre

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Bourré — The Cajun Card Game Straight from the bayou, Bourré is the fast-moving trick-taking card game that has been a staple of Louisiana card tables for generations. Now you can bring that same energy right to your iPhone. How It Works Every hand starts fresh: five cards are dealt, and one card is turned face-up to set the trump suit. Decide whether to play your hand or sit the round out. If you're in, you can swap out any cards you don't like and draw fresh ones before the tricks begin. Play your five tricks, following suit when you can. The trump card beats everything else, and the player who wins the most tricks takes the kitty. But watch out — if you chose to play and didn't win a single trick, you've gone Bourré. That means you lose points equal to the kitty, which either pads the winner's take or carries forward to seed the next hand — growing the stakes with it. One bad round can flip the standings in a hurry. First player to reach the target score wins. Fall behind — even into negative points — and it's just a bigger hole to climb out of; nobody's ever knocked out of the game. Features • Play against 1 to 6 AI opponents around a virtual dark wood table • Three AI difficulty levels — Easy, Normal, and Hard — to match any skill level • Set your own target score and table size before each game • Choose your Bourré rule variant: points go toward the current hand's kitty or the next one • Full in-app rules guide so you can learn as you play • Warm Cajun-inspired table design that sets the mood without getting in the way Whether you grew up playing Bourré at family gatherings or are discovering it for the first time, this is the most accessible way to get a game going anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

Minimal Mahjong4 screens
Cajun Bourre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minimal Mahjong at Free against Cajun Bourre's $1.99. Minimal Mahjong also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Cajun Bourre's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Minimal Mahjong is free to download; Cajun Bourre costs $1.99 up front. Minimal Mahjong sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cajun Bourre asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Mahjong ships an update daily, Cajun Bourre fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Minimal Mahjong versus Cajun Bourre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal MahjongCajun Bourre
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin YapDOUGLAS ANDRE DEVILLIER

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Minimal Mahjong

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$1.99
None

Cajun Bourre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Mahjong free?
Minimal Mahjong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cajun Bourre free?
Cajun Bourre costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minimal Mahjong or Cajun Bourre have ads?
Neither Minimal Mahjong nor Cajun Bourre shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Mahjong or Cajun Bourre?
Minimal Mahjong ships an update daily, and Cajun Bourre fortnightly. Most recently, Minimal Mahjong was updated on November 5, 2026 and Cajun Bourre on November 6, 2026.

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