Comparison

Mahjong Elite vs JantakuAR

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

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About

Mahjong Elite

Experience the most authentic Mahjong collection with five distinct rule systems, including Chinese Official, Japanese Riichi, and more. Features intelligent adaptive AI, comprehensive progress tracking, and multiplayer options via Game Center and local Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Five distinct Mahjong rule systems
  • Intelligent adaptive AI with unique personalities
  • Monte Carlo Tree Search technology
  • Comprehensive statistics and progress tracking
  • Save/Load and auto-save functionality
  • Multiplayer via Game Center and local Wi-Fi
Features
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Mahjong Elite is the definitive Mahjong collection on the App Store. Featuring five complete rule systems, adaptive MCTS AI opponents, 32-player tournaments, and Version 1.7's flagship additions: Hand Replay Blunder Analysis, 81-Fan Codex, Sichuan Blood Flow, and Guangdong Horse Bonus! VERSION 1.7 FLAGSHIP FEATURES: • Replay Blunder Analysis & Match Rating (Pro): Post-hand tactical replay automatically flags blunders and questionable discards with AI coaching cards and S/A/B/C ratings. • 81-Fan & Yaku Codex Collection: Complete encyclopedic guide to all 81 Guobiao scoring patterns and Riichi yaku with search, difficulty filtering, and achievement unlocks. • Victory Poster & Instant Share: Generate high-resolution match victory posters with winning tiles, fan breakdown, horse bonus, and player archetype to save or share. • Sichuan Blood Flow Mode (血流成河): Play Sichuan Mahjong's premier variant where winners stay in until tiles deplete, scoring multiple consecutive wins. • Guangdong Horse Bonus (买马抓马): Select 2, 4, or 6 horse tiles with classic 1/5/9/Dragon hits and score multipliers. • Cinematic Win Cut-ins & Riichi VFX: Full-screen golden illumination cut-ins for Yakuman / Limit wins, accompanied by dynamic vibrating Riichi banners. • Table Stability & 60 FPS Performance: Fixed river row layout to eliminate table shifting, corrected West stacking, and pruned MCTS trees for zero thermal heating. • Grandmaster AI (宗师): 5th difficulty tier powered by enhanced MCTS with deep tactical rollouts, acute discard reading, and elite tournament defense. • Live Tile Tracker HUD (记牌器): Pro-level awareness of unseen tiles across all suits, active tenpai probabilities, and remaining winning tiles. FIVE COMPLETE RULE SYSTEMS: • Chinese Official (Guobiao): Tournament-standard format with all 81 official scoring patterns. • Japanese Riichi: Full rules with Dora, Fu/Han scoring, Riichi declarations, Furiten detection, and full yaku library. • Hong Kong Style: Traditional 3-3 system with 3-fan minimum and chicken hand penalties. • Sichuan Blood Battle (Xuezhan Daodi): Winners stay and losers battle until the end. Multiple winners per round! • Guangdong Style: Fast "push down" rules with horse tile bonus multipliers. 32-PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT: • 4-Stage Elimination: Battle 31 AI rivals through Round of 32, Round of 16, Semi-Finals, and Grand Finals (24 total hands) to claim the Season Gold Trophy. • Live Standings: Real-time tracking across 8 tables with built-in rules guide and auto-save after every hand. INTELLIGENT AI POWERED BY MCTS: • 3 AI Personalities: Balanced, Speed (aggressive fast-win), and Big Win (patient high-scorer). • 5 Difficulty Levels: From beginner Easy to tournament Grandmaster challenge. • Rule-Adaptive Engine: AI dynamically adjusts tactics to each active ruleset. • Monte Carlo Tree Search: Simulates thousands of future board states per turn for human-like depth. GAME MANAGEMENT & MULTIPLAYER: • Save/Load Anywhere: Pause any game mid-round and resume seamlessly. • Comprehensive Statistics: Win rates by ruleset, frequent winning hands, and score trends. • Auto-Save Protection: Game state automatically preserved at every turn. • Multiplayer: Game Center matchmaking, leaderboards, local Wi-Fi play, and 6-digit room codes with smart AI fill-in. PREMIUM POLISH: • Beautiful Table Felts: Classic Green, Midnight Blue, Charcoal, and Chinese Red. • 6 Animation Speeds: 0.5x to 2.0x for customized game pacing. • Authentic Audio: Real tile shuffling, placement clacks, and regional voice dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Sichuanese, Northeastern). • Universal: Seamlessly optimized for iPad and iPhone in portrait and landscape. Download Mahjong Elite now and begin your journey to Mahjong mastery!

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JantakuAR

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Take your mahjong table anywhere. Jantaku AR turns a real table into a shared Riichi Mahjong table using augmented reality. Place a marker on the table and scan it with your iPhone. A 3D mahjong table appears in AR, and up to four players share it from their own seats. You can also practice alone in 3D mode, with no AR marker. A discard coach helps you choose what to throw, and a built-in guide teaches scoring and yaku as you play. MAIN FEATURES Shared AR table for up to four players • A 3D table appears on the real table in front of you • Up to four iPhones share one table over the local network • Each player sees their own hand from their own seat Single-player 3D mode • No AR marker and no camera required • Play against AI opponents on one iPhone • A discard coach matched to your play style, free daily hand included • The coach explains why it pushes or folds, point by point One to four human players • AI players in five styles, retuned over thousands of simulated games, fill any empty seats • Japanese competition and standard rule presets • International competition rules too (30,000-point start, no red fives, no abortive draws) The game runs itself • Dealing, draws, discards, calls, wins and scoring are handled • Riichi, Chi, Pon, Kan, Ron and Tsumo; choose whether to call with a red five • A digital score display for all four players Every win, explained • The winning hand in tiles, with the winning tile outlined • Each yaku with its fan, and the total • Minipoints set by set, with rounding and how the points follow • Everyone's score and placement after the hand Scoring guide Open it from Settings or from any win: • A scoring table that follows your rules, rounded-up mangan included • How minipoints are counted, with a worked example • Every yaku with its fan closed and open, and an example hand in tiles RESULTS AND GAME REVIEW Every hand is recorded, and your most recent 200 hands are summarized: • Win, deal-in, riichi and call rates • Tenpai rate at draws, average win and balance • How often your discard matched the best one • Your 1st-4th finish rates and average placement • A written assessment of your play Charts show how you are changing: • Placement over your last 50 games, with a 10-game moving average • Placement distribution, last 50 games or all time • Attack vs defense: win rate against deal-in rate, all time and recent Hand Replay steps through your discards beside the recommended tile and its shanten count. Winning hands end on the same win screen as in play. Records reach every player, so each can review the game from their own seat. WHY JANTAKU AR No automatic table, no physical set: any table and an iPhone are enough. Not online mahjong: you meet in the same room, around the same surface. And a real table keeps no record, so face-to-face players could never tell whether they were improving. Jantaku AR is the table, so every hand is kept. TRY IT FREE One hand per day is free, so you can try AR, local play and 3D mode on your own devices first. SUBSCRIPTIONS Jantaku AR 1 Table — shared AR games for up to four players. 1 month, automatically renewable. Only the host's iPhone needs a subscription; everyone else at that table joins for free. Unlimited Solo — unlimited single-player practice in 3D mode. 1 month, automatically renewable. Prices are shown on the App Store purchase screen and vary by country. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://giza.jbeans.jp/jb/mj/privacy-en.html REQUIREMENTS iOS 18.6 or later. For multiplayer, use the same Wi-Fi network — Personal Hotspot also works. Play in a safe, well-lit place with a flat table. AR accuracy varies with device and environment. Jantaku AR — a new way to play Riichi Mahjong.

Screenshots

Mahjong Elite4 screens
JantakuAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: JantakuAR at every 4 days against Mahjong Elite's every 8 days. On price, ads, 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. Mahjong Elite sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and JantakuAR sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mahjong Elite ships an update every 8 days, JantakuAR every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mahjong Elite versus JantakuAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMahjong EliteJantakuAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLei FengJBeans

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mahjong Elite

One-time4
  • Cosmetics Pack$0.99
  • Dialect Voice Pack$0.99
  • Mahjong Pro Deluxe Bundle$0.99
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  • Mahjong Elite Pro$1.99
8 purchases

JantakuAR

Subscriptions8
  • Solo Play Unlimited$2.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR Unlimited$5.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR 2 Tables$9.991 Month
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  • Jantaku AR 3 Tables$11.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR 5 Tables$19.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR 10 Tables$29.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR 15 Tables$39.991 Month
  • Jantaku AR 20 Tables$59.991 Month

Questions

Is Mahjong Elite free?
Mahjong Elite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JantakuAR free?
JantakuAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mahjong Elite or JantakuAR have ads?
Neither Mahjong Elite nor JantakuAR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mahjong Elite or JantakuAR?
Mahjong Elite ships an update every 8 days, and JantakuAR every 4 days. Most recently, Mahjong Elite was updated on October 31, 2026 and JantakuAR on October 31, 2026.

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