Comparison

Mahjong Fold Dojo vs Mahjong Master Coach

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

Head to head
About

Mahjong Fold Dojo

This app provides focused training for Riichi Mahjong players, specifically on making safe tile discards after an opponent declares riichi. It offers various practice modes to reinforce defensive concepts and improve decision-making skills through quiz-style exercises.

Highlights
  • Practice core defensive concepts
  • Quiz-style exercises
  • Match-like practice mode
  • Focus on specific defensive themes
  • Retry missed questions
  • Analyze candidate tile risk
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Mahjong Fold Dojo is a training app that helps you quickly judge which tile is the safest to discard after an opponent declares riichi. You can repeatedly practice core defensive concepts such as genbutsu, suji, kabe, outside tiles, and honor tiles through quiz-style exercises. ・Practice Mode: Solve mixed questions in a match-like flow ・Learning Mode: Focus on specific defensive themes ・Weakness Review Mode: Retry only the questions you missed ・Result Screen: Compare the risk level of each candidate tile to deepen your understanding ・Time Limit Settings: Adjustable from unlimited time to short timers From beginners who want to reduce deal-ins to intermediate players who want to sharpen their defense, this app helps strengthen fold-or-push decision-making through short daily practice sessions.

About

Mahjong Master Coach

Features
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Mahjong Master Coach is a single-player Mahjong game built like a fitness coach. Play AI opponents from Basic to Mahjong Wizard, with a coach that ranks your options, explains why, and reviews every game in plain language that never reads like a form letter. • Learn by playing — a guided first game, lessons, and quizzes that track what you've mastered. • A coach that explains — rank your options, tap Why?, and watch it think out loud: the priority, the candidates it weighed, and the trade-off, grounded in the real numbers. Coaching runs on-device and offline using Apple's on-device intelligence, so it stays private. • The analysis lab — every discard gets a decision-quality score and an optional confidence read (best, good, or risky). A per-turn timeline shows the handful of moves that actually cost you, and an efficiency radar maps your strengths. Replay any hand and change one discard — the AI plays it forward so you can compare outcomes side by side. It grades your decision, not your luck. • A Master Score out of 10,000 that rewards knowledge, training, and real games — and gently fades if you stop, so streaks matter. • Seven rule sets — American (NMJL-style, with the Charleston and jokers), Hong Kong, Japanese Riichi, Chinese Official (MCR), Taiwanese 16-tile, Sichuan (blood-battle), and a Simplified beginner set — each with its own coaching and references. • Mahjong Solitaire, too — layered tile-matching with boards that are guaranteed solvable, plus a daily challenge. • Challenge a friend to the exact same deal with a QR code — they play the identical hand on any device, then you compare scores. No account. No internet. (Powered by the open Mahjong Portable Format.) • Your mahjong home base — optional and in-app: mahjong news and events, a community and clubs directory, and mahjong podcasts with a built-in player. • Clean and private — no ads, no gacha, no fan-service, no tracking. Plays fully offline. Subscription: monthly or annual, with a 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mahjong Fold Dojo3 screens
Mahjong Master Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mahjong Fold Dojo at 15.0 against Mahjong Master Coach's 17.0. 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 Fold Dojo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mahjong Master Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mahjong Fold Dojo versus Mahjong Master Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMahjong Fold DojoMahjong Master Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroshi OdaJSC BIZ, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mahjong Fold Dojo

One-time1
  • Paid plan$3.99
2 purchases

Mahjong Master Coach

Subscriptions2
  • Premium — Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium — Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Mahjong Fold Dojo free?
Mahjong Fold Dojo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Master Coach free?
Mahjong Master Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mahjong Fold Dojo or Mahjong Master Coach have ads?
Neither Mahjong Fold Dojo nor Mahjong Master Coach shows ads.

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