Teahouse vs Tileways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teahouse
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Teahouse is mahjong solitaire for people who love a real logic puzzle. Most mahjong games hide the tiles and call the board "guaranteed solvable" — solvable only if you could see every tile and played a perfect line. You can't, so you strand yourself anyway, and then the app sells you a shuffle to escape the dead end it created. Teahouse turns every tile face-up and guarantees a winning line actually exists. The result: no luck, no dead ends — every win is earned. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Perfect information — every tile is legible from the first move. Tap any tile to light up its match wherever it hides. Planning replaces guessing. • Certified solvable — every board is proven winnable under correct play before you ever see it. That's why there's no shuffle button: you never need one. • Difficulty that's measured — boards are graded by how far ahead you must plan to avoid stranding a tile, not by tile count or a countdown clock. • Hints that teach — a hint explains WHY a match is safe or fatal (it frees a tile you need, or buries its own pair) instead of gifting a free move to sell an ad. • Unlimited undo, always free — it's a logic puzzle, not a slot machine. • A fresh daily board — reproducible on every layout and difficulty, free forever. Build a streak; chase a clean, no-undo line for all three cups. • A gentle coach — miss the line and it walks back to the exact move that stranded the board, shows the safe pair you missed, and lets you play on. • Six hand-painted tile sets and several classic layouts — carry the heritage with no language barrier. FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads. Anywhere. Ever. • No shuffles, no energy timers, no dark patterns. • Free to play a fresh certified board every day. One optional unlock opens unlimited boards and every tile set — a single payment, yours forever. Pour a cup. Your table is ready.
Tileways
Match identical tiles to clear the board in this classic Mahjong Solitaire game. Enjoy 31 unique layouts, all 144 tiles, and a guaranteed winnable deal every time. Features hints, undo, and a clean, ad-free design.
- Match identical tiles
- 31 classic layouts
- 144 tiles per game
- Guaranteed winnable deals
- Hint and undo functions
- Ad-free experience
- Offline play
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How to play Clear the board by matching pairs of identical tiles. A tile can be played only when nothing is stacked on top of it and one of its sides is open — tap two matching free tiles to remove them both. Completely free — no ads, no accounts, nothing locked behind a purchase. There's an optional tip jar if you'd like to support development. 31 classic layouts Start with Turtle and unlock a new shape each time you clear a board — Snowflake, Pyramid, Butterfly, Dragon, Fortress, Scorpion and 25 more, all the way up to White Dragon. Every layout is a real, named classic mahjong solitaire board. 144 tiles, every time Every game deals all 144 tiles of a classic mahjong set. Circles, bamboo and characters, the four winds and three dragons, plus the flower and season bonus tiles. Flowers and seasons Any flower matches any other flower, and any season matches any season — the only tiles that don't need an exact twin. Always winnable Every deal is generated with a guaranteed solution, so a perfect line of play always exists. You will never be dealt a board you couldn't have cleared. Hints and undo Stuck? Tap Hint to highlight a playable pair, and Undo to rewind your moves as far as you like. Choose your table Play on a traditional green felt table, or switch to a darker green in Settings. Clean, relaxing design Traditional tiles, no internet required. Just you and the tiles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tileways at weekly against Teahouse's monthly. 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
Both are free to download. Teahouse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tileways sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Teahouse ships an update monthly, Tileways weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teahouse | Tileways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Groethe | Gary Watson |
In-app purchases
Teahouse
- Teahouse Unlock$7.99
Tileways
- Support Developer$0.99








