Comparison

Teahouse vs Tilemist

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

Head to head
About

Teahouse

Features
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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.

About

Tilemist

Features
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Tilemist is mahjong solitaire the way it should be: quiet, beautiful, and never interrupted by an ad. Every board is guaranteed solvable. Each deal is built backwards from a winning line, so it can never dead-end. Large, high-contrast tiles. A new daily board that is the same for everyone. • Classic tile-matching solitaire — tap two matching free tiles to clear them • Every deal can be completed. No dead boards, ever • 27 layouts, from a gentle 72-tile Bridge to the classic 144-tile Turtle • Nine themed courses of 300 stages each, with medals at the milestones • A daily board shared by everyone, with streak bonuses • Four tile sets including a high-contrast Night set, and four table backgrounds • Larger tiles, plain numerals instead of artwork, and VoiceOver labels throughout • Optional Game Center leaderboards for daily times, stages and boards cleared • Works fully offline. Nothing collected, nothing tracked, no account • Made for iPad too, in portrait or landscape No ads. Ever. The only purchases are optional coin packs, and you never need one to finish a board. Tile-matching solitaire. No gambling and no real-money play.

Screenshots

Teahouse4 screens
Tilemist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tilemist at 15.1 against Teahouse's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Teahouse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tilemist sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Teahouse versus Tilemist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeahouseTilemist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB33 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKarl GroetheToru Kitajima

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Teahouse

One-time1
  • Teahouse Unlock$7.99
5 purchases

Tilemist

One-time5
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1,400 Coins$4.99
  • 3,000 Coins$9.99
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  • 6,500 Coins$19.99
  • 18,000 Coins$49.99

Questions

Is Teahouse free?
Teahouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tilemist free?
Tilemist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Teahouse or Tilemist have ads?
Neither Teahouse nor Tilemist shows ads.

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