Teahouse vs Tilemist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā 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" ā 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 ā every win is earned. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT ⢠Perfect information ā every tile is legible from the first move. Tap any tile to light up its match wherever it hides. Planning replaces guessing. ⢠Certified solvable ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā it's a logic puzzle, not a slot machine. ⢠A fresh daily board ā reproducible on every layout and difficulty, free forever. Build a streak; chase a clean, no-undo line for all three cups. ⢠A gentle coach ā 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 ā 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 ā a single payment, yours forever. Pour a cup. Your table is ready.
Tilemist
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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 ā 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
| Parameter | Teahouse | Tilemist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Karl Groethe | Toru Kitajima |
In-app purchases
Teahouse
- Teahouse Unlock$7.99
Tilemist
- 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









