Comparison

Bunco Calc vs American Mahjong Practice

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

Head to head
About

Bunco Calc

Simplify scoring for the popular dice game Bunco. This app offers an intuitive interface with large buttons to easily track scores for multiple teams. Features include undo functionality and a clear option for resetting rounds, making gameplay more enjoyable.

Highlights
  • Easy score tracking
  • Large, tappable buttons
  • Supports multiple teams
  • Undo and revert functionality
  • Clear round option
Features
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Bunco Calc is the ultimate way to keep score while you are playing the popular dice game Bunco. Throw out that paper and pencil because Bunco Calc makes it super easy to keep score! Tap on the extra large buttons for each roll and watch the total add up. Keep track of your own team as well as the team across the table from you. Once the round is done, just tap "Clear" to start over to get ready for the next round. It couldn't be easier! Who really wants to keep track of all that arithmetic after a few glasses of wine? (I sure don't...) Make a mistake? That's not a problem. Just tap "Undo" to go back. You can even revert back to before you cleared the screen. Bunco Calc has been used by thousands of fans to have more fun and make scoring easier! Show all your Bunco friends what that new iPhone can do! Stop scribbling down numbers and tally marks franticly while you are just trying to enjoy yourself. There is a simpler way! Download Bunco Calc today!

About

American Mahjong Practice

Practice American Mahjong with a large tile design optimized for mobile screens. Learn the 2026 card with suggested hands, validation tools, and progress tracking. Play offline solo against bots or with custom rules.

Highlights
  • Large tiles and font option
  • 2026 card practice
  • Suggested hands with overlap analysis
  • Hand validation and corrections
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • Offline play
  • Play against bots or solo
Features
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The secret to great Mahjong? Play more games. Play every hand to completion and watch how tile choices create winning hands. Ready for a challenge? Play the daily challenge hand against other players, or enable opponent bots and compete.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Try 2018 hands for free or purchase the monthly subscription or purchase 2026 hands one-time.  The monthly subscription includes the new hands every year. The new Daily Challenge Hands and Leaderboard are included with the monthly subscription and 2026 hands one-time purchase. Mahjong Practice rethinks mahjong for mobile, with a design that takes full advantage of small screens. Play fun, quick games offline, anywhere, anytime. No internet connection needed. This is the best way to learn the 2026 card. Suggested Hands: All possible hand combinations are evaluated and sorted by the highest matching tile count. Play one of these hands or any hand you want. See the combinations of hands with the most overlapping tiles. Develop your strategies selecting hands. Large Tiles and Large Tile Font Option: Tiles are large. Enable the Large Tile Font option to make the tiles even easier to read. Hand Validations and Corrections: See the closest matching pattern when you declare an unknown pattern. Tips help beginning players. Hand Stats: Track hands completed and your progress on the NMJL card. Hand Filters: Select the sections you like to play the most. Hide sections to focus on any given section. Play the whole card. Play Against Bots or Solo: When playing solo, the opponent bots play valid patterns and exchange jokers but do not declare Mahjong. Play until you declare Mahjong or the wall is empty in solo mode. Go to Settings to enable bots that win to practice defense. Advanced Practice Features: Try different strategies with Replay and Undo. Enable Open Play to disable NMJL rules and play by your own House Rules. This is the Original American Mahjong App, 10 Years in the making. Contact support@eightbam.com for help at any time.

Screenshots

Bunco Calc3 screens
American Mahjong Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bunco Calc at none against American Mahjong Practice's 8. Bunco Calc also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). American Mahjong Practice's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (23K vs 31). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. American Mahjong Practice sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Bunco Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bunco Calc against 4.9 for American Mahjong Practice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Mahjong Practice has 23K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bunco Calc's written reviews are positive against 93% of American Mahjong Practice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bunco Calc ships an update every 30 months, American Mahjong Practice every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bunco Calc versus American Mahjong Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBunco CalcAmerican Mahjong Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (31 ratings) — better4.9 (23K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.2% of reviews
Number of ratings3123K — better
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#46 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechPro, Inc.Eight Bam LLC

Customer experience

Bunco Calc

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

American Mahjong Practice

All ratings22,695 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews438 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.9%

Bugs and requests

Bunco Calc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

American Mahjong Practice

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tile placement issues
  • Incorrect win count tracking
  • Upside down orientation
  • Discarding issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Ability to see other players' hands
  • Option to hide suggested hands
  • Ability to switch discard pile location

In-app purchases

None

Bunco Calc

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

American Mahjong Practice

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Access All Features$3.991 Month
One-time7
  • 2025 Hands. All Features$3.99
  • Hands 2024$3.99
  • 2024 Hands, All Features$3.99
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  • 2023 Hands, All Features$4.99
  • 2022 Access All Features$6.99
  • 2022 Access All Features B$6.99
  • 2026 Hands, All Features$17.99

Questions

Is Bunco Calc free?
Bunco Calc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is American Mahjong Practice free?
American Mahjong Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bunco Calc or American Mahjong Practice?
Bunco Calc is rated higher. Bunco Calc averages 4.9 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while American Mahjong Practice averages 4.9 from 23K ratings.
Do Bunco Calc or American Mahjong Practice have ads?
Neither Bunco Calc nor American Mahjong Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bunco Calc or American Mahjong Practice?
Bunco Calc ships an update every 30 months, and American Mahjong Practice every 6 days. Most recently, Bunco Calc was updated on October 23, 2026 and American Mahjong Practice on October 24, 2026.

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