Comparison

Bombing Monsters 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

Bombing Monsters

Engage in a captivating match-4 puzzle adventure set in ancient times. Match monsters of the same color to make them explode and uncover hidden secrets. Collect stars, coins, and power-ups to progress through challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Match 4 monsters to explode
  • Discover super monster powers
  • Collect stars and lead the board
  • Collect coins and buy bullets
  • Time challenge mode
  • 100+ levels
Features
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Great match 4 game, the story began in ancient times when there were evil witch threw the mantra of the monsters in order to prevent them from meeting with each other. Where charm made ​​all four monsters plus they meet with each other of same colour, they explode. They used this incantation monsters as a weapon of their own. Play this puzzle game and try to make monsters explode by match 4 monsters together. Play more and discover more secrets. Features: - Fun and easy to play. - Discover the power of super monsters. - Collect more stars and lead the board - Collect coins, buy bullets and start shooting monsters with gun. - Time challenge to whom like. - 100 levels for now and more coming soon.

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

Bombing Monsters4 screens
American Mahjong Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bombing Monsters at none against American Mahjong Practice's 8. Bombing Monsters also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). American Mahjong Practice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 65 months). On price, review sentiment 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. American Mahjong Practice sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Bombing Monsters asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bombing Monsters ships an update every 65 months, American Mahjong Practice weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Bombing Monsters versus American Mahjong Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBombing MonstersAmerican Mahjong Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (23K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—23K — better
Update frequencyEvery 65 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#57 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiAppNdroid Inc.Eight Bam LLC

Customer experience

Bombing Monsters

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

American Mahjong Practice

All ratings22,945 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews442 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.1%

Bugs and requests

Bombing Monsters

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

Bombing Monsters

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
Show 4 more
  • 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 Bombing Monsters free?
Bombing Monsters 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.
Do Bombing Monsters or American Mahjong Practice have ads?
Bombing Monsters shows ads; American Mahjong Practice does not.
Which is updated more often, Bombing Monsters or American Mahjong Practice?
Bombing Monsters ships an update every 65 months, and American Mahjong Practice weekly. Most recently, Bombing Monsters was updated on October 12, 2026 and American Mahjong Practice on November 1, 2026.

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