Last updated on January 17th, 2026 at 09:01 pm
Mahjong – Entertainment Game Review
Mahjong is a Entertainment/Puzzle/Board game from Maple Media Apps, LLC, first launched in 13th September 2011.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 32,952+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Mahjong Stand Out
Challenge your mind with this classic game!
Enjoy this single-player Mahjong game on iOS for FREE. The goal is to reveal the tiles underneath by matching open pairs of identical tiles and removing them from the board. Discover classic designs, or play with new emoji-themed tiles for a fresh & fun new twist on the classic Mahjong experience.
Game Features
-Play over 90 Mahjong games in varying levels of difficulty and all new gorgeous tile arrangements
-Test your skill & race against the clock with Time Attack Mode
-Experience the simple and intuitive interface, with beautiful, colorful graphics
-Use unlimited Undo & Redo actions
-Track your progress with statistics
-See top Mahjong players’ times on Leaderboards
-Autosave allows you to pause & resume the game anytime
-Get guidance when you are stuck with Hints
-Pan and zoom-in on tiles
-Make the game yours with custom game options like emoji tiles & more
Brought to you by Maple Media, the Solitaire, Mahjong and Sudoku Company.
Thank you for using Mahjong! Have questions, problems or feedback? Email Support at [email protected] for fast and friendly assistance.
Mahjong Membership
-Level up your Mahjong experience with the Mahjong Membership subscription! Play all 60+ puzzles, get unlimited access to all new puzzle packs as they're released & all premium features, without ads
-Once subscribed, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase if you subscribe
-Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
-Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the subscription renewal price & term
-Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Terms of Service and Subscription Terms:
https://maplemedia.io/terms-of-service/
Privacy Policy:
https://maplemedia.io/privacy/
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Mahjong is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st October 2025
Recent improvements include:
A new version of Mahjong is here! Here’s what’s new:
- New premium tile sets
- General optimizations & stability improvements
Have questions or feedback? Email us at [email protected] for fast & friendly support.
Download & Availability
Mahjong is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Too many ads! Ads that last too long.
We like the game a lot! But the adds are absolutely ridiculous.
We love the game but.So many ads we couldnt take it anymore.
We love this game! We play each level to passing and go through the entire set, then we start at the beginning again to try to beat our own time, and we play that level until we do beat our own time. We spend every spare moment playing this game. Im 75 yrs old, its very good for us because it calms us, and regulates our blood pressure! We recommend it to everyone.
This is the perfect game for filling times is in a doctor waiting room. Its hard to stop playing. It is more of a challenge keeping the game which makes it all the more enjoyable.
Every time we play this game we get one game, we win, then when we go to play a second game it never loads. We have to completely shut down our IPad, restart it then go to the game. ALL our other apps and games work properly. This only happens to this game and IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE THE NEW UPGRADE. We LIKE THIS GAME, we JUST WANT IT TO WORK PROPERLY.
We really like this game first of all what captured our attention was that it says 17+ thank you but we have to admit even though we like it the screen to display the game tiles way too small for us to continue playing. We know ads help pay and support these games. Im so glad that it doesnt after every single win inject and ad that was really attractive to us. There are ads but its not like after every single win or going to the next level. Kinda have to do so maybe from a computer Im not sure if its available there it may be if so, maybe Ill try it there but on our iphone and we have a Pro Max its just too small at a screen .we can see clearly but the screen display just too small but thank you. Keep up the good work.
Enjoyable and a good distraction.
Have been using for years and now we acquired a Trojan pop up which is making us remove this app. We were going to pay but changed our mind. Wish they would fix this.
We loved this app, but the latest version is another giant step backward. We reported a bug in the previous version where the app forgets that you are using the paid version, making you jump through hoops every time you open it. We were disappointed that the maker didnt bother to reply, but hopeful that it would be addressed in the next update. It wasnt.
To many ads trying to play and finish a game but a ad will pop up frustrated.
Not fair, tiles are far too small, and there shouldnt be a timing, just leave it open to finish whenever.
Too many ads, not fun to play. Get an app from another developer. Im deleting.
Please bring back the previous version!!! This version keeps coming up with blank restart menu.
Love love love this platform of Mahjong.
Ive been playing the same game for several months and cant win.
We really enjoy the game! Helps keep our mind sharp 100%.
We love this game and have subscribed for a second year. We asked this before but will say it again: please give us an option to lock the board in place so when you accidentally drag your finger a bit, it doesnt move the board. We dont want the board sliding all over and would really appreciate the option to lock it in place. One other thing is please give us a way to favorite the boards we like best so we dont have to scroll through 16 pages to get to them. Love the game, but having no way to keep the board from moving keeps us from giving it 5 stars.
Sometimes gets boring. Very repetitive.
Love this game. LOVE. Please add more levels.
This used to be a functional app. The ads tripled with an updateand then another update made the ads even more annoying. Now it freezes when ads pop up.
This game has good things and bad things. The main bad thing is that the shuffle is not random. All the other bad things are there because the shuffles are not random. 2020 Update: The shuffle is still not random. Experienced players can verify this easily. The shuffle is deliberate and its laughable. Dont knock yourself out because of this game. It only has a very limited value. 3/13/22 Update: The shuffle is still not random. We still play it because its on a mobile device but this game is ruined because it doesnt have a random shuffle. Please make a random shuffle permanent and keep the shuffle random from start to finish. 5/5/22 Update: Be still, our beating heart. Can it be true? Has the shuffle actually been randomized? We think it has been (with the recent update) because the app works better but Ill let other players chime in with there impressions. In the meantime, Im going to change our rating to 4 stars. 8/21/22 Update: After playing this version for a while now, Im convinced that the shuffles still arent random and that means that for us this game has very limited value. So Ive dropped our rating back down to three stars. Developers, if there is a good reason for distributing hopelessly impossible locked key patterns throughout every layer and throughout every tier (even down to the last possible shuffle),could you at least offer a random shuffle mode for those of us who dont see the value in that design decision? 11/14/22 update: For some inexplicable reason, THE SHUFFLE STILL ISNT RANDOM. The shuffle is ridiculous and lazy. That claim can be easily proved by an experienced player. So players shouldnt feel bad that they cant get good scores consistently. Its not you- its the ridiculous shuffle algorithm. 12/2822 Update: The shuffle is still not random. We would love to know why this shuffle is so ridiculously biased.
Some of the puzzles we were able to play before are now behind a paywall.
We had a stroke a year ago and this game has givin us so much ,to getting back to a point where we are thinking an moving eyes an hands.
Playing on our phone. Many of the puzzles are large with SMALL tile size. But the most exasperating thing about it is when we get stuck with a SINGLE stack!! There is no way to match TWO tiles when you only have ONE stack. And if you shuffle you STILL only get ONE stack!! That shouldnt even be a possibility. Smh.
It keeps us sane or Id go CRAZY.
About to delete this game. Subscription is too expensive to cancel ads. Its too bad because we like the game play. You got too greedy.
Ads all the time. Want to access the menu? Ads. Want to start a new game? Ads. This is Ma-freaking-jhong. Why do we need to watch ads every 5 minutes for a glorified memory match.
Game freezes all the time. Have to close it down and restart. Kinda pointless when in the middle of a board.
You have to watch ads when you access the menu during a game?!? We uninstalled this game same day that we first played it. We will NOT suffer ads every time we try to access the bloody menu during a game. Absurd. This might have been a great game but this was a horrid decision by the developers. Disgusting.
This game is a super stress reliever for us.
The tiles stick ? Tried hitting it softly and then hard but its taking 2 to 3 clicks to get them off !? We will never beat any higher as its slowing us down ! Its not our iPad, it works fine on other games.
Its too hard to shuffle tiles when youre out of moves.
We enjoy Mahjong & like the graphics, but the layouts very quickly (like by level 4) become unsuitable for a 4" iPhone screen. The layout is spread out, rather than deep, so it has to make everything very, very small to fit on the screen. Far too small to be able to differentiate between similar tiles. If we zoom in so we can make out a tile, we can't see the whole layout anymore. It's just an annoying waste of time, all the zooming in & out & panning around. We'd much rather have a layout that's 15 layers deep & all fits on our screen at a visible size than these shallow, sprawling layouts.
Gets into your mind to keep matching the puzzle even when you run out of time. Sure does help during the shut in period of Covid.
It is lots fun and it make you think ahead of what you need to do.
We like how the game zooms in as the puzzle gets smaller. The length of the ads is ridiculous.
We like this game. It is fast and to the point. Really good game.
It gives us a lot of time, until we look at the clock hahaha.
We have been having some fun with the kids game. We enjoy it a lot.
Live playing for a few minutes to relax.
Been playing this game for years. Addictive and fun.
Muy entretenido y a la vez. Desarrolla agilidades mentales que necesito a esta edad.
Cant get the screen to stop moving around and increasing screen size when nearing end of game.
The games are ok. The ads are also ok but would have been better if they didnt appear when the menu was pressed. The worst is the shuffle feature. It adds 60 seconds (which is ok) each time but the shuffles are useless. Sometimes, each shuffle just offers one match.
Too many adds you cant get out of.
We understand ads support the game but being greedy and forcing a ad to access the menu is not only dumb but a huge turn off from even giving your game a chance.
There is so many ads its hard to find the game.
The moving ads at the top of the screen make us nauseous – literally, we get motion sickness from them. We have a towel draped over the top of the screen so we can block them.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1.10
- Size: 167.84 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Maple Media Apps, LLC
Last updated: 21st October 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Puzzle | Developer: Maple Media Apps, LLC