Last updated on January 17th, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire – Puzzle Game Review
Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire is a Puzzle/Board/Entertainment game from ZHONGYUAN SHEN, first launched in 15th February 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 94+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire Stand Out
This is the famous Zhongyuan Mahjong (Solitaire)! This is a game that you purchase only once but can play all you life.
This game demands huge observations, great patience and challenging spirit! Although only 10% people can finally complete the game, yet tens of thousands of people are challenging and enjoying it every day!
Here are a few user reviews:
◉If there was only one game on my iPad, it would be Zhongyuan Mahjong without hesitation.
—by Mockie, Aug 20, 2011
◉Once I start playing, I can't stop! I have a lot of mahjong games on my iPad, but this is by far my favorite one.
—by katieandron Sep 17, 2011
◉Me encanta!!!!!!!
—from Spain Store, Jan 16, 2012
◉The tetris of all mahjong games!
— from Belgium Store, by Grovonion, Jan 18, 2012
◉ Really love this puzzle game! Thank you for creating it!!!
—by KJMB007 Feb 10, 2012
***Demo of How to Play in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lgXnHV0_M
***Game goal
Clear the board by removing two same tiles each time as quickly as possible.
***How to remove
Condition 1: If two same tiles are on the same row or column and there are no other tiles between them, tap to remove them directly.
Condition 2: If one tile can be moved to a new position where Condition 1 can be met by this tile and the other same tile, move this tile first and then tap the other to remove these two same tiles.
****Game features
The game proceeds with no hints, no help and no re-try. There is no any assistance to you but your hard observation. You can press the “End” button to see remaining removable pairs, but the game will end at the same time.
****Licensed Application
To use this application, you agree the following terms of use which is "Apple Terms of Use (EULA)".
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
****Banner Ads
In order to support feature improvement and sustainabity, banner ad is introduced. However, users can still play at offline mode and report offline scores to Game Center.
Inn order to enable users to remove ads at a reasonable amount payment, auto-renewable subscription is inntroduced.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th January 2026
Recent improvements include:
1) Fixed instant message errors, device rotation error, and background crashing errors 2) Improved UI and performance 3) Other bug fixes and performance improvement
Download & Availability
Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Mahjong zMahjong Solitaire on App Store
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:
Great game that challenge ur mental thinking. We love it.
Super addictive!! We love this game. We daydream of playing it while Im at work :).
We have been playing this game for a long time. We love it. Our only concern is the board correct. Why does it take so long? It sometimes takes till the middle of the game. Thanks.
Purchased for $3.99 . Just a picture of tiles. Does not work. Reimburse or fix.
We,ve completed this game 116 times n we're still playing. Love this game! You will too.
We like this design of mahjong because you don't have the game handed to you, you have to think & we take our time, some like running against time we don't & we find this game the most thought provoking and relaxing.
We wrote a review a month or so ago that someone, somehow had compromised our scoring for this game. Still don't really know how it happened, but eggheads might have figured out away to block us so that we could be out scored. Frankly, we hope Game Center is on top of the fact that this type of situation should not occur. Both our iPad and our iPhone scoring were blocked for about 2-3 weeks, until we were out scored by exactly 300 points and then suddenly both started scoring again. Just fishy. It's working properly now and that's a GREAT thing, because this is the very best game in the WORLD if you love working puzzles. We literally work it in our sleep now. Once you adopt a few strategic (look down the road, find you pairs) patterns… You're rollin'! Our brain is active, our nerves (when stressed) get calmed down, and hey, it's great for the ego to climb that ladder! We greatly appreciate the developer for creating such a satisfying, addictive game. Buy the ad free one and see what we mean.
Very enjoyable game. Our favorite way to pass the time standing in any line waiting to get to the front.
We enjoy playing this. We'd like to give it 5 Stars but… 1) This game really needs an undo! 2) Lower on the priority list application level volume control. 3) Lowest on the list: we're torn over a hint button. We don't know, sometimes we just stare at the board and couldn't see a match if we tripped over it. When we 'end' and see they are all over the place.
We love love love this game, not a day goes by without playing it! We win about 8% of the time – enough to keep us determined to try try again.
We love this game, but since we updated to IOS 10 it won't work. It won't even open up the app. We've tried restarting our iPad and we've tried deleting the app and downloading it again. Still won't even launch.
Very interesting game we have played it for hours.
We installed the update and now we can't play the game. It seems that whatever your bug fixes were caused a bigger bug.
New release the tiles don't slide.
We just installed the latest upgrade and the game is unplayable. Please fix soon.
This game worked great until we did a update a couple weeks ago. Now we get kicked out of the game when we win and. It doesn't keep track of our score. Anyway to undo the update.
This is our go to game when we just want to relax. Love it.
Fun, addicting game. Only complaint…we can't play our own music while we play. And…perhaps a one-per game undo.
Love this game..it is addicting.
We would enjoy this game more if the programmer would of included a hint button, it causes us to end a game rather than complete it, granted we admit we're not the sharpest blade in the drawer but after spending hours trying to find a possible move when there just doesn't seem to be any, we wonder if we're really at the end of the board of all possible moves or is there a move we're overlooking.
It won't open. It freezes all the time. Worthlessness.
We love this game. Relaxing yet challenging. Wish there was an undo button sometimes, but this game rocks.
Love the game…have submitted favorable reviews and am more than fed up with repeated requests for more! Please stop. Also hate the notifications. Please stop.
The latest upgrade is cumbersome and confusing Knowing if you have proceeded as far as you can by selecting END has changed for the worse. You use to be able to go back the game if there were more moves or it would tell you GOOD JOB. We thoroughly enjoy playing but it has become less enjoyable.
Addictive fun! A moving completion showing all possible moves would be nice.
We LOVE this game! It is not classic mahjong, which is why we can't stop playing it! It is indeed very difficult to finish, but our mind is working during the entire game. If you want a classic matching game, don't try this one. If you want a game that is challenging and do not mind strategy and planning, then this 5 star game (in our opinion, that is), will keep you busy and hopefully happy.
It needs to be able to undo moves.
Love this game! Play it everyday.
It's too bad none of your staff can come up with a way that would light up all similar tiles to the one you touch when looking for a move. That way it would make it easier to find any moves.
We love this game but on our iPad it freezes up before we are done at least 25% of games!! Please tell us how to help this or fix it. We are not the only one with this problem apparently.
This game is so addictive. Once you start playing it will keep you playing again and again to gain the best score. Good job guys for this wonderful game.
Great game, except there should be a setting for letting you know when no more moves can be made. Otherwise, we haven't been able to put it down.
Developer should stop the uncontrolled change of tile colors. We cannot figure out how to lock in the white tiles. The shaded colors make it difficult to read the tiles.
Game keeps locking up on us – can't finish.
Game freezes in middle of game.
Es un juego fabuloso, us gusta jugarlo gracias por esta maravilla.
Love this game, but have a problem with the frame freezing and can't finish game. Usually it happens when we're doing well and then can't finish. Have to end game and start over with new game to keep playing. Otherwise is a really good game.
Excellent game. 5 stars for concept. Took a star off for slightly confusing interface. But do not let that stop you from purchasing. Will provide hours of fun.
It's a little different than the typical Mahjong. The carousel upon opening app is aggravating as is the nagging for a reviewespecially when we've already reviewed it.
Once you start, it is absolutely tremendously difficult to stop.
We play this game all the time, trying to beat our highest score. Though at times frustrating when we can't find a match, and time consuming, it relaxes us after a long day at work and we just can't stop. It's also made us late to more than just work. Gotta get a grip.
The only game we still play it makes you think.
This is a great game that takes talent and concentration. It's hart to beat under 4 minutes, and always challenging.
This is a great game. Our daughter and we love it. She is 15 and smokes our high score by 3 and a half minutes. It is so addicting.
Love this game! Very easy to play…very relaxing. Play it every day. Wish there are higher levels and more challenging. Also we wish it can be downloaded on our iPhone. Can't do or go anywhere without this game.
We really enjoy this version of MahJong, but two things keep it from being a 5 star rating: it needs an undo option; and when their are no more matches it needs a to let you know. Otherwise you drive yourself crazy looking for a match when there isn't one. Please add these features.
We like the game but gave it 3 stars because it kept begging for a review we think if a game is good enough the player will review the game we DON'T LIKE HAVING TO WRITE A REVIEW JUST TO STOP BEING INTERRUPTED.
The game is very hard to play. Wish it has an option to set up difficulty level. The sound when turned on can not be adjusted with iPad volume control and it is way too loud that make us feel annoying. We bought the pay version because it claim to have end of game notification, that is not true. We won't know if we have any cards left to move unless unlock the game even with paid version. Also, wish have a hint feature to reliefs the frustration of cant find movable card.
Love it! Wish it was available for Nook.
We like the most recent revision. BUT there is a situation that comes up where a statistic about scoring comes up at the bottom of the screen which locks up the bottom row of blocks and they cannot be moved – essentially at that point the game is over. Please fix this.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 23.7
- Size: 60.39 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: AR, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: ZHONGYUAN SHEN
Last updated: 12th January 2026 | Genre: Puzzle, Board | Developer: ZHONGYUAN SHEN