Mahjong Reviews

The latest update now puts ads in that never time out. For me it’s been one of the search game ads. Normally you see a timer and wait for 30 seconds to ‘x’ through and get back to the game. That never appears. I tried the mini-game in the ad to see if that did it, and nothing other than a big “Install” button. I have to kill the game and restart it to get back to the playing board.

This game app isn’t horrible, but the amount of ads is pretty ridiculous and the fact that 90% of the ads are right wing political garbage just makes it that much worse. If those are the type of ads Mahjong displays then it’s definitely not worth it to pay the $15 to remove them cuz who knows where my money would go to. Thank goodness there’s other options out there!

I enjoy this app & 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 I zoom in so I can make out a tile, I can't see the whole layout anymore. It's just an annoying waste of time, all the zooming in & out & panning around.
I'd much rather have a layout that's 15 layers deep & all fits on my screen at a visible size than these shallow, sprawling layouts.

Mahjong is the basic game. It keeps track of your times and ranks them by each puzzle layout. I played it maybe 10 times and then it started glitching every play. If there are no moves left on the board, select menu for a replay option. An ad pops up and then when then after is done and you return to menu no of the buttons work. I have to close out and reopen Mahjong . This also erases the recent game time. It was fun for about a week but the glitches are annoying. I will be looking for a new version of this game now.

If you are sensitive to flashing lights stay away from Mahjong! The ads are overwhelming . Too bad really because the game itself is quite nice. (It would be a 4 or 5 with less seizure inducing advertisements ) Having to sit through an ad just to pull up the menu is too much. Not to mention the constant flashing , moving, annoying ads at the bottom of the screen. Putting the phone in airplane mode helps but is too much of a bother to do every time. I doubt the advertisers like that either.

A looooong time ago I paid to remove adds and unlock "all" levels. The new update added several level packs which I will have to pay to unlock... again..? I may have been willing to do so if the new update weren't so buggy for me: huge sections of the touch screen are completely unresponsive, so I have to zoom and pan to individual tiles to select them; when I win a level the time gets frozen in the corner and doesn't go away when I move on; sometimes I have to hit a button in the menu several times before it registers... and do I even have all the levels I used to?? I feel like some are missing. Honestly, the new update is driving me nuts. I wish I knew how to revert to an older version.

Update: The ads are back, too. I paid to remove ads once before; I should NOT have to do it again. Unbelievable.

I liked Mahjong a lot at first. But since a recent update, tapping the menu button brings up ad after ad and never lands you on the menu. So "hint" and "shuffle" are no longer an option. The only way I can get to the menu is to close Mahjong and reopen it.
They also have some very disgusting ads that cannot be closed quickly or easily.
So if you play this, you'd better win the round in one straight shot with no hints, shuffles, or restarts! It seems to be the only way to enjoy the latest version of this game. So sad.

The game itself was great and there was a nice variety of layouts to play. I ended up deleting it because I had three thirty second ads in a row while attempting to restart a single layout after losing and I chose to delete rather than seeing if I was going to be able to play or perhaps get a fourth ad. This is inconsistent but very frustrating when it happens. I haven’t had that happen as much when I play on the iPhone.

I have been playing this for quite awhile now. Yesterday I was doing a puzzle that I have done several times. Imagine my dismay when I go to return to the puzzle and find I have to pay to unlock it again. I already did this before the update. While I realize that there are many more new puzzles, I am most unhappy that I have to pay to reopen puzzles I already paid for sonI could continue.

The games are ok. The ads are also ok but would have been better if they didn’t 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.

I loved Mahjong, but the latest version is another giant step backward. I reported a bug in the previous version where Mahjong forgets that you are using the paid version, making you jump through hoops every time you open it. I was disappointed that the maker didn’t bother to reply, but hopeful that it would be addressed in the next update. It wasn’t.

I love this game and have subscribed for a second year. I 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 doesn’t move the board. I don’t 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 don’t have to scroll through 16 pages to get to them.

Love the game, but having no way to keep the board from moving keeps me from giving it 5 stars.

I paid to remove ads - was actually accidental because with the ads it freezes so I must have hit a button by accident - but anyway - now that the ads are removed it would be better if the 2 buttons at the bottom (undo and menu) would move down to make room for the tiles. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hit undo accidentally because it’s in the way. The same space is still below the buttons from where the ads used to be.

Thanks!

This is the perfect game for filling times is in a doctor waiting room. It’s hard to stop playing. It is more of a challenge keeping the game which makes it all the more enjoyable.

Mahjong isn’t bad by any means BUT if I could make a suggestion, it’d be to do something about the ADS. Every time I tap the menu, an ad pops up... and another... and another! The only way I can get to the menu is if I close Mahjong and restart. It’s inconvenient and makes the game less enjoyable. I don’t want to spend the whole time I’m playing closing out of ads. Other than that, love the layouts, love the play of the game itself.

this app is deceptively challenging. You can finish one game in record time and the next one could take you record time in the worst way. Having never played it before i find i definitely improve the more i play.

The latest app update has fixed the “crashing” problem. There goes my productivity as I go back to playing this every day. Thanks to the developer for such a quick fix and for responding to me about the issue.

Great graphics and fun to play with lots of different puzzles to keep you going.
But. The frequency of ads is getting to be too much! I realize Ads are important for Apps but sometimes I’m waiting up to 30sec for the Ad to complete before the beloved little ‘x’ shows itself at the top.

I love this game! I play each level to passing and go through the entire set, then I start at the beginning again to try to beat my own time, and I play that level until I do beat my own time. I spend every spare moment playing this game. I’m 75 yrs old, it’s very good for me because it calms me, and regulates my blood pressure! I recommend it to everyone.

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