“WAY TOO MANY ADS I only gave this game 2 stars because it is a great game. BUT, I've spent more time watching ads than playing the actual game! You don't want ads? You pay for something monthly. Cue the typical response from the company…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 905 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.9 ★858,486 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
346 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Discover the most relaxing mix of classic mahjong and new puzzles and enjoy over 3000 fun layouts in a fantastic journey around the globe!
If you love puzzle, strategy, memory, and brain training challenges, you’ll love Majong!
The innovative new version of Mahjong Solitaire. Explore the world's best cities as you tackle challenging riddles. Power-ups and obstacles provide an unexpected twist to every level. And don’t forget to collect your rewards.
Highlights:
▶ Enjoy 3000+ fun levels in a fantastic journey around the globe. ▶ Go on a treasure quest and find over 500 rare souvenirs. ▶ Stunning graphics and original mahjong gameplay. ▶ Claim your rewards in the weekly tournaments and quests. ▶ Collect beautiful tile sets for endless tile matching adventures.
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Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 65.6.7 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 65.6.7, updated 2026-07-07.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 65.6.7 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 65.6.7, updated 2026-07-07.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 65.6.7, scanned 2026-09-12.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 11 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Chartboost, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange and 7 more
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 33 distinct reviewers — 6.6% of the 500 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 500 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Game is good, fun to play too, but the pop up ads after every level are just too much.”
“Don't start playing this game unless you have money to spend. The further you go in, the more impossible it is to play without spending $$$. I mean, really? Open a game to find you only have 1 or 2 moves to make before it makes you use a…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 65.6.7.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$1.99
Highest$15.99
Piggy Bank$2.99
Day Trip Bundle$6.99
City Tour Bundle$15.99
Gold Tier 2$1.99
Seasonal Offer (Tier 3)$2.99
Show 5 more purchases
Gold Tier 10$9.99
Seasonal Offer (Tier 5)$4.99
Gold Tier 6$5.99
Seasonal Offer (Tier 6)$5.99
Seasonal Offer (Tier 4)$3.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.