Mahj Mentor

Learn American Mahjong, one tile at a time

Friendly lessons, practice hands and a full table of patient players, so your next game night feels easy.

  • Coming soon to theApp Store
  • Coming soon onGoogle Play

For iPhone and Android.

The first lesson, Meet the Tiles, introducing the number tiles in three suits, a wind, a dragon, a flower and a joker.
The Mahj Mentor card in the app: a sample rack on top, and each hand drawn in tiles with its value and how many tiles are still needed.

From your very first tile to a full table

Learn at your own pace, then practice a full game against friendly players who never rush you.

Short lessons, with a quick check after each one

Twelve lessons walk through the tiles, the Charleston, jokers, calling and scoring, then on to table manners and strategy. Each one ends with a quick check, so you know it stuck.

  1. Meet the Tiles
  2. The Table and the Deal
  3. Reading the Card
  4. The Charleston
  5. Playing a Turn
  6. Jokers
  7. Calling and Exposures
  8. Winning and Scoring
  9. Table Manners
  10. Strategy Starter
  11. Reading the Table
  12. When to Switch Hands

Drills give quick practice on tiles, the card, jokers and calls whenever you have a minute.

A quick check in the first lesson: tap the 1 Bam. The bird tile is chosen and the app explains that the bird on a bamboo stalk is the 1 Bam.

The Mahj Mentor card, drawn in real tiles

Every hand on the card appears as real tiles, with your own rack on top and how many tiles you still need. Switch to For my tiles and the card starts from your rack, showing the hands you are closest to.

  • Solid tiles are already on your rack.
  • Outlines are the tiles you still need.
  • A gold line marks the tiles a joker can fill.
  • 9to go Each hand counts the tiles you still need.

For my tiles comes with Mahj Mentor Plus.

Mahj Mentor plays its own card of original hands. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Mah Jongg League.

The card's For my tiles view: a sample rack, then the closest hands drawn in tiles, with solid tiles already held, outlines still needed, and how many to go.

Practice at a full table

Play a whole hand against three friendly bots, from the Charleston to payments, or pass one phone around the table with friends.

  • Full Table

    A whole hand against three coached bots, Charleston to payments.

  • Pass and Play

    The same table with friends, handing the phone around between turns. Up to four players on one phone.

  • Solo Hand

    Deal 13 tiles, pick a target hand, then draw and discard your way to Mah Jongg.

A Full Table game in play: three bot players, the discards, your rack of tiles and a button to draw from the wall.

A coach for every Charleston pass

Practice every pass of the Charleston. Pick your three tiles, then see which three the coach would choose and why, along with the hands it is reading toward.

  1. Right
  2. Across
  3. Left

Included with Mahj Mentor Plus.

The Charleston Coach on the first pass to the right: the coach's read of the three closest hands, the rack with the coach's three picks marked, and why it picked them.

A calm companion on game night

The Table tab keeps what you reach for mid-game one tap away, so you can glance at it and get right back to the game.

  • PaymentsSee exactly who pays what.
  • DealingWalls, the break, and the deal.
  • Charleston FlowFollow every pass in order.
  • Score KeeperTrack who owes what all night.
  • Joker RulesThe five rules that matter most.
  • GlossaryFind a table term in seconds.
The payments calculator: pick the hand value and how it was won, and it shows who pays what.

A daily challenge and a friendly leaderboard

Every day brings a fresh Daily Challenge: five quick parts and one score out of 100.

Earn Mentor Points as you play, rise through the ranks, and see where you stand by points, table wins, daily scores and solo wins, with friends or with everyone.

Five quick parts

One score out of 100, every day

  1. Tile reading
  2. Card notation
  3. Joker rules
  4. Charleston pass
  5. Missing tile

Mahj Mentor Plus, when you want more coaching

An optional subscription adds coaching: hints at the table, the Charleston Coach, the closest hands to your tiles, and more. It is sold through Apple or Google, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your store account.

How it works

A little at a time, at your own pace.

  1. Learn Short lessons, from your first tile.
  2. Drill Quick practice on the basics.
  3. Practice A full table of friendly bots.
  4. Game night Bring it all to your own table.

See you at the table

Mahj Mentor is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.

  • Coming soon to theApp Store
  • Coming soon onGoogle Play

Questions or ideas? Email [email protected]