Patient American Mahjong coach

Feel ready before you sit down at the table.

Mahjong Ready shows which tiles matter, translates the card into plain English, and gives learners short practice sessions — without streaks, ads, accounts, or tracking.

iPhone & iPad Works fully offline iOS 17+ Data not collected
Try it — your first Charleston pass

Tap 3 tiles to pass. Protect your pairs and groups; let the loose tiles go.

Pass tray

This is how every session in the app feels: one decision, calm feedback, no timer.

Built for new & returning players Original built-in training card Larger tiles & VoiceOver support Works fully offline No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Made for iPhone & iPad

How it works

The calm practice table you can talk through.

Each session keeps the learner close to the real table: the rack, the card, the pass, the discard, and the reason behind the choice.

Choose one small skill.

Start with Chunking Reps, Target Hands, Guided Charleston, Discard Reading, Pivot Moments, Call Reflex, Coached Replay, or Full Hand Play.

See exactly which tiles matter.

The coach highlights candidate groups, translates card notation, and makes abstract hand shapes visible.

Review the decision without pressure.

Plain-English explanations and mistake replay help the learner understand the choice without a timer, leaderboard, or streak.

What testers noticed

The exciting part was not speed. It was finally seeing the game.

Panelists responded to the pieces that made the table feel less abstract: visible tile groups, guided Charleston movement, card-to-rack translation, and comfort controls that stayed out of the way.

8 focused practice modes, each built around one real table decision instead of a generic quiz loop.
0 ads, accounts, streaks, notifications, analytics, or third-party tracking competing with the lesson.
100% offline learning. Progress is stored locally on the device and removed when the app is deleted.

Why it clicked

Small moments that made people lean in.

01

Tile groups stopped blending together.

Pungs, pairs, loose tiles, and protected groups get named and highlighted in the same view.

02

The Charleston became visible.

Pass direction, outgoing tiles, and incoming tiles stay connected instead of becoming table chatter.

03

The card finally matched the rack.

Notation, tile translation, and candidate hands sit close together so learners can compare before committing.

04

Comfort felt native, not remedial.

Larger tiles, simple home, VoiceOver support, and no-pressure practice are treated as normal product quality.

Practice system

Everything a learner needs in one place.

The app breaks American Mahjong into visible, repeatable decisions so learners build table confidence a little at a time.

Train your eye to spot pungs, pairs, jokers, and gaps before you ever think about full hands.

Annotated tile coaching

The coach points at pungs, pairs, jokers, gaps, and safer discards so the learner's eye learns what to notice.

Chunking reps

Short rounds of spotting groups on real racks, so reading fourteen tiles becomes automatic instead of overwhelming.

Latest screenshots

Proof from the current build.

The actual App Store screenshot set — tap any screen to take a closer look.

Launch trust

Privacy and support are part of the product.

Mahjong Ready is designed to be easy for Apple review and easy for learners to understand: no account, no tracking, clear support, clear data practices.

Bring calmer choices to the table.

Join the beta and help shape a kinder way to learn American Mahjong.

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