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Play more games. Play every hand to completion and watch how tile choices create winning hands. Ready for a challenge? Play the daily challenge hand against other players, or enable opponent bots and compete.\n\nTry 2018 hands for free or purchase the monthly subscription or purchase 2026 hands one-time.  The monthly subscription includes the new hands every year.\n\nThe new Daily Challenge Hands and Leaderboard are included with the monthly subscription and 2026 hands one-time purchase. \n\nMahjong Practice rethinks mahjong for mobile, with a design that takes full advantage of small screens. Play fun, quick games offline, anywhere, anytime.  No internet connection needed.  This is the best way to learn the 2026 card.\n\nSuggested Hands:\nAll possible hand combinations are evaluated and sorted by the highest matching tile count. Play one of these hands or any hand you want.  See the combinations of hands with the most overlapping tiles.  Develop your strategies selecting hands.\n\nLarge Tiles and Large Tile Font Option:\nTiles are large. Enable the Large Tile Font option to make the tiles even easier to read.\n\nHand Validations and Corrections:\nSee the closest matching pattern when you declare an unknown pattern.  Tips help beginning players.\n\nHand Stats:\nTrack hands completed and your progress on the NMJL card.  \n\nHand Filters:\nSelect the sections you like to play the most.  Hide sections to focus on any given section.  Play the whole card.\n\nPlay Against Bots or Solo:\nWhen playing solo, the opponent bots play valid patterns and exchange jokers but do not declare Mahjong.  Play until you declare Mahjong or the wall is empty in solo mode.  Go to Settings to enable bots that win to practice defense.\n\nAdvanced Practice Features:\nTry different strategies with Replay and Undo.  Enable Open Play to disable NMJL rules and play by your own House Rules. \n\nThis is the Original American Mahjong App, 10 Years in the making. \n\nContact support@eightbam.com for help at any time.","facts":{"developer_id":1154367439,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2019-03-30T15:40:19Z","support_url":"http://eightbam.com/","privacy_url":"http://eightbam.com/policy","website_url":null,"app_version":"10.2.1","release_notes":"Bug fix: Resolved a rare bug where a bot's call left the game stuck with no way to continue.","rating_current_version":4.87083,"rating_count_current_version":22893,"star_counts":[95,63,334,1713,20648],"genres":["Games","Lifestyle","Family","Board"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":{"name":"top-free Family","position":44}},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-21T09:10:14.239Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-15T15:28:00.496Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T19:27:40.290Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-15T14:44:00.415Z","placed_at":"2026-10-14T13:34:19.780Z","scored_at":"2026-10-21T13:59:13.725Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Practice app for American Mahjong that lets you play full hands, track progress on the NMJL card, and play offline.","what_is":"American Mahjong Practice is a Games app for iOS that lets players play complete hands of American Mahjong on a mobile screen. 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