Real American Mahjong.
Alone, or with your people.

It depends which way you are playing. In a same-room game over Wi-Fi your seat is held while you get back, and you carry on with the same tiles. Playing through Game Center, a computer player takes your seat quickly so the rest of the table is not stuck. Either way, everyone is told what happened rather than being left guessing.

Tap to leave and a computer player takes your seat. The game carries on for everyone else rather than ending. You are never trapped in a game you need to get out of.

In a game with people you invited, another device quietly takes over running the table and play continues — nobody has to tap anything. In an open game with players you were matched with, the hand ends and the app tells everyone why, rather than pretending nothing happened.

Then two of you play and the computer takes the other seats. It plays properly, so a two-person game is still a real game.

Yes, and the app checks. Everyone at a table plays the same year's NMJL card. The app refuses a join rather than letting two people play by different rules without noticing.

Your hand is yours on screen — no other player is ever shown your concealed tiles. One device runs the game for the table, the way one person shuffles and deals in person, and that device holds the state of the whole table so it can keep the game honest and take over cleanly if someone drops. When you play with people you invited, that is your own group's device.

Not for single player. A full 4-player table against AI opponents works entirely offline, with no internet connection and no account. You only need a connection when you choose to play with other people.

Only for playing with other people. The single player game is a one-time purchase of $12.99 that is yours permanently and restores free on every device signed into your Apple ID. Playing with friends and family is $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year, and it includes the complete single player game for as long as you subscribe.

In the same room, everyone just needs to be on the same Wi-Fi network — no accounts at all. To play from anywhere you each need to be signed in to Game Center, which is built into every iPhone and iPad. Everyone at the table needs either a subscription or an active free trial.

Then you don't need four. Any seat nobody takes is played by the computer, so two of you can sit down and still have a full, proper game.

The official NMJL 2026 card is included, with the 2025 card available too. You can also scan or import your own physical card from Photos or Files. Everyone at a shared table plays the same year's card, and the app checks.

Yes. Callie's Mahjong has no ad or analytics SDKs, no tracking, and no accounts of our own — we never see your games or your statistics. Anything you import, like a scanned card, stays on your device. Playing with other people goes through Apple's Game Center and directly between the devices at the table; it does not go to us. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Yes — every tile, button, and screen is labeled and announced, and you can play a full hand, Charleston included, without looking at the screen.