Mahjong Solitaire on iPhone: Play in Safari or Get the Companion App
You can play Mahjong Solitaire on your iPhone two ways: open the free browser game directly in Safari, or install the Friends at Mahjong Solitaire companion app from the App Store. Both give you the same core game — the real 144-tile American Mahjong set, matched pair by pair — built around real phone screens rather than squeezed-down desktop layouts.
Playing in Safari on your iPhone
The browser version at mahjonggsolitaire.app is free to play, full screen, with no download and no registration required to start. Tile sizing is designed for actual phone widths, so tiles stay a comfortable touch size instead of shrinking to fit a layout made for a bigger screen. You get the first ten levels of the 100-level Journey mode for free, plus a new Daily board every day and every helper — hint, undo, and rescue.
The companion iPhone app
Friends at Mahjong Solitaire is also available as a standalone app on the iOS App Store (App Store ID 6814662217), separate from the browser game. If you'd rather have an app icon on your home screen than a browser tab, that's the option for you. A Journey unlock purchased in the app also applies on the web — it's a single one-time purchase made in the iPhone app, not a separate charge per platform.
What the Journey unlock gets you
The free tier covers the first ten Journey levels and the full Daily board rotation at no cost. Unlocking the remaining ninety levels is a one-time purchase.
A note on how purchases work
Because the app and the website are connected, a Journey purchase made once carries across both — you're not buying it twice. The free tier includes no advertising currently shown and no account required just to play.
Why the deal never leaves you stuck
Whichever way you play, every board — on Safari or in the app — is checked for solvability before it's dealt, so you're not stuck on a layout that can't be cleared because of a bad shuffle.