My grandmother wants to install Mahjong onto her phone. I couldn’t find any results on the Play Store with no ads or in-app purchases. She doesn’t understand technology and could get tricked into purchasing stuff or compromising her data.

    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      10 months ago

      I saw that, but the description says:

      Shisen-Sho is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles.

      I’m not a Mahjong player, but are Shisen-Sho and Mahjong the same game?

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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        10 months ago

        Do you know what she actually wants to play? Mahjong is a multiplayer game, usually played with four players. Shisen-Sho is a singleplayer game but it is colloquially called Mahjong. When someone says Mahjong they often mean Shisen-Sho without even realising there is a difference.

  • jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    It’s unlikely but if she wants Japanese riichi mahjong and not solitaire style, Kemono Mahjong is a really solid app. No ads or micro transactions (the only in app purchase is to optionally support the dev for $1/month), full feature, minimal to no tracking (email address for online game purposes). It’s not open source or free but it’s only $3 one time purchase.

    I don’t have any suggestions for solitaire/tile matching mahjong, unfortunately. Microsoft’s app is not malware but will be datamine galore. It also has ads unless you pay per month. Anything else, id be leery of the security of the app and your data.

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    10 months ago

    iirc there are different regional rules so might be better to specify which one e.g. Cantonese/Hokkien/Japanese