TileBuddy: Mahjong Scoring

Wesley Ng

In-app purchases

About this game

TileBuddy is the mahjong scoring app for real-table play. Hong Kong and Taiwan. Track every win, scan tiles with AI, and look up hand values in seconds. Whether you're settling scores at the table or still learning, TileBuddy handles the math.

HONG KONG & TAIWAN
Play Hong Kong (13-tile, faan) or Taiwanese (16-tile, base and tai). Pick your ruleset and the whole app follows: the win screen, the scoring, and the wiki. Taiwanese settles as base plus total tai times the tai value, with the dealer streak applied per settlement the way it's actually played.

REFEREE MODE
Track scores during your game without doing the math. Enter player names, set your stakes and scoring table, and TileBuddy handles every payment calculation. Self-pick wins, discard wins, configurable payment styles (standard or "discarder pays all"). Wind rotation and dealer tracking happen automatically. Undo any round with one tap.

WINS-ONLY MODE
Don't want to track points? Switch to wins-only mode and just count who won each round. Per-player W counters on every seat. Discard wins skip the scoring step entirely. Built for casual nights where you only care about the W.

AI HAND SCANNER
Point your camera at your winning hand and let AI identify the tiles. The Hand Scanner recognizes all 42 tile types: Bamboo, Dots, Characters, Winds, Dragons, Flowers, and Seasons. It works out your faan or tai from the tiles it reads, and you can correct anything it gets wrong before you log the hand.

BUILD THE HAND YOUR WAY
Tap tiles into a flat pool, or build the hand meld by meld with a concealed switch on each one. Meld-by-meld entry lets the app score concealment and kongs exactly, and it's remembered separately for each ruleset.

MAHJONG WIKI
A complete reference for both rulesets. Browse 40+ Hong Kong scoring hands by category with example tile layouts, filtered by Classic, New 6, or New 18 style rules. The Taiwanese wiki lists every tai the app scores, cheapest first, plus the special hands and how base-and-tai settlement works. Both include a beginner-friendly rules walkthrough, and there's a Cantonese and Mandarin vocabulary guide with phonetic pronunciations.

GAME RECAP
End-of-session summary with podium, biggest hand, win counts, and a shareable card. One tap to your Instagram story.

FEATURES
• Hong Kong (faan) and Taiwanese (base and tai) scoring
• Real-time score tracking with full payment calculations
• Wins-only scoring mode
• AI-powered tile recognition via camera
• Flat tile picker or meld-by-meld hand builder
• 40+ HK hand patterns with visual tile examples
• Classic, New 6, and New 18 HK rule styles
• Taiwanese tai table, special hands, and add-on tai
• Cantonese and Mandarin mahjong vocabulary reference
• Game history and round-by-round breakdown
• Share cards for game recaps
• "Winner stays" rotation mode for casual play
• Clean, minimal design built for one hand at a real table
• No account required to play
• No ads
• Works offline

PRIVACY
No required account. No ad networks. Anonymous analytics only (no IP collection, no session recording). Camera images go to Google Gemini for tile recognition and aren't stored. Sign in only if you want your game history synced across devices.

MAHJONG CLUBS
If you run a mahjong night or league, the companion web app at tilebuddy.app handles multi-table events, seat rotation, recap emails, and live leaderboards. Free to try. The TileBuddy app focuses on scoring at your own table.

Privacy policy: tilebuddy.app/privacy
Questions or feedback: [e-mail]

What’s new

Themes are here. Seven tile and color themes, each with its own artwork. One is free, the rest come with Premium or as a one-time pack.

Scanning is faster. Most hands now read right on your phone in about a second. Trickier ones still go to the cloud, so accuracy holds up.

Premium now includes unlimited scans and every theme, plus a yearly plan if you'd rather not pay monthly.

Also: a tip jar, a rebuilt profile, and Taiwanese scoring fixes.