A sturdier TileBuddy: your game history and purchases are now saved more reliably. - Purchases stay with your TileBuddy account and come back when you sign in on any iPhone. - If your Apple Account is linked to another TileBuddy account, the app tells you which one to use instead of failing. - "Restore purchase" is no longer hidden behind the menu bar. - A quicker thank-you when you leave a tip. - Clearer VoiceOver labels for tiles and switches.

Notifications are here. Get one when a friend adds you or seats you at their game, and tap it to jump straight in. New: - Custom rules (Premium): set what each hand is worth, pick your limit hands, and change them mid-game from the next hand. - New house rule hands: Imperial Jade and All Red. - Add friends and answer requests in a quick popup. Newest friends show first. - Watching a friend's game opens a cleaner live board. Fixes: - Friends see your home game as soon as it starts. - A bad signal no longer ends a live game. - Deleted rule sets stay deleted on all your devices.

Your players are now saved to your account. Sign in on a new phone and they're all back, with their history. New: - Friend requests arrive instantly, and home games show the host. - Your card shows games won and your hand win rate. - Picking names shows recent players first, with Friend and You tags. - Tap anywhere on a past game to open it. Hand tiles are grouped like the tile picker. - The Wiki card for a scored hand shows which rule sets count it. Fixes: - Games are no longer lost when your phone is full or offline. - Renaming a player keeps their history. - Signing up with an email that's already in use now tells you.

v1.12 Now in Traditional Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia — change the language from the settings button, top right. Taiwanese scoring: 17 tiles, tai, and the dealer streak. Switch variants any time; the wiki and scanner follow. Custom rules: set what each hand is worth at your table, and which hands count. Also: fixed signing in from the profile and paywall screens, a clearer game history, and a better share image.

v1.11.1 Your games save themselves now. A game shows up in your history from the first hand you record, marked in progress until you finish it. A night that ends early, or that nobody remembers to close out, is never lost. Finish is on the Track screen. Right next to Undo, where the hands are. It used to live two taps deep in the settings panel, which is why so many games never got saved. Sharing looks like something worth sending. A proper card: who won and by how much, the final table, and the biggest hand of the night with its tiles and the faan that earned it. Built for a group chat or a story. A new end-of-game screen. The winner is the headline instead of a row in a table, with everyone else ranked underneath. Picking players got quicker. Recent, Friends and Saved, with search — so setting up tonight's game with last week's people takes one tap. Fixes A finished game could show as still in progress until you reopened the app. Ending a game after undoing a hand could silently skip the save. The board could get stuck with every button greyed out.

v1.11 Scanning got a lot better. The scanning model has been updated and retrained! Try it out. Your table, your rules. Set what each hand pays at your table, and switch off the ones you don't play. Works for both Hong Kong and Taiwanese scoring. Taiwanese scoring fixes. A hand you've switched off is properly off now. It used to still count, for zero. The add-on tai list shows your table's values instead of ours, and turning one off no longer changes who pays. A quicker start. New setup the first time you open the app. Pick your style, put your name in, and you're tracking. Also: - Remove a friend (and they lose access to your games). - Friend codes load instantly. - A tidier Custom Rules screen that opens on your whole rule sheet instead of five closed drawers.

Bug fixes: • Home games now save to every player's history, not just the host's. If games you played with friends were missing, they'll appear after this update. • Fixed the daily scan counter, which was cutting free scans short. • High-scoring hands above your table's top row now pay the correct amount instead of being capped. • Faster, quieter syncing.

Want to scan a hand without starting a game? There's a new Scan tab. Point the camera at a hand and TileBuddy reads the tiles and scores them. No players, no seats, nothing to set up. Works in both Hong Kong and Taiwanese. Also in this update: • New bottom navigation: Track, Scan, Wiki, You • Switch between Hong Kong and Taiwanese from any screen • You can now switch rulesets while a game is running. The game you're tracking keeps the style it started with • The Taiwanese wiki has a search, and the Taiwanese score screen has a wiki button (Hong Kong has had one for a while) • The daily scan counter now shows how many you have left • Android: the game setup screens no longer sit under the system buttons

v1.9.2 Minor bug fix on game history deletion

v1.9.1 - Fixed adding player keyboard - Fixed a problem where yearly subscriptions weren't unlocking Premium.

Version 1.9 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 if you'd rather not subscribe. 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 changed. It's unlimited scans now, and it includes every theme. There's a yearly plan too, if you'd rather not pay monthly. Also in this update: - A tip jar, if you want to support the app - A rebuilt profile, with Games and People as separate views - Taiwanese scoring fixes

Taiwanese mahjong is here!!! TileBuddy now plays 16-tile Taiwanese alongside Hong Kong. Full base and tai settlement, the dealer streak, special hands, and a Taiwanese wiki listing every tai the app scores. To use Taiwan scoring, change the ruleset on the "start new game" page. Also in this update: • Better tile recognition, especially bamboo • Fixed Big Winds and Small Winds scoring too high in Hong Kong • Kong hands now score correctly in both rulesets • The dealer streak is now part of the tai you see, not hidden in a footnote • Wiki fixes: the dealer roll is three dice, and there is a new dead wall entry Special thanks to Grace and Calvin for their feedback on this version.

v1.7.2 — App Store "What's New" Share your home game with friends, live. Start a home game with a connected friend and it shows up right on their phone. They can follow the scoreboard in real time, help keep score, and keep the game in their own history and recap. Also in this update: - Roll the dice to pick seats and the dealer at the start of a game - Custom payouts for hands with more than one winner - Seven Pairs and more optional house rules - The Faan Wiki now shows Jyutping and Pinyin for every hand - Faster, more reliable live scoring, plus a batch of polish fixes Thanks to everyone writing in with feedback. Keep it coming.

1.7.1 notes New - Roll the dice after each hand to see which wall to break and where the dealer starts drawing. Tap "How this works" for a quick refresher. Improved - The end-of-hand scoreboard now highlights who actually won the hand (and shows on a draw too). - Custom scoring now supports more than one winner in a single hand. - Cleaner game history: wider, easier-to-read payout breakdowns and simpler labels. Fixed - Fixed a sign-in problem that could stop Google and Apple login from completing. - Four identical sequences now score correctly as Double Double Chows.

What's New in v1.7 Haptic feedback • Feel the app respond as you tap tiles, log a win, and reset a round. Prefer it quiet? Toggle haptics off in Settings. Sharper scoring • Fully Concealed Self-Draw (門前清自摸) is now detected automatically, so you no longer have to tick it yourself. • Corrected the Small Four Winds value and cleaned up a few limit-hand edge cases. Custom payouts • Enter exact points by hand for unusual or house-rule payouts, right from the win screen. Plus a round of smaller fixes and polish. Thanks for playing, and keep the feedback coming.

v1.6.3 - Updated share screen recap image - Added "continue game" button after 16 hands - Minor bug and UX fixes

v1.6.2 - Minor scoring fixes

v1.6.1 - Faan calculator bug fixes - Scan tiles image capture opt-out option

v1.6 updates Scoring • Limit hands (All Honors, Big Four Winds, All Terminals, and more) now score the table maximum — new toggle in Settings • Fixed All Honors and other hands incorrectly adding extra faan • Redesigned tile picker — pinned keyboard with an always-visible Confirm button Game tracking • New End Game button to close out shorter games • Your final winning hand now saves correctly to history Other • Reliability, sync, and scoring-accuracy improvements throughout

v1.3 - Google Sign-In - Tile picker keyboard layout — tighter, more responsive (from v1.21) - Score stacking breakdown — itemized faan view (from v1.21)

v1.2.2 Hand Scoring - Smarter hand detection — ambiguous hands (e.g. tiles that form both pungs and chows) now show a "Review grouping" prompt so your hand is always scored correctly - All Triplets pattern now respects your chosen meld grouping - Fixed Self-Pick scoring at the faan cap — payouts are now calculated correctly when Self-Pick pushes a hand to the limit Settings - New "Self-Pick Cap" option under Advanced — choose whether Self-Pick adds on top of the cap (Soft Cap) or counts toward it (Hard Cap) Premium - Subscription screen now includes Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links - Restore Purchases button added to upgrade screen Bug fixes and performance improvements

Tile Picker Overhaul • Tighter keyboard layout — everything fits on one screen, no scrolling • Live score breakdown as you build your hand — see faan stack in real-time • Patterns detected even before 14 tiles, so you can see your score building up • Tap any pattern name to see the wiki entry explaining that hand • Wind indicators (R/S) on keyboard tiles show which tiles give bonus faan • Player name shown at top so you know who you're scoring for • Clear button to reset your hand quickly Scoring Improvements • Itemized score list replaces pill badges — name on left, +faan on right • Specific incomplete hand reasons: "Need 4 more tiles", "Missing pair", "Invalid melds" • Faan counter dims with "Incomplete" label when hand isn't valid yet • Greyed-out patterns show potential score while hand is in progress • Add-on Faans integrated into the score card — expands inline Teaching & Learning • Tappable patterns open a wiki modal with hand description and example tiles • Wind tile tooltips explain how round/seat wind affect scoring • Seat wind indicator on matching flower & season tiles Hand Sorting Fix • Dragon tiles (中 發 白) now group together properly in your hand • Wind tiles (東 南 西 北) group together by direction • Flowers sort before seasons Bug Fixes • Fixed double "Incomplete Hand" badge showing in pattern panel • Fixed hands with no valid pair incorrectly showing as valid • Added test coverage for Double Chow, Min-Max Chow, Three Suits Chow

What's New in v1.2: Premium Scanning • Upgrade to Premium for 50 AI tile scans per day • In-app subscription with StoreKit — purchase and restore directly in the app • Free tier includes 4 scans per day Sync & Accounts • Auto-sync on sign-in — your games sync automatically when you log in • Sync progress spinner so you know when it's working • Fixed premium badge incorrectly showing for signed-out users UX Improvements • Switching tabs now scrolls to the top — no more getting stuck mid-page • Haptic feedback and sound effects on key actions • Upgrade celebration animation when going Premium Bug Fixes • Fixed stale subscription cache after sign-out • Improved sync reliability and error handling

What's New in v1.1: Scorecard Redesign • New wind indicator disc showing the current round wind • Two-tone player cards with Cantonese phonetics for wind directions • Dealer badge and origin seat marker for clearer game tracking • Streamlined navigation with consistent back buttons Tile Picker — All-In-One Screen • Tile keyboard now embedded directly — no more switching screens • Live faan calculation as you add tiles • Round and seat wind indicators visible while selecting • Hand validation ensures 4 melds + 1 pair before confirming Accounts & Sync • Auto-sync your games to the cloud after every match • Apple Sign In confirmation toast • Display name field when signing up with email • Faster cloud sync — loads your game history instantly Sharing • Share game results as images directly to WhatsApp, iMessage, and more • No account required to share Interactive Onboarding • Step-by-step walkthrough for first-time users • Guided tour of scoring, tile scanning, and game setup Settings • Helpful tooltips on every setting explaining what each option does Bug Fixes & Polish • Hand validation prevents incomplete tile combinations • Fixed double border in round detail view • Improved layout and spacing throughout

Version 1.0.2 update • Updated app store listing screenshots