KLSCM vs Shanghai Marathon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KLSCM
Enhance your race week experience with real-time participant tracking and fun social sharing features. Capture memories with unique selfie frames and stay informed about the event.
- Live participant tracking
- Real-time progress updates
- Custom selfie frames
- Social media sharing
- Event information
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The KLSCM 2026 App provides a wealth of information and user-friendly features for participants and spectators for a great race week experience. The key features include LiveTracking, which allows you to track the real-time progress of an unlimited number of participants, including friends, family or your favourite athletes; Selfies, which allows you to take selfie shots using our unique selfie frames and share to your social media channels, and many more! Download the App now and familiarise yourself with all its fantastic features before the big day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shanghai Marathon
This official app serves the Shanghai Marathon and its related race series. It facilitates race registration, result downloads, certificate retrieval, and photo access for various running events. The platform aims to enhance the runner experience through continuous service improvement.
- Race registration
- Download results
- Get certificates
- Claim points
- Access photos
- Official race platform
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The Shangma APP is the official app for the Shanghai Marathon and the Shangma Series. Through brand-driven, market-oriented, and professional operations, Shangma has developed a race system centered on the Shanghai Marathon, Shanghai Half Marathon, and Shanghai 10K Elite Race, while covering events such as Women's Run, Kids' Run, Mini Marathon, 10K, Half Marathon, and Full Marathon to meet the needs of various runners. The APP supports race registration, downloads of results, certificates, and photos, and points claiming. As an official platform, the Shangma APP puts runners first and continuously improves its services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KLSCM at 5.0 against Shanghai Marathon's 1.6. KLSCM also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 44%). Shanghai Marathon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. KLSCM sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Shanghai Marathon asks for nothing beyond the download.
KLSCM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of KLSCM's written reviews are positive against 44% of Shanghai Marathon's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KLSCM | Shanghai Marathon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DIRIGO EVENTS SDN. BHD. | Shanghai Donghao Lansheng Sports Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
KLSCM
Shanghai Marathon
In-app purchases
KLSCM
- PLUS Unlimited$5.991 Year
- PLUS Single Event$3.99
Shanghai Marathon
No in-app purchases
