Active Experience vs Chevron Houston Marathon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active Experience
Follow live event progress, view real-time leaderboards, and get participant alerts. Discover event landmarks, share photos, and stay updated on races like marathons and triathlons. Integrates with HealthKit for heart rate and workout data.
- Real-time leaderboards
- Participant GPS tracking
- Course map with landmarks
- Progress alerts and updates
- Event photo sharing
- HealthKit integration
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One app for all of your events. Track participants on an events course map, view real-time leaderboards, receive participant progress alerts and important updates from events. • View & share results and rankings. • Find event landmarks with the course map. • Track participants via GPS. • Accept or decline tracking notifications. • Receive push notifications for followed participants. • Take and share event photos with all other spectators and participants using the app. • Easily follow and stay up-to-date with Marathons, 5Ks, 10Ks and Triathlons near you. In the Watch app, Apple’s HealthKit is used to collect heart rate and exercise data, and at the end of a run, the workout is saved to Healthkit. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Chevron Houston Marathon
Follow runners in real-time during major Houston races. Get live updates on times, paces, and places, with interactive course maps and notifications for participant progress. Share updates and view leaderboards and official results.
- Real-time participant tracking
- Interactive course maps
- Live leaderboards
- Push notifications for progress
- Social sharing
- Official race results
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Make your own history in Houston! Welcome to the official Mobile Application of the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon & We Are Houston 5K presented by Aramco and Chevron. App highlights include: • Participant times, paces, estimates, and places in real-time • Interactive course maps and live tracking • Easy tracking of multiple participants at the same time • Push notifications as progress is made on the course • Event information and messaging • Live leaderboards • Social sharing and notifications • Official race results
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chevron Houston Marathon at 100% against Active Experience's 6%. Chevron Houston Marathon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (690 vs 150). Active Experience's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chevron Houston Marathon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 150 and 690 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Active Experience's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chevron Houston Marathon's.
Active Experience ships an update every 6 weeks, Chevron Houston Marathon every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Experience | Chevron Houston Marathon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (150 ratings) | 5.0 (690 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 150 | 690 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active Network, LLC | Dilltree Inc |
Customer experience
Active Experience
Chevron Houston Marathon
User reviews
Active Experience
From 150 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Easy to use
- 📷 Good for photos and social sharing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🚫 Fails at core functionality of tracking runners
- 🔍 Difficult to set up and navigate
- ⏱️ Slow and unresponsive
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
Chevron Houston Marathon
From 690 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate real-time tracking
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Helpful for spectators to find and cheer on runners
- 🚀 Provides detailed runner information and analytics
- 👍 Useful for runners to share progress with friends/family
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional lag or delay in updating runner locations
- 💡 Desire to track more than 50 runners at a time
- 🔋 Some reports of high battery consumption
Bugs and requests
Active Experience
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot enter date of birth to create account
- Tracking stops working mid-race
- Inconsistent and inaccurate runner locations
Requested features
3 requests- Improve runner tracking accuracy and reliability
- Provide course maps and mile markers
- Allow easy spectator tracking without complex setup
Chevron Houston Marathon
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezing for some users
- Incompatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to display user's location on the map
- Integrate live video feed of the finish line
- Increase the limit on number of runners that can be tracked
In-app purchases
Active Experience
No in-app purchases
Chevron Houston Marathon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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