Shanghai Marathon vs 乐跑RunForFun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
乐跑RunForFun
Participate in the 2024 Vanke National City Running Race. This app allows you to join the event and engage in running activities.
- 2024 Vanke National City Running Race participation
- Running event engagement
- Event registration
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2024万科全国城市乐跑赛来啦！
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shanghai Marathon at 1.6 against 乐跑RunForFun's 1.0. Shanghai Marathon also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 10%) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). 乐跑RunForFun's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Shanghai Marathon holds the better App Store score, 1.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shanghai Marathon has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Shanghai Marathon's written reviews are positive against 10% of 乐跑RunForFun's.
Shanghai Marathon ships an update every 8 days, 乐跑RunForFun every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shanghai Marathon | 乐跑RunForFun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 9.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Donghao Lansheng Sports Co., Ltd. | vanke |
Customer experience
Shanghai Marathon
乐跑RunForFun
In-app purchases
Shanghai Marathon
No in-app purchases
乐跑RunForFun
No in-app purchases
