SmartShanghai vs SH MaaS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartShanghai
Access a comprehensive directory of over 16,000 Shanghai businesses, events, and classifieds. Discover nearby venues, happy hours, and essential city information. Find housing, jobs, and buy/sell items with this city guide.
- 16,000+ business directory
- Location-based venue discovery
- Curated editorial content
- Comprehensive events calendar
- Housing and job classifieds
- Buy & Sell marketplace
- Emergency contact information
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Discover and bookmark the best of Shanghai. SmartShanghai is Shanghai’s longest-running online English-language city guide. For over 20 years, our editors on the ground have been discovering, reviewing and curating the places, events and things worth knowing about. From restaurants and bars to exhibitions, concerts, family activities and hidden neighborhood spots, we help you find the best of Shanghai — and save the things you want to come back to. Discover Browse our hand-picked selection of restaurants, bars, cafés, shops and other places around Shanghai. Save Your Favorites Bookmark places, events and articles you want to come back to and build your own Shanghai list. What’s On Find things happening around the city, from live music and nightlife to exhibitions, markets, dining events and family activities. Editorial Guides, recommendations and stories from our Shanghai-based editorial team, covering the city for more than 20 years. Housing Browse apartments for rent across Shanghai, with thousands of current listings from local agencies and landlords. Tickets Discover upcoming shows and events and buy tickets directly through SmartShanghai. Essential Shanghai Practical information for living in and visiting Shanghai, including useful services and emergency information. Whether you’ve just arrived, are visiting for a few days, or have lived here for years, SmartShanghai helps you discover more of Shanghai — and keep track of the places you don’t want to forget.
SH MaaS
This app provides a unified transportation code for seamless travel across Shanghai's public transit network. Access buses, subways, ferries, and maglev trains with a single code, simplifying your journey.
- Unified transport code
- Access buses
- Access subways
- Access ferries
- Access maglev trains
- One-stop transportation service
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"SH MaaS" integrates various modes of transportation such as buses, subways, and ferries. With a single transport code, users can access buses, subways, ferries, and maglev trains, aiming to provide a one-stop transportation service for users both domestically and internationally in Shanghai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SH MaaS at 87% against SmartShanghai's 39%. SH MaaS also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). SmartShanghai's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (561 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
SmartShanghai holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartShanghai has 561 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of SmartShanghai's written reviews are positive against 87% of SH MaaS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SmartShanghai ships an update every 3 months, SH MaaS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartShanghai | SH MaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (561 ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 561 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 240 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 上海煌飞商务咨询有限公司 | 上海随申行智慧交通科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
SmartShanghai
SH MaaS
Bugs and requests
SmartShanghai
Reported bugs
4 issues- Venues randomly disappearing from the app
- Inability to access favorites after updates
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS devices
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Improve search and filtering functionality
- Add ability to rate and review venues
- Integrate more location-based features
- Provide regular content updates
SH MaaS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartShanghai
No in-app purchases
SH MaaS
No in-app purchases
