Marathon's World vs Runner Plaza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marathon's World
Connect with fellow runners, track your progress, and share your running experiences. This platform offers a personal space for journals, training logs, and real-time route mapping. Engage with a community of athletes by liking posts and leaving messages.
- Personal journals and progress tracking
- Support for multiple training types
- Real-time route mapping
- Post immediate results and details
- Upload and share photos
- Community journal walls with likes and messages
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Marathon's World is a social media website geared toward runners. Marathon's World is picking up the pace in the running community. This dynamic website integrates races for runners to interact and share experiences and expertise. Personal Home Area: - Display your personal journals. - Easily track your monthly progress. - Friend List at your fingertips. - Personal information including running experience, total distance, cycling distance, month goal. Training: - Support multiple types training (Basic/Distance/Time/Calories Run and Cycling) - Clean, easy-to-read interface. - Real time map display of your route. - Post immediate results on the Marathon's World website. - Fill in all details including, location, weather, as well as your post-run physical conditions for all running stats. - Upload and share photos. - Support music play. Journal walls: - An area for everyone to share their journals. - 'Like' your favorites and leave messages for other users. - View updates from both friends as well as others in your area. * Please Note: - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. *** This app integrates with the Health app, we could read your steps data and show daily steps chart. ***
Runner Plaza
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Do you want the latest and most accurate road race events in Taiwan? Official iOS app of the Runner Plaza website: http://www.taipeimarathon.org.tw/contestnew.aspx * For the ad-free pro version, please download at: https://appsto.re/tw/ViqCeb.i === Features === 1. My Favorites 2. Opening events, To Be Open events 3. Filter out events where registration has expired 4. Filter events by month, region and type 5. Link to event's offical website 6. View event venue in map 7. Add event to Calendar 8. Share to Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, iMessage and E-mail 9. Add/remove events to My Favorites by long press === Setting Features === 1. Select start-up home screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Marathon's World at weekly against Runner Plaza's every 2 months. 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.
Marathon's World ships an update weekly, Runner Plaza every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marathon's World | Runner Plaza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iTravel Tech Co., Ltd. | Kia-Ming Phua |
In-app purchases
Marathon's World
No in-app purchases
Runner Plaza
No in-app purchases
