Comparison

Fox Cities Marathon vs Taper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fox Cities Marathon

This app provides race information for a premier Wisconsin road race weekend featuring multiple events. Spectators can track participant progress, view interactive course maps, and receive real-time updates and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Participant tracking
  • Interactive course maps
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Race update notifications
  • Event details for multiple races
  • Health and Wellness Expo information
Features
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The Community First Fox Cities Marathon presented by Miron Construction, is a premier Wisconsin road race that brings together thousands of participants, volunteers, spectators, local businesses and community partners across eight events including a Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay Marathon, 10K, 5K, Kids Run, Diaper Dash/Toddler Trot and a Health and Wellness Expo. Spectators can track the progress of participants on the course and stay updated via Race Update notifications, interactive course Maps, and real-time Leaderboards.

About

Taper

Features
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Taper is a calm marathon training plan and running coach for people who would rather run than read charts. Every morning it answers one question – what should I run today, and why? – and quietly handles the rest. PEAK WITHOUT BREAKING • A training plan built back from your real race date: 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon. • It bends around your life. Miss a run, sleep badly or feel a niggle, and the plan reshapes itself instead of piling on. • Built-in guardrails stop your weekly distance and long runs from ramping up too fast, the usual road to injury. • Runs from Apple Health tick themselves off. Nothing to log by hand. TRAIN YOUR GUT TOO • Plenty of marathons fall apart around mile 18 because the stomach was never trained. Taper treats fueling as training: you practice on long runs for months, so race day holds no surprises. • A race-day fueling plan in plain words: when to take a gel, when to drink, how much salt, and when caffeine helps. • Race-week carb loading, worked out for your body weight. A COACH THAT ADAPTS TO YOU • Morning readiness from your overnight heart-rate data: a gentle "go for it" or "take it easy today". • Your coach reads your runs and explains what they mean in plain words. It runs on your device, so your data stays with you. • Run form check: film twenty seconds of running with your iPhone propped up, and see your cadence, symmetry and form explained simply. Videos never leave your phone. WATCH EVERY RUN ADD UP • Weekly distance, personal bests and streaks at a glance. • Share a clean run card with your club or friends. FREE AND PRO Downloading Taper and tracking your runs is free. Taper Pro adds your full race plan, the coach, run form check and the race-day fueling plan. New runners get 7 days free, then an annual or monthly subscription begins. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://runtaper.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://runtaper.com/privacy Made in London, by a runner.

Screenshots

Fox Cities Marathon4 screens
Taper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fox Cities Marathon at none against Taper's 2. Fox Cities Marathon also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 18.0). Taper's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Taper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Fox Cities Marathon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fox Cities Marathon ships an update monthly, Taper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Fox Cities Marathon versus Taper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFox Cities MarathonTaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFox Cities Marathon IncTunca Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Fox Cities Marathon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Taper

Subscriptions2
  • Taper Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Taper Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Fox Cities Marathon free?
Fox Cities Marathon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taper free?
Taper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fox Cities Marathon or Taper have ads?
Neither Fox Cities Marathon nor Taper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fox Cities Marathon or Taper?
Fox Cities Marathon ships an update monthly, and Taper every 4 days. Most recently, Fox Cities Marathon was updated on October 27, 2026 and Taper on October 31, 2026.

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