Comparison

Star Chaser Run vs Self share

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

Head to head
About

Star Chaser Run

Features
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StarChaser Run keeps you ahead of every deadline for the Abbott World Marathon Majors — Tokyo, Boston, London, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, New York City, and new for 2027: Cape Town, Africa's first Major. Never miss another registration window, lottery deadline, charity entry, or qualification cutoff. Each major's full annual timeline is one tap away, and you can add your own races alongside the Majors. Features: • Every important date in one timeline — registration opens and closes, lottery deadlines and results, charity entry windows, qualification cutoffs, expo days, and race day • "Action Required" section surfaces the deadlines closing in the next 30 days • Home screen widgets show the closest deadlines at a glance — stack the Countdown and Action Required variants for both views • Local reminders 7 days and 1 day before every milestone you care about • Animated route playback on real maps for the full marathon course • Add your own marathons outside the Majors, with optional GPX course import • Fully offline — data is fetched once, cached, and works without a connection • Privacy-first: no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no data collected Built for runners chasing their next big race.

About

Self share

Share your workout photos and performance statistics. Enhance your images with AI-powered upgrades. Connect with others and showcase your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Share exercise photos with performance stats
  • AI image upgrades
  • Showcase fitness journey
  • User-generated content sharing
Features
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Turn your workouts into something worth posting. Self Share puts your real numbers on your best photos and videos: distance, pace, splits, elevation, heart rate, and your route traced over the shot. Pick a stat, place it, recolor it, and export a story-ready image or clip in seconds. • 80+ stat designs — from clean type to full-bleed art, weekly and monthly recaps, day cards, and leaderboards among the people you follow • Your route as a map, a trace, or a 3D flyover of the run • Drag, pinch and rotate everything on the canvas YOUR WORKOUTS, ALREADY RECORDED Self Share doesn't track anything itself and needs no extra hardware. Sign in with your Strava, Garmin or COROS account, or use Apple Health — already on your iPhone — and your runs, rides and sessions show up on their own, ready to share. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://self-share.com/privacy

Screenshots

Star Chaser Run4 screens
Self share3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Star Chaser Run at none against Self share's 1. Self share's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Self share sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Star Chaser Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Chaser Run ships an update every 8 days, Self share daily. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Star Chaser Run versus Self share: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Chaser RunSelf share
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLukasz PomianekAquiles Torres

In-app purchases

None

Star Chaser Run

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Self share

Subscriptions1
  • Self Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Star Chaser Run free?
Star Chaser Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Self share free?
Self share is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Star Chaser Run or Self share have ads?
Neither Star Chaser Run nor Self share shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Chaser Run or Self share?
Star Chaser Run ships an update every 8 days, and Self share daily. Most recently, Star Chaser Run was updated on September 19, 2026 and Self share on September 23, 2026.

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