ChiMarathon vs Brooklyn Experience Half
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChiMarathon
Prepare for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon with this comprehensive resource. Track runners live, view athlete profiles, and access real-time weather and course maps. Spectators can send digital cheers to be displayed on the course.
- Live runner tracking
- Athlete profiles
- Live broadcast streaming
- Real-time weather
- Interactive course map
- Digital cheer submission
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The Bank of America Chicago Marathon App, Powered by Tata Consultancy Services is the perfect resource to prepare for the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Whether you’re running or spectating, the free mobile app includes everything you’ll need to be prepared for a great race week experience. The app features unlimited live race day runner tracking, professional athlete profiles, live broadcast streaming, real-time weather, an interactive course map, participant bib share and more!
Brooklyn Experience Half
Follow the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon with real-time runner tracking, live leaderboards, and an interactive course map. Stay updated with push notifications and share your progress on social media.
- Real-time runner tracking
- Live leaderboards
- Interactive course map
- Push notifications
- Social sharing
- Special offers
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The official mobile app of the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon on Sunday, April 26, 2026! Features include: • Real-time Runner Tracking: Track runners live on the course • Live leaderboards: See the race results as they come in • Interactive Course Map: Explore the epic course before and during the race • Push Notifications: Track the progress of runners on-course and stay in the know of race weekend events • Social Sharing: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok • Access special offers from Brooklyn businesses! • And much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brooklyn Experience Half at 95% against ChiMarathon's 33%. Brooklyn Experience Half also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (334 vs 4). ChiMarathon's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Brooklyn Experience Half holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brooklyn Experience Half has 334 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ChiMarathon's written reviews are positive against 95% of Brooklyn Experience Half's.
ChiMarathon ships an update every 2 weeks, Brooklyn Experience Half every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChiMarathon | Brooklyn Experience Half |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (334 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.9% of reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 334 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tata Consultancy Services | Dilltree Inc |
Customer experience
ChiMarathon
Brooklyn Experience Half
User reviews
ChiMarathon
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for tracking runners
- 👍 Works well in the UK
- 👍 Able to track runner entire time
- 👍 Loved tracking friends
- 👍 Very useful for watching friend run
Room to improve
- 🐛 Map tracker not spectator-geared
- 🐛 Mile markers inconsistent
- 🐛 Map shows water stations for runners
- 🐛 Units displayed incorrectly (miles vs km)
- 🐛 App doesn't update times
Brooklyn Experience Half
From 334 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 📍 Accurate real-time location tracking
- 🔔 Timely notifications and updates
- 🌍 Enables remote participation from anywhere
- ⚡ Fast and responsive performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes during races
- 🐛 Tracking stops updating mid-race
- 🐛 Inaccurate location data stuck in one spot
- ⚠️ Race organization issues affecting user experience
- 🔐 Login authentication problems for athletes
Bugs and requests
ChiMarathon
Reported bugs
59 issues- Mile markers inconsistent
- Map shows water stations for runners
- Units displayed incorrectly (miles vs km)
- App doesn't update times
- Links in map don't work
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- Won't connect to server
- X-axis incorrect units (miles vs km)
- Y-axis decreasing (unhelpful visualization)
- Race day timer shows race is a day away
- Cannot track racer, times out
- Tracking feature not trustworthy
- No way to switch to miles
- Incredibly glitchy
- No mile markers this year
- Pace graph based on 100 seconds
- Needs to track distance by miles
- Default to kilometers with no option to change
- Map not updated on race day
- Worthless app
- No buttons work
- Cannot enter bib number
- Live data shows server error
- No way for runners to claim profile
- Mixes up miles and kilometers
- Pace graph based on minutes/100 seconds
- App defaults in metrics
- No ability to change pace to min/mile
- Leaderboard defaults to male runners
- App stalled, tracking didn't work
- Tracking search bar doesn't work
- App missed me at starting line and 15k mark
- App reported time over an hour slower
- Time still wrong on app after 2 days
- Tracking isn't real-time, only check-in points
- App insists on zooming back to user location
- Tracking experience disappointing
- Cannot connect to server
- Rubbish app
- Worst site for tracking a runner
- App could never connect to server
- Difficult to track multiple friends due to lack of splits
- App splits calculated in kilometers
- Doing calculations for miles/kilometers is not a good experience
- Can't track runners on map
- Useless app
- Only gives times at 10k, 20k, 30k and finish
- Impossible to track individual runner
- Missed our runner
- Doesn't work
- App freezing
- Cannot track anyone
- Cannot connect to server
- Map doesn't work
- Program stalled
- Tracking didn't work
- Search bar doesn't work
- App missed runner at start and 15k
- App reported time over an hour slower
- Time still wrong on app after 2 days
Requested features
31 requests- Geared towards spectators for map tracking
- Display mile markers clearly
- Option to switch between miles and kilometers
- Update app design to be more modern
- Real-time updates and alerts for runners
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- Add mile markers
- Option to convert kilometers to miles
- Add spectator viewing route feature
- Preload anticipated pace for recommended viewing points
- Allow users to switch between miles and kilometers
- Add option to change pace to minutes per mile
- Allow users to change pace to minutes per mile
- Add cheer cards feature
- Improve customer support
- Add automatic updates like Boston's app
- Update map for current year's event
- Fix tracking for runners
- Add a toggle or default to miles
- Provide a single click tracking link
- Add splits every 5 miles
- Streamline measurements (miles and kilometers)
- Allow viewing splits in miles or kilometers
- Add spectator 'viewing route' feature
- Add ability to send real-time messages to runners
- Add ability for runners to access messages easily
- Fix search bar for runner information
- Add end of race picture at finish line
- Add feature to track self for PR
- Add option to default to female runners on leaderboards
- Improve GPS tracking data
- Make tracking real-time
Brooklyn Experience Half
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes halfway through race
- Tracking freezes near finish line
- Updates fail to load after certain mile markers
- Error page displays instead of race data
- Sign-in failures with username/password and QR code
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- Athletes unable to sign into app
Requested features
2 requests- Display user's location on map for better meeting points
- Barcode/QR code accessible in user profile for easier registration
In-app purchases
ChiMarathon
No in-app purchases
Brooklyn Experience Half
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ChiMarathon free?
Is Brooklyn Experience Half free?
Which has better reviews, ChiMarathon or Brooklyn Experience Half?
Do ChiMarathon or Brooklyn Experience Half have ads?
Which is updated more often, ChiMarathon or Brooklyn Experience Half?
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