# SmartShanghai

> Directory, Events, Editorial

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id353096339](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id353096339)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id353096339`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 上海煌飞商务咨询有限公司
- **Category:** Travel
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (561 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-30
- **First published:** 2010-02-05
- **Size:** 55 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartshanghai/id353096339)
- **Website:** [https://www.smartshanghai.com.cn/apps/](https://www.smartshanghai.com.cn/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.smartshanghai.com/privacy/](http://www.smartshanghai.com/privacy/)

## Description

SmartShanghai Chrome extension brings Shanghai's English city-guide to your browser, unlocking access to a vast listings database and curated editorial content.

Features include the full directory of 16k listings, location-based browsing for nearby venues, The Buzz, Shanghai's events calendar, classifieds for housing and jobs, and essential living information.

## Rankings

- #69,370 — Overall

## Review summary

SmartShanghai is widely praised as a core expat-friendly Shanghai guide with up-to-date listings and extensive coverage of venues, restaurants, and events. Users value its taxi-card feature, English-friendly interface, and usefulness for navigating Shanghai. However, multiple reviews point to reliability problems: after updates the app often crashes or shows errors; content can be out-of-date with venues closing or relocating; events and ticketing details are unreliable; recent versions removed useful features (Rides, subway map, copy-paste addresses) and some users feel the paid app isn’t worth the bugs. Overall, an indispensable tool when working well, but plagued by stability and freshness issues.

### Pros

- Up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive listings for venues, restaurants, and events.
- Expats- and English-friendly with a user-friendly interface and broad coverage of Shanghai.
- Taxi-card feature that generates transport cards with addresses for drivers.
- Broad, indispensable guide for planning activities and getting around the city.
- Reliable access to venue addresses and location details to help with meetups and navigation.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and bugs after updates; app stability is unreliable.
- Content and listings are often out-of-date; venues close or relocate without timely updates.
- Event information reliability issues: cancellations, incorrect locations, and faulty ticketing.
- Feature regressions: removal of Rides, subway map, and address-copying; favorites issues, reducing usefulness.
- Perceived poor value for money for a paid app due to ongoing bugs and instability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id353096339)