A Brand Emerges
Less than a year ago, we introduced Marathon to the world with the image of a rainbow gradient lighting up a TV screen. Our logo served us well. We created 12 (!) app icons that played with our logo in some way or another. We designed countless social media posts, announcing new features and our 2023 roadmap. But most importantly, it represented who we were: a bright, queer-founded start-up with a love for television that we wanted to share with the world.
As Marathon continues to grow (as of writing, we're 3,000 strong!), we found that we reached the limit of our current branding. So, over the past few weeks, we tasked ourselves to find a new brand, one that could scale as we do. And, Marathon family, we've found it.
The new Marathon logo is simple: it's a TV! But this TV opens up the door for new possibilities we couldn't imagine before — and we've already got a few ideas ready to go.
So, what else has changed? Marathon's emerald green has shined bright throughout our app since day 1 and it was about time we put it front and center, replacing our old rainbow gradient 💚. We've also simplified our typography, now relying only on Pangram Pangram's Mori family, and cleaned up the icon system to match our new angular logo. And, of course, we couldn't forget our lovely app icons, which we refreshed across the board.
A website is the perfect expression of a brand, and so we've updated ours to show off what our new logo can do. Check it out!
We're so excited by Marathon's future and hope you are too! You'll start to see our branding updates roll out in our Android and iOS apps over the next few weeks.
The Share Update
What better way to mark 2,200+ users than with a 2.2.0 update!
Share to Instagram Stories
Series updates
Appearance settings
Improvements & Fixes
Together at Last
The time has finally arrived: Marathon is now available on Android! 🍎 💗 🤖
Android support
Onboarding
Improvements & Fixes
Version 2 Drops
Say hello to our second major release of Marathon! We've rebuilt everything from the ground-up, from front to back, resulting in a faster and speedier app.
Rebuilt from the ground-up.
Refreshed design
Charts and graphs
Likes and comments
Ratings and reviews
Notification center
Improvements & Fixes
Removed
List Filters
You can now filter and sort on custom lists and user's watchlist and watched series! Visit a user's profile to fade watched series, compare progress, and show what's in common with your added series
Improvements & Fixes
Profile Enhancements
Pins
Private activity
Improvements & Fixes
Explore a New Feed
Your feed is now split in two! Check out "My Feed" to see activity from the folks you follow, or check out "Explore" to see what other people are up to!
Improvements & Fixes
Welcome, Marathon!
We've reached our official 1.0.0 release! 🎉
I wanted to take this moment to thank some people:
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Thank you to all my friends who helped beta test this app on Testflight over the past few months.
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Thank you to everyone at Upstatement for your support and listening to me constantly talk about this app.
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Thank you to Cadence Seeger, the love of my life, for supporting me all these years. I couldn't have done it without you. 💖
I hope you enjoy Marathon! It's been a project I've been working towards for nearly six (!) years, and I couldn't be more excited to see it out there in the world.
Now, on with your regularly scheduled changelog:
Improvements & Fixes
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