“Marathon” Is a Mailbox for a TV Show
Keeping track of the TV shows you watch can be a chore— there are so many streaming services to balance these days that it becomes a mess trying to keep up with new series. While cinephiles have Letterboxd to keep track of the movies they watch, there is no comparable TV tracking solution. That is, until the Marathon .
Is Marathon a good TV tracking app?
Marathon makes it easy to keep track of the shows you watch. The app pulls show data from JustWatch, so you shouldn’t have trouble finding just about any program you follow. For example, my current obsession is The Last of Us (as is yours), so naturally that was the first thing I looked for in the app. The marathon pulls up the show with the official artwork and lists the number of seasons (one) and episodes (nine), as well as user ratings on the site. You can see how many Marathon viewers the show has, the number of reviews written, and the number of lists users have placed the show on. You can click on each metric to see more so you can see exactly which users are watching shows, read reviews, and check those listings.
Scroll down a bit and you can see details such as the ratings for each season ( The Last of Us is a separate season, of course), as well as the stats for the highest rated episode of the season (episode three) and the lowest rated episode rating. episode of the season (episode four). But at the bottom of every show page, there’s an important part: tracking. Here you can tag every episode of the season you’ve watched, and even tag the ones you’ve rewatched, which really only works when cataloging the shows you actively watch. (God knows how many times I’ve watched Breaking Bad .)
Once you start tracking things get interesting. You can use the Up Next tab to see upcoming releases that should be in your queue. Since I’ve only seen the first two seasons of Stranger Things (I know, I know), Marathon lets me know that next should be watching the third season, the first episode. You also don’t have to search for a season to keep track of it – Up Next lets you flag it and replace it with the next episode in the queue.
Finally, there is your profile, which I only mention for one reason: it measures the total amount of time you spent watching TV. And that’s a sobering number. I only added a few shows that I watched while testing the app and I’ve been watching TV for six and a half days already. I shudder at the thought of what that number would actually be if I had been using something like Marathon ever since I started my TV career.
Where to download the Marathon app
Since it’s so new, Marathon’s social scene is small, but you can find users to follow. Better yet, convince your friends to give it a try so you can follow the shows you watch together.
Marathon is 100% free to use, but if you like it, you can tip developer Josh Pensky here .