Friend-a-thon
Zachary Schwartz Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Friend-a-thon is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Zachary Schwartz. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 26.2.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 16 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 15
- 2026 · v1.1.3
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About Friend-a-thon
Friend-a-Thon lets your friends and family record personalized voice cheers that play automatically at each mile marker during your race. Here's how it works: 1. Create a race — 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, or custom distance 2. Send invites through iMessage — friends tap the bubble and record a cheer right in the chat 3. Run your race — cheers play automatically as you hit each mile Features: • iMessage integration — friends record without downloading the app • Assign cheers to specific miles or let them shuffle randomly • Find real races through RunSignup or create your own • GPS and Apple Health tracking for automatic mile detection • Works with AirPods and any Bluetooth headphones • Face ID lock to keep your app private Whether it's your first 5K or your 10th marathon, hearing a familiar voice at mile 20 hits different. Friend-a-Thon turns your people into your personal cheering squad.
What’s new
Version 1.1.3 · Updated September 15, 2026
Fixes a bug that could leave the rest of your run silent. - Your cheers no longer stop partway through a run. If a call, Siri or an alarm interrupted the audio, iOS sometimes never told the app the interruption had ended — and the app kept waiting, staying quiet for every mile after that while still tracking your distance normally. It now recovers on its own and your next mile plays as usual. - Pausing and resuming a run also clears anything left over from an interruption, so you are never more than a tap away from getting your cheers back.
App privacy
The developer, Zachary Schwartz, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics