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Marco Polo - Video Messenger 4+
Helping you feel close
Joya Communications
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Marco Polo is the video chat app that brings you closer to the people who matter most without asking you to compromise on trust.
ONE VIDEO IS WORTH A THOUSAND TEXTS
Communicate face-to-face in a private, ad-free space with no interruptions or intrusions. This award-winning video chat app isn’t social media. There are no “likes” or comparisons, and there are no tricks to keep you on the app for longer than you wish.
SIMPLE, CONVENIENT, ANYTIME CONNECTION
Send a video. Get one back. Talk one-on-one or in groups. Continue the conversation on your own schedule.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO COMPROMISE ON TRUST
Our purpose? To help people feel close. To fulfill it, Marco Polo does things differently.
We monetize responsibly. The Marco Polo Plus subscription plan allows us to make money in a way that’s true to our purpose – no ads, no selling your data – while maintaining a free service for the majority of our community.
We hold ourselves accountable. Earning your trust is vital to our team, from the technology we create to the business decisions we make.
We measure our impact. Does our product deliver on our promise and our purpose? Does it make people happier? Research indicates yes, and we commit to conducting this research regularly to ensure we stay on track.
CHOOSE THE VERSION THAT FITS YOUR LIFE
Marco Polo is FREE, with:
Unlimited chats and groups
Emoji reactions and fun special effects
Sharecast, our newest feature. Send one video to everyone in your circle, and only you see reactions and replies. It’s the convenience of groups with no cross-conversations.
Marco Polo Plus offers premium features including:
1.5-3x speed control
Background listening
Custom and animated emojis
6 Plus Passes so you can share 2 months free with friends and family
PLUS SUBSCRIPTION PRICING PLANS
Marco Polo Plus Individual
Annual: $5/month billed annually at $59.99
Monthly: $9.99/month billed monthly
Marco Polo Plus Family
Save with up to six memberships with one plan. Plus Family is not limited to members within one household.
Annual: Less than $2/month per membership billed annually at $119.99
Monthly: $19.99/month billed monthly
- Payments are charged to the user's Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscriptions automatically renew unless the user cancels at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- The account is charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period.
- Users can manage and cancel subscriptions in their account settings on the App Store.
Terms of Service: https://www.marcopolo.me/terms/
What’s New
Version 0.1491.0
Marco Polo is updated weekly with new fun features and faster, more reliable experiences. This release includes general bug fixes and improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
Loved this app, hate the update
So, since I’ve gotten Marco Polo, it’s been the best!!! Sure it’s crashed a few times, but hey? Don’t we all? So, on iPhone 10 r’s, you can’t update apps on your own. The phone does it for you. So when all of my friends said they updated the app, I had the old version. So, two days ago, I was trying to go onto it, and it updated! I was like ‘finally!’ So I was excited to see the changes. And when I went on there, all of my data had been deleted! And it made me sign in again! So I went through the whole process, which doesn’t take that long, and I finally got to the end. Later that day, I had taught my dog a new trick, and I wanted to put it as one of my seconds. So I looked at the menu area and it was gone. I texted my friend who had Marco Polo way before me and actually introduced me to Marco Polo, said that when she updated it, everything was the same but better. And so, I deleted the app and tried again. We both agreed that it could have also just been my phone. But when I downloaded it again, it was the same! No seconds, no history of my past polos, nothing. And it even deleted my contacts! So I had to add all of my contacts back on, then for some reason, it made me invite someone or else it wouldn’t let me continue the sign in process. So I did. And now I’m back where I started. Secondless. The app was better BEFORE the update. :/
Developer Response ,
Hi there, we're sorry to know about your experience. Could you reach out to our support team at support@marcopolo.me so we can get some more information? We'd like to investigate what could have happened. Thanks for your patience!
Why Aren’t There Any Visible Current Reviews
Perhaps it is because the current reviews are too poor and/or too poignant or pointless, I don’t know... but if anyone cares or is listening, I refuse to believe and cannot possibly believe that I would be the first to complain about the new subscription required to access the features that we had before and are no longer present. There’s little to match the need for or the greed for the ol’ mighty dollar; but for whatever the reason for taking away the features... I think it was of the worst and unethical thing to decide to do, than to just sit down and think up additional features that would warrant a subscription to this magnitudes! Your subscription charge is as much as it would be for providing some kind of private phone number or something! It is infuriating.. It’s not that the APP isn’t worth any monetary value to have; but it’s wrong for how you’ve taken away what was given as free features, to now dangle to have them through subscription only. My five star views have now changed to one as a result, and hopefully, if you allow this review to be publicly visible, other users or former users will ask you the same question as in my title... or will at least ask you to undo this and make a Marco Pollo2, for subscription with ADDED features worth the subscription being charged.
Developer Response ,
We're sorry you feel that way! We want Marco Polo to be ad-free and around forever and because we refuse to sell your privacy and personal data, we’ve made some tough decisions to make our business a sustainable one. That includes moving some of our extra perks to Plus. But the core of what people love about Marco Polo - including unlimited ability to chat, an unlimited number of contacts, and the unlimited ability to create groups - remains free.
Best messaging app ever!!
My three siblings are all over the country so we don't see each other often. And we're all busy so even talking on the phone regularly is a challenge. But with Marco Polo we talk several times a day and now feel so much more connected and closer than ever! It's as if we were living near one another and having coffee daily. We all treasure this app more than you can imagine. We created a channel for talking to my nephew who is in the Air Force across the country and he really appreciates the opportunity to hear our words of support and encouragement. We have another channel with all the nieces and nephews, allowing us to become so much closer. And we have a channel with our cousins in Italy whom we have never met in person, and that has been really awesome!! This app is do much better than Snapchat or Instagram or FB. My only complaint is that as of the last update it is behaving oddly. If I hit the x to exit from a Polo I'm watching so I can jump ahead and record one, it just freezes the screen on the Polo I was watching while the audio keeps playing and I have to force close the app and maybe I can stop the Polo that's playing so I can jump ahead. This happens every time I try to jump ahead to record when I'm listening to a Polo. It didn't used to do that. iPhone XS Max with the latest iOS. Otherwise we all love it.
Developer Response ,
Thanks so much for your feedback and this great review! We'll look
into this issue, also we love hearing from our users and it is awesome
hearing how you're using Marco Polo. -3 Would you be interested in
sharing your story/special moment captured on Marco Polo?
If you're interested, go here to learn more and share your story:
https://marco-polo.typeform.com/to/a9y27C :-)
Events
App Privacy
The developer, Joya Communications, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Joya Communications, Inc.
- Size
- 177.1 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2012 Joya Communications Inc
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Marco Polo Plus $59.99
- Marco Polo Plus – Family Plan $119.99
- Marco Polo Plus $9.99
- Marco Polo Plus - Family Plan $19.99
- Marco Polo - Unlimited Storage $7.99
- Marco Polo Plus $9.99
- Marco Polo Plus $59.99
- Marco Polo Plus – Family Plan $119.99
- Marco Polo - Unlimited Storage $47.99
- Plus Guest Pass $14.99
Supports
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Siri
Get things done within this app using just your voice.