What Does The Marco Polo App Do?

Marco Polo combines the best of texting, social media and video chats - all in one private, easy to use app.

IS IT SOCIAL MEDIA?
It's different from typical social media apps because Marco Polo is real, trusted and built to be good for you. Unlike many apps, Marco Polo does not sell user data for advertising. Marco Polo isn't about likes or social comparisons. This is an app that parents actually want their family to use.

SIMILAR TO VIDEO CALLS?
Marco Polo is vastly more practical. You never play phone tag and you don't have to schedule blocks of time just to say hi. Marco Polo gives you tone, context and certainty that your message was heard.

FULL LIFE, NOT FULL PHONE
With no limits on length, and video stored in the cloud, you have room for life.

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES
You can talk to friends and family face-to-face even if they aren't iPhone users because Marco Polo works over WiFi anywhere in the world. No more time zone scheduling!

PRIVATE
Marco Polo is designed to be for your closest friends and family. You can't search and find anyone without their mobile number. Marco Polo is also ad-free and we do not collect your data.

MARCO POLO IS FREE TO USE. The free version of Marco Polo includes:
• 100% free with no ads
• Unlimited chats
• Unlimited groups
• Voice effects and camera filters
• Notification controls
• Emojis - heart, thumbs up, smiley face
• Ability to upgrade at any point

INTRODUCING MARCO POLO PLUS

Marco Polo Plus is a paid membership plan that unlocks premium features, an elevated experience that includes more functionality, and new, convenient ways to use the app - all designed to help you stay connected more effortlessly and joyfully.

Start your FREE trial today!

Some of the new Plus features include:
• Fast forward with speed controls - toggle from 1.5x-3x speeds
• Save Polos in HD
• Voice-only Polos - perfect for times you don't feel camera ready
• Custom emoji reactions - customize your reaction by adding any emoji from your keyboard
• Plus Passes - With the Marco Polo Plus membership plan, subscribers will have 6 Plus Passes to share with friends and family. The Plus Passes unlock 2 months free of Marco Polo Plus! Plus Passes are available after the 7-day free trial.

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.

What's New

Nov 24, 2021

Version 0.1353.0

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

4.8 out of 5

1.9M Ratings

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.

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.

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 :-)

Love Marco Polo

My niece asked me to join Marco Polo and I was hesitant at first even though it was free. But what I have come to really love besides the fact that it puts us in contact with each other, is the convenience of Marco Polo. I can talk to anyone in the middle the night when I can't sleep; I can talk in the early hours of the morning before my day gets started; likewise, I can listen to what they sent to me at My convenience regardless of the time of day or night.

You can choose to save your conversations or you can erase them when you're done with them. For years are used to write letters that took a long amount of time not to mention pains of the all hands; then I sent tape cassettes back-and-forth to people over the states to stay closer; and texting also takes a lot of time! But with Marco Polo, you can talk as much or as little as you want to but the most important part is you can talk whenever it is convenient for you to talk. It doesn't matter at all whether the person you're talking to is awake or not because they're not getting this Marco Polo when you're making it. They listen to it whenever they have time and that might not be for a day or two or even a week. That's the beauty of Marco Polo.

Marco Polo has put me in touch with people that I otherwise was rarely ever in touch with. I absolutely love it and you will too!

Thanks so much for your feedback and this great review! We love
hearing from our users and it is awesome to know that you are able to
stay in touch with so many of your loved ones. <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 :-)

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.