“This app has been enshitified to the absolute Max. literally everything is behind a paywall. Yeah, it does what is advertised. but if you want to save yourself the headache and not re-watch every video and waste your time you have to pay…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 976 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★2,475,148 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
231 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
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.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 0.1595.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 0.1595.0, updated 2026-10-05.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 0.594.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 0.594.0, updated 2026-09-25.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 16 distinct reviewers (3.0% of 540 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Price keeps rising
The price of the paid tier has been raised on existing users.
What we saw: Price keeps rising: raised by 14 distinct reviewers (3.2% of 436 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I like the app fine, but all features beyond recording video are behind a paywall. It makes it hard to enjoy the app honestly, but not having a time limit on videos is really nice!”
“Downgraded — Marco polo used to let you do 2x speed for free. Now you have to pay to use their features. I miss when I used to just get to enjoy the app without paying for everything.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 0.1595.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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