Marco Polo is a private video messaging app from Joya Communications that lets people send face-to-face videos friends and family can watch and answer on their own time.^1 It is not a public social feed. The company says there are no ads or likes, and that it will not sell information about you.^1 Co-founders Vlada and Michal Bortnik built it so scattered family could stay in one another's lives without lining up a live call.^3
You can talk one-on-one or in groups. Sharecast is a free one-to-many Polo: only the owner sees who joined and the private replies.^5 Closed captions are free; a subscription-based Plus tier adds speed control, background listening, HD, and AI transcripts and summaries. The company processes captions and transcripts internally, may use a third party for summaries, and says none of that data trains its AI models.^6 Churches and small groups often use it to stay close across time zones—the app itself does not teach doctrine.^3
The core app is free on iPhone, iPad, and Android.^9
