Be warned, you'll be paying $60 all at once, not monthly! I love the app... But now that you have to pay to use almost all of the features has me using it less. Especially the fast forward and video react options. It would be much better for one solid price like $4.99 for the year rather than $60 that's insane.
So, they changed your ability to edit their invitations! Hooray! But, I don't dare send one. Last time they sent repeatedly without warning. I'll see if I have a friend who wouldn't mind me checking that and then update my review. I get that they're trying to make money, but $5/ month. I pay for streaming channels that pay a fortune to display content that cost the same. 1 or 2$ per year, maybe. More than that, it's too steep.
What really SUCKS about Polo after the latest batch of updates is that you'll sometimes start recording a Polo and when you try to send it, it screws up and does NOT let you end the Polo and you basically lose the entire ten minutes of your life that you spent sending that message for nothing. It won't be received, it can't be retrieved, and now you're so frustrated you just leave the app. This is the worst possible bug you could hit us with, and it sucks so bad. I'm a Plus member as well.
Editing my review. Now, just about every single thing that used to be free is behind a paywall. You can't take notes, which used to be free to do. Send text, which used to be free. And limited to just sending polos, and you're stuck listening to them within the app since you can no longer multitask for free either. Overall, it's a decent app, but to really get the bulk of features, you have to subscribe.
Was a 5star then a 2, lowered because of the Plus "option". Now a 1 since even though I have not updated since the beginning of July my app automatically changed so that everything was taken away unless I pay. If you're thinking of downloading, don't. I've had the app for several years and now they take 90% of the things that I've had for free and make them subscription only. Of course I'll probably get a copy&pasted answer about how MarcoPolo 'is and will remain a "free" app'. This is NOT free.
It's been crashing, freezing, won't let me fast forward through messages anymore. Not sure what happened, but ever since the last update this app has been virtually useless. (Funny enough, my friend who pays for the Plus option has had no issues. Wonder if the free version is "broken" to make people upgrade?)
Was my family's (20+) favorite app for keeping up to date remotely, and a big way we would do that is by recording videos and photos in HD, and then uploading to marco polo. Now you must pay $5 per person to upload your own photos and videos to your group or direct chats. Ridiculous! And apparently you can't fast forward video anymore! Most appallingly, they rolled out the payment restricted services update in the middle of the worst pandemic in modern times, when people need to stay connected.
Works great for the most part. It needs to remember where you leave off on a video in case you get interrupted while watching. Currently, it doesn't do this. [UPDATE after two years of use] - I've been considering subscribing to Polo Plus but it doesn't mention an option to save videos. I've friends and family that may not be around much longer and I'd like to save some of those videos.
It's garbage now. This app was ok before, glitchy but it got the job done. It got us used to all the features, fast forward, emojis, saving, forwarding, etc. Then they come out with a pro version and take all that away?! That's ridiculous! And 60$ for a year?! My PlayStation membership doesn't even cost that much! Hell, almost every membership I have doesn't cost that much. Just a joke. What a disappointment. You do not need to charge for what we are used to! Charge us for new features.
I had this app for a few years and I absolutely loved it, no complaints. However, the issue I have is how easy it was for my account to get hacked into. The phone number was changed as well. It's been since the end of July I have not been able to gain access to my account... there was one day I got in and all my videos were completely gone. I was told to delete the app and try adding it again. When I did that, I never got a verification code sent to my email to get back in My Marco Polo.
