Marco Polo is an app designed to keep families in touch by allowing them to send each other video and text messages. The app doesn’t have ads or monetize people’s data, its CEO Vlada Bortnik says.

Marco Polo is a video chat app that’s like a walkie-talkie conversation instead of a live session. Much like text messaging, you can send and respond to video chats when it’s convenient.

Released in 2014 by Joya Communications, Marco Polo has been dubbed a “video walkie-talkie.” The app allows you to send short video messages to your friends and family and respond to them, and ...