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With so many apps available for downloading, and only so much storage space on your iPhone, it can be a challenge to figure out which are worth your time. Considering how much of our work day is now spent online and at home, while juggling a million other priorities, a few apps have risen through the ranks because they help increase productivity. Among them: the one app you need to download right now, according to Apple experts.
You’ve heard of Zoom, of course. The upsides of Zoom are plenty — it provides an optimal way to meet with several people at once. But one major downside is that you have to be available and present in your video meeting at a specific time. If your day lacks predictability, there are other apps that offer similar feelings of connection, while allowing you more freedom in your schedule.
Marco Polo is a video chatting app that allows you to record your video and send it out to recipients. They, in turn, can record their own videos at their leisure and forward them back. The app combines the convenience of group chatting with the intimacy of video — but puts timing back into your hands.
The highly rated app, which boasts 1.8 million ratings in the App store, claims to never sell user data for advertising. There are no likes involved and it’s not a place where users can compare their popularity, though you can indicate your feelings about video content with an emoji. It provides unlimited chats and groups with voice effects and camera filters.
The one downside to the Marco Polo app is that a subscription costs $9.99 a month if you want to be billed monthly or $5 a month if billed annually (for a total cost of $59.99 a month). But if the old saying is true — if an app is free, you are the product — then you can feel more secure that your data and privacy will be better protected with this app.
