What's New in Verifyco (October 2026): Evidence Lean, Document Checks, Web and Links

Verifyco launched as an on-device photo and video checker with five evidence layers and a 0–100 trust score. Since then the engine, the app and the surfaces around it have changed a lot, and most of our older guides describe the launch version. This post is the current picture, in one place.

Scope. Local files you pick on your iPhone are still analysed on the device. Two paths use temporary server processing and say so in the app: a public social-media link is fetched by our server and handed to your phone, and Verifyco Web processes uploads ephemerally and keeps only the report.

1. Inconclusive now says which way the evidence leans

A lot of real-world media ends up inconclusive: compressed, screenshotted, stripped of metadata. Earlier versions showed the same number for every such file. Now the fusion step records an evidence lean and the result says it plainly: “Inconclusive · Leans authentic” or “Leans AI-generated”, with the score placed inside the inconclusive band to show how far it leans. The wording comes from the same evidence the verdict used, never from the score alone, and a new score legend on every result explains what each band means.

2. Plain-language answers when a file cannot be checked

If the visual engine cannot read enough of a file (a tiny image, a clip whose frames do not decode), the app no longer shows a generic error. A “No result for this file” screen tells you what was missing, what to try, and that nothing was charged.

3. Document inspection for PDFs

“Inspect a Document” runs a bounded, local structure review of a PDF: incremental updates, signature ranges, embedded scripts, active content and similar edit-trace observations. It produces a document-specific result; it is never the media authenticity score, and it is not a legal finding.

4. Public links from Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook

Paste a public post link. Our server fetches the media, hands it to your phone, and deletes it right after; the analysis itself still runs on the device. On a carousel or multi-photo post, the slide or photo you opened is the one analysed, or the app tells you it could not be fetched. Private or deleted posts fail gracefully.

5. Verifyco Web

web.verifyco.app runs the same governed engine for people without an iPhone or who need shareable reports on a desktop. Uploads are processed ephemerally; reports can be shared with a link that shows the verdict and layer statuses, and revoked at any time.

6. Content Credentials, done carefully

C2PA Content Credentials are checked against a pinned trust list. A valid credential from an unknown signer is shown for what it is, with no authority in the score; a trusted camera credential supports an authentic verdict only together with a compatible visual reading; a trusted “AI-generated” declaration is decisive.

7. In-app camera captures

Photos and videos captured inside Verifyco carry first-party acquisition evidence. That confirms where the file came from, not the truth of the scene, and the result wording says exactly that.

8. Credit packs, 20 languages, developer tools

One-time credit packs (5, 20, 50) with no subscription, plus a lifetime option. Credits never expire.
The app, reports and PDF exports are fully translated in 20 languages.
A documented API, a command-line tool and an MCP server let teams run the same engine from their own workflows; see /developers.

What we still do not promise

We do not publish an accuracy percentage, and we will not until an independent, source-matched corpus with confidence intervals exists. Every layer that enters the score has a documented authority; experimental layers (temporal, frequency diagnostics) stay visible but carry no weight. “We don’t know” remains an allowed answer.

If you wrote about Verifyco in June or July, this is the version to look at again. The App Store listing and the web app are both current.