I can't believe how scammed I was. I went on the app and had to pay money to watch the rest of the show each scene was 50 tokens period and they lasted less than a minute each until I ran out of tokens. I actually spent 26.00 in tokens and still had to purchase one week free access at 28 dollars do not use this app. I feel completely defrauded by this company.
Reviews for FlickReels - Short Drama & TV
← Back to FlickReels - Short Drama & TVI think this is one of the best apps for short-form stories. Unfortunately, I'm now running into a persistent "network connection error" that pops up every other episode. My internet connection is stable and works perfectly with other similar apps. I'm hesitant to renew my plan until this is resolved. It's a really frustrating issue.
honestly it would have been catchy if it wasn't impossible to watch. Like sometimes one episode is shorter than an ad, and there are many similar apps that work better. I think people would actually pay if they knew what they are paying for, but when the app feels scratchy from the start it kinda throws you off. Again, it would have been pretty good if at least I had the chance to know what I'm paying for, but the long ads and coins make it impossible, and the content isn't that unique, sorry.
**EDITED** I've updated my review as the problem seems to have been fixed and it is still one of my favourite apps to use I love the stories on this but every other episode all I get is network connection error and I know there is nothing wrong with my WiFi or mobile data, I have a lot of apps with short dramas and this app is the only one it happens on. Is this something that can be fixed??? It's very annoying
At first it seemed like this was a great app until after you had to purchase tokens or watch videos for free tokens. They play back scenes that you already watched and subtract the tokens you just bought or earned basically you're wasting your money if you're buying tokens to see the next scence. They just want you to keep spending money. They take your money if you spend money for tokens they don't care they will not reimburse you.
It lets you watch several episodes, then boom stops. To continue you pay for coins, or you earn by watching ads. But, you watch the ads for almost 1 to 2 minutes, you only get a short clip of an episode. Not even a full episode! So.... You watch around 20 + ads to get 1 episode. Then at 22 episodes it shuts down. It's the most ridiculous app I have seen... If tomorrow it doesn't let me watch a full episode I'm uninstalling it!
the stories are good. but the app itself is just robbery. the coins. the ads. I was given over 500+ coins. watched 5 episodes and they were gone. then placed money on my account and that was gone with 2 episodes. so it doesn't make any sense to me. $17 a week is more expensive than hbo subscription in a month. make it make sense.
While the films are well written and entertaining. The prices for subscription is over priced, 20 a week and the episodes are on and average 2mins. The freebie rewards are bare minimum. I feel that the customer should get a little more out of it. For that reason I won't be keeping the application. Offer your customers more, especially paying ones. That is also the reason I give one star rating.
Not even worth the time to download and I'm pretty sure these reviews are fake and planted by the company. Good luck trying to watch a movie in 1 day unless you agree to pay them $20 a week!! Yes you can watch ads for the next chapter but you can only watch 10 a day. The movie I wanted to watch is 70 episodes so it would've taken me a week and 35 mins of ad time to watch a 1 hour and 22 min SHORT film. I do not suggest this app to ANYONE!!!
There's more ads than there is movie. The movies are good but I watch a few seconds of movie then I get an offer to pay or watch some ads. The pricing is higher than most. I opt to watch the ad which is at least 30 secs. 1/19/2025 I'm having a problem. After I watch the ads and claim the coins, it keeps playing the same episode over and over again. I tried to select the next episode but I have to watch more ads and then it still goes back to the previous episode. I hope this gets fixed.
In my opinion, this is the best shorts app out there right now. Prices are fair and I've bought coins a few times, and you can watch adverts. Although, at the moment, it keeps telling me another ad is on the way but won't load. Not sure what is happening here. Seems others have had the same problem. Dramas are great!! Love the app and hope the ads get fixed soon.
Great shows, but when I pay for weekly membership, I should get to watch more, not $20 for just a series. So only watching a whole series here, is " more" the MONTHLY price for unlimited watch time with Netflix, YouTube, Paramount,& Prime Video. Not to mention half of these drama series are just going back & forth. I usually just skip around 10 episodes & still wouldn't miss anything. If you got extra money to throw away then yeah this is good, but most of us don't have that. it's a shame these
I give the stories 5 stars. The 1 star is cuz in ur ads I've seen in games I play, that it says no buying episodes no having to pay for the episodes. So I got this app only to get to a certain point in the show and have to pay for episodes or watch 8 ads, 1 ad for each episode. It will NOT allow me to watch from the 1st episode to the finale episode for free as it states in the ad for this app. I'm very disappointed in the ad giving false information.
I have been trying to get intouch with someone about this app. I made what I thought was a one time payment and now I cant stop it from charging every week I tried to email but no response and im having a hard time finding someone to contact and get refunded the weeks that I did not approve which has been three of them and they say subscription and I know I didnt get a subscription. this is extremely upsetting.
I really enjoy the different Chinese dramas I can find here. They are fun to watch. What I don't enjoy is that every 10-15 episodes the app crashes on its own. I have to restart it. What's nice is there is a search option, although I do wish the actors and actresses names were listed in English alphabet and there were credits. Also would love to do a search based from actresses and actors names too.
It starts out really nice. The episodes are decent length, until about the 6th one, and you are bombarded with options to buy a membership, and the prices are pricey! You CAN watch ads to earn episodes ... 2 at a time for 60 seconds (1 minute), and the episodes are now onscreen for less time than the ads. Too bad. The actors weren't half bad. I'm uninstalling.
First few "episodes" of each story are abt 3 min long and are free. After a few episodes, you either have to pay (more than Netflix!!) to watch or you can watch ads. So you watch an ad for an average of 75-90 seconds to get about 60-75 seconds of an "episode." Yes, the cut the length of episodes from 3 min to just over 1 min and you have to watch more ad than episode. Worst, they only allow you a few of ad driven episodes, forcing you to give up or pay crazy rates to see more. NOT WORTH IT!
Paid $5 to finish the remaining 10 episodes shown on a reel I liked bc I wanted to see the ending. Realized each episode was like 2 minutes long if that and 50 coins each. After running out of coins it showed like 30 more episodes left that wasn't displayed before. I guess hoping I'll pay more to see the end. I'm all about principles so forget this app, it won't get anymore of my money. It Pigeon holes you into paying $20 or more, naw I'm good.
Getting some good Asian Dramas added to the inventory. The problem I have with drama apps, that claim you can watch for free, they require watching ads. Not a bad thing but unfortunately, ads don't always want to load so no points to earn or free episodes. This particular app I can watch, on average, 2 paid/free with ad episodes a day before ads stop loading. Troubleshooting like clearing the cache, logging in and out, restarting phone, or reloading app does not do anything, in my case.
At first, this was the best app for watching reels, and then you changed the rewards. You gave us 100, 45, 30, etc. you took the 100 rewards away. You gave us 10 free extra episodes to watch ads. Now you are taking that away, What is going on. I put this app at the top of my list. Now, it is not my top choice to watch reels any longer. I will complete what I'm watching, and I'm done. Dramawave and Goodshort and my top pick to watch if anyone is looking for reels to watch. You get more episodes.