# YouDrama - Short Dramas & TV — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of YouDrama by DAOWEI NETWORK TECHNOLOGY PTE.LTD., rated 4.10/5 from 909 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/youdrama-short-dramas-and-tv/id6751262251/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/youdrama-short-dramas-and-tv/id6751262251.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 600 · 4★ 89 · 3★ 58 · 2★ 29 · 1★ 133 ## What do users think of YouDrama? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Variety of storylines - 👍 Great cast members **Cons** - 🐛 Incomplete storylines - 🐛 Dubbing issues - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🔍 Lack of English content - 🔍 Difficult to navigate **Commonly reported bugs** - Episodes missing endings - Accidental scrolling issues **Most requested features** - Save progress feature - More English-language content - Improved dubbing quality ## Newest reviews (17 of 48) ### 3/5 — Bad showing *2026-08-09* Why do you change money if it say free video. You don’t even have anything to earn come. You cut though video to early. **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear about your experience, and we understand your frustration. We want to clarify that our app is completely free to watch with ads — no payment is required to view any content. If you see a payment request, it's for an optional subscription that removes ads. You can simply close it and continue watching for free. We also want to confirm that our app does not offer a coin, reward, or earning system. If you saw anything about earning or collecting points, that may have been from a third-party source. Regarding early video cuts — if a video stops before the end, this may be due to a technical issue. Please let us know which show you were watching and your device model, and we'll look into it. You can reply here or email us at youdrama@outlook.com. Thank you for your feedback. ### 2/5 — Too limited *2026-07-13* It has maybe 5 stories in English the rest are all Chinese. Dubbed. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. You're right that our app currently focuses mainly on Asian content, including Chinese dramas with dubbing or subtitles. We do offer some English-language stories and a small selection of dubbed shows, but we understand that the variety may not yet meet everyone's expectations. We are actively working to expand our library with more diverse content, including more English-language and localized productions. Your feedback is valuable and will help guide our content development. If you have specific shows or genres you'd like to see, please feel free to share them with us at youdrama@outlook.com. We appreciate your honesty and support. ### 3/5 — To much *2026-07-10* There are to many Asian stories. Would like to see more English speaking stories. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We understand your preference for more English-speaking stories. Our app currently features a large selection of Asian dramas, but we do offer some English-language content and are actively working to expand our library with more diverse offerings. We truly appreciate your suggestion and will share it with our content team as we continue to grow our collection. If you have specific genres or titles in mind, feel free to let us know at youdrama@outlook.com. Thank you for your support and understanding. ### 1/5 — The Boss *2026-06-01, version 4.2* Watching advertisements for a drama and after purchasing the app. The drama shows not available ### 1/5 — Awful *2026-06-01, version 4.2* I want videos in English, watching in English. Sad waste of money ### 1/5 — Scam! *2026-05-31, version 4.2* Tried to cancel and they make it impossible. ### 1/5 — Misleading *2026-05-29, version 4.2* I subscribed from a link of 1 drama I wanted to watch. After subscribing the drama was nowhere to be found ### 1/5 — Fake *2026-05-25* Doesn’t have the short stories that you sign up for. I saw a particular short story and purchased the app for a week. There is nothing on the app remotely close to what I was supposed to be watching. I’m trying to figure out how to cancel but oddly enough there is nothing on the app that tells you how to cancel. **Developer response:** Thank you for your message, and we're sorry to hear about your experience. The short story you saw in the promotion may not be available in our current library. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. To cancel your subscription on iOS, please go to your device's Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions → select our app → Cancel Subscription. Apple manages all iOS subscriptions directly. If you need further assistance, please email us at youdrama@outlook.com. Thank you for your understanding. ### 1/5 — Impossible to cancel *2026-05-24* Once you subscribe, there is no way to cancel or the have it "hidden" so well you can't find it. I'm paying for nothing. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and we're sorry for the frustration. For iOS users, subscriptions are managed directly by Apple. To cancel, please go to your device's Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions → select the app → Cancel Subscription. You can also contact Apple Support for assistance. If you need further help, please email us. Thank you for your understanding. ### 1/5 — Foreign Stories *2026-05-22, version 4.0* All stories are foreign with no English languages. ### 1/5 — Faked Advertising *2026-04-22* It say it was free,after you download they asking to pay before you can watch it. So don’t believe it. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and we're sorry for the confusion. To clarify, our app is completely free to watch all episodes. You do NOT need to pay to watch any content. If you see a payment request before watching an episode, that is the subscription pop-up for removing ads — it is completely optional and voluntary. You can simply close it and continue watching for free with ads. Ads help us keep the app free for everyone. We appreciate your honesty and hope you give us another chance. ### 1/5 — Poor design *2026-03-25, version 3.6* Terrible app. Bring back REELSHORT. Downloaded your app and my story isn’t even there. Did a search and nothing. Already deleted. ### 1/5 — Decieving *2026-03-13, version 3.4* I tapped to get Shortwave and it says this is an updated version, but doesn’t have any of the Dramas I was looking for. Deceitful tactics to get you to go to their app. ### 1/5 — Not worth it at all! *2026-03-06, version 3.3* Every “show” is all in oriental language as well as actors. Even if dubbed it so pathetic!!! Total waste of my money. ### 1/5 — Unhappy subscribe *2026-02-23* This app does not have anything in English everything is in Chinese or Japanese if you can’t understand it what are you paying for do not continue my subscription **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We actually provide a lot of English-dubbed content and English subtitles for most videos. If you haven’t found them yet, you can check the subtitle or audio settings on the playback page. We hope you give us another chance. ### 1/5 — No Western Titles *2026-02-20* Even though they show western titles in the App Store, I could not find any. For example One Week in Paris. I searched and not there. Waste of money and false advertising. **Developer response:** Hi! We’re sorry to hear you’ve had a frustrating experience with our promoted content. Please know we never intend to share misleading information—all the shows we advertise are scheduled for release and have clear production or streaming plans in place. ### 3/5 — 👍🏽🤷🏾‍♀️📖📚🧾 *2026-02-17, version 3.3* I saw the add to this and thought it was absolutely free but it was not! I hate falls advertisement!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not what they say *2026-08-14, version 4.7* It’s not free and the advertising movies are not on the app ### 1/5 — Didn’t get what you previously previewed *2026-08-08, version 4.7* Sucks ### 1/5 — Absolute rubbish: con of the decade *2026-07-17* Don’t believe any rubbish you see in popup adverts about getting paid to watch the films on here I watched some diabolically poor films with the promise of receiving £300 for suffering through them , finally went to cash out and was told payment would take a week to be ‘verified’ with my PayPal, I go back a week later and I no update, instead I am asked to update to a version that requires payment to watch stuff that is absolute garbage : a con of absolute Robert Maxwell proportions , don’t watch any of these garbage sites **Developer response:** Thank you for your detailed feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience, and we completely understand your frustration. We want to be very clear: our app does not offer any payment or reward for watching content. We do not promise cash or PayPal payouts, and we never ask users to pay to continue watching. The content you described — earning money by watching films, cashing out, or being asked to pay after an update — does not match our service. It sounds like you may have encountered a different app or a misleading third-party ad. We take this very seriously and would appreciate it if you could share a screenshot of the ad or prompt you saw. Please send it to us at youdrama@outlook.com so we can investigate. We understand your frustration, and we're sorry that this experience left you feeling misled. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. ### 1/5 — Tricked into downloading *2026-07-11* I got tricked into downloading this app when I opened an existing app. It came up with a message saying that a new version was available and the old version wouldn’t work properly. It actually had nothing to do with the other app. I think it’s a really shoddy way to go about things. Given one star because it won’t let me give zero. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and we sincerely apologize for this experience. We completely understand your frustration — being misled by a pop-up that appears to be from another app is not acceptable, and we regret that this happened to you. We want to be clear: this behavior is not something we endorse or intentionally implement. The pop-up you encountered may have come from a third-party ad network or an external source. We take this matter seriously and will investigate to ensure that our app is not being associated with misleading prompts. We appreciate your honesty and your willingness to bring this to our attention. If you would like to share more details about what you saw, please feel free to contact us at youdrama@outlook.com. We are committed to improving and providing a better user experience. ### 1/5 — Your drama *2026-07-09* Totally rip off paid for the 7 days can't even watch full episodes **Developer response:** Thank you for your message. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience and understand your frustration. We want to clarify that our app is completely free to watch all episodes with ads. The subscription is optional and only removes ads — it does not unlock additional content. If you are unable to watch full episodes, this may be due to a technical issue rather than a payment restriction. Please try restarting the app or checking your internet connection. If the issue continues, we recommend contacting Apple Support directly for a refund, as all payments are processed through them. You are also welcome to reach out to us at youdrama@outlook.com with more details, and we will do our best to help. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. ### 1/5 — App *2026-07-09* All Asian if two in English the rest are Asian with Subtitles if that’s what you’re into than this is for you. If you want in English than you will have to look elsewhere this is not for you **Developer response:** Thank you for your honest feedback. You're right — our app currently focuses mainly on Asian dramas, with English subtitles available for most content and some English-dubbed shows. We appreciate you sharing this with other users. We are always working to expand our library, and we hope to offer more English-friendly content in the future. Thank you for your understanding and support. ### 1/5 — Not free like advertised *2026-07-07, version 4.2* It was advertised as free it isn’t and it is all Japanese and the dubbed ones are even worse. ### 1/5 — Click bait *2026-07-05* A short was presented on Facebook. When clicked to view more, pop up to download this app was linked to upon purchasing a subscription, found that video I was watching was not listed. Also all shorts are Asian only. Very disappointed that this app lowers itself to clickbait. **Developer response:** Thank you for your detailed feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience and completely understand your disappointment. The short you saw on Facebook may have been a promotional concept that is not yet available in our current library. We do not intend to mislead users, and we apologize if this came across as clickbait. Our app mainly offers Asian dramas, and while we are expanding our content, the specific show you were looking for may not be listed. We also want to clarify that our app is free to watch with ads — the subscription is optional and only removes ads, it does not unlock specific content. If you purchased a subscription and would like a refund, please contact Apple Support or Google Play Support directly, as all payments are processed through them. If you need further assistance, please reply to this email. We appreciate your honesty and will work to improve. ### 1/5 — YouDrama *2026-06-30* This is a total rip off. It was all foreign films when I paid. I feel like I have been lied too. Of course the film ads were American. I will never fall for one of these afs again. I am very upset. DONOT PAY THEM YOU GREAT MONEY! **Developer response:** Thank you for your message. We are truly sorry to hear about your frustration and completely understand your anger. We want to be clear: our app is free to watch with ads, and the subscription is optional — it only removes ads and does not unlock specific content. The American-style ad you saw may have been a promotional concept, and we apologize if it gave you the wrong impression. If you made a payment and would like a refund, please contact Apple Support directly, as all payments are processed through them. We are unable to issue refunds ourselves. We appreciate your honesty and regret that we failed to meet your expectations. If you need help canceling your subscription, please reply to this email. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-06-13, version 4.2* Tried to purchase based on a short advertisement story only to discover a different app and oriental movies locked in total scam ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — No good *2026-07-18* Total rubbish, not a tv guide **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear that you're disappointed with the app. We understand that you were expecting something different — our app focuses on short dramas rather than a TV guide or streaming service. If you were looking for a TV guide, we can see why this might not have met your expectations. We appreciate your honest feedback and will continue working to improve our content and user experience. Thank you for giving us a try, and we hope you might find something you enjoy in the future. ### 5/5 — Liars *2026-05-27* You say the it’s free but it’s so totally not as soon as you download app it’s asking for money such a hoax **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for the misunderstanding. Our app is free to download and offers plenty of free content. The payment request you saw is completely voluntary — it is only there if you wish to enjoy an ad‑free and premium experience. You can simply ignore it and continue using the app for free. We never force any payment. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and will work on making our onboarding clearer. Thank you for your understanding. ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2026-01-07* This is great, I love this application. Stories are great just wish they had more variety for English dubbed shows and not have every character have the same voice. Since all the actors are different I think the voices should be looked into just to change it up. There is also an issue of voices being the wrong sex. Kind of funny when you think I complained about speech being an issue. Still, I really like this short drama platform. Keep giving us your best and I will continue to give good ratings. ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2025-12-29* This is great, I love this application. Stories are great just wish they had more variety for English dubbed shows and not have every character have the same voices. Since all the actors are different I think the voices should be looked into just to change it up. ### 5/5 — Youdramas *2025-10-24* I love the story and everything about it, but hates the commercial. I don’t like the commercials at all because it interrupt my story. **Developer response:** We understand your frustration with the ads in our app. They help us fund its development and keep it free. But we value your feedback and will look into ways to improve the experience. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! ### 5/5 — Drama romance suspense soon *2025-09-26, version 1.7* Love the app ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2025-09-14* This is great, I love this application. Stories are great just wish they had more variety for English dubbed shows and not have every character have the same voices. Since all the actors are different I think the voices should be looked into just to change it up. ### 4/5 — Hit and miss *2025-11-16* When I accidently scroll up I get both adds **Developer response:** We understand your frustration with the ads in our app. They help us fund its development and keep it free. But we value your feedback and will look into ways to improve the experience. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! ### 4/5 — Doesn’t save spot *2025-10-14* Was watching and enjoying a storyline, but after closing the app and coming back, none of the story was saved and I had to start from the beginning. I wanted to watch from where I had left off **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your feedback. Your advice is valuable. I will gladly send this to our team for future reference. For any questions, feel free to contact us at youdrama@outlook.com. ### 3/5 — First time using this app *2026-08-09* Storyline and movie great only downfall is a constantly buffers then it pauses to where the reload button comes up and then you have to tap that constantly, irritating. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback, and welcome to the app! We're glad to hear that you're enjoying the storylines and movies. We're sorry to hear about the buffering and reloading issues — that can definitely be irritating, especially when you're trying to get into a good story. This is usually caused by an unstable internet connection. We recommend trying a stronger Wi-Fi network or switching to mobile data to see if that helps. You can also try restarting the app or clearing the cache in your device settings. If the issue continues, please let us know the title of the show you were watching and your device model. You can reply here or email us at youdrama@outlook.com, and we'll investigate further. Thank you for giving us a try, and we hope to make your experience even better! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*