Flixxo vs Shorta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flixxo
Discover a world of short films and microseries from global creators. Earn rewards by watching ads and use them to support your favorite content. Creators receive direct, real-time payments.
- Discover microseries and short films
- Earn rewards by watching ads
- Support creators directly
- Transparent creator payments
- Independent content focus
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Every emotion in five minutes! Flixxo is a different streaming platform. Discover over 200 microseries and shorts films from around the world, without spending a dime, while supporting your favorite creators. How? Earn Flixx by watching ads and spend them on the content you love. Creators receive 100% of your payments in real-time, transparently. Flixxo is microseries, shorts films, and direct support for its creators. Flixxo is the best of independent content.
Shorta
Discover original series with episodes under two minutes, designed for vertical viewing on your phone. Enjoy a wide range of genres from drama to horror, with new content added weekly. Watch online or download for offline viewing.
- Episodes under 2 minutes
- Vertical HD streaming
- Multi-genre content
- New series weekly
- Offline viewing
- Daily free tickets
- Comment, like, and share
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Shorta. Vertical series. Big stories. Fiction built to fit your screen. Shorta is entertainment made for your phone, original series with episodes under 2 minutes you can watch anytime. Every series is premium content designed for vertical viewing: stories that hook you from the very first second in cinematic HD. Start watching with free content. New episodes and series every week. Tired of long series you never finish? Shorta changes the game. Micro series in bite-sized episodes you can binge in minutes. Intense drama, thriller that keeps you on the edge, romance that pulls at your heart, horror that gets under your skin, comedy that makes you laugh out loud, and sci-fi that blows your mind, all in vertical format, all in streaming HD, all on your phone. What makes Shorta different: • Episodes under 2 minutes, entertainment made for your phone • Multi-genre: the first vertical fiction platform to go beyond melodrama • Cinematic quality in vertical HD • New original series and episodes every week • Watch online or download for offline viewing • Comment, like, and share your favorite episodes with friends • Pick up where you left off, anytime • Earn free tickets every day and unlock more episodes Every genre you love: Romance, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family Drama, Revenge, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense and more. Shorta has fiction for every mood and every genre. Whatever you're into, you'll find original micro series you can't stop watching. Vertical fiction, reinvented: Shorta is not just another streaming platform. It's original entertainment created by film talent and digital creators, designed for the generation that watches stories in vertical format. Bite-sized episodes, trending series, premium entertainment, all in one app built for your phone. Download Shorta and start watching now. Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hacela.shorta TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hacela.shorta YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hacela.shorta X: https://x.com/hacelashorta Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shorta at 100% against Flixxo's 36%. Shorta also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Flixxo's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Flixxo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Shorta sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shorta holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Flixxo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shorta's.
Flixxo ships an update monthly, Shorta weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flixxo | Shorta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 4.7 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +12 |
| Developer | Flixxo | Shorta LLC |
Customer experience
Flixxo
Shorta
In-app purchases
Flixxo
- 20 Flixx$0.99
- 40 Flixx$1.99
- 120 flixx package$5.99
Shorta
- Shorta Premium$7.997 Days
- Shorta Premium2 variants$14.991 Month
- Shorta Premium$19.991 Month
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- Shorta Premium3 variants$99.991 Year
