7Short vs POPStory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
7Short
This platform offers a wide variety of short dramas with fast content updates. Enjoy a simple, uncomplicated app designed for vertical screen playback, making it convenient to watch your favorite short-form content.
- Short drama streaming
- Rich and varied content
- Fast content updates
- Vertical screen playback
- Simple and uncomplicated interface
- Cheap tariffs
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7Short is streaming media playback platform focusing on short dramas, rich and varied contents of short dramas, simple and uncomplicated APP, fast content update, comprehensive types of short dramas, cheap tariffs, vertical screen playback, more convenient to brush dramas.
POPStory
Discover a world of short-form mini dramas with episodes lasting just 1-3 minutes. Enjoy a variety of genres like romance, thriller, and comedy, perfect for quick entertainment breaks or extended viewing sessions on your mobile device.
- Bite-sized mini dramas
- Multiple genres (romance, thriller, comedy)
- 1-3 minute episodes
- Curated collection
- Mobile viewing optimized
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Experience the world of short-form storytelling like never before. POPStory brings you a curated collection of bite-sized mini dramas across genres – romance, thriller, suspense, comedy, and more. Designed for mobile viewing, each episode is only 1-3 minutes long, perfect for quick breaks or long binges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 7Short at none against POPStory's shown. 7Short also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). POPStory's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. 7Short sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and POPStory sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 7Short against 5.0 for POPStory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
7Short ships an update every 5 months, POPStory every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 7Short | POPStory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Lutong Network Technology Co., Ltd | POPSTORY LIMITED |
Customer experience
7Short
POPStory
In-app purchases
7Short
- Top Up$0.99
- Top Up$2.99
- Top Up$4.99
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- Top Up$6.99
- Unlock episode$12.99
- 30 days to enjoy$29.99
- 90 days to enjoy$49.99
- Year-round privilege$99.99
POPStory
- 200 coins$1.99
- 600 coins$5.99
- 700 coins$6.99
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- 800 coins$7.99
- 900 coins$8.99
- 1000 coins$9.99
- 1300 coins$12.99
- 1500 coins$14.99
- 1800 coins$17.99
- 2000 coins$19.99
