4.85★ from 44,405 ratings · version 47.1.0 · 137 of the last 633 written reviews are one or two stars
App stuck on loading screen, won't show content
26of the 137 read·19%
Users report the app displays 'we're working on new content' or a black screen indefinitely, never actually loading any dramas to watch.
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“wont work — ive had this app for like 2 months, and i keep checking to see if it will finally work, but it just says “we’re working on new content for you, stay tuned” every single time. total waste of my time and so annoying.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Bruh — I can’t even use this damn app I put literally multiple different ages and it’s been 16! DAYS DAMMIT and it still says working on new content fix this” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Bad — It’s always saying currently working on More dramas I can’t watch it” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Login and account creation problems
10of the 137 read·7%
Sign-in fails with black screens, errors, or requires account setup that never completes, forcing app reinstalls.
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“I wish I like it — When I try I sign in it doesn’t let me see anything. So I have to delete it and download it again. But over all it’s free but trouble trying to get an account.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Pine drama — It wouldn’t even let me sign into PineDrama. I deleted the app and downloaded back so many times and it still didn’t work.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Logging in — Whenever I login it doesn’t let me do anything. It’s just a black screen of a guy with a YouTube logo on his hand saying we are on the working stay tuned.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Ads added after claiming ad-free
9of the 137 read·7%
App advertised as ad-free but introduced ads in updates, or ads appear despite no-ads claims and cannot be skipped.
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“Drop the new ads — I got this app because there was no ads at the start. Now with the new update there’s ads. Wtffff. Get rid of them. People will stop using this app because of the ads because that’s why we got it. It used to be ad free. Now it’s not.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Ads — Now all of a sudden there’s ads. Ruins the entire app. Loved it when it was ad free.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Adds — Adds really you said no adds” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Unexpected paywalls after free episodes
7of the 137 read·5%
Users watch several free episodes then hit a paywall requiring coins, subscription, or payment to finish stories, despite free claims.
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“JAY69 — It’s not completely free. I played 10 episodes and it started asking to buy coins, or watch ads for next episode.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Not free as advertised — I was excited about the app! Started watching a few stories & just when I was starting to enjoy them, I was stopped by a subscription offer. The app is advertised as being completely free… you can watch a few episodes, but then you have to pay in order to complete your story. Just like all of the other apps… Knew it was too good to be true. 🤨 very disappointed. I have no problems paying for…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“I Was Enjoying When — I watched 13 episodes of a drama when suddenly a pop up happens stating I had to pay to continue watching. The description in the App Store does NOT state in app purchases. If this is going to continue happening please state so at the beginning of the episodes so I don’t get invested in a story just to be hit with charges to continue.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Stories cut off mid-climax or never finished
7of the 137 read·5%
Dramas end abruptly at cliffhangers, cut scenes at dramatic moments, or have missing chapters making stories incomprehensible.
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“My sons cure my forever love — None of the dramas on this app ever show an ending!!! Do better & I will come back!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Cut off stories — I rather pay for drama then use this app they cut off stories mafia boss darling they cut off story on climax” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Unfinished Stories & Missing Chapters — Every story I get into it’s either missing a bunch of chapters where the story makes no sense or it’s unfinished!!! I’ve done tried watching 3 different stories and there’s something wrong with every single one!!!” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Overrun with low-quality AI-generated dramas
6of the 137 read·4%
Most content is AI-generated with poor storylines, mispronounced words, and inconsistent acting; no filter to hide AI content.
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“Overrun with ai slop — I love vertical dramas and this app makes it much easier to find them. However it is overrun with ai slop and there is no setting to restrict ai from coming onto your feed. I can’t even search for specific categories because when I do it’s ALL AI. Tik tok has this setting so PineDrama should too.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Unwatchable AI movies w/ horrible storylines — I tried about 20 different movies and couldn’t finish any of them. These are the rejected movies that they knew no one would pay for on the pay sites, so they put them on this site for free. The storylines make no sense and are so repetitive.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Horrible app — They don’t even have the shorts like I like… I can’t find any of the ones I’m looking for and they all seem like they are all made by AI?!! So dumb…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Advertised dramas not found in app
4of the 137 read·3%
Dramas promoted in ads or TikTok clips are not searchable or available in the app when users download it.
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“Tik tok — I was watching tik tok it said watch next episode by downloading this app after that nothing popped up I tried searching it up but had no luck finding the series.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“The Boss Maid to Wife — Shows its a PineDrama but when searching for it, it is not in the search!” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Disappointed — I downloaded this app twice! It advertised on another app I have but both times I downloaded it neither of the dramas were even on the app! Doesn’t this mean false advertisement?” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Broken or removed search features
3of the 137 read·2%
Search function removed or non-functional; cannot filter by genre, find specific titles, or see newest content.
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“Where did the search options go — I liked it better when there was an option to search the content and to search by newest content” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Can’t search by genre category such as C-drama, K-drama, or J-drama — Search function needs work. Missing a lot of the big name mini actors. Chen Si, Yu Long, etc.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Overrun with ai slop — I love vertical dramas and this app makes it much easier to find them. However it is overrun with ai slop and there is no setting to restrict ai from coming onto your feed. I can’t even search for specific categories because when I do it’s ALL AI. Tik tok has this setting so PineDrama should too.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 137 most recent negative ones. Newest review 23 days ago (08.09.2026), last collected 22 days ago.