4.69★ from 584,547 ratings · 240 negative reviews read in 4 storefronts · 14 complaints
Excessive subscription and episode prices
36of the 240 read·15%
Reviewers say subscriptions cost €17-20 weekly, episodes are only 1-2 minutes long, and pricing is far higher than Netflix or cinema tickets for the content offered.
Germany 21 · United States 15 · joined from 2 wordings
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“So Expensive — Most of the shows on here are AI and aren’t that great compared to the actual actors. It’s weekly subscription charge ends up being around $40+ a month. Just that much to watch AI generated content is very sad and a great opportunity wasted to hire actual actors with the money that people pay for the subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Just like all the rest — This app is just like all the rest they want money and a stupid amount of it for AI videos it’s absurd” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Good but ridiculous price to watch anything — 5 bucks doesn’t even get you thru one ai generated season or whatever” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“It‘s fake….. — Please stop spreading that this app is free. Because it‘s not true and you really have to pay just to watch the next episode. Don‘t download this app. Not free to watch full episodes. Waste of time!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Advertised as free but requires payment
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App claims to be free or ads claim free viewing, but paywalls appear after initial content, forcing users to buy coins or subscribe.
United States 27 · Germany 5 · joined from 2 wordings
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“Bait and Switch — The ad claims that you just watch a few ads then you can see an entire series. But there are no ads to watch only an option to pay more for a bunch of tokens.. This is fraud at a high level. I hope Apple removes this app from their store.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Misleading — After watching a clip on TikTok the advertisement stated you could finish for free. That is completely false. You have to purchase coins to continue watching not worth it at all don’t waste your time or storage on this app” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Waste of time — The reels are not free. FALSE ADVERTISING. You only get to watch a few reels free then you have to pay to watch. The ads are very long and then the reels are really short. Fake Fake Fake I hate I wasted time and downloaded this. If you dont mind paying to watch every single reel then go ahead. Stop scamming people!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“It‘s fake….. — Please stop spreading that this app is free. Because it‘s not true and you really have to pay just to watch the next episode. Don‘t download this app. Not free to watch full episodes. Waste of time!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Subscription continues charging after cancellation
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Users cancel subscriptions but keep getting charged weekly or multiple times per month, with difficulty stopping the charges.
United States 16 · Germany 9 · France 3 · joined from 3 wordings
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“Watch your statement even after you cancel subscription — Canceled my subscription directly on their site and even deleted my account. They kept trying to charge me anyway, multiple times in a single month. I had to get my credit card company to block them outright before the charges finally stopped bouncing. If you cancel, don’t assume it’s actually canceled. Watch your statement. A company that keeps billing after…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Y’all are being thieves… I like watching when I like watching, but don’t charge me when I have cance — So I like to wash this one I like to watch it. There’s a lot of errors in the shows with the words using different languages, but I still enjoy watching them. However, when I cancel my subscription right after I’ve ordered it and it’s time for the subscription to be canceled at the end of the week I get charged…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Hard to cancel — Good storyline. However, I am still getting charged for the, after I canceled my subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Rip-off — Subscription hard to cancel” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German
Ads longer than or equal to episodes
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Advertisements are extremely long, often longer than the short episodes themselves, making viewing unbearable.
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“Ads will run you off — Have had this app for quite some time love the app out the 17 I have HOWEVER THE ADDS!!!! Longer than the episodes themselves. Each add proceeds to have 2-3 other adds in ONE ad and it’s very annoying. Deleted the app solely for that reason. Loved it until then” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“too many ads — ads that are too long to watch” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Too many ads — No point in getting the app. Way too many ads for the very short episode. They said the ads didn’t last long but each ad I had was over a minute at least. Don’t waste your money and watch it for free elsewhere. I always find them.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Low quality AI-generated content
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Stories are AI-generated with poor writing, weird pronunciation, mismatched audio and video, and repetitive plots.
United States 10 · Germany 4 · joined from 2 wordings
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“What happened — This was so much better with real actors. The AI creation is awful. Continued same stories the voices are horrible, the words have weird pronunciation and the way they show affection——is horrendous! I am cancelling my subscription.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“So Expensive — Most of the shows on here are AI and aren’t that great compared to the actual actors. It’s weekly subscription charge ends up being around $40+ a month. Just that much to watch AI generated content is very sad and a great opportunity wasted to hire actual actors with the money that people pay for the subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Too Much Ai — Fantasy is such worse when it’s written by a computer that doesn’t get the plot. Treat people better and maybe your product will be better.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“A series and never again — Completely overpriced, kitschy and acting-wise inferior garbage. Rip-off…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German
Charged without proper authorization or consent
13of the 240 read·5%
Users charged unexpectedly without subscribing, on wrong amounts, or without account creation or clear consent.
United States 9 · Germany 4 · joined from 2 wordings
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“Illegal Charges — The app never said it costed money. It said in app purchases. As soon as I downloaded it it charged my account 13.98. It’s a scam. I can’t figure out how to get my money back either.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Free yet being charged — Now I’m gonna be charged and I didn’t subscribe” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Free — Now I’m gonna be charged and I didn’t subscribe” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“⚠️ Beware – Unauthorized Charges From My Card! — Very disappointing experience. Money was charged from my card even though I have no active subscription on my ReelShort account. €31.30 was taken without my authorization. I contacted support, but the issue has still not been resolved. Be very careful with your payment details!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Too many ads, especially for free viewing
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Reviewers complain about excessive, long ads appearing before and between episodes, particularly when watching without a paid subscription.
Germany 7 · France 3 · Britain 3 · joined from 3 wordings
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“Very bad — Only ads” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Too much advertising and too short episodes — Too much advertising and too short episodes” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Good concept but too expensive — The whole concept is well thought out but it's simply too expensive and not worth it, the thing with watching ads is good too but you can only watch a certain number of ads per day and then maybe you can watch 5 episodes that are always about 1 min long. Show more ads and unlimited and reduce the price then you'll get 5 stars” — ★★☆☆☆ · German“Too much advertising — You spend more time watching ads that aren't pleasant at all than watching the episodes breff 👎” — ★☆☆☆☆ · Portuguese
Forced paywall in the middle of series
12of the 240 read·5%
Users can start watching free but hit paywalls mid-episode or mid-series, preventing completion without payment.
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“App is fraud — User experience in this app is terrible. The “developers” if you can even call them that attempt to force you into buying a subscription to watch AI short drama episodes. Can’t watch ahead and once you get to the last free bait video it attempts to force you into choosing a subscription plus you still have to purchase tokens as well. They claim you can watch ads to watch more short episodes but that’s…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Cant finish the series — I cant seem to watch the later episodes. Although I watch two or more ads then it will not return me to the next episode” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“This app sucks — So I downloaded this app because it looked like it had some great short stories. You can watch the stories for free if you watch the ads. But as soon as you get to the end of a short story. The app freezes. And then you have to restart the story. They want you to pay for the coins to watch the full story. I have tried to watch two separate stories. And both times I got to the very end and the app…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Earned coins and rewards vanish or cannot be redeemed
6of the 240 read·3%
Reviewers report earned coins and points disappearing from accounts, resetting daily, or being impossible to redeem for episodes.
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“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can hardly ever collect your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything was working great before. It also happens often that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can barely ever claim your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything worked great before. It also often happens that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Not satisfied 😏 — The series is okay, but the episodes are very short, and you have to watch ads before every episode if you want to watch it for free. You do get 500 points for watching the whole series, but unfortunately you can't redeem them – they keep getting stolen. The paid version is way too expensive. Really a shame.” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Network errors prevent watching or force rewatching ads
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Reviewers experience frequent network errors when trying to watch episodes or after viewing ads, requiring them to rewatch advertisements or restart episodes.
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“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can hardly ever collect your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything was working great before. It also happens often that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can barely ever claim your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything worked great before. It also often happens that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Constantly Network Disruptions — This could be fun if there weren't constantly network disruptions. Watch ads for an episode. Ad is watched sometimes 159 seconds and then there's a network problem again and you have to watch ads again to see a new episode. Not worth wasting the time for such short episodes not recommended” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Misleading claims that content is free
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App advertises free episodes but shows locked content requiring payment once you start watching.
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“Lies! Not free! — Ad states that all dramas are free for a limited time but when you pick up from where the ad left off, the episodes have a padlock on them = not free! Not true, misleading! For this reason alone, they can’t be trusted and I wouldn’t give money to a company that doesn’t tell the truth.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Reelshort — Not true, it’s not free and you do subscribe.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Locked episodes not free — Gutted, got into this and thought you had an option for free episodes by watching ads , Got to a point where there was a padlock on the episodes, you need to buy coins to open it. I’d probably pay for a whole series, so you know how much it’s gonna cost to watch to the end.. rather than run out of coins and have to purchase more as you go” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Coins or payments not received
3of the 240 read·1%
Users purchased coins or memberships but never received them, or coins mysteriously disappeared from accounts.
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“Coins not given! — Paid 19.99 for 2000 plus 200 coins and received none!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Lost Coins?? — I’ve been liking this app but I recently just lost hundred of coins?? I’ve been watching ads and saving up to binge some episodes only to log on today after coming home from vacation to find all my coins are gone??? I was thinking about getting a membership in the future but now I feel like the app would just take my money/ rewards without warning.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Steals your coins — The shows entertaining but that’s not the reason for the one star. It’s 60 coins per episode and you get a couple free ones in the beginning. The free ones are long. But when you have to start using your coins to watch more the episodes get shorter and shorter. You can either purchase their subscription, buy coins, or earn coins. One way to earn coins is watching ads. sometimes when you watch ads,…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Subscription prices are extremely high
3of the 240 read·1%
Prices are astronomical compared to other platforms, unreasonable for AI-generated content, and unaffordable for many users.
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“Scam — At this price it's a fraud” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“Racket — It's more expensive than all the platforms combined for stuff made with AI” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“??? — Are you crazy? The prices are astronomical… you could reach so many people…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French
Coins or credits exhaust too fast
3of the 240 read·1%
Purchased credits are used up in moments, forcing quick repurchases to continue watching.
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“Joke — The coins are useless I got loads to watch and they went on the 1st episode” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Don't just don't rip off — For some reason I got into one story about a genie. Don't ask :) I paid £5 for some credits and it showed me around an extra 6 clips and I had used up my credits . So after £5 I never even saw the end. Such a rip off don't waste your money on these money grabbers” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Locked episodes not free — Gutted, got into this and thought you had an option for free episodes by watching ads , Got to a point where there was a padlock on the episodes, you need to buy coins to open it. I’d probably pay for a whole series, so you know how much it’s gonna cost to watch to the end.. rather than run out of coins and have to purchase more as you go” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
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4.69★ from 489,690 ratings · version 4.1.20 · 127 of the last 614 written reviews are one or two stars
Advertised as free but requires payment
27of the 127 read·21%
App claims to be free or ads claim free viewing, but paywalls appear after initial content, forcing users to buy coins or subscribe.
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“Bait and Switch — The ad claims that you just watch a few ads then you can see an entire series. But there are no ads to watch only an option to pay more for a bunch of tokens.. This is fraud at a high level. I hope Apple removes this app from their store.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Misleading — After watching a clip on TikTok the advertisement stated you could finish for free. That is completely false. You have to purchase coins to continue watching not worth it at all don’t waste your time or storage on this app” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Waste of time — The reels are not free. FALSE ADVERTISING. You only get to watch a few reels free then you have to pay to watch. The ads are very long and then the reels are really short. Fake Fake Fake I hate I wasted time and downloaded this. If you dont mind paying to watch every single reel then go ahead. Stop scamming people!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Subscription continues charging after cancellation
16of the 127 read·13%
Users cancel subscriptions but keep getting charged weekly or multiple times per month, with difficulty stopping the charges.
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“Watch your statement even after you cancel subscription — Canceled my subscription directly on their site and even deleted my account. They kept trying to charge me anyway, multiple times in a single month. I had to get my credit card company to block them outright before the charges finally stopped bouncing. If you cancel, don’t assume it’s actually canceled. Watch your statement. A company that keeps billing after…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Y’all are being thieves… I like watching when I like watching, but don’t charge me when I have cance — So I like to wash this one I like to watch it. There’s a lot of errors in the shows with the words using different languages, but I still enjoy watching them. However, when I cancel my subscription right after I’ve ordered it and it’s time for the subscription to be canceled at the end of the week I get charged…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Hard to cancel — Good storyline. However, I am still getting charged for the, after I canceled my subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Excessive cost for content
15of the 127 read·12%
Weekly subscription costs forty dollars monthly or episodes cost ten dollars each for one-minute clips, far exceeding Netflix prices.
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“So Expensive — Most of the shows on here are AI and aren’t that great compared to the actual actors. It’s weekly subscription charge ends up being around $40+ a month. Just that much to watch AI generated content is very sad and a great opportunity wasted to hire actual actors with the money that people pay for the subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Just like all the rest — This app is just like all the rest they want money and a stupid amount of it for AI videos it’s absurd” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Good but ridiculous price to watch anything — 5 bucks doesn’t even get you thru one ai generated season or whatever” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Ads longer than or equal to episodes
15of the 127 read·12%
Advertisements are extremely long, often longer than the short episodes themselves, making viewing unbearable.
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“Ads will run you off — Have had this app for quite some time love the app out the 17 I have HOWEVER THE ADDS!!!! Longer than the episodes themselves. Each add proceeds to have 2-3 other adds in ONE ad and it’s very annoying. Deleted the app solely for that reason. Loved it until then” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“too many ads — ads that are too long to watch” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Too many ads — No point in getting the app. Way too many ads for the very short episode. They said the ads didn’t last long but each ad I had was over a minute at least. Don’t waste your money and watch it for free elsewhere. I always find them.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Forced paywall in the middle of series
12of the 127 read·9%
Users can start watching free but hit paywalls mid-episode or mid-series, preventing completion without payment.
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“App is fraud — User experience in this app is terrible. The “developers” if you can even call them that attempt to force you into buying a subscription to watch AI short drama episodes. Can’t watch ahead and once you get to the last free bait video it attempts to force you into choosing a subscription plus you still have to purchase tokens as well. They claim you can watch ads to watch more short episodes but that’s…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Cant finish the series — I cant seem to watch the later episodes. Although I watch two or more ads then it will not return me to the next episode” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“This app sucks — So I downloaded this app because it looked like it had some great short stories. You can watch the stories for free if you watch the ads. But as soon as you get to the end of a short story. The app freezes. And then you have to restart the story. They want you to pay for the coins to watch the full story. I have tried to watch two separate stories. And both times I got to the very end and the app…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Low quality AI-generated content
10of the 127 read·8%
Stories are AI-generated with poor writing, weird pronunciation, mismatched audio and video, and repetitive plots.
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“What happened — This was so much better with real actors. The AI creation is awful. Continued same stories the voices are horrible, the words have weird pronunciation and the way they show affection——is horrendous! I am cancelling my subscription.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“So Expensive — Most of the shows on here are AI and aren’t that great compared to the actual actors. It’s weekly subscription charge ends up being around $40+ a month. Just that much to watch AI generated content is very sad and a great opportunity wasted to hire actual actors with the money that people pay for the subscription.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Too Much Ai — Fantasy is such worse when it’s written by a computer that doesn’t get the plot. Treat people better and maybe your product will be better.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Charged without proper authorization or consent
9of the 127 read·7%
Users charged unexpectedly without subscribing, on wrong amounts, or without account creation or clear consent.
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“Illegal Charges — The app never said it costed money. It said in app purchases. As soon as I downloaded it it charged my account 13.98. It’s a scam. I can’t figure out how to get my money back either.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Free yet being charged — Now I’m gonna be charged and I didn’t subscribe” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Free — Now I’m gonna be charged and I didn’t subscribe” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Coins or payments not received
3of the 127 read·2%
Users purchased coins or memberships but never received them, or coins mysteriously disappeared from accounts.
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“Coins not given! — Paid 19.99 for 2000 plus 200 coins and received none!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Lost Coins?? — I’ve been liking this app but I recently just lost hundred of coins?? I’ve been watching ads and saving up to binge some episodes only to log on today after coming home from vacation to find all my coins are gone??? I was thinking about getting a membership in the future but now I feel like the app would just take my money/ rewards without warning.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“Steals your coins — The shows entertaining but that’s not the reason for the one star. It’s 60 coins per episode and you get a couple free ones in the beginning. The free ones are long. But when you have to start using your coins to watch more the episodes get shorter and shorter. You can either purchase their subscription, buy coins, or earn coins. One way to earn coins is watching ads. sometimes when you watch ads,…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · 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 127 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected 2 days ago.
Germany
4.63★ from 23,366 ratings · version 4.1.20 · 81 of the last 519 written reviews are one or two stars
Excessive subscription and episode prices
21of the 81 read·26%
Reviewers say subscriptions cost €17-20 weekly, episodes are only 1-2 minutes long, and pricing is far higher than Netflix or cinema tickets for the content offered.
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“It‘s fake….. — Please stop spreading that this app is free. Because it‘s not true and you really have to pay just to watch the next episode. Don‘t download this app. Not free to watch full episodes. Waste of time!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Bad and rip-off — The short films are really good you can watch like 30-45 mins of good stuff then you have to buy it. So unfortunately very disappointed. Not recommendable” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Expensive for AI — Way too expensive. The videos are 5x more expensive than a cinema film. Not recommended” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German
Cannot cancel subscription or continues charging after cancellation
9of the 81 read·11%
Reviewers report being unable to cancel subscriptions, charges continuing after cancellation attempts, and unresponsive customer support ignoring cancellation requests.
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“Rip-off — Subscription hard to cancel” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Naja…. — So the app itself is pretty good, I also had a subscription, but canceling it is a pain, especially when it goes directly through ReelShort. When you give feedback or write an email, you don't get a response! The cancellation is active in the app, and the VIP status is deactivated, even if it would still run for a certain amount of time. And the weekly amount is still being charged! That's a rip-off!!!! I…” — ★★☆☆☆ · German“Fraud — I found this app very cool at first. But now they keep taking my money despite canceling my subscription. It's an outrage. I've already sent them emails. No response. I canceled it directly through the app. That changed nothing. For 3 months now €17.00 weekly. I can only recommend to you don't do it. I've also read online that many others had the same thing happen to them. PS: I'm still trying to get my money…” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Too many ads, especially for free viewing
7of the 81 read·9%
Reviewers complain about excessive, long ads appearing before and between episodes, particularly when watching without a paid subscription.
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“Very bad — Only ads” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Too much advertising and too short episodes — Too much advertising and too short episodes” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Good concept but too expensive — The whole concept is well thought out but it's simply too expensive and not worth it, the thing with watching ads is good too but you can only watch a certain number of ads per day and then maybe you can watch 5 episodes that are always about 1 min long. Show more ads and unlimited and reduce the price then you'll get 5 stars” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Earned coins and rewards vanish or cannot be redeemed
6of the 81 read·7%
Reviewers report earned coins and points disappearing from accounts, resetting daily, or being impossible to redeem for episodes.
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“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can hardly ever collect your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything was working great before. It also happens often that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can barely ever claim your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything worked great before. It also often happens that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Not satisfied 😏 — The series is okay, but the episodes are very short, and you have to watch ads before every episode if you want to watch it for free. You do get 500 points for watching the whole series, but unfortunately you can't redeem them – they keep getting stolen. The paid version is way too expensive. Really a shame.” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
App advertised as free but requires payment quickly
5of the 81 read·6%
Reviewers say the app is falsely promoted as free, but forces payment after 30-45 minutes of watching to continue viewing episodes.
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“It‘s fake….. — Please stop spreading that this app is free. Because it‘s not true and you really have to pay just to watch the next episode. Don‘t download this app. Not free to watch full episodes. Waste of time!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Bad and rip-off — The short films are really good you can watch like 30-45 mins of good stuff then you have to buy it. So unfortunately very disappointed. Not recommendable” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Bad and rip-off — The short films are really good you can watch a solid 30-45 min then you have to buy it. So unfortunately very disappointed. Not recommendable” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German
Network errors prevent watching or force rewatching ads
5of the 81 read·6%
Reviewers experience frequent network errors when trying to watch episodes or after viewing ads, requiring them to rewatch advertisements or restart episodes.
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“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can hardly ever collect your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything was working great before. It also happens often that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Expensive and buggy — In my opinion it's way too expensive. And on top of that you can barely ever claim your reward. Because then suddenly a network error happens. Even though everything worked great before. It also often happens that you have to pay for the same episode again. Deleted right away” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“Constantly Network Disruptions — This could be fun if there weren't constantly network disruptions. Watch ads for an episode. Ad is watched sometimes 159 seconds and then there's a network problem again and you have to watch ads again to see a new episode. Not worth wasting the time for such short episodes not recommended” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Unauthorized charges from payment method
4of the 81 read·5%
Reviewers report money being charged from their cards without active subscriptions, with support failing to resolve the issue.
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“⚠️ Beware – Unauthorized Charges From My Card! — Very disappointing experience. Money was charged from my card even though I have no active subscription on my ReelShort account. €31.30 was taken without my authorization. I contacted support, but the issue has still not been resolved. Be very careful with your payment details!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Fraud — I found this app very cool at first. But now they keep taking my money despite canceling my subscription. It's an outrage. I've already sent them emails. No response. I canceled it directly through the app. That changed nothing. For 3 months now €17.00 weekly. I can only recommend to you don't do it. I've also read online that many others had the same thing happen to them. PS: I'm still trying to get my money…” — ★★☆☆☆ · German“Fraud — I found this app really cool at first. But now they keep taking my money even though I cancelled my subscription. It's a disgrace. I've already sent emails there. No response. I cancelled it directly through the app. Changed nothing. For 3 months now €17.00 weekly. I can only recommend you not to do it. I've also read online that many others experienced the same thing. PS: I'm still trying to get my money…” — ★★☆☆☆ · German
Low-quality AI-generated content and stories
4of the 81 read·5%
Reviewers describe stories as AI trash, repetitive, poorly acted, and not worth the price despite being advertised as high quality.
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“A series and never again — Completely overpriced, kitschy and acting-wise inferior garbage. Rip-off…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“AI Trash — Everything in this app is complete AI trash. The reviews here are bought too.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German“AI Trash — Everything in this app is complete AI trash. The reviews here are bought too.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · German
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 81 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected yesterday.
France
4.73★ from 31,933 ratings · version 4.1.20 · 16 of the last 116 written reviews are one or two stars
Subscription prices are extremely high
3of the 16 read·19%
Prices are astronomical compared to other platforms, unreasonable for AI-generated content, and unaffordable for many users.
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“Scam — At this price it's a fraud” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“Racket — It's more expensive than all the platforms combined for stuff made with AI” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“??? — Are you crazy? The prices are astronomical… you could reach so many people…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French
Too many ads blocking content viewing
3of the 16 read·19%
Ads appear constantly every few minutes, last extremely long, and sometimes freeze, making it nearly impossible to watch episodes.
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“Too much advertising — You spend more time watching ads that aren't pleasant at all than watching the episodes breff 👎” — ★☆☆☆☆ · Portuguese“Worst app — Forced to watch an ad that lasts 10 minutes every 5 minutes and ends up freezing so it won't disappear... unbearable” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“Not free — Advertising about free monthly is misleading” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French
Charged after cancelling subscription
3of the 16 read·19%
Users cancelled subscriptions but were still charged at renewal, with unresponsive support unable or unwilling to process cancellations.
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“Unsubscribe — Continues to charge even after unsubscribing” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French“Impossible to cancel – charged anyway — I subscribed to ReelShort VIP via their website. I then lost access to the Guest account linked to the subscription, making it impossible to cancel. I contacted support BEFORE the renewal date and explicitly asked them to cancel auto-renewal. I received no response and was charged again anyway. I have contacted them again requesting an immediate cancellation and refund. Still…” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Flee — It's a scam, impossible to reach a service to report the problem, I just got charged 17 euros when I couldn't manage subscriptions through the regular iOS interface. Shameful!” — ★☆☆☆☆ · French
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 16 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (08.09.2026), last collected today.
Britain
4.65★ from 39,558 ratings · version 4.1.20 · 16 of the last 69 written reviews are one or two stars
Misleading claims that content is free
4of the 16 read·25%
App advertises free episodes but shows locked content requiring payment once you start watching.
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“Lies! Not free! — Ad states that all dramas are free for a limited time but when you pick up from where the ad left off, the episodes have a padlock on them = not free! Not true, misleading! For this reason alone, they can’t be trusted and I wouldn’t give money to a company that doesn’t tell the truth.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Reelshort — Not true, it’s not free and you do subscribe.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Locked episodes not free — Gutted, got into this and thought you had an option for free episodes by watching ads , Got to a point where there was a padlock on the episodes, you need to buy coins to open it. I’d probably pay for a whole series, so you know how much it’s gonna cost to watch to the end.. rather than run out of coins and have to purchase more as you go” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Coins or credits exhaust too fast
3of the 16 read·19%
Purchased credits are used up in moments, forcing quick repurchases to continue watching.
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“Joke — The coins are useless I got loads to watch and they went on the 1st episode” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Don't just don't rip off — For some reason I got into one story about a genie. Don't ask :) I paid £5 for some credits and it showed me around an extra 6 clips and I had used up my credits . So after £5 I never even saw the end. Such a rip off don't waste your money on these money grabbers” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Locked episodes not free — Gutted, got into this and thought you had an option for free episodes by watching ads , Got to a point where there was a padlock on the episodes, you need to buy coins to open it. I’d probably pay for a whole series, so you know how much it’s gonna cost to watch to the end.. rather than run out of coins and have to purchase more as you go” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Excessive ads with no way to skip
3of the 16 read·19%
Ads appear constantly, cannot be exited or skipped, making the app unwatchable within minutes.
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“Blocking ads — It's not a bad idea to offer ads for view of the content but you cannot get out of the ads .. no exit even after 5 minutes of a screen waiting for you to download a game ??” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Useless false adds — I seen that app on facebook saying that watching one add can let watch the whole series but when I downloaded it I need to watch dozen of adds then I have to wait 24 hours to watch few more adds to watch episodes nonesense highly not recommended 👎” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Maybe — I’m not gonna lie it’s good and all nice thrillers but at the same time very like 5 mins there’s and ad js waiting for me it gets annoying quick like I barley get on it any more js take ads away and maybe it would be a lot better” — ★★☆☆☆ · 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 16 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected yesterday.