Reviews of Playlet: Watch Short Dramas&TV

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List of user reviews and ratings for Playlet: Watch Short Dramas&TV

Total ratings

4.60 (Rating count: 44,961)

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Review summary

Playlet offers engaging short dramas with generally positive content quality, but user sentiment is dominated by pricing, billing, and paywall frustrations: steep, rising charges; long ads; paywalls/coins blocking access; and refunds/cancellation issues. Some praise exists for multilingual content and overall entertainment value, but monetization and user-experience problems recur across reviews.

Pros

Engaging and varied catalog of short dramas and TV shows that many users enjoy.
Notable praise for content quality, with readers describing the app as amazing or high quality.
Positive reception from multilingual users (Spanish/Portuguese comments) indicating broad appeal.

Cons

Pricing is expensive and inconsistent, with frequent charges, price hikes, and unexpected fees.
Ads are long and disruptive, significantly hindering viewing.
Access is often blocked by coins/points paywalls or locked episodes, making it hard to watch without paying.
Cancellation and refunds are difficult, with reports of continued charges after attempting to cancel.
Coins/credits system is unreliable, with instances of credits not being granted or misused.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.70

All time rating average: 4.60

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56% (48)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-30	Re*****	Awesome
Awesome
2026-07-28	Az*****	140 coins per episode
140 coins per episode
2026-07-18	Re*****	Still getting charged 24.99 A WEEK for service I cancelled weeks ago. Continued charges to my Apple Account which are then refunded so they don’t look bad to Apple. I have already complained repeatedly to Apple and they say they can’t do a thing!!! Don’t do business with these crooks!!! It’s the only way to make them stop!!!
Still getting charged 24.99 A WEEK for service I cancelled weeks ago. Continued charges to my Apple Account which are then refunded so they don’t look bad to Apple. I have already complained repeatedly to Apple and they say they can’t do a thing!!! Don’t do business with these crooks!!! It’s the only way to make them stop!!!
2026-07-16	Ri*****	It takes too long to get to the end of the story is when you don’t pay for the extra coinage I think it should be for everybody to see that just for people who have the money to pay for some of us don’t have money I would like to see the end
It takes too long to get to the end of the story is when you don’t pay for the extra coinage I think it should be for everybody to see that just for people who have the money to pay for some of us don’t have money I would like to see the end
2026-07-13	56*****	I cancelled Playlet March 7, I am still getting charged and it’s easy to unsubscribe but it’s hell to get them to stop taking your money out.
I cancelled Playlet March 7, I am still getting charged and it’s easy to unsubscribe but it’s hell to get them to stop taking your money out.
2026-07-02	Si*****	No worth it at all. You can find just as good, if not better, dramas on other platforms where there’s less adds and it’s a lot cheaper.
No worth it at all. You can find just as good, if not better, dramas on other platforms where there’s less adds and it’s a lot cheaper.
2026-06-24	Lu*****	DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. Unable to cancel! I have followed their ‘directions’ and they are fake! FAKE. This is illegal. I have contacted Apple play store. They are investigating, and will be deleting this app from the play store!!
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. Unable to cancel! I have followed their ‘directions’ and they are fake! FAKE. This is illegal. I have contacted Apple play store. They are investigating, and will be deleting this app from the play store!!
2026-06-21	Te*****	Different titles and actors but same ‘unrealistic plot’ on repeat. Not sure why in every show live actors or AI-generated are depicted slapping (by both male or female), hit over the head with a bottle, drinks poured on them, family members I’ll/dying in a hospital, contract marriage, kidnapped - the list goes on. Scripts are nearly identical. Disappointed that first responders, teachers, managers/employees are almost always portrayed as disrespectful toward the ‘victim’. With the cost to watch shows on this app being pricey ($$$$), I thought each genre would have more variety 😤
Different titles and actors but same ‘unrealistic plot’ on repeat. Not sure why in every show live actors or AI-generated are depicted slapping (by both male or female), hit over the head with a bottle, drinks poured on them, family members I’ll/dying in a hospital, contract marriage, kidnapped - the list goes on. Scripts are nearly identical. Disappointed that first responders, teachers, managers/employees are almost always portrayed as disrespectful toward the ‘victim’. With the cost to watch shows on this app being pricey ($$$$), I thought each genre would have more variety 😤
2026-06-18	“L*****	App strongly pushes to pay for coins to be able to watch shorts and its 150 coins for 1 15 second video to a 70 part series very minimal ability to get free coins and you have to wait a 3 day period after watching 3 ads to get 3 free episodes
App strongly pushes to pay for coins to be able to watch shorts and its 150 coins for 1 15 second video to a 70 part series very minimal ability to get free coins and you have to wait a 3 day period after watching 3 ads to get 3 free episodes
2026-06-18	GM*****	I spend several hours I. The app. Watched the videos and was enjoying the story. But now every time I try to pick up where I left off it won’t let me snd makes me start all over again. Most frustrating. Will probably delete another one of these apps.
I spend several hours I. The app. Watched the videos and was enjoying the story. But now every time I try to pick up where I left off it won’t let me snd makes me start all over again. Most frustrating. Will probably delete another one of these apps.