About us

Vertical Drama Reviews is an independent site about short drama apps, the ones with one-minute vertical episodes and a cliffhanger every time. We rank them, compare what they cost and point out the ones that are easy to overspend on. We're a small editorial team based in Cyprus, and we aren't owned by any app or studio.

Why did we start this site?

Short drama apps look alike from the outside and work very differently once you're a few episodes in. Some give you plenty for free. Others put up a coin wall early and make the weekly subscription hard to find and harder to cancel. Store pages don't tell you any of that, so we pull together what does: prices, ratings and what thousands of real users complain about.

How are our reviews made?

Every review says which kind it is right under the title, and we never mix the two.

Reviews based on store data

Most of our reviews are built from facts we can check: App Store and Google Play listings, the in-app prices the App Store lists, store ratings and a few hundred recent user reviews per app. The Vertical Drama Reviews team turns that data into reviews, best lists and glossary entries. Automatic checks make sure every price and number matches the data and that the text never claims a hands-on test. Pages that pass those checks go live on their own, without a manual read-through.

Sometimes someone on our team also checks an app’s prices against the app itself. When that happened, the review says so at the bottom, with the date.

Right now every review on the site is data-based. If we test an app by hand, its review will say “Tested by our team” under the title.

The full method, with every scoring formula, is on our how we test page.

How do we make money?

Two ways. Some links to apps on this site are affiliate links, so we may earn a commission when you download an app through them. And apps can pay for clearly labeled placements, like a featured block or a sponsored article.

Neither one buys a better score or a higher spot. Scores come from a formula, and the formula doesn't know who pays us. The details are on our affiliate disclosure and partner with us pages.

How can you reach us?

Spotted a wrong price or an outdated fact? Want to complain about something we wrote? Write to hello@verticaldramareviews.com. More on what to include is on our contact page.

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