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ShortsWave: Watch Drama Series
HALOFUN PTE. LTD. · 112,369 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 29 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"subscription"
7 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "not value for money subscription is very costly and drama shorts are not worth it" - Amit Thakur
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"cancel"
6 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I'd give zero stars if possible. There is no option in app to cancel and the option doesn't show up in Google Subscriptions. I've messaged them several times to cancel for me and haven't received a response back. It's ridiculous." - Kat Gibson
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"stop"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I paid for a week of VIP, and a couple of hours later, my VIP plan stopped working." - Terminator
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"watch"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "too many adverts on tick tock...hopeless to watch what i want" - Kev Butler
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"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "not value for money subscription is very costly and drama shorts are not worth it" - Amit Thakur
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"week"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I paid for a week of VIP, and a couple of hours later, my VIP plan stopped working." - Terminator
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"scam"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "don't fall for the scam like I did. paying for a subscription doesn't stop the ads,you just get more of them!😡" - Lucy Richardson
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"trying"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This company will keep trying to take money out you bank account you can't cancel in the app if you email they never respond.But every week they're trying to take money off your bank account.Please be aware" - Tequila Fritz
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"email"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This company will keep trying to take money out you bank account you can't cancel in the app if you email they never respond.But every week they're trying to take money off your bank account.Please be aware" - Tequila Fritz
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"worth"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "not value for money subscription is very costly and drama shorts are not worth it" - Amit Thakur
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"times"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I'd give zero stars if possible. There is no option in app to cancel and the option doesn't show up in Google Subscriptions. I've messaged them several times to cancel for me and haven't received a response back. It's ridiculous." - Kat Gibson
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"paying"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "don't fall for the scam like I did. paying for a subscription doesn't stop the ads,you just get more of them!😡" - Lucy Richardson
📋 All 29 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Not so good, too many bugs that crash the app all the time
not value for money subscription is very costly and drama shorts are not worth it
I paid for a week of VIP, and a couple of hours later, my VIP plan stopped working.
I'd give zero stars if possible. There is no option in app to cancel and the option doesn't show up in Google Subscriptions. I've messaged them several times to cancel for me and haven't received a response back. It's ridiculous.
don't fall for the scam like I did. paying for a subscription doesn't stop the ads,you just get more of them!😡
third class app don't ever download this app thuiii may this app developer die soon
too many adverts on tick tock...hopeless to watch what i want
not worth the money
good
too much ads even i paid for the subscription still the same.. hlgot annoyed that I deleted this app..
too costly
This company will keep trying to take money out you bank account you can't cancel in the app if you email they never respond.But every week they're trying to take money off your bank account.Please be aware
Avoid! You do the rewards and end up in a continuous loop of ads. Once one is finished it stays. You can only select "install". Google Play really should look at these apps. I thought this would be good for a long trip.
add and non stop notification close to harassment . specially after paying 19usd for a week I've watched 2 nice series and had to watch advertising
got charged for membership, and then it asking me to restore my membership. Tried to email support and it failed to send multiple times. 3 days later issues not fixed and absolutely no response from support email, even after making sure they had my id number, and proof of payment
I subscribed online and now I can't cancel my subscription.
HOW DO I CANCEL THIS SUBSCRIPTION????? I would give 0 stars if possible I sent an email today 5/29/26 still trying to charge as of 6/18/26 STOP TRYING TO CHARGE MY CARD 6/24/2026
Scam. It says for free but too many ads.
Good
EXPENSIVE!!! Do not waste your money
can't watch a single thing without ads
WHY when you pay for a subscription you still have to watch 2 adverts when going in to watch a drama for the 1st time especially if it is a drama advertised on Facebook or Instagram. none of the other drama series do this. This is now 3 times whether you subscribe or not you have to watch adverts
Don't try to do any payment! SCAM!
This app is not made very well. Just to stop watching a show and try to look at the menu to see what other shows they have, they make you watch an ad. it's really annoying. Plus, you can have a bunch of coins, and it'll tell you you have zero coins on the screen where you're trying to just go to the next episode. I definitely wouldn't pay $20 a week for this app. you can get a streaming service for less than that a month.
I have been trying to cancel my subscription for over 3 weeks and it has been difficult. the short films are okay, but not worth the weekly price.
They make it very had to cancel subscriptions I have been sending emails because I have seen in the reviews that they do not respond and this is true. I have stated in those emails that I want to cancel and not to charge my card. If they do I will have to dispute the charges. They charged my card again even though I sent an email telling them to cancel. This has to be a scam do not subscribe. I now have to dispute charges with my bank. I repeat do not subscribe!!!!!!
too many ads
will not let me stop this app. I can not unsubscribe it
Paying the astronomical price to make it ad free but its only for between episodes. you will still get ads every single time you open the app. I get 1 to 3 ads every time I open it. they may not be full ads but they are still ads and you have to wait for it to be done before you can get into the app. also they don't allow you to pause it at all. the app closes completely to go to any other app and then you are forced to repeat the opening ads again. so yeah not ad free
Sentiment summary
86%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
11%
Negative (1-2★)