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StardustTV - Short Drama&Movie
Hongxing Media Co., Limited · 73,346 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
73,346 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 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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"watch"
7 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Husband for Hire. This video is interesting to watch, the plot is obvious, and some of the acting is ok. It’s about 90 minutes of video but you have to watch ads after every 1-2 minutes of it. I watched about 3 hours of ads to see this video and if I see one…" - Stokley5000
2
"subscription"
6 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
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"week"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
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"cancel"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
5
"money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Good….when humans acted sucks now that it’s ai. I don’t know about anyone else, but when I watch something on TV, I don’t wanna see AI I would like to see either real actors preferably or if it’s gonna be a cartoon to have actual people animators with keep jobs and do the work. Ai has ho…" - Seaag94
6
"paid"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
7
"worth"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
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"scam"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!. Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please s…" - SCAM and CHEATS!!!
9
"these"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Broken, battered, and my patience after 2 years is more than bruised.... These updates the release have gone from good to bad tumors and the amount of content has gone from bad to good to greet but the ability to access it has become obsolete unless you are a native and can understand the Chinese Korean or whate…" - AustinOfAmesWraithe1986
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"free"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam. IG ad says watch for free with ad based support. After watching 10 episodes you have to pay. You can’t advance watching ads, it’s a scam." - Nicole1234567891234
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"card"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad app. Stupid app , keeps debiting my card , I’ve tried deleting my account yet it’s not working" - $72((28$2(2?!@
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"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad app. Stupid app , keeps debiting my card , I’ve tried deleting my account yet it’s not working" - $72((28$2(2?!@
📋 All 28 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").
Bad app
Stupid app , keeps debiting my card , I’ve tried deleting my account yet it’s not working
THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!
Please beware of this app. i wanted to see if i would like it so i paid for a one week subscription and made sure to cancel it. They will continue to charge and when you try to reach out to resolve this issue they will not respond. Please save yourself the trouble it’s not worth it! They are scammers!!!! If i could give them negative stars I would.
Stardust
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!!!! IT IS A SCAM. ONCE YOU PUT YOUR CARD IN. YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THEM VIA EMAIL TO CANCEL THE SUBSCRIPTION AND THEY DON’T REPLY. I HAD TO BLOCK THEM ON MY CARD SO THEY WOULD STOP CHARGING ME.
Broken, battered, and my patience after 2 years is more than bruised...
These updates the release have gone from good to bad tumors and the amount of content has gone from bad to good to greet but the ability to access it has become obsolete unless you are a native and can understand the Chinese Korean or whatever language language it is being spoken in. Subtitles are nonexistent at this point and it was promised after they finally responded to me a couple weeks ago that they had understood the issue after I had been required to do their own work for them to not only report the problem but then document and supply them with proof of the problem which was a chore considering the restrictions and screenshot it or recording due to privacy policies and they had promised me that they understood the issue with the program or application and the next update would fix it.
Here we are now with the next update and it went from being a problem that was workable, (although frustrating which made me camp this application), to now being completely broken and something I will be unsubscribing to. This initial issue arose two months+ ago and they've only replied to me once during that period of time outside of telling me to do the all but impossible task of providing proof of the issue because they couldn't reproduce it. (That's laughable cause they found the issue cause supposedly quite quickly after proof was provided...yet obviously not considering the update just further broke things...sigh!)
I do not have it in me after two years of sticking with them during their roughest times of no content uploads, broken app functions, server crashing, lag, and other issues that have now been addressed or been left in the dust by multiple other leading platforms and are on a much cheaper plan with much more content and better support and functionality.
I have only stayed with this platform because I do not lack the funds and because they've continued to update so it has been a matter of on my part I tend to support developers that for effort as a loyalist on my end. I'll be sad to walk away but I'll get over it as I have six or seven other subscriptions that are far less troublesome, haha.
Here we are now with the next update and it went from being a problem that was workable, (although frustrating which made me camp this application), to now being completely broken and something I will be unsubscribing to. This initial issue arose two months+ ago and they've only replied to me once during that period of time outside of telling me to do the all but impossible task of providing proof of the issue because they couldn't reproduce it. (That's laughable cause they found the issue cause supposedly quite quickly after proof was provided...yet obviously not considering the update just further broke things...sigh!)
I do not have it in me after two years of sticking with them during their roughest times of no content uploads, broken app functions, server crashing, lag, and other issues that have now been addressed or been left in the dust by multiple other leading platforms and are on a much cheaper plan with much more content and better support and functionality.
I have only stayed with this platform because I do not lack the funds and because they've continued to update so it has been a matter of on my part I tend to support developers that for effort as a loyalist on my end. I'll be sad to walk away but I'll get over it as I have six or seven other subscriptions that are far less troublesome, haha.
Can’t use the app
Every time I try to access the app I get that the server isn’t available or no data available?
TERRIBLE
i did the 20$ a week subscription i normally do it for other apps like “drama box “and cancel it after but this site brought me to Safari and then couldn’t cancel it so I had to revoke it on my card. It’s a scam in my opinion
Husband for Hire
This video is interesting to watch, the plot is obvious, and some of the acting is ok. It’s about 90 minutes of video but you have to watch ads after every 1-2 minutes of it. I watched about 3 hours of ads to see this video and if I see one more ad for GovAuctions I’m going to puke. I will NEVER watch another of these StardustTV videos and am deleting the app.
Caro y engañoso
Es una app muy cara.
You have to pay
Bait and switch. They get you started on some fake story, you have to pay to watch the rest. I’m not that desperate.
Good….when humans acted sucks now that it’s ai
I don’t know about anyone else, but when I watch something on TV, I don’t wanna see AI I would like to see either real actors preferably or if it’s gonna be a cartoon to have actual people animators with keep jobs and do the work. Ai has horrible intonation an inflection. It’s got bad errors in animation. It’s just not worth it and if you’re asking me to spend money like you do on these apps for subscriptions that I want to get my moneys worth in AI is not it. so until that changes, it’s a one star review for me and I canceled my subscription.
Scam
IG ad says watch for free with ad based support. After watching 10 episodes you have to pay. You can’t advance watching ads, it’s a scam.
Very scammy
There was a pop up ad on the app that says promo for $9.99 for 2 weeks so i went for it. I actually got charged $14.99 ending in 1 week. Very predatory. Apple should penalize or remove these apps!
Fraudulent app
Horrible service immediately. This app took my money but did not upgrade me to VIP status. Then their customer services does not respond and it’s unclear how to cancel and not be charged again. So frustrating!!!! Modern day thieves
Not worth it
You have to watch adds for longer than you actually get to watch ‘episodes’. Massive scam! If you want to pay to watch, it costs 20+ a week.
Dont do it mang
You'll spend more time watching ads than actual shows and the ads are loooong royal kingdom ads dudes. So skip or pirate. I suffered so you dont have to 🤙
App sucks
Unable to cancel subscription. I have emailed 5 times and get no response. Don’t subscribe thru the app it’s a trap.
False Advertising
The ad says one thing but the app displays another. I’m not about to spend money when it said I didn’t have to.
AI slop and broken ads
Everything is AI slop, and you're forced to watch ads that are literally longer than the slop they're "selling" that they didn't work on themselves. Ads are also broken, especially the games, they become unskipable. Save your time and money, the good reviews on here seem bot like.
False Advertising
The app advertised on Instagram stating no in app purchases, free unlimited short dramas just ad based. This is a lie.
Lies you have to paid … and the know you want see .. not even introduced to free show
Bad
Overpriced
What a rip! Spent $9.99 twice, my fault but since I started in what I thought was the middle, after watching on Facebook, $20 and I still did not finish. If you have funds to throw away, enjoy.
Not worth it
Not really much to watch
برنامج زباله
كله اعلانات واستغلال عشان تدفع نصيحه لاحد يحمله واذا بتحمله قيمه نجمه وامش
Awful customer service
I paid for annual subscription. A week later my old iPad got damaged so got replacement 3 days later. when reloading app, it will not restore my VIP status. I have sent customer support so many emails with proof of purchase and not one response. They stole my money.
It’s not free as advertised
Ad said it was free. All episodes, it isn’t. I would give zero stars but it’s not available.
Nothing but AI slob
Used to be fun, actual dramas now just littered with nothing but AI slob
Disappointed
Clip that promoted the app was not even in the film shown. False advertisement.
i need help
i paid still saying unlock i paid 2 times went idk why it not working
Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)