About ShortDramaDesk
Where a short drama streams, what it costs to finish, and the source for every number.
ShortDramaDesk is an independent guide for people in the US who watch vertical short dramas. It tracks which app carries a drama, how many episodes are free, what finishing it costs and what to watch next.
We don't rate dramas we haven't watched. We read each app's own pages, price lists and store listings, write down the day we checked, and tell you what a drama costs to finish.
How the desk works
"We" on this site is the ShortDramaDesk desk: the editorial desk that reads the apps' own pages and keeps the numbers. It is not a critic with a watch history, and that shapes what it can tell you. The desk works with AI tools; how we use AI says where.
The desk does
- Reads each app's drama pages, coin guides and terms, and the App Store and Google Play listings, and records the day it checked.
- Keeps its own catalog: the apps' public catalog pages read by a slow script, plus the top titles on ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, FlexTV and GoodShort checked by hand.
- Works out cost to finish from the app's own prices and shows the math.
- Quotes viewers word for word from public posts, with a link and a date.
- Ends each article with a verdict: which app or drama to pick, for whom, and what would change the answer.
- Fixes mistakes in place and adds a dated PATCH line that says what changed.
The desk does not
- Rate or review dramas it has not watched. No "we binged it in one night".
- Invent writers, viewers or credentials. The byline is the desk; a named person will only appear if a real one joins.
- Get around a block: no captcha solving, rotating IPs, fake logins or pretending to be a search engine.
- Re-host posters or clips, or copy the apps' descriptions. Posters are shown from the app's own server with a credit; summaries are our own words.
How we use AI
ShortDramaDesk articles are researched and written with AI tools. The tools read the apps' pages, the store listings and the other sources an article quotes, and draft the article from those notes.
Before an article is published, every fact in it (drama titles, episode counts, coin prices, store ratings, quoted viewer comments) is checked against its original source, and quotes are compared word for word with the live page. Each article has its own source table with the date every source was read; its References list and "How we checked this" box show the sources and the day of the last full check. That check is also run with AI tools. Facts that cannot be matched to a source are cut.
When we get something wrong, we fix it in the article and add a dated PATCH line that says what changed, so the correction is public. See corrections and contact to report one.
How we check a drama
Start from the app's own drama page
Episode count, free episodes, cast, tags and the app's own AI label come from the drama's page on the app's website, read on a stated day. When the page says "Premium episodes begin at episode 12", we quote it word for word.
Read slowly, in the open, and taken down on request
We read the apps' public catalog pages with a slow script: robots.txt first, at least three seconds between requests to one site, a cap on pages per run, nothing re-read that has not changed, and no way around a block (a 403, a rate limit or a challenge page stops that app for the day). Most apps' terms forbid automated reading; we chose to read their public pages anyway, as other guides do, and we remove any poster or page within 48 hours when an app or rights holder asks (see Contact). The hottest titles are also checked by hand, and a hand check always wins.
Price a drama only from the app's own price list
Cost to finish is locked episodes times the app's published coins per episode, paid with the cheapest mix of the app's own coin packs. If the app does not publish a per-episode price, we show no cost, not a guess.
Merge the same drama only on evidence
Two listings become one drama only when the titles match after normalising, when the app names the other title, or when we confirmed the pair by hand and wrote down why. Titles that merely look alike stay apart.
Keep a source file and a date
Each article has a source table: one row per fact, with the URL, a short verbatim quote and the access date. Each data page shows its source and check date. A fact without a source is cut.
Quote viewers, never invent them
Viewer opinions are quoted word for word from public posts, with a link and a date. Ratings on this site are anonymous votes from readers; until a drama has votes, it says "Be the first to rate". The apps' own view and like counts are shown separately, never mixed into a score.
What we cover
- Where to watch: which app carries a drama, with episodes, free episodes and the official link
- Cost to finish, from the app's own coin price list
- Apps compared: store ratings, in-app prices, coins and passes, each dated
- Tropes and what to watch next, with a reason for every pick
- Dramas the apps themselves label as AI-made
What we leave out
- Links to pirate copies, re-uploads or Telegram bots
- Poster art and video clips (we use text cards and our own drawings)
- Paid placements or sponsored reviews
- Hub pages for adult-only tropes; dramas the apps mark as sexual are labelled and kept out of search
We also do not publish reviews of dramas we have not watched.
Who writes it
Articles carry one byline, ShortDramaDesk Editorial. There are no invented reviewers or personas on this site. The ShortDramaDesk desk. We read each app's own drama pages, coin price lists and App Store listings on a stated day, and keep our own catalog of where each drama streams. We don't rate dramas we haven't watched.
ShortDramaDesk fact-check: Before publishing, each fact in a ShortDramaDesk article is matched to a linked source and the quote is checked on the live source page. Each article ends with a "How we checked this" box that shows the number of sources and the day of the last full check.
Independence
ShortDramaDesk is an independent viewer guide and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, GoodShort, FlexTV, NetShort or any other app or publisher we cover. App and drama names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify what we write about.
The site carries no ads, no affiliate links and no sponsored content today. If that changes, links will be labelled and this page will say how they work.
Ask the desk
Want to know where a drama streams, how many episodes are free or what it costs to finish? Email contact@shortdramadesk.com. There is no form and no sign-up: the email is the whole channel.
- The desk answers in public, in the FAQ of the article the question belongs to (or in a new article), and the answer carries the date it was written. It goes through the same source checks as every other fact on the site.
- We don't promise a private reply to each email, and not every question gets an answer. We pick the ones an app's own page can settle.
- Your name and email address are never published. The question may appear in the FAQ, reworded or shortened. We collect nothing beyond the email you send; the privacy policy says how we keep it.
Corrections and contact
Spotted a wrong episode count, price or app listing? Email contact@shortdramadesk.com with the article and the source. We fix errors in place and note the change in the article. The same address handles takedown or copyright requests, privacy and legal matters.
Feedback, or a drama or topic you want covered, goes to the same inbox, like Ask the desk questions.