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ProperShortVertical drama, measured.

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What will this series actually cost you?

Short drama apps price episodes in coins, sell coins in uneven bundles, and never tell you the total. This works it out: coins needed, the cheapest way to buy them, the real price per episode, and how long the whole thing takes to watch.

Series priced
1197
Platforms
6
Where these numbers come from. Every dollar figure is a price Apple lists on the app's own US App Store page, checked 2026-08-19. Only GoodShort states how many coins a purchase buys; for the rest we work the coin count back from the price at $0.00998 a coin — a rate that reproduces GoodShort's five published tiers exactly, and matches the two other coin figures we were given. Prices are real; coin counts are modelled, and every pack says which it is.
We do not know how many episodes each app gives away free. This calculator assumes none are, so every total is a ceiling rather than a quote. If an app front-loads ten free episodes, you will pay less than we show.

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$89.82cheapest way to finish
—total watch time
$0.61per paid episode

How that breaks down

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    Full price tables

    Hypothetical: what a series of this length would cost on each app we track. Platforms differ on free episodes, coins per episode and pack value — the spread is often larger than people expect.

    PlatformFree epsCoins/epCoins neededCheapest totalPer episode

    Method

    • Coins needed = (total episodes − free episodes − episodes you already unlocked) × coins per episode, minus any free coins you enter.
    • We then solve for the cheapest combination of that platform's coin packs that covers the total, counting bonus coins. Buying one large pack is usually cheaper than several small ones, but not always — that is the point of the tool.
    • Leftover coins are shown but not counted as savings; most people never spend them.
    • Subscriptions, promotions, ad-unlocks and daily check-in coins are not included. Enter free coins manually to model them.

    Limits

    • Prices vary by region, app store and ongoing promotions.
    • Ongoing series add episodes over time, so the total will grow.
    • Some platforms change coins-per-episode partway through a series, usually raising it for the later, more addictive episodes.
    • Always confirm the price in the app before paying.

    Prices are the US App Store listings as of 19 August 2026, combined with figures supplied to us the same month. Coin counts, per-episode costs and what a subscription grants are modelled, not quoted — platforms change all of this without notice, so treat every total as an estimate and confirm in the app before paying.