Short drama app · US App Store · 10 Nov 2026
PineDrama
PineDrama is the TikTok app on this list. The store page says so, links TikTok’s subscription terms, and does not put a dollar amount on the text we saved. A review from 30 October describes unlocked episodes with occasional ads. One review is not a free pass.
Seller TIKTOK PTE. LTD. Rating 4.9 from 143K. Age 13+. iPhone, iPad.
On the listing
- The seller is TikTok’s company, TIKTOK PTE. LTD., not a lookalike name.
- The app’s own FAQ says an episode is about 1 to 3 minutes, and that subtitles and dubs include English and Spanish.
- The install is large: the page listed 676.8 MB, against roughly 100 to 200 MB for the other iPhone apps here.
The catch
- An auto-renewing plan is in the description, and the price was not in the text we kept. The purchase sheet is the price.
- A reviewer on 30 October calls some voiceovers AI. The developer FAQ does not say the shows are generated.
- Age is 13+ with in-app controls. Some titles can be rated higher and restricted inside the app.
The page is marked Free with in-app purchases. The description says an auto-renewing subscription renews unless you cancel it, that the renewal price is shown before purchase, and that you manage renewal in the App Store. It links TikTok Drama Pass terms. We did not copy a dollar row from that page, so this review does not invent one.
The TikTok listing
The US page read 10 Nov 2026 shows the developer as TikTok Ltd. and the seller as TIKTOK PTE. LTD. The first line of the description calls PineDrama TikTok’s official short-drama app. The rating was 4.9 from 143K ratings. Copyright on the page is TikTok Pte. Ltd., 2025. Languages are English and 47 more. The subscription paragraph points at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/tiktok-series-sale-terms.
Length, in the app’s FAQ
The description includes its own questions. It says each episode is about 1 to 3 minutes. It says subtitles and professional dubbing include English and Spanish. It says new episodes are added regularly. Those are the publisher’s sentences. They are specific enough to use, and they are still ads for the app.
A review that says you do not pay per episode
A review dated 30 October, on the page when we read it, says episodes were already unlocked, that ads appear between some episodes rather than after every one, and that some ads can be skipped after a few seconds. The same review says some voiceovers sound generated and that stories sometimes skip. Another review, from 16 October, also says a membership was not required for what that person watched.
Both sit under a description that still sells an auto-renewing subscription. Free-to-start and a pass you can buy can be true together. If you install it, watch whether a paywall appears after the episodes the ad already showed you. Do not treat the reviews as a promise from TikTok.
Questions
Is PineDrama part of TikTok?
The US App Store seller is TIKTOK PTE. LTD., and the description calls it TikTok’s official short-drama app.
How much does PineDrama cost?
The description says an auto-renewing subscription shows its renewal price before you buy. This page does not print a dollar figure because we did not copy one from the listing.