Short drama app · US App Store · 10 Nov 2026
ShortsWave
Most listings on this site hide the dollar amount. ShortsWave puts two of them in the description. The week is $19.99. The year is $199.99. Kept for all 52 weeks, the year is about $3.85 a week.
Seller HALOFUN PTE. LTD. Rating 4.7 from 31K. Age 17+. iPhone.
On the listing
- The week and the year both have a dollar amount in the description.
- The year is the cheaper way to buy the same “unlock paid episodes” promise, if you keep it.
- The seller, HALOFUN PTE. LTD., is named.
The catch
- A week at $19.99 is the expensive way to stay subscribed. Fifty-two of them are about $1,039.
- “Paid episodes” does not say how many episodes are outside that phrase.
- “Cancel at any time” is not the same sentence as “at least 24 hours before renewal.” Apple still bills a renewal that is already inside that window.
Prices the store page showed
- Weekly subscription $19.99
- Yearly subscription $199.99
These two rows are the prices written in the description, not a separate in-app product table. Both say they unlock paid episodes, the week for a week and the year for a year. $19.99 times 52 is $1,039.48. The year is $199.99, which is about $3.85 a week only if it runs the full year. The description says you can cancel at any time. It does not print the 24-hour line. Age 17+. 14 languages. Rating 4.7 from 31K. Released 22 Mar 2024. Current version date 13 Sep 2026.
The two prices in the description
HALOFUN PTE. LTD. sells ShortsWave: Watch Drama Series. The description says the app offers a weekly subscription that unlocks all paid episodes within a week at $19.99, and a yearly subscription that unlocks them within one year at $199.99. You can cancel at any time.
Divide the year by 52 and the printed year is about $3.85 a week. That arithmetic is ours, from the two numbers in the description. It is not a third product. It is also not a reason to buy the year if you only wanted one series tonight. The week is the product that matches a short stay, and it is the one that costs $19.99 every time it renews.
Questions
Is ShortsWave $19.99 a week?
The description says the weekly subscription is $19.99 and unlocks paid episodes for a week. The yearly subscription in the same paragraph is $199.99.
Does the year work out cheaper?
On the printed prices, $199.99 for a year is about $3.85 a week, against $19.99 for a single week. That holds if the year runs its term. Canceling a week you did not mean to renew is a different problem, and the description does not spell out the 24-hour cutoff.