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Finish-cost calculator
Pick an app and a series length. We compare paying with coins against a one-week subscription — the two ways people actually finish a series.
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ReelShort math is exact for its published prices: 60 coins per standard episode, coin packs of $4.99 / $9.99 / $14.99 / $29.99 including bonus coins (snapshot 2026-11-12). DramaBox does not publish a per-episode coin price, so its coin row is an estimate ($0.38–$0.63 per episode, based on third-party checks of full-series coin costs) — treat it as a range, not a quote. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; a weekly plan only saves money if you finish within the week. Free episodes at the start of a series (typically the first 5–15 on ReelShort) are not deducted here.
Why this matters
On ReelShort, an 80-episode series costs $44.96 in coins but $19.99 on a one-week subscription. The break-even point is around 40 episodes: shorter series are cheaper in coins, longer ones are cheaper by subscription. On DramaBox the same logic applies at lower prices — its weekly plan is $5.99. The full side-by-side is on the ReelShort vs DramaBox page.