“LIE LIE LIE !!! RUN FROM HERE I'm extremely disappointed with Soda Reels, an app available on Google Play Store. Their marketing ads claim that the app is 'free, no ads, no fees', but that's far from the truth. As soon as I installed the…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 453 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Soda Reels - Drama & show
LY TechnologyExperience the Ultimate Short Drama Journey – Anytime, Anywhere!
4.7 ★78,642 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Experience the Ultimate Short Drama Journey – Anytime, Anywhere!
A dream come true for short drama lovers! Now, you can watch top-quality original short dramas and movies during any spare moment, wherever you are. Whether on the go or during a break, we offer a wide variety of content to satisfy all your viewing needs!
【Massive Content, Endless Choices】 Soda Reels offers a rich selection of popular genres, including revenge stories, comeback dramas, modern romance, urban thrillers, historical adventures, CEO love stories, and legendary warriors. We update with fresh content daily, so you never miss a hot episode!
【Carefully Crafted, Premium Presentation】 Every drama is meticulously produced, delivering an immersive experience with HD visuals. Every minute is packed with captivating storylines, fulfilling both your desire for great plots and stunning visuals.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.6.0, updated 2026-09-22.
What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 3.6.0, scanned 2026-10-07.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Privacy disclosure does not match the app
Tracking or advertising SDKs are present in the package that the store's own privacy disclosure does not account for.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (1 entry) names no tracking or advertising use, but the package ships 21 advertising/tracking SDKs: Adjust, Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, AppsFlyer
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 97 distinct reviewers (21.4% of 453 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited time offer"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I understand adds but this is ridiculous! some ads are normal and other force opens the playstore and takes you off app then when ypu go back to the app loads another ad. This especially happens on the hot mini drama ads. it always force…”
“too much ads per episode, its very annoying they had some amazing cdrama but it has a lot of ads, i dont recommend this app to anyone else, i hope they fix something in this app and i'll never gonna download this again.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.6.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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