Short Drama App DevelopmentMicro Episodes · Coin Unlocks · Series · CMS

A vertical swipe player tuned for 9:16 episodes, series and season structure, a per-episode paywall with a threshold you set, a coin wallet with top-up packs, rewarded-ad unlocks, watchlist and continue-watching, subtitles and multi-language tracks, a store app and a web app that share one wallet, and an operator console for uploads, episode order, subtitles, pricing and moderation. Five paid Plus modules (HLS streaming, DRM, Season Voting, Content Import and Regional Pricing) are licensed on top.

Six working days from kickoff, which starts when requirements and branding assets are received and payment is confirmed. In that window Miracuves white-labels the base, deploys to hosting you own, and publishes to your own developer accounts. App-store review time is controlled by Apple and Google and sits outside those six days.

The first episodes of a series play free to hook the viewer. From a threshold you control, each episode costs coins. Viewers buy coin packs, earn coins through rewarded ads, or subscribe to a VIP tier for unlimited unlocks. Thresholds, pack sizes and pricing are all configurable in admin rather than hard-coded.

No. Miracuves builds and deploys the platform; the content is yours to produce or license. We wire the upload, encoding, subtitle and scheduling workflows so your team can publish episodes without engineering help, but we do not produce or license drama catalogs. Licensed partner catalogs can be imported on a schedule with the Content Import Plus module.

Yes. The player is built for 9:16 vertical playback with auto-advance to the next episode, subtitles and selectable audio tracks. Adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS) is a paid Plus module: encoding runs through Mux or Cloudflare Stream on your own account, connected during delivery, so weak mobile networks get a faster start and fewer stalls.

Coin purchases are digital goods, so Apple and Google require their in-app purchase systems rather than an external card gateway. Miracuves wires StoreKit and Google Play Billing for app purchases, and a web checkout on your own gateway for top-ups made outside the apps. Getting this wrong is a common reason for a drama app to be rejected at review.

The ReelShort base is a fixed $3,999 with source code included. Scope, payment provider and branding are agreed in writing before payment. The five Plus modules are licensed on top of the base, and custom platforms beyond it are quoted separately in writing, typically 2-8 weeks of build.

Yes. Full source for the store app, the web app, the operator console and the API transfers to you on handover, with no vendor lock-in and no licence fee on the code. You host it on infrastructure you own.

Yes. Builds are prepared, signed and submitted to your own developer accounts, with store listings and assets configured. Review approval is Apple and Google, and we handle everything up to that point.

They monetize and retain differently. OTT sells a subscription to a broad catalog of long-form content. A short drama app sells access episode by episode, with one-to-two minute vertical episodes, a coin economy, and pacing built around cliffhangers. The player, the billing model and the CMS are all different, which is why Miracuves runs them as separate bases rather than one product.

Five paid modules licensed on top of the base: Adaptive Streaming (HLS), DRM Protection, Season Voting, Content Import (API) and Regional Pricing. Each is switched on per client, and the vendor accounts they use, such as Mux or Cloudflare Stream for encoding and your Widevine or FairPlay provider for DRM, are connected during delivery. They are quoted in writing with the rest of your scope.

Yes. The store app, the web app and the operator console share one API and one wallet, so a coin bought on the web can unlock an episode in the app, and a VIP window applies everywhere. Reward coins and purchased coins are tracked separately, and every movement is written to a typed ledger the console reads.