DramaBox Price by Country (2026): US, UK, Philippines, Brazil, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan and More in USD

How much does DramaBox cost in each country?

DramaBox's price depends on your store country. The table below lists every regional price in our research files, the local currency amount and a US-dollar equivalent. Rows marked "verified" were read from an App Store listing on 25 Sep 2026; the rest come from press or research reports and are labelled accordingly. Apple does not show billing periods on its listings, so "membership" does not automatically mean "weekly".

This page owns the country comparison. For the US price structure itself (weekly vs yearly, what each App Store item is) see our main DramaBox price guide.

How we converted DramaBox prices to US dollars

All USD figures on this page are a TopDrama.app calculation at approximate September 2026 exchange rates, not prices DramaBox publishes. Where a source already gave a dollar equivalent (Vietnam, Brazil annual, Singapore, Japan), we used the rate implied by that source so our numbers match theirs. For the pound and the peso we used rounded reference rates. Exchange rates move daily, and your bank or store may add fees, so treat every USD figure as a guide rather than a quote.

Why your card statement may differ

DramaBox's Terms state that fees are set in US dollars, that prices vary by location and exchange rate, and that taxes or foreign-exchange fees may apply. A card issued in one country but used on a store in another can add a conversion charge on top of the listed price. The store confirmation sheet shows the amount in your store's currency, which is the figure that actually matters.

How much is DramaBox in the UK?

DramaBox in the UK lists a Membership at £12.99 and special offers at £2.99, £6.99 and £12.99 on the App Store (research report, Sep 2026). At about $1.34 to the pound, £12.99 is roughly $17.41, or 87% of the US $19.99 tier (TopDrama.app calculation). Apple's UK listing, like the US one, does not show whether £12.99 renews weekly.

What would a year of UK weekly billing cost?

If £12.99 is a weekly plan, 52 renewals cost £675.48, about $905 (TopDrama.app calculation). No UK annual price appears in our research. A "Refund Policy" on dramabox.co.uk cites a 14-day refund window for unused coins under the UK Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, but that domain is not one of the official domains in the store listings, so its authority is unconfirmed.

What are the £2.99 and £6.99 UK offers?

The UK "special offers" at £2.99, £6.99 and £12.99 mirror the US coin packs at $4.99, $9.99 and $19.99. Apple does not list how many coins each contains. The £2.99 item (about $4.01) is the cheapest confirmed entry point in a Western DramaBox storefront.

How much is DramaBox in the Philippines?

DramaBox in the Philippines lists memberships at ₱49, ₱299 (several items) and ₱499, plus special offers at ₱49 and ₱299 (App Store, seen 25 Sep 2026). At about ₱57 to the dollar, ₱299 is roughly $5.25 and ₱499 about $8.75 (TopDrama.app calculation). The Philippine listing shows 4.8 stars from 169K ratings and ranks #1 in Entertainment (free).

What is the ₱49 DramaBox membership?

The ₱49 membership (about $0.86) is the cheapest DramaBox membership item in our research. Apple does not show its billing period or whether it is an introductory price, so check the confirmation sheet. A ₱49 special offer also exists, which is most likely a small coin pack.

How does the Philippines compare with the US?

The most common Philippine membership price, ₱299, equals about 26% of the US $19.99 tier (TopDrama.app calculation). That gap is consistent with Sensor Tower data showing Southeast Asia is a high-download, lower-spend region for short drama apps.

DramaBox preço Brasil: how much is DramaBox in Brazil?

DramaBox in Brazil lists "Membro" at R$39,90 (several items) and R$49,90, plus "Recarga com desconto" top-ups at R$6,90 and R$29,90 (App Store, seen 25 Sep 2026). At about R$5.40 to the dollar, R$39,90 is roughly $7.39 and R$49,90 about $9.24 (TopDrama.app calculation).

Is there a DramaBox annual plan in Brazil?

Canaltech reported on 12 Apr 2025 a Brazilian DramaBox annual plan of R$399,90 (about $74), coins from R$4,90 and weekly plans from R$29,90. Those figures are more than a year old and differ from the current store items, so treat them as historical. If R$39,90 is weekly, 52 renewals would cost R$2.074,80, about $384, which makes an annual plan far cheaper if your paywall shows one.

What is "Recarga com desconto"?

"Recarga com desconto" means "discounted top-up": the Brazilian name for a coin pack sold at a promotional price. The R$6,90 item (about $1.28) is one of the cheapest paid entries into DramaBox anywhere in our data. Our DramaBox coins guide explains how coins unlock episodes.

How much is DramaBox in Vietnam?

DramaBox in Vietnam costs a reported 199,000 VND a week (about $7.80) or 1.99 million VND a year (about $78), according to Vietnam.vn on 23 Sep 2026. Vietnam is the only market in our research with both a weekly and an annual price reported by the same source, which makes it the clearest illustration of the weekly-vs-annual gap.

By TopDrama.app calculation, the annual plan costs the same as about 10 weeks (1,990,000 ÷ 199,000). Paying weekly for a full year would cost 10,348,000 VND, about $406, so the annual plan saves roughly 81%.

How much is DramaBox in Singapore and Japan?

DramaBox is reported at S$16.98 a week in Singapore (about $12.96) and ¥2,000 a week in Japan (about $13.51). Both figures come from a research compilation we could not verify against a store listing, so treat them as indicative. Singapore matters because DramaBox's publisher, STORYMATRIX PTE. LTD., is registered there.

Does a Japanese membership unlock everything?

Not necessarily. The Japan App Store listing (4.4 stars from 140K ratings) says "一部作品は有料プラン会員のみ視聴できます", meaning some titles can be watched only by paid-plan members. Users in other markets also report being asked for coins despite an active subscription, which is anecdotal.

What about Turkey and Australia?

DramaBox is claimed to cost about $7.16 a week in Turkey and about $21.04 a week in Australia, but neither figure has a named source. We include them only because readers search for them; they are unverified. If accurate, Australia would be the one market in our list priced above the US, at about 105% of $19.99.

Turkish users do appear in complaint data: Şikayetvar complaints from 2026 cite weekly charges of "$10.49" on Google Play, "$15.99" and "$14.29", which suggests prices vary by channel even within one country.

What is the DramaBox price in India?

We found no DramaBox price data for India in any of our sources. No App Store or Google Play rupee price was captured, and no press report gives one. That is a notable gap, because India made up 22% of global short drama app downloads in Q1 2026 (Sensor Tower, June 2026).

Two unverified reports touch on India: a blog estimates about 2.8M DramaBox monthly users there, and another says Hindi or Hinglish dubbed titles exist. Neither gives a price. To see a rupee price, use the method in how to see your local price below.

DramaBox top membership price by country in USD

Converted to dollars, DramaBox's top membership ranges from about $7 in Southeast Asia and Brazil to about $20 in the US and a reported $21 in Australia. The chart uses the highest membership or weekly price in each market; unverified markets are shown in grey.

What does a year of DramaBox cost in each country?

Paid weekly for 52 weeks, DramaBox ranges from about $273 a year in the Philippines to about $1,039 in the US (TopDrama.app calculation). These totals assume the listed membership renews weekly, which is confirmed by press and trackers for the US but only assumed elsewhere.

The pattern holds everywhere: where an annual plan is reported, it costs about 10 weeks of weekly billing. That ratio (Vietnam 10.0 weeks; Brazil R$399,90 ÷ R$39,90 ≈ 10.0 weeks) is the single most useful number on this page.

Why is DramaBox cheaper in some countries?

DramaBox prices differ because app stores use local price tiers, because people in different regions spend very different amounts per download, and because DramaBox's own Terms say fees vary by location and exchange rate. The three forces work together: a US price converted straight into pesos or dong would be unaffordable for most viewers, so the app would earn less, not more.

What is revenue per download, and how does it vary?

Revenue per download (RPD) is how much an app earns for each install. Research reports put short drama RPD at about $4.70 in the US versus about $2.00 globally and $0.70 in Southeast Asia (36Kr/Sohu; Vitrina, secondary sources). A separate Streaming Lens estimate from 16 Sep 2026 gives US $3.40, Europe $1.50–$2.50, MENA $0.73, Southeast Asia $0.40–$0.60 and Brazil/LatAm $0.27; all of those are unverified and partly contradict each other.

How does purchasing power shape DramaBox prices?

Purchasing power is the practical reason prices fall in lower-income markets. Our converted table shows DramaBox charging about 26%–46% of the US price in the Philippines, Brazil and Vietnam, which roughly tracks the gap in revenue per download between those regions and the US. It is a pricing choice to convert more viewers into small payers rather than a discount on the content.

How do App Store and Google Play price tiers work?

Apple and Google let developers pick a price tier that the store then maps to each local currency, and developers can set country-specific prices. That is why the same DramaBox "Membership" item appears as $19.99, £12.99, ₱299 and R$39,90. It also explains odd-looking local numbers such as ₱49 or R$6,90, which are store tiers rather than exact conversions.

Where is short drama growth coming from?

Sensor Tower's June 2026 report says Southeast Asia (32%), Latin America (23%) and India (22%) "together accounted for more than three-quarters of global downloads" in Q1 2026, all with triple-digit year-on-year growth. Category downloads rose 140% to 850M+ while in-app revenue rose only 20% to about $750M. Low regional prices are how apps like DramaBox chase that growth.

How much is DramaBox Lite, and is it priced by country?

DramaBox Lite costs $12.99 a week, $39.99 a month or $129.99 a year in the US, according to Sensor Tower data from 28 Jul 2026. We found no regional Lite prices. Lite is the only DramaBox app with all three billing periods confirmed, and its annual plan works out to about $10.83 a month (TopDrama.app calculation).

Some AI summaries present $129.99 as the main DramaBox annual price; it belongs to Lite only. Lite is sold as a lighter app that "uses less storage", and it is listed on iOS and on Google Play with 1,000,000+ installs and a 4.7 rating. Our DramaBox Lite guide covers the differences in detail.

How to see your local DramaBox price

The only reliable way to see DramaBox's price in your country is to open the paywall and read the store confirmation sheet. That sheet shows the currency, the amount and the renewal period, and nothing is charged until you confirm. The steps below work on iPhone and Android.

Can I get a cheaper DramaBox price by changing my store country?

Store prices follow the country of your Apple ID or Google account rather than where you happen to be, and switching store country generally needs a payment method from the new country. We do not recommend changing country to chase a lower price: existing subscriptions and balances may not carry over, and users report region-locked shows (Unstar complaint summaries), so the catalogue can differ. Buying through a web link is a separate channel whose charges do not appear in Apple or Google settings.

Is the DramaBox web price different from the app price?

It can be. User complaints from 2026 describe weekly charges on plans that "do not appear under my Apple or Google subscriptions", which points to web purchases billed directly. Our research found no published web price list, so compare the web checkout with the in-app confirmation sheet before paying. See our cancel and refund guide for how web plans are stopped.

Regional DramaBox pricing: pros and cons

DramaBox's regional pricing makes the app far more affordable outside the US, but it also makes prices hard to compare. DramaBox is the top drama app by in-app revenue (tied with ReelShort at about $140M in Q1 2026, Sensor Tower), and localized pricing is part of how it reaches 16 app languages and markets from Manila to São Paulo.

Bottom line: DramaBox price by country

• Cheapest verified markets: the Philippines (₱299 ≈ $5.25), Brazil (R$39,90 ≈ $7.39) and Vietnam (≈ $7.80 a week).
• Most expensive: the US at $19.99, with the UK close at £12.99 ≈ $17.41.
• Best-value rule everywhere: where an annual plan is reported, it costs about 10 weeks of weekly billing.
• Not for you if: you want a fixed, published international price list; DramaBox has none.
• Main takeaway: ignore converted headlines and read your own store sheet. You can open DramaBox and check your local offer without paying, or compare the category in our short drama app prices guide. For ways to lower the bill, see DramaBox discounts that actually work.

Ready to test the free episodes in your country? Watch DramaBox free first, then decide whether a local membership is worth it.