CandyJarTV - Drama & Shorts

I watch a lot of verticals on several apps and Candy Jar puts out the highest quality verticals of any app. The acting, stories, scripts/dialogue, and cinematography are all consistently great. But the best part is that they aren’t as absurdly greedy as a lot of the apps out there. The yearly subscription is quite reasonable and affordable for most. That said, this seems to be a young app that is building itself. Features within the app are very basic. There is no option to change playback speed. There is no way to search for specific actors. If you’ve never clicked on a show before, you’ll get a small synopsis but once you begin watching, you’ll never see that synopsis again - and no description page for each show that tells you who the actors are. Finally, there is no option for picture-in-picture, so you will have to interrupt your viewing if you need to check another app or notification. There is also a somewhat limited library - for now. It seems like they put out a new show once a week, and I expect as they establish themselves their content library will greatly expand. Also, consider that this app is clearly focusing on the quality of their content and not just churning out garbage. I much prefer that. I have yet to see a single show on this app that I did not enjoy. If they were to add the features I mentioned above, this would easily be a five star rating.

I love the higher production quality, better directing, better acting, better screenplay writing, better original stories found on CandyJarTV. I have watched films from a lot of apps presenting this genre now being called Verticals, and there is such a wide range in quality out there! Some apps offer a lot of movies with OK quality but sometimes repeats similar plots (like ReelShort) or apps where production values are so highly variable (DramaBox varies from really great to pretty iffy) or apps with technical issues with use (Shorts). But CandyJarTV suffers from none of these issues and probably represents the top of the field, going for quality over quantity. Try out The Arrangement, for an outstanding modern drama, or Chasing Kiarra if you are into a more fantasy genre. If you have been reading on Galatea (which I also recommend), some of their top rated books have been made into movies on CandyJarTv and the conversions have been outstanding! I’m not big on doing App Store reviews, but the quality difference between CandyJarTV and most of the other Verticals apps calls for speaking out.

Love the app!! Love watch the books on Galatea come alive. The only reason why I didn’t rate it with 5 stars is because the app needs a few more tweaks. There should be a way with getting coins or unlocking episodes by watching ads everyday. I have other apps that do that and it make the app more enjoyable. Also, there needs to be a way to go from episode 1 to the last episode without having to go though all the episodes in between. If I watch a show and want to rewatch it, I don’t want to go through all the episodes to get back to the first one. There needs to be a way to watch any episode without scrolling through all the episodes.