KOCOWA+: K-Dramas, Movies & TV Reviews

by Mina5678904321

So you pay to have content provided to you in a timely manner but it never happens. You have to wait 12+ hours after a show is supposed to be available to watch before it is uploaded &/or translated. Might as well watch Viki which has volunteer subbers and still many times gets their content up quicker than Kocowa which has paid subbers!

Not only that, but their latest update crashed their system and now content is taking even longer to access and in some cases you cannot access it at all. They say they are aware of the situation and tell you to try other methods to watch their programs besides their app, but none of those work either. When you message them they just come back with a canned reply which is neither useful nor helpful.

Lastly, they refuse to refund their users for the several days their system has been broken and unavailable to use properly. So we have paid to NOT be able to watch our programs!!!! 😡

I really miss DramaFever.... 😔

UPDATE: So they responded and said to use my web browser to watch their content. They OBVIOUSLY did not read my review which states that’s doesn’t work either (see 2nd paragraph). Just another one of their canned responses to make it look like their answering/addressing their users concerns when in reality they couldn’t care less because they already have your money. UNBELIEVABLE, TIME TO CANCEL!!!! 😡😡

by Bebe64

Have a paid monthly, wanted to switch to yearly. Now, I'm doubtful about either. Was going to show someone the benefit of it since it can end the weekend off laughing BUT after choosing a show, being told to BUY. Decided to see what happens if I chose buy, it says I'm a monthly subscriber. It won't even let me buy it. Did the restore purchase, cleared the cache. Submitting a help request now. Next is to delete KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . 1 star for having last week's #runningman episode less than a day after broadcast. Hopefully, I can edit the review if things are resolved.

Nov. 22, 2017 Update
So, the above was resolved BUT it happened again. Payment cleared early Nov. and still showing that I have to buy when it shows I’m a subscriber. When I tried to cancel the subscription, it says that the subscription will begin in Dec. (since it shows to them that I have my Nov subscription). I’ve been communicating with the horrible customer service & included Print Screens. The rep or whoever says he/ she was telling me to redo everything on a PC. HELLO, it’s clear on the Print Screens attached to my complaint. There’s no other way to attach a file since the customer isn’t given that option on a mobile device. Deleting KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV now. Disappointed because like many, we liked watching Running Man, IC & 1N2D.

by GamingLODE

KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV has diverse shows but the ads kill me. They give you three ads to watch back to back, thats fine with. However, I literally get 6 ads back to back and sometimes, after the 2nd/5th ad, the show continues in the background and then becomes black when the ad is finished even though it’s still playing. I’m so frustrated. I don’t even want to use KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV because of how many ads I get. It’s like playing one of those popular but simple games that gets an ad after each level, but instead the level is like 10 minutes, and there are multiple ads at once. I probably won’t use KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV anymore if u can’t even finish one episode one series, or rather 30 minutes of an episode without having to try to fix the show, watch more ads, and restart KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . There’s honestly no point to the skip button either.

by Shannen1884

I have some pretty significant issues with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV on my iPad. The subtitles don’t come on automatically- every episode I watch I have to pause the show, turn off the subtitles, and then turn them back on in order to get them to work. This is annoying enough on its own, but what makes it infinitely more of an issue is that when I then try to go back to rewatch the part that I missed without subtitles, the screen “locks up” and I can no longer get anything to work on the screen. The video will continue to play, but none of the touch features work any longer. I can’t pause, rewind, fast forward, adjust sound, brightness - all those player features (which would be awesome if they worked) no longer function. I have to then close KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV completely and start over. This happens anytime I try to use any of the on-screen features. This has been an ongoing issue for many months for me. I assumed it was a bug that would be fixed in time but after so long, I’m starting to wonder if it’s just me. I’ve been using KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV since it was first developed and want so badly to like it, but my patience is running out. A service that costs this much to use needs a player that works properly.

by Chime123452

I just downloaded KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV yesterday and it’s constant having problems with ads. Every time you watch an ad and press skip it would go to the show, but switch hack to the ad and continue to play the show while the ad is going. When the ad is over the screen is black but the audio is still playing. I saw a previous review and it seems like the issue still hasn’t been fixed. It’s not a delete KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and reinstall problem it’s a programming problem that needs to be fixed. How are people going to watch the shows and ads pop up thinking you can skip but it’s only causing more of a problem. I leave KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and then come back for there to still be an ad and the same problem occurs. Then, there are too many ads. I watch the show for literally a minute then another ad pop up. Please fix this thank you!!!!

by VIPMari

To be honest, I can’t give a review on KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV for its content, when subtitles are added, or even their subscription program because I couldn’t really log in (hence the two stars). At first, I tried to log in through Facebook and I would confirm with Facebook, but KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV always returned me to the login screen. So I tried with my email. Everything went fine until I had to confirm my email address. After I confirmed it, the FIRST attempt at login in I received an error that too many wrong attempts had been created and I was locked out the account to try again in 3 minutes. Since I had just created the account I assumed I typed in the password wrong. I tried again after 3 minutes and I received the same error. So after waiting 3 more minutes I reset the password and I triple checked to make sure the password was correct. When I tried to login I received the same message that too many login attempts had been attempted and I was locked out the account.
It is too much trouble to sign in, I can’t imagine the trouble of actually using KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV .

by Nafera G.🧋

It keeps acting as if I can’t pause it or play it myself so I have to let it either be paused or played until the buttons show up and the buttons take forever to show up. It keeps taking me to where I was like 10 mins ago when I was already on a different part so I can’t skip it without getting tons of ads or I just can’t skip it in general Bc the stupid app won’t let me use the buttons. Also when an ad comes on the show still plays while the ad is playing so I end up missing some of it and I have to go back which is difficult and takes a long time because I still have to wait for the buttons to show up to let me go back and still when I go back another ad pops up and I have to wait all over again. Whoever made KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV need to get they life together and fix it to everyone’s liking because y’all really irritating me. This will be the first and last show I watch on KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV!

by Gacha_unicornpuffs

So every time I watch a drama, there’s gonna be an ad that pops up (obviously) but the ad basically breaks KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . While I’m watching an ad the drama always continues in the background, and when the ad finishes the whole screen is black and I can’t see what’s happening although I hear the drama in the background still going. It really annoys me. And with this problem it leads to another:
The ads. The ads are placed WAY too often. When the first problem I talked about happens, I have to to close KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and start it again. But when I do, I have to go back to the drama I was watching, and as I’m trying to skip to where I was, I get ads before I can even do that and I have to wait a full minute for it to finish (which is kinda understandable since it’s the start) after I wait that full minute I finally have time to skip to where I was. You’d think that I wouldn’t have to wait again since I just watched a full minute of ads huh? Well no. I have to wait again. After THAT I can finally watch but ads come like 1 minute later then I just get really annoyed and close KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV .
(Please fix this. It’s really annoying especially when I’m just trying to enjoy what I’m watching)

by D_iana

I am a paid subscriber and I love their contents. Only issue I have is their app design. It’s so hard to find anything, the series that I watch and the episodes that I have watched. I know there is a history but it isn’t helpful when the lists are completely gone now. And sometimes it doesn’t show the older history list just because I was on a marathon with one tv series and I can’t scroll down to find my latest watched episode of another tv series. It would be also helpful to show progress bar for watched episodes when you’re viewing the show details. Instead of tile view, a list view would be helpful in history and “new” section. Sorry for all the complaints but can’t help it because I’m a frontend developer and I see so much improvements needed in KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV!

by Coolmememe😏

Hello ppl who might be having the same problem as me. Okay so I’m new to KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and I tried to create an account. When I was doing the sign in process everything was great. Every thing had a green check✅. Then it said confirm my account. I went to my email and I couldn’t find. It wasn’t in spam either where it said to look next if you couldn’t find it in your regular email box. It also said “couldn’t find email?” then it had a link. When I couldn’t find my email I went back on KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV to find help to get my account up and running and the caption disappeared. I really disappointed. Luckily I had another email to use. I went through the sign in process with that. This time I found my email and activated my account. When I typed in everything it said “email or password incorrect.” I typed in my email and password a few times. I even changed my password. It still said it was wrong. I’m a little confused and really and really disappointed. I really wanted to try KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV because it seems great but for now it’s trash. SBNS.

by Akira_J-Kiba

I love KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and being able to watch the shows that I love, however every time I get paused for ads they practically breaking KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . I can hear the show playing but the screen would be black. There have been times where I can exist from full screen and just restart the episode and it would work fine for another 20 minutes (with some ads) before breaking again, or I can’t exist from full screen and have to close KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV to fix it temporarily. Not only that there are a lot of ad breaks. Every five minutes there are ad breaks and for an hour or longer show it gets kind of tedious to have to stop that often, and then to add the ads breaking KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV causing further delays makes it even harder to watch or even want to use KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . Please fix.

by HttpsJacky

So far KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV is great, I successfully logged in with no problems, managed to use KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV for a couple of hours, after about 2 hours I refreshed KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV because I was having problems trying to pause, once I opened it, it suddenly kicked me out of my account and took me back to the “sign up or create new account” screen, obviously I tried to log back in with google since that’s how I signed up in the first place, yet it will not let me, it keeps on saying there’s an error trying to enter, I deleted and re-downloaded KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and even powered off my phone and I’m still having the same problem. If anyone else is currently having the same problem it could just be an app crash, but besides the error, I recommend KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV .

by 5 Centimeters Per Second

I just read a review from the person named “gocha_unicornpuffs” and the same thing has been happening to me and I was wondering if there was a way to stop the ads from somehow making my screen go black and the drama is still playing and also I don’t mean to sound like a nagging person but please please please fix KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV where there are less ads because I can never enjoy the drama I’m watching without having to watch almost 20 second ads 3 times in a row. I’m begging you please stop the ads. I remember when KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV didn’t have any ads and it was so amazing. And I also wanted to say thank you for making KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV because KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV has always took me out of reality when things were down!! Thank you!

by Yvonne From Hermosa

After dramafever abruptly ended I signed on with Viki and Netflix to watch k drama . Eventually I joined KOCOWA. Honestly I don’t even know if kocowa is a separate entity or if you are part of Viki? Since I paid a subscription with Viki I didn’t feel it was right to pay for kocowa under Viki . I am commenting because I like Kocowa just fine, it offers me a variety of shows that Viki hooks you in with one or two episodes and then ask you to upgrade! I think I am more curious than anything as to why Viki offers Kocowa shows but requires members to pay additional? This is why I subscribe to you guys directly. Your newest update was not as user friendly ( I’m sorry if I am the only one ?) it is not easy to search, a little counter intuitive. Aside from that I am fine with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV. Gives me options of shows to watch. Thanks for taking the time to read this

by Agrimny

In general, I like KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV just fine. Some of the functionality issues I had were either added recently or newly documented in a way that made them obvious and usable. The biggest issue I have is how impossible it is to manage what you’re actively watching. The episodes list in KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV doesn’t show any check marks or progress bars and the history is too limited and erases itself regularly. So if I’m binging a show, it’ll kick the last viewed episode of any other series I’m watching off the list in fairly short order. Or, if I have a stretch of a few days where I’m not able to watch anything on KOCOWA due to real life requiring that I come up for air occasionally, the watched list will be erased entirely and then I have no way to find out where I left off if I can’t remember off the top of my head until the next time I can access the site on my desktop. That’s really my biggest frustration. Otherwise, KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV functions reliably and well on my phone.

by Emma.person26

So basically... I’ve been binge watching in KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV! I love it so much! Like a lot! But one thing... I was really sad when I finished a series (who are you 2015) and then I wanted to rewatch it, you locked the series. I just feel there needs to be more unlocked things for people to watch. My opinion no offense at all. And can we do the monthly membership for 1 month only? That’s really it. I enjoy your app a lot and I hope that I can find more shows for free in the school category. Thanks for giving me excellent shows to watch!!! Btw: you should try to add the knowing brothers show to kocowa! Thanks! Bye!
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About a month ago I wrote the top review and I feel like you read it because everything I asked for was done!! THANK YOU!! I LOVE KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV!! HAVE A NICE DAY! 🌟🙏💖

by Anneofwonderland

so i saw many reviews that were complaining which i understand happens when there are issues but the developers always fix it so it’s not bad to have some patience. customer support is good, i always turn to their customer support if i find any issues and they always find a way to fix the issue (and usually their suggestions always work when you follow them correctly). i’m also cautious of their selection but i notice that they’re always trying to improve selection; i don’t expect them to have everything i want but i like that they have enough things that i like (and $7 for the subscription is good and standard). with subbing, of course it will take time and probably a couple of hours because it’s done by humans so i could never hold them to such an impossible expectation when it comes to subbing (it takes a long time to sub and especially to do it as accurately as possible). finally, i don’t experience any issues with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV . creating an account and logging in is very simple, and i have no issues with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV on my ipad or phone. KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV is really good because it gives access to shows that do not air outside of south korea, i’m just thankful that the video quality is good (depends on your internet) and that the subs are done well. really happy with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and i recommend it to casual drama or variety show watchers!

by Starshine5167

It works great on my iPad and my Roku for tv viewing. The KOCOWA app actually plays video better than Viki (I have both) and equal quality to Netflix. Internet speed affects apps like these so if there are any issues it’s usually because I have slow internet...but that isn’t KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV ’s fault.
My only complaint is KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV doesn’t keep a complete file of the episodes watched. I can’t really watch 2 different dramas at a time because episodes watched will disappear from my watch history. Of course I could always keep a notebook and write everything down...but it would be better if the watch history kept everything instead. KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV also doesn’t show you it’s complete library of dramas....it has some listed but that’s not everything they have. You will need to type in the search to see if they have what you’re looking for. Otherwise I have had no problems with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV...it’s great! I subscribe to be able to view everything.

by Ooooopppo-oinmgjgjng

I’m a paid subscriber to KOCOWA for a number of reasons. I appreciate that I can easily cast it to my TV from any device. I cast it from my iPhone to chrome cast with no problems. I also appreciate the access to such a broad array of high quality Korean TV shows. The $6.99 per month is worth it. Plus, I don’t have to see a single ad. The #1 reason why I am a loyal subscriber is the decency used in the English translations. KOCOWA has class and dignity. Korean culture still esteems respect and modesty. When my kids watch with us, we never have to worry about a profane word being displayed on the screen. KOCOWA also is careful to never display vain references to major world religions. You’ll never see translations for “oh my G_d”. You’ll never see the name of Jesus Christ being translated as a cuss word. I only wish Netflix held the same standard. Even the most innocent of Korea phrases, such as “aish”, Netflix finds a way to interpret it with a broad array of 4-letter cuss words. It’s not needed. KOCOWA and the Korean programming they feature prove that high qualify clean and classy entertainment is possible. I love KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV! Thank you KOCOWA!

by 15 Year Old Friend

Hello! I love KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV! I saw a lot of comments about the ads and to her honest it is kinda annoying but like it’s easy to get over. Im 15 so I don’t really have a way to make money yet and a lot of k-drama apps like to make every k-drama movie they have a plus or a special k-drama. I don’t want to actually tell KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV that I’m implying this to but I think you know. In order to get to watch majority of their shows you need a pass to watch. Me being 15 I can’t pay for that and my parents won’t pay for something that won’t entertain all of us as well. While I do have their app I’ve seen some of their movies that are in need of a pass to watch it and on your app it’s free! I kinda laughed at this because they have to pay for those when they could come here and watch it! Im not saying I hate or that I don’t like that app altogether, but I just don’t like the amount of plus and standard movies there are. I’m pretty sure that app is worth the money however in my opinion I will always stick with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV! I want to show my appreciation for this and how grateful I am to be able to find KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV! I Love It!❤️❤️

by Foxylover21

Before this review, I would like whoever is reading this to know that this wasn't ever even remotely a bad app for me until today. Anyways, when I started that app today it said to sign in which was really strange considering I had been signed in for a while now. When I tried to press sign in, KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV crashed. I tried it again and turned my phone on and off, but it the end had to reinstall KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV completely. While this problem was fixed another occurred. An episode of 'It's Dangerous Beyond The Blankets' had no subtitles when it was first released so I decided to wait. After waiting a whole day (the day where I was logged out to be exact) it was locked. I don't know if this is normal but it really upset me. If anyone can give me an explanation on any of this, it would be appreciated. Other than that, KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV if really good.I enjoy Running Man, Weekly Idol, and It's Dangerous Beyond The Blankets.

by Pinkmarker

So I downloaded KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV just a few minutes ago and just deleted it. The problem is that the episodes are locked and there are still ads even thought your watching in a app. You also have to pay to watch the episodes, it’s like those apps where you have to pay monthly in order to watch. I mean it’s pretty cheap but I’m looking for an app that’ll let me watch episodes for free and without ads. So I got annoyed of this and I just deleted it. Before anyone else waste their storage on downloading this, I wanted to write this so people know what kind of app this is. I mean some people might like it because they’re able to pay monthly because it’s only $8 but I already have many bills to pay so I’m not down for paying even $8 every month. Work is not fun at all so don’t waste your money on this, I’m pretty sure there’ll be others app that’ll let you watch episodes for free and without any ads.

by ClaudineE

I currently have a yearly subscription with VIKI. I wanted to try KOCOWA, and I was willing to pay yearly subscription as well since we regularly watch K-dramas. Unfortunately, it’s not going to happen until they fix the PROBLEMS.
Today is the first day of my trial. I logged in to my account using Apple MacBook pro, but I wanted to watch it on a big screen so I clicked AirPlay. Didn’t work. I followed the instructions on KOCOWA’s website on how to play using AirPlay (even though I’ve been doing it many times with VIKI, Netflix.. etc..- so I know how it works)- didn’t work. 2nd option- I installed Kocowa’s app. I logged in successfully, but the drama won’t play, it’s giving me an error message. I tried to log in, and logged back out and logged back in. But I realized, hey! a well thought and functional app shouldn’t be this way! Heck I have over 100 apps on my iPhone and didn’t give me this useless headache!
TIME TO MOVE ON!
So, KOCOWA- FIX THIS WILL YA? That if you want to stay in business.

by ShawolMari

To be honest, I can’t give a review on KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV for its content, when subtitles are added, or even their subscription program because I couldn’t really log in (hence the two stars). At first, I tried to log in through Facebook and I would confirm with Facebook, but KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV always returned me to the login screen. So I tried with my email. Everything went fine until I had to confirm my email address. After I confirmed it, the FIRST attempt at login in I received an error that too many wrong attempts had been created and I was locked out the account to try again in 3 minutes. Since I had just created the account I assumed I typed in the password wrong. I tried again after 3 minutes and I received the same error. So after waiting 3 more minutes I reset the password and I triple checked to make sure the password was correct. When I tried to login I received the same message that too many login attempts had been attempted and I was locked out the account.
It is too much trouble to sign in, I can’t imagine the trouble of actually using KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV .

by __EXO-L

I absolutely love KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV. There is a variety of TV shows to choose from (I recommend Weekly Idol). The only problem with KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV is the pauses for ads. I understand that if you watch stuff for free, you eventually get a lot of ads. But somehow, whenever I get ads, I wait but at the end of the ad it restarts the show and does not save my place. Also.. whenever I would get an ad I would go through it and have the same 1 minute ad like 2 minutes later. That’s all I have to say, and if you are reading this publisher, please fix this problem. Also, know that I do NOT hate KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV at ALL. I actually kind of enjoy it too much! 3 stars, but not 5 because of the ad problem. Again, I LOVE KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV ! !

by Biirdx

Hello, i bought the subscription a year ago and had zero problems but logged back in a few days ago from switching phones and for some reason while still having the subscription, I'm receiving ads like crazy. I went back and tried to restore my subscription but there's no option. So i went to itunes managed subscriptions unsubscribed resubscribed and its still reoccurring. Went to check if no ads was still a benefit of the subscription and it was but, I'm receiving ads. I just wanna know if its a glitch or what because its really annoying when you got premium for the no ads aspect but still are getting them. Other than that i love KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV and use it ALL the time! (:

by Dxplorah

I have really enjoyed KOCOWAKDramasMoviesTV. For a couple of months I had problems not being able to login or dramas and shows were locked even though I paid my subscription. A kocowa representative contacted me and after finding the right help; My issue was resolved. The resolution was to give me a new log in identity, i had a little bit of trouble logging in on all my devices but that too was resolved quickly. I love the fact that translations are done quickly and that I am able to watch my favs immediately. However my schedule has become overloaded and I don’t find much time to watch much so I will unsubscribe until I can find the time again. Thanks kocowa!