Viki: Asian Drama, Movies & TV Reviews

by Linh012345

so i've had Viki for a while and it was great, but recently a lot of the kdramas that i wanted to watch became premium. i don't know why it suddenly changed but now i have a bunch of unfinished dramas that i cant watch anymore (one of the main reasons i got Viki was to watch those dramas without paying.) it would be better to make the shows that were free a while ago still free instead of changing so many of them to premium. another problem is the ads. whenever i use Viki on my phone, i usually get only a few ads or sometimes even none. i really liked that part about this app, but on tv or my macbook, there's so many ads. when i was watching SKY castle, there was an ad every 10 MINUTES. this was seriously annoying, since a lot of the same ads were played over and over again (it was to the point that i memorized the ads and could quote them.) there's also an ad every time you have to skip to a certain part (so if i forget how much of an episode i watched, i could end up watching at least 5 minutes of ads.) and although if you sign in it saves how much you watched, that's only if you're 13 and older. i got Viki when i was 12.

by Qrvskz

I rarely write reviews, especially bad ones but this is just insane. Viki has a great selection of dramas but there are times when dramas all of a sudden switch to Standard or Plus so you could be in the middle of binging one and you can’t watch it anymore.

The worst part is the ADS. I understand that’s how this app makes its money but 6-9 ads in a row after every 10 minutes of an episode is preposterous. There are often 30 second NON-SKIPPABLE ads too. You could literally spend nearly 5 minutes watching ads after watching every 10 minutes of a drama. Not to mention there are times the ads pause and buffer or the screen turns black and it doesn’t even play. I really have to WAIT for the ad to run smooth so I can get back to the drama. It’s gotten worse and worse over the years. I’d say to keep it to 3 in a row MAX and 30 second ads should be skippable after 5 seconds of watching. If this keeps getting worse I may just stop using Viki completely.

One other suggestion I’d give is for a “drama” filter because right now there are only “TV” and “movie” ones but I’d like to filter out the variety shows. Otherwise Viki runs relatively smoothly/ok and is organized well.

by Deefallen22

So this app was the first app I had ever used to watch Korean drama and loved it at first ! While this app and dramafever at one point were the only apps that had really had good and current content I ended up only choosing this app and upgraded to the this app pass and have religiously paid for the service for a couple years, here is the turning point for me and why I Probably will end up canceling! So all the people who have been with you early on you now decide that we have to upgrade again and now have very limited access to any current shows or even past shows you have to wait almost a month to watch ??? This is absolutely a slap in the face especially since you are now basically the only contender since dramafever is now gone, which I only know because along with allot of other members we are all probably super frustrated and tried looking for other good apps to watch our favorite dramas! I understand that apps do need to charge a membership fee to keep things rolling and pay your employees but let’s not slap all the members that have already been subscribed and basically take all the content that was available before and now say you can’t watch anymore unless you pay more ! I just think that’s an awful way to treat your customers ?!

by Ha F A

So I just started using Viki at first it was going smoothly. With a little problems here and there nothing really major. Than I decided to switch up the show I was watching. The new show I was watching was also working smoothly until. I got to the second ad it started to glitch and it had done that before. That means I really wasn’t surprised so I closed out Viki like usually. Than I went back on Viki thinking that it has had enough time to kinda work through the problem like it usually do. This time it didn’t I went back on the show and I thought it was fine because it started to load up the show but than it went to the ad. It was just frozen and I was confused but I thought I could go to sleep and wake up to it working smoothly again. The next day I woke up and it was still doing the same thing . I have reset my phone, re-download Viki and even signed out and signed back on but nothing works . The screen is just frozen on that one ad and I don’t know what to do to get rid of that . I even tried restarting the episode but it just keeps taking me back to that ad screen. Please work out this issue because I really enjoy using Viki,

by Kamigirl

I would have said a few years ago that this was the best app, but they keep removing things that made it easier to use. They used to have a calendar feature that would show what shows had new episodes for that day and you could select different days, but hats gone. They used to also list when you went into a series the dates new episodes update, but that’s gone too. If you’re trying to find a way to watch newest episodes good luck. You gotta click into every series and open episodes list to see if a new episode has been posted. This is frustrating. It also used to show what series are available and not available for your region in the search, but now you don’t know unless you select the series and then see there are no episodes. There are also shows that have not had subtitles completed for over 4 years, so be careful about a show you choose because you may never get subtitles. It has a lot of great series, but Viki features take away from that and often lead me to using a different app to watch/search shows.

by TaeTaylorr🌻

Viki overall was good, the only few reasons I say that is because of the ads and the subtitles.
Before I go into that, I want to talk about the good things first. So one, I would definitely recommend Viki to anyone that’s loves kdramas. It has almost everything, Live streaming at specific dates and it even reminds you what new out. Now the only issues I have is the ads and subtitles. Reasons I say this is because there way too many ads in just one episode of I-LAND specifically and the other ones. I get ads like less than 5 minutes. Even during the important parts. I wouldn’t want to waste my money for something that might not work for me and my phone because every time I do get the ad, it comes up again in like 30 seconds. And it’s the same one! So like a few minutes ago, I legit quit Viki because of this problem. When I got back into Viki , my phone just froze. I didn’t have any other apps open it was just this one. Now I don’t have premium since I do not have my debit card yet, but this was insane! I am getting really upset on about this, almost threw my phone because of the rage.

The subtitles will come on even if it says 100% complete, yet a few moments later, there are no subs. ??? I don’t know this problem but I’d love to redo this review after some of this is fixed. Thank u

by Debstermta

Although I love Viki , before I bought a standard pass it would glitch a lot. It wouldn’t save the episodes I was on and I would have to start the show from the beginning. I thought it was because my Internet but I was wrong and then decided to buy the standard pass for a month. I realized how Little it was glitching. I thought that’s what fix the problem, but that was not it if I try to fast forward or even go back I can’t unpause it and I have to restart my whole phone for it to work again. I thought this was just because my phone was broken or something but then I tried it on a relatives phone and it did the same thing. It’s just really annoying to spend 20 minutes trying to fix it. I’m not sure why it won’t unpause when I fast forward, I am also not sure if anyone has this problem. I always mirror screen dramas on my TV and it’s really hard to watch when it keeps disconnecting when I fast forward. Most of the time it won’t even connect to my TV and I will just load or I won’t even have a pause button. I don’t know I just think Viki needs some bug fixes because it is has a lot of lag.

by Lilyyyyzzzzz

I am a this app standard Pass member and I really enjoy using the apps but there are a lot of flaws as well. I will be cancelling at the end of this year. First off, I will start by saying I have had a lot of issues with my ads even though I pay for this app standard pass. I have opened up tickets but it takes so long to get this fixed. The selection of dramas are not great as well. There are a number of new dramas out recently but this app only has a few of them.
There also also a lot of design flaws within Viki . The recently watched section shows each episode individually dramas you recently watched. Instead of listing the name of the drama. This makes it difficult to pick up where you left off if you finished the episode last time. You will have to click on her last episode then skip to the episode. Or if I am watching multiple dramas, then I need to show through the recently watched all the way to the other drama. I am addicted to I will watch 10 episodes in a day, then I have to scroll to find the other drama.
The main page where they have top picks for you doesn't recognize when you have already finished a drama. The recommendations are dramas that I have already watched, making this page useless to me.
If there are not improvements within Viki , I will cancel when my 1 year membership is up.

by Beeb102890

I love Viki so much! I rarely have issues with connection, etc. I have the this app Plus membership and it doesn’t go to waste, especially this year. My only complaint, is when you are looking for a new show in your watch list, you click on the show to read the description, you might decide you want something else. If you decide to go back and keep scrolling through your list, it automatically goes to the start of this watch list instead of going back to where you chose the last show. Makes it hard to go through multiple to read the description....and sometimes you accidentally click on something and bam, you have to start over. My watch list is very long, so it takes too long to scroll.

The format also seemed to have changed. There are times when I want to read about a cast member when watching the drama, but if you click on the cast button now, you can click on one person and when you click out, it takes you to the home page. It wasn’t like that before, you could easily go back and forth, so I’m not sure what happened there.

This is the best app for watching your favorites!

by Viola Mad

I love Viki! First off, I LOVE that you can try out Viki without committing even to a trial, by just watching some commercials. I watched two seasons of a show, completely free, before even starting my free premium trial. So great! I love the comments (although to make it even better, would be cool if they were live comments, like watching it together, rather than just time stamped with the show), I love that I can watch these shows with Spanish subtitles, and I love the shows that are available! I’m not a big tv watcher so I’ve never subscribed to any streaming service before because I could never see myself using it enough to justify the cost. I can definitely see myself using this enough to justify premium!

One note though on the premium version: premium allows iPhone users to cast to a chrome cast, which is great because that’s what I have in my bedroom. However, when I cast the subtitles are white with no background like on Viki or on the Apple TV, so at times they’re very hard to read. And I would also like the option to show or not show comments when casting as well, because sometimes I like to read them while I’m watching because they can be funny. But the comments is more of a suggestion, whereas I think the subtitles issue is a legitimate need for improvement in terms of accessibility with Viki. Otherwise, this is a great app and I highly recommend giving it a go.

by Wowgirl-😊😎🤑😜🤗

First, I really love Viki. I am not a pass member, but over all I would say I have a good selection of shows and movies regardless of that. I will say though I was in the middle of watching what’s wrong with secretary kim when it went pass and I was a little angry because I didn’t get to find out what happened. But ignoring that, the ads are my problem, I don’t believe it is anything on my end, but if you think so tell me, especially at the beginning of an episode, say when I am watching descendants of the sun, the show will appear as normal, but then I have to wait for a few seconds then it goes to the add, maybe it was something with the name like frontier? I don’t know, but the add WILL NOT PLAY, meaning I can not watch my show. It is incredibly frustrating, some times this happens, other times it doesn’t, but also recently, I will be watching the show, it will pause, so I will unpause it, then the add will play In the background of the show instead of me watching it. Either way, if there is something I am doing wrong please let me know because that is what’s happening right now so I wanted to tell you because I am frustrated, thank you please get back to me.

by DWnerd101

this app is everything you could want and more, especially for those who obsessively watch Asian dramas a lot (like myself). I don’t mind having to pay for a membership every month, it’s not that big of a deal to me. But the one thing I don’t like about Viki is that the membership only allows for you to watch certain things and takes away the ads. I feel that if you pay for a membership every month you should also be able to download content for offline viewing. In fact, I think that those who DON’T pay should be able to download and watch tv shows and movie also. Maybe that option has not been made available yet because it has something to do with translation and copyright, but that is something I would advise for those in charge to consider doing. I would gladly pay more for my membership if it included an option to download. I am unable to pay for unlimited data every month, and where I live it is not possible to pay for internet at my home, so I have to wait until I am at a public to catch snippets of a new episode that I’m dying to watch. I’m sure others would agree with me on this. No hate to the creators or those who handle Viki, I still love it

by Redd888

I’ve been a member of this app for over a year, even convinced a friend to get a subscription. We love our Asian dramas! With our differing tastes (she’s into Chinese period dramas; I enjoy contemporary K&J-dramas), there are shows and movies for every one. After plowing through ads during my trial period, I had become a member to enjoy the this app library ad-free. I’ve had little to no problems with watching on my mini iPad or Samsung TV…

However, I recently encountered AirPlay problems when trying to cast a show to my TV. It would play an episode, then after a few seconds it would automatically play the next one. After reading recent reviews, trying to troubleshoot (1. logged in/out of the this app app, 2. checked WiFi network, 3. deleted/reinstalled this app app), and researching in the Help Center, I read the AirPlay side notes that said something like AirPlay can only be used on Apple TV and also they’re no longer supporting certain devices and apps on the this app app, like Samsung Smart TV and Screen Mirroring. (Search “supported devices” in the Help center of the this app app.)

If you really LOVE Asian shows and movies, download Viki and pay for a subscription. If you prefer to watch them on a bigger screen, like your TV, hopefully it’s a supported device/app. Otherwise, you’re out of luck.

by GameMaster2525

Don’t get me wrong it’s a great streaming server and I’m so glad they made it free but the ads !! I’m currently watching True Beauty and maybe it’s because it’s like new or something idk but I get an extreme amount of ads. I want to say I get one about every 10 minutes or so which is fine because that’s what cable TV usually does but when I leave Viki to answer a text message or click on a notification and I open Viki to continue watching where I left off I get an ad and a lot of the time it’s a 30+ second ad break and when the ad is finally over the screen goes black and the show doesn’t even play and the whole screen basically freezes :( idk if it is my device but it happens kinda often (even after I’ve rest my phone). When I go to close Viki because the screen went black and I reopen it and click on the show it plays ANOTHER AD. I have no idea why this happens but that’s about the only problem I’ve been having. Other than that I loveeee Viki and I loveeeee true beauty. I didn’t read the webtoon but after this I might because apparently there is a lot different from the show and the webtoon. But all around I would recommend Viki to people I’ll just tell them to buy the no ads version or to do the 7 day free trial because the ads are kinda annoying 🤷‍♀️.

by -.sakura.-

I have been using this app to watch Cdramas since July of 2021, and I love it! The selection of dramas is fantastic- it has basically every show that I want to watch. It never kicks me out while watching dramas, the subtitles are never slow, and (although the ads were annoying), before I got the standard subscription, i appreciated that there weren’t ads every 5 minutes. I’d say it was more like maybe 2-3 ads every 15 minutes. The subscription is super worth it, though. Even if you only watch jdramas or cdramas, it’s still worth it. Although there aren’t very many standard shows/movies for cdramas, it’s much more enjoyable to use Viki without annoying ads.
I sometimes browse their kdramas, and although I haven’t watch any myself, they have such a gigantic selection of them! Way over 1,000. If you’re into kdramas, then this is Viki for you.
I prefer this app over iqiyi and youku mainly because the variety of cdramas on this app is so much more diverse and they have well over 500 dramas to choose from.
Overall, I’d recommend this app to anyone who loves Asian dramas! 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

by Lorns964

I have noticed that if there is a kdrama that I watch several times, it gets flagged. A friend said that she was paying the minimum just to eliminate the ads. Then after awhile she could not watch certain dramas unless she upgraded to the plus. Since I did not want the aggravation, I got the plus right away. I understand that this app needs to upgrade Viki . But I have noticed that several times I would not be able to watch for almost a day even if you keep trying since “something went wrong, please try again” reason. Now I want to rewatch a drama, I can not since Viki needs to be updated. So I go to Viki Store to update but I could not update it in their version section even when I clicked on all the new. Why is it that it is only on one drama though? Is it because I have rewatched this drama a number of times? Is it because I have the this app app on IPad and iPhone? I have also noticed that I could not watch on one device if I forgot to exit on the other device. I am getting frustrated with Viki so I think I will cancel my subscription to this app. What else could they sell me?

by Marzia_W

this app has variations of different Asian dramas and even includes some of the dramas that aren’t in many Asian drama sites. Now this might seem enough but a lot of people seem to complain about the ads etc. but every other site has the same options just as a premium membership where there isn’t any ads. this app does have the this app pass Standard/Plus but If you cant afford it there is solutions to getting it which this app gives. One is getting the free trial to see If you want to get it later or Two which is doing translations, this is one of the most unique thing I’ve seen, Volunteering to do subs and It includes every language there is. This is good for people to get practice into translating and not only that but this app gives special perks one being the this app pass. If you can’t afford it then don’t complain just work for it. Everyone knows one to two languages. You can also learn a language with the learn mode on which is really helpful for practice. I don’t see how this is bad, 10/10 rating for Viki!

by Atouraia

The only thing about this app gets two stars it’s the subtitling. If you can only upload episodes when they are done being subtitled this would make your app beyond good. Don’t worry about being fast to load new dramas, new episodes or movies just because they on air. Because not all of us speak nor understands Korean and Chinese so uploading the episodes it’s not doing any good but makes us to lose the interest and frustrated. But if you upload anything with the sub then it makes us interested to follow the story without getting board. And I believe that you created this app app for your English speaker fans not fit the native speakers so if I’m right them pleases consider my suggestion to you. I as one of your English speaker fan will be satisfied and happy if I can watch all my dramas already subbed and I rather to wait for them to be done with English sub then just to watch the pictures. Other than that I love your app and I appreciate your good job and time. Also I thank all your staff and your translation team. Thank you for all your hard work.

by MchlJmsCts

I love Rakuten this app. There is a nearly overwhelming selection of quality, East Asian dramas and movies at one’s disposal 24 hours a day, and the cost of a subscription is more than worth the investment. However, I have 3 complaints: 1) Increasingly, it seems as though their servers are being overloaded, resulting in loss of connection or lag. 2) Not every this app application works the same way. The Samsung, FireTV, and Xbox apps all differ in functionality, and one of those does not allow for subtitle adjustments. 3) My worst complaint, though, is that more and more often the volunteer translators are placing vulgar language in where it has no place. I speak a small amount of Korean, but my Korean-American girlfriend is fluent in that language, and we both are finding frequent examples of curse words though the actors and actresses are not, in fact, using epithets. Why do this? These foul-mouthed volunteer translators are turning many wholesome, family-friendly shows into R-rated entertainment. Who wants to hear the F-bomb out of context over and over in a romantic comedy? I can’t fathom the reasoning behind it. Otherwise, I take great enjoyment from the service and I hope it continues to be available for a very long time to come.

by Katera2017

I first found Viki when I was trying to find a place to watch “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim.” I really like Viki! Not only can I watch Kdramas, but also other shows from Thailand or China. I like that you can turn off the times comments because I find them distracting. I also enjoy the cute little names they give the translators for the subtitles! Having the learning feature is pretty neat too! I only have two minor issues with Viki. First off is the variety of ads. I understand that since I’m using Viki for free I have to sit through ads, but sitting through the same three ads for over an hour gets annoying. The only other issue I’ve had was for one of the shows I was watching, it didn’t have all of the episodes. I couldn’t find the last two episodes anywhere else and was sad that this app did not provide all of them. But that only happened once. Otherwise all the other shows have been complete! I use Viki a lot. Since I’m in college and have some down time, it can be nice to just pull up Viki and watch the shows! All in all, it’s worth downloading!

by EN 0%

They are the slowest, and I mean SLOWEST ever on Korean to English caption translations. They have absolutely not competition out there for a legitimate K-Drama provider. The only other options are back alley websites that have pop ups and viruses. They have new episodes out and then if you’re a paying English speaker you’re out of luck. Wait another 3 or so days until it’s translated into 100% English. Even then you’re probably not even getting the full Korean to English translation. Pathetic. They are abusing the fact that it’s just them. Ever since DramaFever went away they just don’t care. 0 lack of understanding for English speakers or I mean dare I say it respect. If you’re a streaming service charging $100 or so per year for your extra special streaming and the regular “$60-$70” for your low level stuff I mean come on! At least put some money into immediate English translations. Ugh. Absolutely pathetic. But seriously, what else can an English speaking kdrama fan go for legit kdrama streaming, this second hand service where I have to wait half a week for a show to be translated into English. I have no other option but to stay. I mean if anyone knows where else I can take my money that I could watch shows right away pleaaaaaaaaase let me know.

by Leo Vixen

Seems as if this app selects which reviews to post. I can’t find my previous review but I see many reviews that give it 5 stars. What a joke. Too many problems with Viki and this app using volunteers to translate into English is almost criminal. Plus, the shows may not be available to the translators depending where they live, which slows down the process even more. Painfully slow subtitles especially if you are watching a drama that is airing simultaneously in a different country. The English often times is grammatically incorrect and the meaning is lost when they directly translate idiomatic expressions. Pay for people to subtitle the dramas in a timely fashion and more accurately.
Forgot about the buffering, never finding your spot where you left off, logging on 100 times when you’ve never logged off, being told you need to pay for membership when you do, and having to open and close an episode a minimum of two times for the subtitles to appear. Too frustrating for the money that you pay. Doubt I will be renewing when my subscription is finished.

by Taylor50671

So I used to pay for this app pass until I realized that I literally could not watch my dramas anywhere besides my phone and computer. this app has discontinued all their apps for the Samsung smart tv and the Xbox and those are the only two things I have to stream apps. I’m someone who likes to watch things on the big screen and having to connect my computer to an hdmi cord is just so tiring. It actually pisses me off. If you want more people to pay for this app Pass, make yourself more available to more people. You say that you can stream these dramas anywhere with just the this app but I’m afraid that this isn’t true as you have discontinued almost all of your apps. It’s useless. Besides having all your apps discontinued, it’s a good app. I use it to watch a lot of great shows like W and While You Were Sleeping, but when I want to watch on the tv so that I can get more comfortable, I have to watch on Netflix which is horrible because all Netflix has are the shows about teen girls fawning over men. So can the creators of this app just make themselves more available to people like me who have an Xbox/Samsung Smart Tv?

by KitCatRN81

So upset right now. I was watching a drama and as it was going to the next episode it froze. I closed Viki , updated it today, now it won’t long me back in. Every time they update Viki , it takes time to get it back to working, 30 mins later I still can’t get back in Viki . Very frustrating. I used to use DramaFever before its untimely demise and then paid double to sign up with this app because I have the plus plan and it still has software issues. All these crashes are not worth $100 a year.

October 2019 yet again. Whatever update there was did not help. Right now I can open Viki but it fails to play an episode. It keeps saying “error retry”. I never had this problem with DramaFever and you could download episode to watch when there was no service. I have been trying to watch a katana for the last 20 minutes but Viki continues to fail. If it wasn’t because it’s the only app I can use right now to not watch ads I would have left it a long time ago.

I do have to admit that the selection is getting better. Many more dramas are available now that when I first signed up.

by Qween Of Stars

I have been using this app for about a year now and it is a wonderful app. Compared to the other ones I’ve used such as DramaFever and Kocowa, this app is by far my favorite. However, I do wish that in addition with the this app Pass came the option for watching your favorite shows offline. As I am a person who travels a lot, sometimes, my wifi could be a little iffy causing me to not be able to watch my favorite shows. However, if the option for watching them offline was available, this would not be a problem. I do hope that in the near future, this function will be added. The reason as for why I took off a star is because sometimes, I do experience ads even though I have already watched the number of ads needed to continue on with my video. While I do understand that this could be fixed by buying the this app Pass, I am hesitant to do so because the option for watching the shows offline is not available.

by Hwolf13

I came over from Dramafever in hopes to still enjoy my dramas. At first it was pretty good, I paid for the American Plus Oass with Kocowa and thought that I would have access to all the shows that related to Kocowa. This however was wrong. The problem began with Viki not letting me watch Kocowa shows saying I was not paying for that, but I was and I checked with Apple to make sure that I was. I was going to contact them about that but decided to wait about a week in case it was something in Viki that they were trying to fix for others too. That didn’t happen, and today an addition problem arose. Now I am getting advertisements throughout my shows. This is clearly not acceptable if I am paying $9.99 to not get adds and to watch the shows I want. Anyways I have emailed them, and until they respond to this issue I will leave this comment here. I have heard that some others have tried to email this app but got no response. So if I don’t either, I will be unsubscribing and getting a refund from Apple.

by Yer☝️negst➡️door🚪nabor👴

Viki!!!!! I can’t get over it’s AMAZING QUALITIES!!!! The adds are in the best places!!!! IT makes you WanT To keEp watChinG The sHow! It is oVeraLl the beSt app I havE foUnd tHat letS me wAtch whAt eVer shOws I waNt tO WatcH, anD have a lOt of fRee contEnT!!!!! If yOu can’T find a show thAt’s free, nEveR fEAr, JuSt Look elSewHere. DoN’T waSte Your TimE beiNg NeGitiVe AbouT It, aNd givIng Bad reVieWs, JusT MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE!!! ADds arEn’t the eNd OF ThE woRLd, dON’t BE DUmB!!!! YoU JusT Don’T wANt tHeM to KNow How muCh you enJoyed Viki , ‘cUz Viki iS SimpLy fLawLesS. I dOn’T thInk THaT Viki CouLd Get BetTer, I hOnesTly thInK ThAt aLl aPPs sHouLd LeaRn fRom Viki, becAUse I liKE hOw tHEy teLl yoU evErYthiNg aBouT thE sHOw, foR InsTanCe, tHe CaSt, and thE DetAiLed DeScriPtiOns aBouT thE shOw, you caN EveN hAVe disCusSioNs wiTh OTheR peOple who aRe watChinG The sHow aS weLl. If yoU ThinK aBouT it, theIr aPp is JusT so gOod, thAt yoU’rE JealoUs. anYwAy, I enJoY Viki , and SO SHOULD YOU. JeAlOusY iZ BaD feR yEr HeaLtH. Stay HealThy, anD HAVE A GOOD DAY!!

-yer☝️negst➡️door🚪nabor👴

by Omalleygal

this app Current Business Model includes lying to its clients!
I WAS watching some great performances on a recent drama called Golden Life. However, I’m really disappointed in this app plusplus or whatever Roku calls it . It is clearly just a way to get us to pay more for what we use to get with the basic fee. DBut now that we are sucked into this lovely drama, they tell us wait 13 days for the next episode, unless we pay a lot more money. Sorry writers and Golden Life crew - after years with this app , I may cancel my membership if this new business model continues.
Viki IS currently ratted 4.7 out of 5. I SUGGEST THAT IS BASED ON PAST PRACTICE AND NOT THE new business model recently introduced which as mentioned is a rip-off. I watched through episode 42 and then was notified to see 43 I would have to upgrade or wait 13 days. a few days ago it was going to be six days to see 43 Today I checked and viewers after me now need to upgrade or wait several days to see Episodes 41 and 42. AND episode 43 IS AGAIN WAIT 13 DAYS OR UP GRADE. Just disgusting business practices.

by Sornbutterfly

I have to say, I have used this app for many years now and seen a lot of changes. Somethings about this app from my personal experience. When you contact them, they respond. I messaged them on their Facebook Page and got a very detailed response. Also if you request new content they will tell you if they can or can’t get a show. It may take time for them, but if they say they will get it, they get it. You won’t find this amount of content on another site in my region. The subs are done by teams, at least they were. So an upload is raw, then a percentage shows on the thumbnail of how much has been subbed. This is apparently a hard thing for some users to understand, so an explanation of this would be nice for newer users, being that the ratings of shows and Viki could suffer, simply because of misunderstanding. So any new users reading this, a new episode is usually 100% subbed within 24- 48 hours. I watch unsubbed and then subbed after. Great way to test your language skills as well, if you’re trying to learn.

by Cup Of Tae+Suga+Kookie=ME

Well, I love this really but the first time I came across this I was wondering, “Are these videos made from KOCOWA?” I never got the answer. I noticed that they also have ads that you can’t skip very often. I really like Viki but the thing that annoys me is the ads that keep popping up and I can’t skip it. The thing I’m worried about is that if I’m watching a sad scene, the ad will just pop up randomly and disturb the moment. I’ve had KOCOWA recently and Viki and KOCOWA was really similar. I downloaded this because it had more ratings. Specifically I was looking for a Korean tv show app that is possible you could skip ads. Like I said, I really enjoy Viki. I would’ve given it 5 stars but it’s not exactly what I expected. I really hope you make some kind of change to ads like being able to skip them. KOCOWA also did the same thing. I really really LOVE Viki but in my mind it is a 5 star rating for me!

by CherylUSA

I love the dramas that this app brings. Here are some issues I have encountered:
1. The drama once loaded seems ultra sensitive to touch. When trying to open up full page viewing on myIPad the screen many times goes back to the page that has info and the “more episodes” selection. I have to be extra careful to press the full screen symbol or I’ll be thrown back to beginning of drama page.
2. Have difficulty telling which drama I have already viewed. Sometimes the word “watched” but many times there is just an amount of time left in the viewing. Sometimes I use the 10 second icons to fast forward or backward. Don’t know what I might be doing to cause the episode to not just indicate watched. Another site I use has a red line that easily lets you know if you have watched the entire drama or where you stopped. This is better.

by Mamefame

I wish I could find a better app, one that allows you to view what you are watching with current English subtitles. this app is way too slow with the English subtitles. I am watching “Beautiful World and My Fellow Citizens!” and I had to stop watching both because I am waiting for this app to update the English subtitles. They are way too slow. I am on episode 9 of a Beautiful world and I have been waiting for three days for them to finish putting the English subtitles in. I have been watching episodes 9 a little at a time for 3 days now. Really! Why are you guys so slow. Please hurry up. When the new episodes air all the subtitles should be available for its many viewers. You should not air a new episodes when the subtitles are not available. this app needs much improvement in that area.