Drama, in the time it takes to make a coffee.

ReelBee is a vertical short-drama app built for the way people actually watch on their phones — in bursts, in line, in bed. Each episode is around a minute. A full series runs in an evening.

What ReelBee is

We curate vertical dramas — the cinematic, plot-twist-per-minute series that grew up on Chinese mini-drama platforms and are now finding an audience worldwide. Reborn billionaires, revenge arcs, hidden identities, second-chance romance. Stories that don't waste a beat.

Most series run 50–90 episodes at around a minute each. You can sample the opening for free, then unlock the rest with a weekly pass. No ads in the middle of a scene, no surprise tiers.

Why vertical, why short

Phones are vertical. Attention is short. Traditional TV-length episodes were built for a couch and a remote — we don't carry either around. ReelBee episodes are vertical-first, designed to be watched one-handed on the train, between meetings, or before the next thing.

The pacing is deliberate. A short-drama beat lands every 40–60 seconds: a reveal, a confrontation, a turn. It's the closest thing to a printed page-turner that video has produced.

Who we are

ReelBee is built by a small team of engineers and storytellers who spent years on mobile video at scale. We started ReelBee because we noticed the people around us — friends, parents, partners — spending more time on short dramas than on prestige TV, and there was no app built around that experience from the ground up. So we made one.

What's next

We're shipping the iOS app first. Android, web playback, and a creator program are on the roadmap. If you want to keep up, follow along — or just grab the app and let it show, not tell.

Watch the first episode free.