Episodes and chapters app
Release stories by episode or chapter, give the first ones free and unlock the rest with coins or a plan.
For vertical drama, web novels and serial stories. Episodes stream protected to the phone, chapters open in the reader, and every unlock spends from one coin balance or comes with a plan.
Episodes and chapters app
What your users get
Vertical video and text chapters
A full-screen episode feed and a chapter reader in one app, from one catalog.
First episodes free
Set how much of each series is free, by episode or by chapter.
Coin or plan unlocks
Unlock one episode with coins, or the whole catalog with a plan. Every unlock lands in the ledger.
Scheduled drops
Publish a new episode or chapter at a set time, in every time zone.
Offline viewing and reading
Download an episode or a chapter and finish it without a connection.
Push for new episodes
Followers of a series hear about each new episode, in their own language.
Multi-DRM
Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady protect every episode, with a playback token for each viewer.
Daily check-in rewards
Coins for opening the app each day, paid into the same wallet.
Revenue and retention dashboards
Coin sales, plans and returning viewers in ready dashboards.
Runs on
The products behind it
Each one is switched on for your app, and your team runs all of them from one backoffice.
- StreamingYour own streaming service, landscape and vertical
- Virtual currency and creditsCoins, credits and one ledger
- Storage and mediaCatalog, files and media processing
- Push and messagingPush, inbox, deep links and email
- Gamification and rewardsStreaks, rewards, badges and leaderboards
- AnalyticsEvents, dashboards, webhooks and ratings
How it ships
Start from the template, or let us publish it
Your developer starts from the template
A native project that runs on your backend from the first build, with sign-in, purchases, push and settings already connected. Your developer adds what makes the app yours, from docs their coding agent can read.
- Native SwiftUI for iOS
- Native Kotlin for Android
- FlutterIn development
- React NativeIn development
We or a partner agency publish it for you
No developer on your team? We, or an agency on our partner panel, brand the template, build the app and take it to both stores with you.
Your store accounts
Published under your own store accounts. The template carries the episode feed, the reader, the coin store and the unlock flow.
FAQ
Questions teams ask
Can we sell coins and a plan in the same app?
Yes. Coin packs and plans are store products on both stores. A coin unlock opens one episode or chapter, and a plan opens the catalog.
How are episodes protected?
Each episode streams with multi-DRM and a playback token for each viewer, and a download plays under a license that expires.
Do text chapters and video episodes need two apps?
No. One catalog holds series of both kinds, and the app opens each one in the feed or in the reader.
Pricing
One monthly price per app, for the capabilities you switch on. We quote it on a call and send it in writing.
Tell us about your app
Tell us what your app needs. We set up your partner account and your first app with you, and your team integrates from the portal.