A Rose costs 1 coin on TikTok LIVE, the lowest price in the gift panel. One coin is about 1 cent on TikTok's website and about 1.5 cents in the app, depending on your coin package and country. Going by what TikTok said in 2022, the creator sees about half a cent at the very most, and some estimates say about a quarter of a cent. TikTok publishes no payout per gift.
What you need
- To send a Rose: at least 1 coin in your balance, on an account aged 18 or over (or your local age of majority, if older)
- To give Roses a sound on your LIVE: a BetterTok account linked to your TikTok username, where the free plan is enough
You cannot buy just one coin
A Rose is cheap, but you never pay a single cent for it. Coins come in packs:
- In the US app, the smallest purchase we found on Apple's listing is 20 coins for about $0.29.
- On TikTok's coin page, the smallest fixed pack is 30 coins, at a little over 1 cent each.
So your first Rose takes about 30 cents out of your pocket, and the other coins stay in your balance for later. These are approximate US prices from our checks in October and November 2026. They depend on the coin package and change over time.
What Roses add up to
One Rose is small, but viewers often send lots of them, and the totals are easy to work out:
- 100 Roses: 100 coins. About $1.05 to $1.50 for the viewer and about 25 to 53 cents for the creator.
- 1,000 Roses: the same coins as a Galaxy. About $10.50 to $15 for the viewer and about $2.50 to $5.25 for the creator.
- 29,999 Roses: the same coins as a Lion.
Going by those estimates, it takes roughly 190 to 400 Roses to make a creator $1 before fees. Viewer figures run from the website price to the app price.
How to give Roses a sound without flooding your LIVE
Roses can arrive in bursts, so a sound that plays for every one gets tiring fast. A cooldown fixes that.
Open Sound Alerts
It is in the sidebar. A switch that says Click to Enable means alerts are off, so press it.
Add the Rose
Press Create Alert, pick Specific Gift, choose the Rose and press Continue. Then give it a short sound from the library, or upload a short MP3 or WAV.
Set a cooldown
Press the pencil on the Rose's row. Under Cooldowns, Everyone is how many seconds must pass before the sound plays again. Per viewer does the same for each person.
Keep it quiet
Each alert has its own volume. Set the Rose lower than your bigger gift sounds, so a big gift still stands out.
Try it out
Press Test on the row to play it like a live alert. Check that your streaming app is picking up your computer's audio.
What a creator gets from a Rose
TikTok publishes no payout per gift, so this is an estimate too. TikTok said in 2022 it shares half of net revenue from virtual items after app-store and payment costs, which makes a Rose worth about half a cent at the very most. Creator calculators often count it as half a Diamond at about $0.005, which is about a quarter of a cent. The Rewards Policy adds that a payment can depend on more than Diamonds.
Small gifts can matter in other ways. In a LIVE match, TikTok says each Gift or like is worth points, unless the match counts one specific Gift. For the full picture, read how TikTok gift earnings work.
Other gifts with Rose in the name
- My First Rose: 1 coin
- Rose Hand: 199 coins
- Rose Wreath: 349 coins
- Rose Soundwave: 499 coins
The Rose is not the only 1-coin gift either: GG, Heart Me and Ice Cream Cone cost the same. These come from TikTok's gift list on 5 November 2026, and what you see may differ by region.
Frequently asked questions
How many coins is a Rose on TikTok?
One coin, the lowest price in the gift panel. GG, Heart Me and Ice Cream Cone are 1 coin as well.
How much is a Rose on TikTok worth to the creator?
Going by what TikTok said in 2022, about half a cent at the very most, and about a quarter of a cent on lower estimates, before fees. TikTok does not publish a payout per gift.
How many Roses make a dollar for a creator?
Roughly 190 to 400, going by those estimates and before fees.
How much do 1,000 Roses cost?
About $10.50 on TikTok's website and about $15 in the app, depending on the coin package. That is the same number of coins as one Galaxy.
Why is a Rose more than a cent in the app?
Coins cost more in the app, about 1.5 cents each against a little over 1 cent on TikTok's website. TikTok's coin page puts that down to a lower third-party service fee on the website.
What is the smallest amount of coins I can buy?
On Apple's US listing, the smallest purchase we found was 20 coins for about $0.29. TikTok's coin page starts at 30 coins. It varies by country.