20 easy ways to make money with your phones.
How much time per day do you spend looking at your phone? Wouldn’t it be nice of you could learn how to make money on your phone and get paid for the time you spend using it?
I have done a little bit of digging to find some cool apps that fetch you money.
Here’s my favorite: Make $50 just by downloading an app.
Sign up and install the Nielsen app on your phone. You can get paid $50 every year you have their app installed on PLUS get entered to win cash prizes every month!
How to make Money on your phone: 20 Different ideas to Try Out.
Get paid for surfing the Web.
1. Swagbucks – An absolute Must join.
Get $5.00 simply for signing up!.
This site offers a smartphone app
that enables you to earn Swangbucks (SB) for watching videos, answering surveys, and completing merchant offers.
You can also sulf the web using the Swangbucks toolbar and win additional SB. Once you have at least 300 SB, you can trade them in for Paypal payouts (or gift cards if you prefer).
Get paid $50 download an app
You have likely heard of Nielsen in the past. You know when you hear of a TV show being cancelled or renewed for a new season due to ratings?
Well, Nielsen is the company that assigns the ratings to TV shows.
They do this by tracking what their users watch. The more people watching a show, the better the chances are at renewal. If no one is watching, it gets canned.
They are expanding into new areas and want to know how people are using their phones.
As a thank you for helping them out, you will get paid $50 just to download their app.
It’s non- invasive and how you use your phone will help shape a lot of trends in pop culture.
Pretty cool, yeah?
10. 1Q.com
14. Locket.
16. My Survey.
17. UserTesting.
18. Feature Points.
16. My Survey.
20. Foap.
Pretty cool, yeah?
3. Ibotta: Get $10 FREE when you sign up!
This was one of the first rebate apps on the market and offers cash back on grocery, apparel, electronics, restaurant, pet, etc. purchases.
The rebate amounts are fairly high (as much as $1.50) and work across a number of stores.
Many qualifying rebates are brand-independent (e.g., $0.50 off any orange juice), while others require that you purchase a given brand at a certain store.
4. Fronto-
With this app, you can view news, product deals and other offers and earn points. Once you have accumulated enough points, you can redeem them for Paypal cash, coupons or gift cards.
Get paid for mystery shopping.
5. Field Agent.
This microjob app has you earning money by completing tasks such as checking store displays, taking photos of grocery shelves, finding specific store products, and going through checkout. The assigned microjobs must be completed in a given amount of hours. Payouts are made by Paypal.
6. GigWalk.
GigWalk is a mobile app that offers you paid tasks while you are on-the-go. These tasks are geo-focused on your specific location and might include checking a street sign, verifying a transportation option or examining a landmark. After you apply for an assignment and complete it, your payment is sent to your Paypal account. Once you prove your worth as a Gigwalker, you’ll be sent higher paying (e.g., $100) assignments.
7. Shopkick.
This app is perfect for shopaholics and has you earning ‘kicks’ when you walk into a retail store such as Target, Walgreens or Macy’s. If you then make specific purchases or scan your receipt, you earn additional kicks. You can redeemer your kicks for Paypal payouts or gift cards.
This app pays you money for going to local stores and businesses and completing tasks such as taking photos of product aisles or checking item prices. Tasks pay between $2-$20. Once your shift is completed and approved, your payment is sent to your Paypal account within 48 hours.
9. Rewardable
This app pays $4-$7 for local tasks such as taking pictures of a store display or reporting product prices. Payments are sent to your Paypal account.
10. 1Q.com
This app pays you $0.25 or $0.50 for every question (Askvert) you receive and answer in a set amount of time.
For example, you might be asked how many times in the last week you used a foot moisturizing cream. The number of questions you receive depends on your demographics and geographic location. Payments are sent to your Paypal account.
Get paid for mystery shopping
11. Presto Insta-Shops.
This mystery shopping app allows you to complete tasks like snapping photos of a drive-thru sign for $4 or calling a virtual education business for $10. You use the app’s geo mapping function to find mystery shops close to your location, then apply for these shops through your phone.
12. Mobee.
This app pays you to perform mini mystery shopping gigs by assessing a shop’s cleanliness, friendliness, speed, etc. Once you complete a gig and answer up to 10 questions, you’ll collect Mobee points. These points can be redeemed for gift cards or cash.
13. iSecretShop.
This app compiles mystery shops from various portals and posts them on one job board. You can log into this app to complete available shops, after which you are paid through Paypal.
Get paid for watching ads
14. Locket.
With this app, you accumulate points when you place, view and interact with ads on your phone. Once you reach 500 points, you can redeem them for cash or gift cards through your Paypal account.
15. AdMe.
This app pays you to view ads on your phone once you unlock it. The earnings increase gradually and depend on how much you interact with your phone. Paypal payouts start at $10.
Get paid for taking surveys
16. My Survey.
If you’re not into shopping, My Survey is an online opinion app where you are paid with points for answering surveys. A typical survey might pay out 100 or 200 points. Once you reach 1,000 points or more, you can redeem your earnings for Paypal money or gift cards.
Get paid for testing websites and apps
17. UserTesting.
Companies will pay you to test their apps before they launch through the UserTesting app. You do need to successfully complete a sample test with this company, but once that’s done, you’ll be earning $10 for each app you download, test and review (via voice recording) for UserTesting.
18. Feature Points.
This app pays you to download other apps and use them for at least a few seconds. Your starting pay is $1 but can increase as you gain experience.
16. My Survey.
This is another app that pays you money to download other apps, with payouts going as low as $1. You can have the money sent to your Paypal account or purchase gift cards.
Get paid for taking photos.
20. Foap.
This app stores your submitted smartphone photos until they are purchased by companies or individuals. At that point, you earn $5 per sold photo, which goes into your Paypal account. Money.