Wouldn’t it be great if we could put our phones to more productive use? While there’s a large segment of the population who believe smartphones are taking away from our earning potential and overall productivity, there is another group who are harnessing phones to their full potential by turning them into money-making gizmos that are attached to our pockets. What’s more is that this earning power doesn’t even need to be a full-time commitment and many phone users have several apps that only require hours or even minutes a day to make the most of them.
No, there aren’t any apps out there that can replace a full time job opportunity and those who promise these sorts of outlandish claims should ultimately be avoided. However, it isn’t unusual to be able to earn a sizable chunk of pocket money that can be put towards fun activities and leisure without taking away from the necessities that are being covered by regular job opportunities in the real world. Money making smartphone apps are certainly allowing people to live their best life more readily, but what are the names to look out for this year?
iPoll
iPoll is a market research app that connects major businesses and companies with users who are willing to complete product surveys. There are various rewards on offer through the app and it isn’t unusual for users to receive gift cards, magazine subscriptions, and online service access in exchange for simple surveys that only take about 10 minutes of their time. There are no limits to the amount of surveys that users can choose to complete on a daily basis and users are free to select or decline anything that may pop up in their apps.
The majority of surveys on the app can be completed for cash and most have a reward of $1 each. Some surveys that are particularly detailed or must pass stringent criteria to validate users can pay up to $10. These can be somewhat difficult to access at times, but users will find these very lucrative opportunities to be well-worth the time commitment towards reaching the minimum $35 withdrawal requirement when cashing out their accounts. Otherwise it isn’t unusual to be withdrawing every couple of months based on average participation amounts.
Swagbucks
Swagbucks is by no means the newest name on the block and has been around for over a decade. In its simplest form, Swagbucks allows users to receive “SB” points for performing Google searches using the Swagbucks search engine. The amount of SB received is usually minimal at the best of times, but there are other opportunities to earn more sizable amounts of the currency such as completing surveys, watching videos, referral schemes, polls, and various opportunities found in the Swagbucks blog and social media accounts.
Swagbucks was at one point quite an interesting platform with several different prizes on offer: autographed pictures, action figures, vintage baseball cards, clothes, and more were all available for shipping around the world. Today, Swagbucks’ focus is largely on e-vouchers and gift cards. Cash is still available through PayPal transfer as well and there are no limits on the USD or GBP that can be cashed out. In fact, bigger cash out values provide far better value against smaller ones, but do require more of a time commitment to build up. $20/pcm based on light to average use of the platform is a realistic expectation.
The tech team at www.sellmyphone.co.uk remember the platform fondly in its heyday. Jason comments “while I still use Swagbucks today for its simple way to get a bit of cash in my PayPal account, I do miss getting autographed pictures of my favourite bands and professional wrestlers.” He hopes the feature comes back soon, but is otherwise quite happy to continue using it for free money through his smartphone.
Slidejoy
Slidejoy is a newer name on the app market and returns smartphones to the original “get paid to surf the net” roots of the late 1990s. Slidejoy converts your smartphone into an ad-containing device that allows you to view advertisements in exchange for cash every month. Every time users turn on their phones, they’ll see a news tab with an advertisement that can be viewed for cash or swiped right to continue using their phone as normal. What’s more is that there’s no actual commitment involved when it comes to viewing the ads and users can simply choose to use their phone as normal every time – and still get paid. $10/pcm is a normal cash out value with some users doubling or even tripling this amount depending on the amount of ads they choose to view every month and the frequency they use their smartphones.
While the cash amounts on offer certainly aren’t going to replace a permanent job in the real world, it’s certainly nice to be able to have a nice chunk of free money for a night out or other fun experience on a monthly basis. Download these apps today!
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