We all are looking out for loopholes online that can help us make some money. Of Course, there are several verified ways – you can always opt to be a YouTuber or start an online business. But that would require us to invest in it on a full-time basis, bringing in a bit of hesitation.
However, don’t lose your hope. It might sound too good to be true, but honestly, there are many other ways to generate passive income online. Right from your iPhone.
Whether you’re using a public wifi hotspot or relaxing at home while watching tv, your smartphone is a limitless digital goldmine waiting to put more money in your wallet, only if you agree on spending an hour or two on social media each day, divert that time to doing something more productive on your iPhone. Practically they may not make you rich, but they are sure to help you earn a reasonable amount to pay for some of your bills.
But how can free apps help make money? This remains a persistent question especially after knowing that the development of a top-notch mobile app requires a lot of time (typically, several months) and, more importantly, money.
There are a couple of ways you can go ahead with it but first, you must download the apps on your iPhone devices with the most recent iOS update to ensure complete compatibility. This will help you in your financial journey. Most of these money-making iOS apps run the entire gambit from market research to playing games and other microtasks that would aid in making some extra cash.
But just like two sides of a coin, along with the perks there are equal provisions for getting cheated. It is imperative to note here that these apps could also be meant for you to be scammed, especially, when you are asked to register with a fee or when the potential earning is over-bloated.
The following are our recommended money-earning apps that are accessible with a few fingertips once you are ready with a credible account. It doesn’t matter if you want to earn cash, gift cards, or merchandise, it has a store of all options available for you. Let’s begin with the list:
Swagbucks
Swagbucks is a legit stop for someone who likes to indulge in a bit of everything. Although it doesn’t facilitate instant cash win like other game apps, however, it houses a range of other exciting activities that you can play to win money paid via Paypal cash and earn reward points that can be redeemed for gift cards.
You can watch videos which is a well-known pastime for most of us, take surveys, surf the web, refer people, participate in daily polls, or give feedback for sample products. And the best thing is you get paid to do all these days, which you were already doing previously for free. Additionally, this one will give you notifications when you’re eligible to take surveys or complete other paid tasks.
SB Answer
It is another verified specialized survey and polling app created by the app makers of the popular Swagbucks app. Answering surveys, daily polls, and giving feedback on your local shopping experiences earns you ‘SB(Swag bucks)’ points. The value of SB in terms of a currency depends on the gift card chosen by you, which are redeemable at Amazon, PayPal, Target, Walmart, and Starbucks in the Rewards Store.
Surveys are the best part of the SB Answer app and they are one of the highest paying in the industry. Short surveys that hardly need about 10-20 minutes to complete, in return pay around 75 SB. If Interested you can share personal details and participate in daily polls to make more SB points.
FOAP
Foap is a photography money-making app for both professionals and amateurs who love to click photos with their iPhones. This medium allows you to sell your photos to businesses and websites- including brands, marketing, and advertising agencies on the lookout for new and interesting stock photos.
Once you download the app and register an account, you are free to upload high-quality images of subjects and things that are rated by the members of the community, to help you reach the marketplace. You can earn as low as $5 and as high as $100 for each sale which is transferable via PayPal. But the upside is that you can sell your photos an unlimited number of times and there is no limit on the number of uploads. You have a great chance at making it to the big out there, so try your luck.
Field Agent
If you live near a major city, trying out the Field Agent app is a must. As the name suggests, it puts you in a real-world situation where you need to go around the town completing odd jobs for small businesses like taking pictures of store shelves or certain products and giving out feedback on customer service, etc. Once you accept the job, you will have around 2 hours to complete the job, which will fetch you somewhere around $3-$8 for a gig given you are already in the town. Once you have accumulated $20, it is one of those apps that pay you through PayPal upon request. This app is live in locations like the US, UK, and Australia.
Shopkick
Who wouldn’t like getting paid to shop? If so, Shopkick is an exciting app that pays you for completing challenges like walking down different aisles, hunting certain items, or check prices at your local stores or favorite retail stores including Target and Walmart. You can earn additional rewards points called kicks for making in-store or online purchases by submitting the receipts. The kicks earned keep varying depending on the activities. Even if you don’t make a purchase, this earns money app earns points for you just by scanning barcodes.
You can redeem your Shopkick points for gift cards to Amazon, Target, and many more of your favorite stores and restaurants.
Userfeel
Userfeel is one of the best apps to make money fast just by visiting and exploring new websites, performing designated simple tasks on the site, and giving feedback and critiques that are often taken into account for being worked on. The test lasts for about 20 minutes and you receive a sum of $10 paid through PayPal or Payoneer. But to access your eligibility you are given an initial unpaid test which you need to qualify for the main job.
AppTrailers
AppTrailers is an app that specializes in paying you to watch video ads about movies, mobile games, new apps, and other things including celebrity gossip that can add to your daily dose of entertainment. For each video watched, you earn points that are redeemable for gift cards and have other perk points. They also have trivia questions that can earn you some bonus money.
MobileXpression
MobileXpression is one app you must look out for if you want to make money online doing nothing extra except for the installation. You simply have to share your mobile phone internet activity which you probably already share with many different companies without even knowing it, but in this case, at least MobileXpression pays you.
After downloading the app, you continue what you have been doing on your phone, and MobileXpression pays you accordingly with weekly prizes and you can also redeem your reward points for the prizes like – cash, gift cards, and many more. And while saying this, it’s guaranteed that you’ll win a prize after your first week of use. Thus keep using your phone more, and make as much money as you can.
Ibotta
If you are asked to Name one activity that you do at least three times a day. The first thing to pop into our mind would be “Eating meals.” Cooking your own meals instead of ordering is one of the easiest ways to save money every month and promotes a great health habit. With the Ibotta app, you also get paid every time you go grocery shopping or shop online through the app at an online retail partner.
Before taking a picture of your grocery receipt, activate the coupons offered for the items you buy to earn cash rewards. You will receive a $10 cash bonus after redeeming your first Ibotta offer. Ibotta constantly runs special monthly promotions so that there is no stopping to your extra money-making spree.
Lucktastic
Luctastic might be the only game app to make money you will ever need to install. You get paid to play games and what can be more amazing than that. You can earn tokens that can be redeemed for a variety of prizes including free Amazon gift cards. It’s also possible to win cash prizes for – sweepstakes entries, magazine subscriptions, scratch cards, and many more.
Moreover, it is 100% free to download and play. If you are lucky, you might end up instantly winning up to $10,000 by playing their scratch cards. Your odds of winning prizes also increase as you play at least one game for four consecutive days to earn extra daily rewards. Plus, you can earn additional rewards coins, and prizes by sharing them on social media platforms and inviting friends to play.
Achievement
Just as the name says, this app will definitely add gains to your personal and financial lives. It acts as a positive reinforcement by paying for exercising which is definitely a health-enhancing behavior. This app syncs with Apple’s Health app or your wearable fitness device to track your activities like- count steps, track sleeping hours, know your healthy eating habits, social media shares, etc. After accessing you in the above criteria, Achievement will pay you via PayPal or direct deposit, just like 1.5 million other members do regularly.
Nielsen Mobile App
This is another app that can help you make a few extra bucks for doing nothing. The Nielsen Mobile App pays you just to keep it installed on your device. As a data collection app, this allows the company to conduct studies on consumer behavior and draw a map of their usage pattern.
Sweatcoin
This is one of the apps that pay via PayPal, cryptocurrency, and unlimited other rewards to walk outside by turning your step counter into cash. Yes, friends you heard it right, just for a pleasant evening stroll or regular morning walk But you must be aware of the different provisions – While you get paid 5 sweatcoins for every 5000 steps per day in the free version, the paid version pays you 10 sweatcoins for 10,000 steps per day extending the limit. So choose according to your convenience and invest right now. Although on the downside you can’t turn the digital currency into cash. But you can spend it while making in-app store purchases of goods and services, or donate them for a social cause as cash.
Toluna
Here’s your chance to join one of the largest and most respected online survey communities. Toluna is another iOS app that helps you make money from these simple activities like – Surveys, product testing, and sponsored polls. Even while you’re not making money from surveys, you can interact with other Toluna community members in “battles” and games to have your bit of fun and entertainment. You can later redeem your rewards points as cash, gift cards, or merchandise.
Rakuten
Rakuten is known to be the best online shopping app because you get cash back at over 2,000 online stores and 30+ physical retailers. Instead of visiting the retail store website directly to make a purchase, visit the retailer through the Rakuten app. It might cost you a few extra seconds but it’s well worth the click.
Moreover, for newcomers, it gives a $10 cash bonus after the first $25 online purchase through Rakuten.
Snapwire
Snapwire is another app similar in working to Foap (mentioned above). This app lets you make money online by selling your smartphone photos without the requirement of a professional tag. This photo selling app gives you points for your work and lets you level up as you provide businesses with photos. You even create a portfolio using the app and share your photo collection with whoever you want. On the upside, you get notified whenever you get a request that you must fulfill keeping in mind your work commitment.
eBates
If you are a frequent mobile shopper, installing eBates can help you save a lot and comes with additional perks. This cashback app lets you search for rewards, coupons, and promo codes that can come in handy while making purchases. Whenever there is a new deal or sales in any particular forum, it gives you push notifications to make the best out of it.
Acorns
Acorns is a money investment and savings app that offers $10 upon signup itself. By using the app, you can track your daily expenditures, savings, and make a map for your future investment plans. You can connect the app to either your bank or a credit card with your smartphone after which it will aid you in allocating a small portion of your money as savings (known as ‘invest your spare change).
It does your part of the job by creating a portfolio and automatically moving your savings into an investment account This happens when your money has increased to a minimum of $5. Some people can also set up a retirement account with this app to have a secure plan for themselves.
Ipoll
Ipoll is another market research app that is customized to allow you to earn money by taking market surveys, completing missions around retails, etc. Initially, as you register, you are asked a few important questions like your location, consumer habits, and preferences. This is to validate if you are qualified for the upcoming assigned tasks or not. After the registration, you are sent an alert to complete any one activity – such as a survey, task, or mission based on the information previously provided by you.
You earn rewards for each task completed which can be cashed out using PayPal (has to be a minimum amount of $10) or redeemed for gift cards. There is also a quarterly sweepstake of about $10 000 and as you continue to venture into the app, you may be qualified to enter that.
In case you are someone who has a lot of time to idle away, you may consider keeping yourself busy and utilizing the time to make some extra money in that free time. If you are actually interested, there are ample opportunities with all these jobs and apps made available for you. For aspiring students or someone who doesn’t have a full-time job as yet, this could be an amazing opportunity to earn legitimately.
So, from the list, which is the first app that you plan on trying?
Bhavesh Kachhadiya
Bhavesh Kachhadiya is Sr. iOS Application Developer at USS LLC. He likes to share iOS app development tips & tricks.