Get Paid to Game on Your Phone with these Apps


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If your phone is practically glued to your hand, you might as well make some money off that, right? 

And the easiest way to do so, is via games. 

Try new games, spend time on them, earn points for gift cards. That’s typically the gist of the apps that want to pay you for your gaming time.

We pick 2 of our favorites, one for each operating system!

Appstation (Android)

There are so many new games coming out on the daily that it’s hard to choose which to play.

The best strategy? Only focus on the games that pay for your time.

You can do it with AppStation, an app that pays you to try out new games.

When you earn coins from trying new games, you can redeem for:

  • PayPal Cash
  • Amazon gift card
  • GameStop gift card
  • PlayStation Store gift card
  • Xbox Live gift card
  • And too much more to list

Nab a 4,444 coin welcome bonus too, which is basically around 50 cents in value. And if you don’t like to wait, you can choose to payout as low as $1.

If your friends want to get it on the money action, introduce them to AppStation, where you’ll get bonus coins and 25% of all their earnings. To make it a supportive group, your friends will also earn 25% of your earnings too!

21 Blitz (iOS)

3 minutes.

Make as many 21s as you can within that time or until you run out of moves.

That’s the basic gist of 21 Blitz, a modern take on a classic game where you’re no longer just playing against the dealer but with actual people around the world.

It’s fast-paced and it basically does all of the math for you. This game is great for killing time and earning cash all at once.

You can play for free against real people for awesome prizes or switch over to cash games to win…well, cash! Cash game winners can win up to $7,000 or more in the mini-tournament.

Cash tournaments not available in AZ, AR, CT, DE, FL, LA, ME, MD, MT, SC, SD, TN, IN.