These Apps Pay You to Do (Almost) Nothing
Getting paid to do (almost) nothing is a beautiful thing.
Yep, you read that right. With Panel App, you can get paid to do nothing. After you install the app of course.
Panel App is a loyalty incentive app that will give you points just by leaving the app running in the background.
Because it gives you points on location (so enable location services!), it’s best to turn the app on before you go about your day. Go to school, a cafe, the mall, etc.
After testing it we think it’s a great app that rewards you for doing almost nothing. If you’re still skeptical, know this:
- You don’t have to complete offers
- You don’t have to watch ads
- You don’t have to buy anything
- You don’t have to do anything but leave the app running
We snagged a $5 Amazon gift card via email after a few weeks of just leaving the app on and forgetting about it. You can also choose VISA gift cards, MasterCard gift cards or sweepstakes entries.
Overall, a solid choice for earning a bit of spending money for literally just leaving the app running on your phone! Just be sure to enable location services to get even more rewards.
Get Paid to Play Games
Seriously! If you’re already playing games on your iPhone/iPad, this one is a no-brainer for you.
AppJest pays you via PayPal to try out different games, and once you submit a screenshot proving you’ve played it for a certain amount of time, you get paid!
You can payout quickly (even if you’re under a $1) whereas other apps give a minimum payout threshold. No more waiting around for your hard earned reward.
There are a variety of games for different interests and it’s free to download so give it a try!
Scan Receipts to Get Cash Back
You have to buy groceries anyway, so scanning the receipts for them is practically doing nothing!
Ibotta is a super easy-to-use cash back app with 100+ retailers, both in-store and online. Anywhere you do shopping, most likely you’ll find a cash back opportunity!
So before you head to the store, check the app for items already on your shopping list. Bananas? Hit that + sign in the app. Orange juice? Tap that + sign again.
Go shop.
At home, take a photo of your receipt and scan the barcodes of items.
Now you got yourself some cash back!
Here are some cash-back opportunities we’ve seen:
- 50 cents back for any item
- 25 cents back on bananas
- 25 cents back on bread
- $1 back on milk
- $3 back on a 6-pack of Shock Top beer
These are offers that aren’t tied to a particular brand so shop for your basics to get cash back too!
Ibotta is 100% free to download and you’ll get a $10 sign-up bonus after uploading your first receipt. On average, Ibotta users save $20 a month on groceries so start saving now:
Set and Forget. Watch Price Drop Refunds Roll In.
I bought an office chair on Amazon and 3 weeks later it dropped in price. Damn!
Usually, we attempt to find a good price on an item before we buy, but once we purchase, it’s a done deal. Because of this, we’re missing out on a lot of price drop refunds.
Amazon alone changes their item prices up to 8 times a day and no one has time to keep track of that unless… you’re Earny.
Earny is an app that automatically gets money back when the price drops on your purchases.
So about that office chair price drop? Earny is currently claiming $8.31 back on my behalf!
And I didn’t have to do anything except set up the account.
Earny securely plugs into your email inbox and credit card so that it can be effective in getting the money back for you. It’ll scan your inbox for purchase receipts and when there’s a price drop refund available, it’ll automatically credit the money back to the credit card you used to purchase.
Obviously, Earny won’t be able to do anything for you if you pay in cash but if you regularly purchase online with a credit card, this app is amazing to get those price drop refunds back without having you to do anything.
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