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, go ahead and enable location services. Then just turn the app on before you go about your day and head to school, work, gym wherever.
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!

Get a Chance to Win $1,000,000 When You Save with this App

Long Game Savings is an app that combines playing games and saving money to encourage people to keep on saving.

When you turn on Automatic Savings on your linked bank account, every deposit will give Coins. These Coins are used to play fun games to win more coins and cash, some up to $1,000,000 real dollars! How’s that for encouragement?

Not only will your savings account grow within Long Game, you’ll also earn daily and weekly chances to win more cash. Take advantage of the First Week Bonus where you’ll get EXTRA coins for every $1 auto-saved.

Fun savings Missions will also help you focus on your goals.

“I check the app everyday since I get so motivated!” says Chelsea.

Long Game is FDIC-insured so your money is completely safe. It’s also free to use, you’ll earn 0.1% interest on the money you save, and you can withdraw all your money at any time (takes 3-5 business days to completely transfer).

It’s no wonder that Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and TechCrunch love it too.

With that said, because Long Game is insured, they take steps to protect everyone. During initial setup you’ll be asked to:

Connect to a bank account (they do not store any login information)
Provide a mobile number so they can text you a code for verification
Provide your social security number to prove you’re you
Provide your email address to be sent a verification email

After that, you’re free to save as much or as little as you want, but also earn chances to win more money. You’ll never lose any money either as it’s not the lottery but a valid prize-linked savings account.

So skip that fancy coffee this week and put the money into Long Game instead. The chance to win up to a million dollars just for saving is just too good to pass up.

Play Scratch-Off Cards For Free

We’ve all grabbed a coin and played a scratch-off card before. They’ve become regular Christmas stocking stuffers at my household.

It’s a cheap thrill to think that your $1-$3 tickets could turn you into a millionaire with just a scratch of your coin. But we gotta be rational too because you’re more likely to get eaten by a shark or get hit by lightning than winning the jackpot.

If you want to cling on to the hope that you’re lucky, you don’t need to spend any more money buying scratch-off cards because there’s a free app for that.

Lucktastic is 100% free-to-play and gives you new digital scratch-off cards every day.

The premise is really simple: play the many different free scratchers on the app and you could win varying amounts of cash ranging from $1 – $25,000 each!

As with all things related to luck, winning is based on chance and the number of people that participated. We haven’t hit the big bucks yet but some teammates have scored some $3 winnings here and there. Good luck!

Get Paid to Try New Games

Seriously! If you’re already playing games on your iPhone/iPad, this one is a no-brainer for you.

App Decker pays you via PayPal to try out different games & apps recommended for you, 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 just some cash-back opportunities we’ve seen:

50 cents back for any item
$1 back on milk
80 cents back on all Post cereal brands
50 cents back Frito-Lay Chips
$1 back Newman’s Frozen Pizza
$3 back on a 6-pack of Shock Top beer
$2 back on Purex Liquid Laundry
$2 back on Colgate Total Mouthwash

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 even at Walmart and Target so start saving now:

Play Solitaire for a Chance to Win Real Cash

Solitaire Cube is like regular Solitaire, except you get to play for real cash!

Is there a catch? Yes but not really. I tried playing for free when I first started but I realized it would take me forever to get the tickets I need to play for real cash. I gave up and deposited $25 last week and I’ve already won $120.

The game matches you with players of the same skill level, so you have a solid chance of winning. If you’re a good Solitaire player, you could win some serious cash, like Katie Nguyen who took home $380,984 last year as one of the Top 10 Solitaire Cube players!

So if you think you can handle playing some Solitaire to win some legit cash, definitely download this game for free.

Earn Cashable Points While You Go About Your Day

Drop is an easy-to-use app that lets you earn gift cards on stuff you already buy from your favorite brands. It’s the ultimate & modern loyalty card without the card.

All you need to do is link your most-used credit card(s) and whenever you purchase at your favorite activated brands, you’ll automatically get points for gift cards!

Self-proclaimed Target-addict? Get points for your purchases there.

Do you eat Cookie Butter by the spoonful from Trader Joe’s? You get points for all your purchases there too.

You need that Triple, Venti, Soy, No Foam Latte from Starbucks? Yep, you guessed it. You get points for that too! Whaaaat?

Connor from The Bill Wizard team already redeemed his $20 Starbucks card after only 3 weeks! We’re really loving Drop since you can earn gift cards on popular brands you already buy from. Easily set it up and watch the points drop in.

Auto-Find Savings with this Useful Bot

Think of Trim as your personal finance assistant bot that will non-judgementally inform you of your spending, negotiate down your cable/internet bills so you don’t have to, and your coupons & savings finder.

Trim talks to you via SMS Text or Facebook Messenger:

How to Sign Up:

Head over to Trim to sign up for free
Choose if you want to communicate via SMS Text or Facebook Messenger
Link a Credit Card or Bank Account (256-Bit SSL Encryption ensures your info is safe! Trim has no access to moving money or making any changes)
Let the savings begin!

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