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Easy Ways to Make Money with Your Smart Phone

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Make money from home with your smartphone, it’s so easy! I love finding ways to earn extra income that are flexible and fit into my schedule. These smart phone apps are some of my favorite ways to earn money while on the go. They won’t make you rich, but over time they can easily add up to $100 or more for the year.

Make Money from Home with Your Smartphone

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Tips to Make Money from Home with Your Smartphone

If you want to make money from home with your smartphone, then you will need to join several of these apps. Most smartphone apps that you can use to make money don’t have high payouts. You will likely earn between $20 – $100 per month if you use just one app, but if you combine apps then you could potentially earn more!

Also, take advantage of earning with referrals. You can share your referral links with friends and family on social media to increase your payouts. Helping friends earn extra cash is a win-win!

Grocery Couponing Apps

Ibotta

Ibotta can be used to earn money when you go shopping. Before you head out on a shopping trip complete tasks relating to your favorite brands and companies. Then go shopping at stores like Target and Walmart and take photos of your receipts. Once your transaction has been verified, your account will be credited with a specified cash back amount. Refer your friends and earn even more money. Payments are made via PayPal and can be transferred as soon as you earn $10. Android and Iphone (Open to US and Puerto Rico residents.)

Swagbucks

is an online platform where you can earn points called SB, which can be redeemed for gift cards, coupons, and sweepstake entries. You can easily earn SB by watching videos, answering questions, completing offers, and even surfing the web using their toolbar. Refer your friends and you’ll earn even more SB. Your SB points can be traded in for gift cards from Amazon, Target, Starbucks, PayPal, and Walmart. You also get a $5.00 sign up bonus when you register. Android and Iphone (Open to residents of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland.)

Receipt Hog

Receipt Hog pays you money for shopping and taking surveys. Download the app and take photos of your receipts from any grocer, super-center, club store, dollar store, drug store, convenience mart, beauty supply, or pet supply store. Once receipts are inputted into the system, Receipt Hog will award you with virtual coins that can be traded in for cash through PayPal or an Amazon gift card. You can submit 20 receipts per week and trade 1,000 coins in for $5.00. Android and Iphone (Available for use within the United States and United Kingdom.)

Workout Apps that Pay

HealthyWage

Place a bet on yourself and win!  Basically you can make money with HealthyWage by putting money down towards losing weight. If you lose the weight by the time limit then you earn an additional percentage of the money you put down. HealthyWage has its own little algorithm that determines how much you can earn based on how much you want to lose, number of months you want to play, and the amount you pay each month. 

Find out how much you can earn here.

GymPact

is a way for you to make money from working out. Set some workout goals and then check in when you go to the gym or work out at home. If you don’t exercise, you’ll have to pay a pre-determined fee for not working out. This money is used to pay others who did exercise. Rewards generally payout been $0.30 to $0.40 per workout and once you’ve reached a $5.00 threshold you can request payment via PayPal. Android and Iphone (Works in 75+ countries internationally)

Task Apps that Pay

CheckPoints

CheckPoints allows you to make money by scanning bar codes, taking quizzes, watching videos, searching the web, and completing offers. Trade points in for gift cards from Amazon, Target, and Walmart or get entries for giveaways. (Open to US residents only.)

Easy Shift

Easy Shift is a mirco-task application where you can earn money by completing shifts. Shifts usually entail checking prices, seeing if a product is in stock, or taking photos of a store display. Once you have successfully completed the shift, payment will be made through PayPal within 48 hours of submission. Shifts pay anywhere from $2.00 to $20.00 per task. Currently only available for iPhone users. (Available in most US cities.)

Field Agent

Field Agent allows you to make money by completing various micro tasks, from checking shelf availability to checking demo and display compliance. Tasks pay anywhere from $3.00 to $12.00 per job and payments are made via PayPal. Only available for iPhones. (Open to residents of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and Romania.)

Real Jobs Apps

Palfish

Get paid to have conversations with non-English speakers. You do not need any previous experience and you are able to work anytime you want. You are free to set your own hourly rate. Payments are made twice a month with Paypal. The app is available for both Apple and Android.

Nice Talk

Make money on your phone by having conversations with non-English speakers. You are paid per minute of talk time, and on the site it claims $10 hourly is what you’d earn if you were active for a full hour. You can get paid weekly with Paypal as long as you have $20 in your account. Available for both Apple and Android.

VOIQ

Become a call agent for VOIQ and work completely from home, making calls to people on behalf of companies from your smartphone. You need to have previous call center experience. Agents earn $0.30 per minute of active call time. Payments are made via Paypal and you need $1 in your account to request a payout. The VOIQ app is available on both Apple and Android devices.

MathElf

Get paid to tutor students in math. But you will have to use an iPad. You can get paid once a week and set your own schedule. You do need to have at least two years of prior math teaching/tutoring experience before you’re accepted to take sessions.