8 Apps You Can Install On Your Phone to Make $50+ a Week

Sometimes you just need a little extra money. If you have a smartphone here are 8 apps you can download today that can help make you $25 or more per week. I have rated these based upon my own personal experience with each/ease of use. Some are more passive than others, and there is far more to be made with most of these apps than just $25.

1. Swagbucks- by following this guide you can easily make $7 a week. Much more can be made on this site, including cash back on online purchases, watching videos, doing surveys and more. Giftcards available as low as $2. Only one phone can be used per account, but multiple devices allowed per household Check out my guide for more information.



2. Slidejoy puts ads on your swipe screen. On average it nets .15-20 cents a day meaning a possible 1.40/week Lowest payout is 100 points, but points are only redeemable the month after they are earned, so points earned in January are available in February.


3. Microsoft Rewards-do searches on mobile and computer to earn a possible 28 points. Once you reach gold level(less than a month of being active) gift cards are discounted down to 475 points, which means you can redeem them for a $5 gift card. I recommend you check out my guide for earning through changing your search engine.

4. Perk -you can run videos overnight on a phone overnight. There are a couple of additional apps including some games that you can download to make more points. Possible to make as much as .40 per phone per day at best up to 5 phones per account(multiple accounts per household allowed) just from watching videos. $2.50 possible per day. $12.50 possible per week. Gift cards available through amazon and others starting at $1.00. Can redeem for paypal. They also have a quiz, word search and other apps.

5. Ibotta -scan in your receipts and redeem cash back on grocery and other purchases. Sign up with to get a sign up bonus! You can redeem through paypal or gift cards.

6. App Trailers -watch videos and make points. 10 points= $.01. Lowest cashout is 100 points. Pretty straight forward, you can link this to your perk account and cashout easier. Max devices for this app is 5.


7. Inboxdollars -watch videos, search and do surveys to earn points. Payout is by check or prepaid card. It's a steady amount with watching and has a desktop version as well. Easy to make .50 a day on here.


8. Rewardable TV- watch videos to make points 10 points =$.01. Cashout for paypal or gift cards. Can be run on as many as 7 devices, but it is recommended that you run it on 4 or less per account (multiple accounts allowed) Get the app here. Use referral code TNEWTON8 when signing up for a bonus $.50 to get you started!

Get Cash Back on Your Groceries Through Ibotta.

When you're looking to save money, getting the most for your cash is a must. One way I've learned to maximize my money at the grocery store is to use Ibotta. So let's get down to the details of what this site does. Right now is a great time to get started as it will give you $10 for using a referral link to sign up.

What it does: ibotta has a good selection of redeemable products, and is probably the easiest of this type of app to get started with. Rebate categories in the app (required) range from groceries to flights. I have only used it for groceries, but if you shop at stores with more expensive items, the instant rebates can be higher. ($5+)

How to redeem:

Find the product you’d like and redeem the rebate in-app by either: learning a fact, watching a video, taking a poll, or looking at a recipe (all directly from the app, ~5-20 seconds).

Buy the product at any supported store.

Scan the product barcode and take a picture of your receipt. It's really that simple. I find that it is easiest to do this as soon as I get home, so that I don't forget. This app works for me at all of the big box stores, but not always at specialty foods stores. Any brand items can mean huge savings, but don't generally qualify you for bonuses. 

Profit.

Other ways to earn: Shopping online by first going through the ibotta website (to be honest though, I’ve always found that Swagbucks and Ebates give much better percentages for cash back). 

You can also invite Facebook friends to be part of your “team.” The more team members you have the easier it can be to unlock bonuses(if your friends are already on Ibotta, it will connect you to them, and you will help each other with bonuses), which is the last facet of earning on ibotta (signing up does not in any way put us on a team, they are for when you invite your FB friends only). Bonuses are simply things like “buy vegetables twice in a month for an extra $1” or “Get an extra $10 to your account when your team’s total savings in a month reaches $40, or redeem 5 rebates this month, and your team redeems $20 total.” There are multiple levels to this, so the more you do with this app, the more you can get back

Payout: $20 minimum on Paypal  for cash, or $10 for giftcards for anything from Amazon to iTunes.

You can use this link to sign up.