Making $ with my iPhone

I've been using tumblr for a couple of years now, and I also recently discovered the existence of apps that allow me to make a bit of extra cash with my smartphone. The purpose of this tumblr is to share my experience with these apps, as well as other relevant topics, and to learn from others.

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My review of ReceiptHog

Apart from apps that allow you make money for performing various jobs and tasks, apps like Ibotta or ReceiptHog can help you save money on things you already buy on a regular basis, such as groceries and personal essentials. Simply by taking photos of your receipts from grocery stores and other retailers, you can earn rewards that can be easily exchanged for a Paypal payout or Amazon gift cards on ReceiptHog.

ReceiptHog lets you submit receipts for purchases at supermarkets, drug and convenience stores, and more. The app rewards 5 - 20 ‘coins’ for each qualifying recent receipt — based on the purchase total. You can also receive bonuses for submitting receipts on a regular basis (up to 20 per week), and occasionally there are surveys about specific shopping trips that you can take to earn even more coins.

Snapping photos of receipts is easy — just align the edge guides with the receipt and hit the shutter button. After this, you will be prompted to rate your visit to the store out of 5 stars, and also indicate your gender. My favorite scenario is when there’s also an Ibotta rebate on the purchase, and I can use both apps in tandem to earn from the same receipt.

One curious feature of the app is called the ‘Hog Slots’, a slot machine style game where you can win more coins. You can earn more spins by submitting receipts more regularly, as well as by referring your friends to the app.

There’s not much more to ReceiptHog, but keep an eye on the ‘Rewards’ tab for occasional surveys and other earning opportunities.

Cashing out is also simple, with Paypal and Amazon gift cards being your only choices. Personally, I love both, with a slight preference for Paypal. It takes about 7 days to receive your payment via Paypal.

Overall, ReceiptHog is a simple, straightforward app that you can use to earn a small cash reward for the basic purchases you already make on a regular basis. Combined with Ibotta rebates, coupons, and store specials, ReceiptHot can potentially help you maximize your grocery store savings. 

The app is available for Apple iOS and Google Android devices. Below is my referral url where you can download the ReceiptHog app.

http://app.receipthog.com/r/graw9653

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As of today, you can get $1 off any Siggi’s yogurt from Ibotta! Read my full review of this app over here.

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If you haven’t yet seen The Force Awakens, you can get $0.50 rebate on your ticket with the help of smartphone app Ibotta! You can learn more about Ibotta and how it can save you money on everyday purchases in my just-published Ibotta review.

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My review of Ibotta

Ibotta isn’t a money-making app per-se — it’s a rebate app allows you to save money on your groceries and select other purchases. It works much like a coupon book, letting you see the available rebates at the store you are shopping at.

I use Ibotta on a regular basis to save a little bit of money on my regular purchases, as well as to occasionally get products for free, or virtually for free, whenever there’s a rebate and the item is also on sale. As such, this is an app that can add a small boost to your financial bottom line and I think many of you will enjoy using Ibotta. A penny saved is a penny earned, after all!

Detailed Look

When you launch Ibotta you will be given a choice between different categories of products. There are other categories like electronics, pet products, or fashion, but I normally choose Grocery, since that’s where the majority of coupons can be found, and groceries are something I shop for on a regular basis.

At this point you can select the store you are shopping at and browse the list of available rebates. Rebates are updated on a regular basis, so it makes sense to scroll through the list to see what’s available. Sometimes there will be rebates on products you’re interested in, sometimes not. Rebates are similar in value to typical coupons — from $0.20 up to about $3.00 for typical grocery items.

Redeeming is a three step process that might seem a bit complicated, but really isn’t that bad. After selecting a rebate you first have to 'unlock’ it. Unlocking is simple — it usually involves watching a quick promotional video ad from the manufacturer, or perhaps a multiple choice question regarding your opinion of the product. After you do this, you can then verify the product by scanning the barcode with your phone’s camera. I recommend you do this before you purchase your items, just to make sure that the item you grabbed qualifies for the rebate. You can repeat this step for multiple products.

Once you’ve finalized your purchases and paid for everything, the last step is to capture a photo of the receipt by tapping the big green round button at the bottom of the screen. This step qualifies as proof that you actually purchased the item, so be sure that you grab the receipt after paying for your groceries!

At that point, your rebate has been submitted and will be reviewed for approval. Approval generally takes up to 48 hours, but usually takes a considerably shorter amount of time, and the funds for the rebate are added to your account instantly. Occasionally, there’s a glitch and a properly submitted receipt gets denied (this has only happened to me once); when that happens you can submit a request for manual review.

At this time Ibotta is only available in USA and Puerto Rico.

But Wait There’s More: Referrals, Teamwork & Bonuses

One of my favorite kinds of coupons are so-called ‘Any Brand’ coupons that can be redeemed on staples such as milk, eggs, etc. For example, whenever the $0.25 banana coupon is available, you can essentially get a single banana for free with the help of Ibotta!

You can also boost your earning by referring friends or family to Ibotta. Anytime someone uses your referral code or link to get Ibotta, and successfully redeems their first rebate, you get $2 added to your account. All of your referrals (as well as your friends on Facebook — if you choose to connect it to iBotta) are also automatically added to your ‘Team’. The main benefit of having ‘Teammates’ is that you have a chance to unlock cash bonuses when you and your team passes a certain monthly threshold in terms of redeemed rebates.

There are also other bonuses available based on the number of rebates you redeem in any given period of time. Just be careful to not go overboard in chasing these bonuses though, as it could lead you to buy items that you don’t really want or need.

It’s also worth noting that Ibotta is more than just for groceries and basic necessities; you can find electronics deals at Best Buy, sports deals at Nike.com, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the range of rebates you can find on Ibotta be expanded in the future.

Cashing Out

Once your account reaches $20 ($10-25 for gift cards) you can withdraw the money you saved via Paypal or Venmo. Your our account balance can also be redeemed via gift cards to popular retailers, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Starbucks, and more. I’ve withdrawn my balance to my Paypal account, I’m pleased to report that the transfer was instantaneous.

Get The App

Ibotta is available for iOS and Android devices. If you found my review of Ibotta interesting and would like to give this money-saving app a try, please use my referral link or the referral code below.

Referral link: https://ibotta.com/r/imdqgxm

Referral code: imdqgxm

BONUS: Sign up by 12/31/15 and a $5 starting bonus will be automatically added to your account!! 🎅🎄

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Lots of beer bar inspection jobs were posted on EasyShift last night! So get the iPhone app and go get me, and follow this blog for more smartphone money making tips. 

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What did I do wrong?

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Just got done taste-testing this Greek style yogurt for a $15 reward via the iPoll iPhone app. There are still just over 100 spots left on the panel, so you'll need to hurry up to take advantage of this awesome opportunity!

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Update

Filtrete Filter now 100 kicks Smart Ones Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal __now 50 kicks__ Tom’s Silly Strawberry Children’s Toothpaste added to Target Tom’s Wicked Cool! Children’s Toothpaste added to Target Tom’s Juicy Mint Children’s Natural Anticavity Rinse added to Target Rembrandt…

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There have been more kicks than usually available for scans in the past week!

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$12 for mystery shopping at your local Walmart!

One of my top-earning iPhone apps is paying $12 for simple product inspections at select Walmart locations. This means that you can earn a cool $12 for a one-stop visit to your local Walmart store where you'll be required to take a couple of photos of a specific product display and answer a few basic questions about how the products are arranged in the store. If you're 18+ and an iPhone user, message me with the location of the a Walmart store nearby to see if you qualify! This is a one-time offer on a first-come-first-served basis, with a possibility of similar future micro-jobs. Payments are made same day via Paypal.

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My review of Lucktastic

What is Lucktastic?

Lucktastic is an ad-supported, free-to-play virtual scratch card webapp available for iPhone and Android phones. Because it's a webapp you can't simply download Lucktastic from App Store. Instead, you must visit the Lucktastic website with your iPhone browser, set up and account, and add the web page as a home screen icon. I've seen several apps start using this technology, and it works remarkably similar to native iPhone apps.

  The main draw for Lucktastic about a half a dozen daily virtual scratch cards available within the app, with prizes ranging from $1 to $100. Winnings can be withdrawn by cheque or through Dwolla, a brand new payment process similar to Paypal, whose services I recently started using and have had positive experiences with so far. Playing the scratch games also yields additional "tokens", which can be traded in for more scratch cards, entries into prize drawings, or exchanged for a limited selection of prizes including a $50 Amazon gift card.

How does Lucktastic work?

The platform utilizes the same basic economics as some of the other apps I've written about on this blog. Brief advertisements are presented before and after each scratch card is present, and users are also encouraged to view advertisement videos and participate in promotional offers in exchange for more tokens. This seems like a sound business model — just don't expect to win nearly as often as you would with actual scratchcards.

My experience with Lucktastic

In practice I've found the Lucktastic webapp to be rather sluggish, although that could be due, in part, to my aging iPhone 3GS. Either way, section of the app sometimes take a while to load and button taps tend to be annoying unresponsive. I would be curious to hear from other Lucktastic players to see if they can confirm this issue.

I've won one scratch ticket so far — worth $1, one of my first plays, which makes wonder if Lucktastic isn't priming the pump by giving to every new player. As I mentioned earlier in this review, I didn't have any trouble withdrawing it with Dwolla.

I've also found that Lucktastic is somewhat generous with their tokens, given that every scratch ticket awards players with anywhere between 3 and 20 tokens. The problem is that I've had a tough figuring out what to do with them. I don't want to buy more scratch tickets because it's very unlikely that they will win, and the instant reward option has very limited options. I'd gladly exchange my options for an Amazon gift card, but it's only available at the $50 level, which understandably would take a very long amount of time to achieve.

Should you try Lucktastic?

My feeling is that others' experiences with Lucktastic will depend a lot on whether or not you like playing lottery-based games to begin with. Personally, I'm not a fan of scratch cards, and I don't think I've ever bought one in real life. As such, I didn't get a whole lot of enjoyment from the gaming aspect of Lucktastic, especially given the sluggish performance of the webapp.

Unless you have a serious gambling streak, it's hard to recommend Lucktastic. You'll spend more time than you'd like thumbing through the cumbersome interface, and the chances of winning are obviously extremely low. It would certainly be easier for me to get behind Lucktastic if the services manages to speed up the app and add more lower cost instant rewards ($5 Amazon gift card, maybe?).

In case you're interested in giving Lucktastic, I would appreciate you using my referral link. Also, please note that Lucktastric is currently restricted to players 18+ living in the US.

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As I mentioned in my Points2Shop review, earning points for downloading other free iOS apps is one of the app's best features\. Here are few apps that I downloaded yesterday (100 points = $1).

These also aren't throwaway apps by any means — Scramble It was a great app, and Coindozer is a very basic but strangely addictive game. I'm also interested in testing out Receipt Hot, which is supposed to reward you for scanning grocery receipts and answering survey questions about your food shopping habits.

If you have any questions about how Points2Shop works, feel free to send me a message. :)

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Field Agent is quickly becoming on my favorite iPhone apps! Follow this blog as I try various apps that pay money, and tell you all about my experiences. I follow back 100%. 

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FUUUUUCK easyshift announced a bunch of $10 and $15 shifts literally 2 minutes ago but i had to update the app and by the time i did all of them were taken >:|

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Gonna give EasyShift a try. Hope we're not in the same city!

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My review of Field Agent

  Field Agent is an iPhone app that pays users cold hard cash for performing one-off local jobs, including mystery shopping, price checks, and inspecting product displays in retail stores. Think of Field Agent as a marketplace where businesses can find individuals from a specific location to complete odd tasks that they either don't want their own employees to know about, or don't have anyone else available for. The jobs are posted within the app and are visible to Field Agent users based on proximity to their current location.

The typical assignment often requires you to take photos with your phone's camera, tap in a brief written response, and/or answer several multiple choice questions. Some jobs require you to interact with a store clerk. The jobs that are available to you will also depend on your area, based on the quantity and types of business located close by, as well as the number of other "field agents" competing for these jobs.

  Field Agent Jobs seem to pay somewhere around $5 — I've seen jobs that paid as low as $2.50 and maybe as high as $15. I haven't used the app for very long, however, and It's possible that some of the better, higher paying jobs are reserved for users who have been with the service for a longer period of time, and have proven themselves to be reliable by successfully completing a number jobs (as is the case with Gigwalk). 

Cashout options are very straightforward and painless. You can cash out via PayPal or newcomer Dwolla at any time, as long as your balance is above $2. Payments for completed jobs are also instantly credited to your account, making the financial aspect of the FieldAgent experience as user-friendly as possible.

This kind of expediency also applies to reserving jobs — unlike Gigwalk, which requires you to apply for jobs and wait to find out whether you've been accepted, Field Agent reserves the job for you immediately, giving you 2 hours to complete it. Keep in mind, however, that the same sort of good citizenship is expected from you in return. Should you slack on your responsibilities — by either backing out of gigs, or failing to adequately complete them in the alloted time-frame — your feedback score (called Agent Rating) will suffer, potentially causing you to become ineligible for future jobs!

The Agent Rating is perhaps the most important element of your Field Agent account. Visible in the Statistic tab, this score is based on the number of jobs you've successfully completed, with points subtracted for incomplete or rejected work. Everyone starts out with 85, and (hopefully) grows from there.

How To Get Off On The Right Foot With Field Agent

Based on my personal experience with Field Agent, the most difficult thing when starting out was finding gigs I could actually complete. Most of the jobs available to me were "Scavenger Hunts" — a notoriously confusing and difficult type of job. There were occasional other jobs, but they were few and usually out of the way. It wasn't until about a month into using that app that things turned for the better, and I started completing a number of jobs.

Part of this problem is that jobs fluctuate based on the timing of clients' needs. There might be days or weeks when a lot of jobs are posted, and other periods where there is a relative drought. For this reason it's a good idea to check the app on a regular basis, since jobs tend to be posted at highly unpredictable times.

Another issue is that certain jobs are only shown to agents with a high enough Agent Score, meaning that as a beginner agent you're at a particular disadvantage. The old catch 22 of needing experience to get a job, and needing a job to get experience seems to apply here. Fortunately Field Agent helps you build up your score by providing occasional "Screener" jobs that you can complete by answering a few simple question about your consumer habits. These "jobs" do not reward any money, but they appear to raise your Agent Score the same way an actual job would. They also help to familiarize you with the app interface and the process of completing a job, so be sure to complete any that become available.

My advise for would-be agents is don't get discouraged, keep checking the app regularly for new jobs, complete any of the non-paying screener jobs, and travel farther than you normally would for your first jobs. This important because quicker you boost your Agent Score, the sooner you'll start seeing jobs closer to home that are otherwise not being shown to you.

As of today, the Field Agent is available to iPhone users 18 and up in United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

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My review of Points2Shop

Points2Shop is a popular free consumer rewards service designed to give members the broadest possible earning opportunities across it's mobile apps and desktop website. Whether it’s consumer surveys, paid videos and radio broadcasts, free and paid product offers, paid-to-download apps, and various one-time tasks, Points2Shop can be a good choice for both newbies and those who are already familiar with similar services.

I originally got started with P2S early last spring when I wanted to sign up for Netflix. I knew that there were websites that give users kickbacks for shopping through their links, and I got $5 worth in points from Points2Shop (in addition to the $2.50 signup bonus). Ever since then I've completed a wide range of offers available through Points2Shop — all of them free, with a focus on paid surveys and email signups. After the iPhone app was released earlier this year, I started using it on a regular basis to download free apps and watch promotional videos on my phone. I would say being paid to download mobile apps is my favorite thing about this service, and the surveys are also a great option if you have some extra time to throw at them.

There is definitely a wide variety of reward opportunities on P2S, and I can honestly say that there are things on their website that I know almost nothing about simply because I haven't had the time to check everything out. They are constantly adding new opportunities to their lineup, including the ability to take a limited number of surveys through their mobile app.

  The Points2Shop reward system is based on points that translate to cents on a 1:1 basis. The points can be spend at the P2S store which contains a wide variety of itms, including the full Amazon.com inventory. You can also select from a variety of gift cards, including Walmart, Newegg, Google Play, eBay, Amazon, and others — although many of them are physical and need to be mailed, which requires an addition postage fee. Points2Shop also recently introduced an option where you can be credited with cash rather than points on select offers — namely surveys, which you can cashout via Paypal or bank check, which is certainly a nice feature, although it does split up your earnings into two different categories. The Points2Shop store also allows you to purchase a single dollar bill (plus postage ) which they will mail to you as proof that the service is legitimate. (You can order it as soon as you sign up for P2S because of the 250 point starting bonus). Overall, I'm reasonably happy with Points2Shop's cashout system, and in the past I've bought stuff from Amazon through their store. This system isn't as good as it would be if you could cash out all your points through Paypal or low-cost electronic gift cards(like AppTrailers), but considering that it's easier to accumulate earning at Points2Shop than at any comparable service this is an acceptable trade-off.

If I have to do sum up my impression of Point2Shop, I would say that it's one of the best among its competitors, and the one I've earned the most with to this point, but is also one of the most disorganized, and difficult to navigate. When you log into the website, the earnings area contains a half-dozen different survey areas, a dozen different pages that have to do with games and videos, several more videos pages, and other miscellaneous options. The mobile webapp has several earning "walls", many of which have the same offers as one another. There also a native iOS app available in the App Store, further fragmenting the Points2Shop system.

Despite this, I recommend Points2Shop to anyone who would like to make a bit of extra cash at home on their computer or phone. Remember you can always message me for help in getting started with Points2Shop, and I will also post various suggestions and ideas to help others maximize their earnings with P2S, so feel free to follow this blog if you decide to sign up, or are already a member.

If you're new to Points2Shop and would like to sign up, please use my referral code if possible. Thanks, and feel free to check out the other reviews on my blog!

The Points2Shop mobile app is available for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets. Users must be 18+ or 13+ with parental permission. Available in USA, UK, Canada, with limited participation in other countries.

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My review of Shopkick

Shopkick is a popular mobile app that gives users points for walking into retail stores, scanning specific items, and for making purchases with a credit card that has been previously linked to your account. The reward points, aka shopkicks, can be traded in for instant giftcards to popular national stores such as Starbucks, Target, and Gamestop.

There's a lot of similarity between Shopkick and Checkpoints, another iPhone and Android app that rewards users for scanning items in stores. As I mentioned in my Checkpoints review, the two apps provide a complementary experience, as you can often get credit for scanning additional items in the same store.

Shopkicks awards anywhere between 10 and 100 points for scanning product codes at specific store locations. Similar to Checkpoints, the products tend to rotate on a more or less weekly basis, and unlike Checkpoints once you scan an item you cannot scan it again for some time — although this seems to vary from product to product.

  Some stores also credit 30-50 kicks for simply walking into the store, which you can repeat on a daily basis. You can also unlock extra walkin-in kicks by looking through a short series of featured items called "lookbooks" —essentially a mini circular ad for the store. Keep in mind that you need to have the Shopkicks app open as you walk into the store, or otherwise you'll have to walk in and out to get credit — a mistake I made the first time I tried to get credit for walking into a store.

  The third way to earn kicks is by linking a credit card to your Shopkicks account, and using it to purchase items in qualifying stores. The amount credited varies by store, but you can earn approximately 10 kicks for each dollar spent, which figures to be roughly equivalent to 2% cashback. I haven't yet taken advantage of this feature so I can't comment on it directly, and for now I'm more interested in free earning opportunities instead of new ways to save money on purchases. Having said that, I might choose to link my card in the future when faced with a qualifying purchase. Keep in mind also, that kicks earned as part of this program are held in reserve for a period of 30-45 days in case of returns.

Once you accumulate some shopkicks, you can start spending them in the Shopkick reward store. The reward options include electronic gift cards to several national retail businesses, including Macy's, Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Papa John's, and Gamestop. The denominations for the gift cards vary in amount, starting with 2$ for 500 at Target.  Gift card codes are made available instantly in-app, or are sent to you by e-mail. Personally, I'm a little disappointed with the reward selection, as I do not regularly shop at any of the stores with available rewards. Having said that, I'm sure that most of you will find something of interest among these options, and overall I'd rate Shopkicks reasonably highly in terms of their reward system.

  One of the things that impressed me about the Shopkicks app is how quickly and easily the software recognizes product barcodes using the phone’s camera. Despite the poor lighting conditions that often accounted for serious shadows or glare — not to mention the poor quality of the 3 megapixel camera on my old iPhone 3GS — the app recognized barcodes extremely quickly. The app also managed to cope well with the diminished cellular signal inside of cavernous retail buildings — even though I got an occasional ‘lost signal’ I was able to scan items and receive points almost instantly.

  On the downside, the items that you need to scan aren't always in stock, and are sometimes kept off the store shelves, especially for bulky or expensive products. Also, as I mentioned earlier in the review, I've been using the Shopkicks app concurrently with Checkpoints, and I've found that I've been able to earn more with Checkpoints so far. Part of this could be due to the area I live, which contains more grocery stores and drug stores, whereas Shopkicks is skewed more towards fashion and department stores.  

Overall, I'd say that these downsides are relatively small compared to the opportunity to earn easy rewards for walking into stores and scanning items. If you are interested in downloading the Shopkicks app a try, please use my referral link and feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions or comments.

The Shopkick app is available for Android and iOS devices, including tablets. You must be 18+ to join, or 13+ with a parents permission.

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My review of CheckPoints

CheckPoints is a popular free mobile phone app that allows users to earn reward points for participating in promotional offers and performing various tasks, such as checking into local business, scanning product items in-store, watching advertisement videos, and more. The points earned within the app can be exchanged for gift cards to popular national retailers such Amazon, Starbucks, and Walmart. In this review I will attempt explain how the app works and what I like and dislike about it, so you can decide whether you would like to try it.

The biggest draw of CheckPoints is the ability to earn rewards by scanning the barcodes of specific products in local stores. As soon as you fire up the app you'll be shown a list of nearby stores eligible for scans. Selecting a store will display a list of product, and once you're there you can start scanning the items using your phone's built-in camera. This plays out a lot like a scavenger heart, and there are usually about a half-dozen different items you can scan per store. You can scan a specific item only once per day, even if you visit an entirely different store that also features this item, but you'll be scan the same exact items on the following day. After each scan there is often a one question survey, or some additional information about the item, although I've found that you can skip out of these by tapping the back button.

This basic functionality of CheckPoints is quite similar to another popular mobile app called Shopkick, which rewards points for product scans, as well as in-store check-ins and more (if you're are unfamiliar with Shopkicks check out my review here). Based on my experience so far, Shopkicks seems to be oriented more towards fashion products, while CheckPoints is skewed  toward grocery stores, but there's definitely some overlap between the two, and you can sometimes earn points in both apps while visiting the same store. Because of this, these two apps definitely complement each other, and if you're already using one I highly recommend using both. If I had to pick a favorite between the two, however, I would personally go with CheckPoints because Shopkicks limits the number of scans to one per product, and CheckPoints also has a better reward redemption system.

Speaking of rewards — the app's raison d'etre, the accumulated points can be exchanged for gift cards to Amazon.com, Target, Walmart, Domino's, Redbox, Best Buy, Delta Airlines, and a couple of other less notable options. Chances are that you already shop at least one of these retailers (personally I'm a fan of Amazon Prime with their free two day shipping), which is hugely important as no-one wants to be stuck with a gift card to a store they never shop at. The rewards also start off at $1, which means you can "cash-out" within hours of signing up. This kind of flexibility is one my favorite features among similar services, and factors heavily into the apps I recommend on this blog.

There's also a bit more to CheckPoints that bears further explaining. In addition to the tasks you can complete in-store, there are videos you can watch and various promotional offers to augment the points you earn for product-scans and check-ins. This functionality, available behind the "Anywhere" tab within the app, is somewhat similar to the earning opportunities available on apps such as AppTrailers and Points2Shop. There are also points you can earn on your computer at Checkpoints.com, and you can also get bonus points for referring your friends to CheckPoints.

The second part that needs to be addressed is the existence of a second in-app currency called "coins". You receive coins (in addition to points) for scanning certain in-store items, as well as by completing selected offers in the "Anywhere' section of the app. The purpose of coins are the two lottery-style games in the "Instant-Win" section of the App where you can win points (the app's basic reward currency). I know this might seem a bit confusing — and I didn't even realize that I was getting coins for scans at first — but there isn't a not a lot that's you need to do to take advantage of coins. One coin seems to be worth about 10 points, which actually makes them actually quite valuable.

CheckPoints has quickly become one of my favorite money-making phone apps, thanks to its easy earning opportunities, excellent cash-out options, and a responsive and attractive user interface — is that hula-hooping "working it" animation adorable or what? I'm also very impressed by the app's scanner, which recognizes barcodes quickly and efficiently, despite the dated 3 megapixel camera on my aging iPhone 3GS. I also very rarely had any issues scanning products; there was only one product that that app didn't recognize even though it seemed to be the correct item. 

If you're thinking of giving CheckPoints I would greatly appreciate if you could use my referral link and use the code 'irecipient' if it ever asks you for a bonus/referral code. You can always send me a message via my Ask page if you have any problems or questions about CheckPoints, or any other apps.

The CheckPoints app is available for Android and iOS devices, including tablets. You must be 13+ to join.