When most people think about apps and
money, they think about spending money. Whether by actually paying for apps or
by buying 'freemium' content from free apps, the general direction of cash flow
is from the app consumer to the developer.
That is not the only way it has to be,
however. In fact, there are plenty of apps that allow the user to make money,
simply by using the app itself. While these may never be a way to generate a
full time income, who wouldn't want to earn some cold hard cash, or rewards
like coupons or gift cards, just by downloading a few apps to their smartphone
or tablet?
Some of the most reliable cash apps are
those that focus on promoting apps. Some
apps, such as App Trailers, have you assessing app marketing techniques and
offering user feedback on what is working and what isn't. Other systems have
you download the actual demo app itself and get paid for providing valuable
information about the user experience.
Other real-cash
apps ask you to perform some kind of valuable, real life service for the
company for which you are then well-rewarded. These apps, such as Easy Shift,
GigWalk, and Field Agent have you go around town fulfilling information
gathering tasks. These are often relatively easy things, from taking a photo of
the price of cookies at your local grocery store to scanning all the QR codes
on local concert posters. Every time you complete a task, you get paid.
As was mentioned earlier, these apps are
not going to the way to escape the rat race and become independently wealthy.
They rarely offer more than a few cents per task, no matter what you do, and
making more than a few dollars an hour is something extremely rare. That being
said, for those with some spare time, especially those people between jobs,
these real cash apps can be a great way of supplementing your income, and
having a good time doing it.
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