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If you like adme-type apps, you should check out Drizzle. It's an SMS app that pays you to view banner ads when you send/receive text messages.
The co-founder promoted it here in /r/beermoney last night (thread)
Play Store Link (for Android only at the moment).
I'm a 21 year old entrepreneur working a full time job to try and fund the marketing for the app I just launched.
Shameless Plug - The app is called Drizzle SMS and it's the first app that pays our users to use their phones. You can check it out here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
You can use PerkTV(less stable recently) or Checkpoints (refferal code dromano12 for 50 free points) both apps will run continuously or nearly continuously on cheap android phones, and you can make up to $1 per device per day with these so you would need a lot of devices to reach that goal. Another cool app that I have found is DrizzleSMS which came out for the play store 5 days ago and has the great idea to reward you as you text. I highly recommend it. You should be able to earn up to $10 per month installing the app that takes only 30 seconds to download and I personally like it better than the stock texting app. It has two themes dark and light for personal preference ref nonref (it is however only android compatible).
If you don't want to invest the time, there are various apps/sites that will give you money for advertisements/information. These obvious don't make as much as the active earning apps/sites, but nothing in life is truly free, is it? Let me list some examples in case you're interested (and for shameless self endorsement).
Mobile Performance Meter: These earn you 5 - 20 cents (to my knowledge, I'm at 5) per day in exchange for you becoming a walking beacon. You provide information (which is this case isn't very personal, so at the low end of the risk spectrum) in exchange for cash, simple as that. 5 dollar minimum cashout.
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Panel App: Slightly higher up on the risk factor, but generally a trusted app. They use location data for "analytics and reporting". I doubt your location will be used for anything harmful as they have thousands of panelists. Earnings vary as I can only see how much one can earn from their "projected year estimate", but the estimate has been around 20-25 dollars (12,000 to 17,000 points) a year (redeeming uses less points per dollar as you pick bigger cashouts, so may vary more). So my guesstimate is about 4 cents to 7 cents a day, depending how long you wait to cash out. 1 dollar minimum cashout (1500 points), or can enter sweepstakes for less.
Media Insiders Mobile: I find this app a bit more shady, but I use it as it seems somewhat trusted. Apparently they track "sharing, viewing, clicking, chatting, downloading and more". It works just like the other panels, with passive earnings. HOWEVER you can earn more by using their vpn on your computer and cell phone (I don't do this because it drains battery and requires some more active input, also seems a bit shady). I would recommend just the passive earnings, but hey, whatever floats your boat man. You get 50 points week to my knowledge passively (haven't been using it long), but can earn more. Each point is one cent, and 5 dollar minimum cashout (Amazon, paypal is 25)
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Free Eats: Use if you have free texting. The app collaborates with advertisers to send you texts that instantly grant you 25 cents or more onto your PayPal account per text. Also wonderful is that you get an instant 1 dollar per referral which the referree also gets. The texts don't happen as often as one might like, but passive money is passive money, and no minimum cashout/no active cashout is a godsend. There is literally no effort unless you plan to refer people, and the occasional survey.
Datacoup: You can provide your social network information as well as debit/credit information to make earnings each week. The amount you get depends on both the amount and value of data you provide. They are very open with what data gets provided for each thing you opt in for (facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc) so you you should at least check it out. I get 1.50 ish a week, I don't know how much you can make. Cash out goes to your card and minimum is 1 dollar.
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Screenwise Panel: Run by Google, the app tracks data (searches and app data) on select devices (up to a computer, smartphone, and pad). You get 1 to 3 dollars a week, depending on how many devices you have connected. I read somewhere "Google tracks you anyways, why not get paid for it" and it has stuck in my mind for a good time. Why not. Minimum cash out is 25 dollars.
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Drizzle SMS: If you've been frequenting this subreddit recently you probably heard of this app. It's a new app that gives money for texting and being texted. You don't get credits for unknown numbers (I was frequently texting with an unadded person regarding housing/lease). Minimum cash out is 5$, but I'm not yet sure how fast the average person might earn.
Other passive earning methods (that I'm not signed up for or not approved): Nielsen Mobile, Appoptrix, etc (feel like I forgot some)
Furthermore some people might consider semi-passive video apps like PerkTV and Checkpoints, lockscreen apps like Adme/Fronto/Slidejoy, software that "borrows" computing power like Slicify/Gomez Peer, autosurfers like Ebesucher/Hitleap, and games like Peko and maybe perhaps Bing botting (risky if multiple accounts). I feel like they take more effort than the true passive earners, but I do use some of them. Do check them out!
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
PM me with some more info. I'm hiring for Drizzle SMS! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms
It's really great, I don't text often and already am at 4902 after a few weeks. I think if you use my referral link you get 250 points free: http://r.yoz.io/BG.c.fZ non-ref
Thanks for the heads-up!Would anyone like to keep the referral train going?
Referral: http://r.drizzlelabs.io/JX.c.mV
Non-Referral: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.grovecity.drizzlesms&hl=en