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I assume we are talking about the videos for SBTV, EntertainNow, LifeStylez, etc. The older versions of the apps you used to have to slide left to set a video as a favorite. The newer version you press and hold and a popup to choose the video as a favorite opens up. Favorites line in the menu has a heart symbol when you display the menu by pressing on the three bars in the upper left after bringing up a particular app.
Picture of an app showing "favorites" line on the menu: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swagbuckstvmobile.views
The SBTV app is actually okay. It is the only actual SB app. The rest are by a company called Yowgo -- and their apps -- leave much to be desired. But this one, you set it to play and let it do it's thing. No bugs (that I know of). https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swagbucks-tv/id579119692?mt=8 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swagbuckstvmobile.views&hl=en
I should have said semi-passively. I do minimal extra work on some apps. I think the days of farming are long gone. This is my setup (although I've heard some of these apps and programs have a waiting list.
Swagbuck (Apps!)
I picked up one of the $30 Amazon fire tablet and threw a custom rom and rooted it. Any android device (not your daily phone) will work. Only 4 of the 6 apps are on iOS.
- Swagbucks Watch, EntertaiNow, Lifestylz.tv, MovieCli.Ps, Indymusic.tv, Sportly.tv (run in that order).
You use to be able to farm these apps but now only run a certain amount of time with the possibility of bonuses. I just let them run while I'm at home and switch to each app when they are done collecting points. If your device is rooted, you also want to install Beer Money Assist which can import the shortest running video clips for effecientcy.
There's also a new Swag IQ app that is a direct copy of Trivia IQ. If I feel like it I may play for a few extra points.
I never do any of the surveys or craves on the main website. If I'm close but haven't meet my daily goal through the apps (which can be collected at months end), I may answer the daily poll, play swagasarous or search if I'm close. Also if the apps are being fickle, I don't even bother and just wait til the next day (not worth the stress).
Microsoft Rewards
It usually takes me about 5 minutes a day to play through Microsoft Rewards. The trick is using a desktop with ten keys keypad. For the daily search rewards, I open up Bing and search 'Boston celtics schedule 2018'. Double click, it highlights 2018, change to 2017 then Enter. Repeat for 2016, 2015, 2014, etc to 1970. For mobile search, search any large city and continue to select what it auto selects.
Technically, you could use it to farm for points but I don't. It's installed on my main phone so whenever I go grocery shopping, it will usually pop up with bonus points. I'll also scan barcodes for extra points. I use to get weirded out but now I don't give a shit. I can get browse my store and scan very quickly and be done.
It may be against their TOS but my local supermarket is close to a Walmart (which generally has more products to scan). While at my supermarket, I 'check' into Walmart and find their products.
Pinecone Research (May be a waiting list)
This is the exception to the no survey rule. This company partners with legitimate vendors for surveys. You'll get an email when you fit a survey's demographic (99.5% you will qualify for the sent survey). I always take time out of my day to do the surveys. Generally the take between 5 and 15 minutes but a couple of completed surveys can net enough points for a $5 Amazon gift card. Plus since I 'always like to try new products', I've actually got free quality products to try (last one was Gatorade).
Receipt Pal (May be a waiting list).
This is one of my favorite apps. You scan any receipt in the app then send. After a certain number of receipts (I think 16), you can receive a $1 Amazon gift card. TBF I may scan those extra receipts folks leave at the self checkout. What I also like is you have a digital copy incase you need to return an item or enter into your budgeting software. Some folks recommend Receipt Hog but it only gives you points for certain receipts.
Cross Media Panel (May be a waiting list). This is a Google company. Basically it's a chrome extension for your mobile device (no longer includes desktop browser) that anonymously tracks you browsing habits. Some folks may not be comfortable with that, but for me, they probably already doing it so might as well get paid. This is a completely passive app so I generally can get $5 per month not doing anything. Speaking of Google...
This app will show quick surveys (1 to 6 questions on average) based on where you gone shopping (hint: surveys usually don't show up unless you venture to stores). The surveys can very from .10 cents to a few dollars. The points are only good for the Play store (not amazon) but you can get your favorite song, rent a movie, support pro editions of you favorite apps. Pro Tip: Never lie on the surveys. Generally the first question is a trick one so answer honestly or you won't ever get surveys in the future. Even if it doesn't apply, you always get .10 cents for your time.
This is a scratch card app. I only open it once daily for the return bonus points. Side note, it takes frickin' forever to get enough points to cash out. Once I get enough for the $50 gift card, it will be deleted off my phone never to return.
Pro tip on any app or program. Always cash out at the very minimum (wither its a $1 or $5). There usually no financial advantage to saving for larger amounts and a big disadvantage if the company decides you randomly violated the rules and suspends your account (happens several times at /r/beermoney).
TLDR; Unlike OP, these are apps and programs I use to semi-passively earn Amazon gift cards for the holidays. I generally spend anywhere from 0 minutes (because I didn't feel like it) to 20 minutes a day.
Most days I only making a few cents a day for passively doing not much additional output. But those 'free' pennies add up quickly which can garner obo $500 by years end. The holidays can be stressful when you're trying to find gift money in your budget. This just relieves a little bit of stress.
Brother is it this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swagbuckstvmobile.views&hl=en_US
I never tried Swagbucks watch, only did discover and in-store offers till now.
I use Android so these will be links on Google Play but I believe they are all also available on the App Store for iOS devices as well.
For their mobile video apps, these are the current existing apps:
- Swagbucks TV Mobile
- Lifestylz.tv
- EntertaiNOW TV Mobile
- Moviecli.ps
- Sportly.tv (This one has been having some trouble loading ads or videos for the past few days but usually woks just as well as the others.)
- Indymusic
These allow you to earn a guaranteed 10 SB per app plus possible bonus rounds. The first app, Swagbucks TV Mobile, gives 2 SB for every 6 videos watched. All others give 2 SB for 15 videos. After reaching the 10 SB minimum payout, sometimes the apps will go into "bonus rounds" which will allow you to earn even more SB if you keep watching (the amount of videos for bonus rounds can vary anywhere from 6 videos to 40 - 50 though, in my experience, it tends to stay around 15 - 20 until you have gone through a decent number of bonus rounds).
Most people generally just look for the shortest video they can find in each app and add it to their "Favorites" list then just play that video from their "Favorites" list since, if you play videos directly from your "Favorites" list, the apps will just loop through the videos in your "Favorites". If you've just got one video, then it just loops that single video over and over. This is a thread for the shortest available videos on the different video apps, though for Moviecli.ps, Sportly.tv, and Indymusic.tv there is a shorter video that isn't shown in that thread; I have an older (and still accurate) description on the shortest current videos for those three apps (and a method for users with rooted Android devices for automatically adding the shortest video for all six apps without having to search for them) over here.
A more in-depth guide can be found here on /r/swagbucks though it is slightly outdated. Despite being somewhat old, most of the information is still relevant. It looks like it also has the links for the iOS versions of the apps now that I look at it again.
There's also a generic Swagbucks app here which offers many of the different activities that can be found on their website and a dedicated app for their surveys (the activity wit the best payouts) over here although I believe the surveys are also available in the generic Swagbucks app.
Basically, since I work from home, I can have my phone running the video apps throughout the day. Just keep an eye on them as there will sometimes be ads that need to be manually closed out (or don't load at all). Just make sure that you don't block the ads with an ad blocker as that not only will keep you from earning bonus rounds (as the chances of getting those are directly related to the amount of ads you watch) but can result in your account being closed entirely.
Hope that helps! :)
I think if you look at the descriptions for the apps in the play/app stores, they say you can earn up to 6sb per round. 2 is typical, but they'll credit more sometimes.
Edit: Yes, that is what it says, in Google Play anyway.
>+ Up to 6 SB per Win instead of always being 2 SB! + SB earnings reset 12AM PT + Earn at least 10-30 SB per day minimum