You may not believe it – but it is true – there are apps that pay you to WALK your neighbourhoods.
These are Android and iOS apps that function as walk-to-get-paid pedometers on your mobile phones. They aid your physical fitness goals and you also earn rewards in cash, gift cards, product discounts, and even charity donations.
Here then are 15 smartphone apps that pay you to walk the streets of your neighbourhoods:
Sweatcoin
Sweatcoin is an iOS and Android UK-based company app that pays you to walk outdoors. It relies on your phone’s GPS and accelerometer to track your trekking activities. You earn 0.95 sweatcoins when you walk 1,000 steps, and you stand to earn $1,000 or an iPhone when you hit 20,000 sweatcoins. You can redeem your sweatcoins for gifts and products from participating retail stores. To signup, click here https://sweatco.in/
Rover
How do you like the idea of making $20 to walk a dog for 30 minutes or $30 to walk a dog for 1 hour? If you like walking dogs every day along your commute, then you can get paid for your daily activity. You must download the app and register for approval first before onboarding to walk dogs and get paid. Rover is similar to Wag and Tailster.
Lympo
You get rewarded Lym tokens or cryptocurrency that can be redeemed for cash or products when you walk. You can sync Lympo to Apple Health to track your walking speed, distance, and time. You can also join challenges to just get moving, and you can log your physical exercise for improved health.
Charity Miles
In case your passion lies in raising funds for charity organizations, then you can do so with your walk earnings with Charity Miles. Whether you walk, jog, or ride a bike, you earn a certain amount for every mile you cover. You can choose the charity you want to donate your earnings to on the app, and more than $3 million has been raised on the app to support listed charities.
Step Bet
Placing a bet against yourself can turn fun if you have to walk to win. With Stepbet, you bet with real money to reach a set steps goal (usually $40), and you win something on top of your bet if you reach or exceed your goal. But you lose your bet and your money if you do not meet your set walking goals. You can track your walking distance with other apps such as Fitbit and Garmin among others.
Evidation
Formerly called Achievement, Evidation pays you $10 when you earn 10,000 points walking, swimming, climbing, or biking. Given that you can earn 80 points in one day, the app which can be synced with other trackers also gives you points to track your sleep or log your food. The problem is that it may take four months to earn $10 and one year to earn $30 – but you will have benefited immensely from walking.
Lifecoin
This sounds like a cryptocurrency, but Lifecoin is actually a mobile app that pays you to walk. You earn points when you walk or run and the points can be applied to obtaining real rewards. You also win Lifecoin points for signing friends and family on the app – just earn something for getting the entire family walking.
Healthy Wage
If your main purpose for walking long distances is to lose weight, then you might consider downloading Healthy Wage to get paid for your efforts. The app helps you stay on track by enabling you to set a weight loss goal, bet on yourself, and win a set reward if you hit your set goal. It is similar to Stepbet and other related apps.
UberEats
If you are interested in delivering food orders on foot in your city, you can consider signing up with UberEats. After downloading the app on Android or iOS, you sign up and get orders after passing a background check. Any orders you accept must be delivered to the customer on foot and the app pays you for walking as an errand boy. You get paid weekly via direct deposit.
DoorDash
DoorDash is similar to UberEats. Once you sign up, you get sent orders that you deliver to customers in your town or city and DoorDash pays you for being the delivery person. For your walking efforts, you get paid via PayPal or direct deposit every week but you can also withdraw your earnings each day for a tiny fee.
GigWalk
Do you like window shopping? Then you might get paid for it. With GigWalk, you get paid weekly via PayPal to walk to stores in your community or city to verify the prices and availability of stated products. Sometimes you might be required to snap the photos of displayed products at retailers to earn your reward for walking to the stores.
People Walker
Imagine the thrills of being partnered with someone in your neighbourhood for a morning or evening walk – and still getting paid for the exercise. With People Walker, you can demand to have a walking partner assigned to you (but you pay a tiny fee to have a background check conducted on a suitable walking partner). You earn if you are booked to walk with other people.
Higi
This smartphone app is synchronized with other fitness tracking apps to pay you when you walk certain miles. You earn points for every mile and these can be converted to redeem desirable products. You can also be entered into a raffle draw where you win fantastic prices, and you can win more points if you get your friends and family to sign up too.
FitFetti
This walk-to-get-paid app works by sponsoring others to walk. You can get your friends to win a reward by sponsoring them to walk. And you can also win rewards when other people sponsor you to trek distances each day or week. This app can be linked with other fitness apps for more accuracy in measuring your walking activity.
PK Rewards
You earn coins that can be redeemed to obtain real rewards with the PK Rewards iOS mobile app. The app will also be able to track moderate and rigorous physical activities that you carry out and reward you coins for your efforts. You can transfer your virtual coins to your wallet for withdrawal and you can get your money sent to charities of your choice.
Conclusion
Walking promotes physical health, and getting paid to walk motivates you to walk more for better health. You will not get rich monitoring your trekking activities for reward, but the main benefit is in the motivation to get healthier.
If walking to work is part of your daily activity or running errands for pay is your job, then you might consider activating a walk-for-pay app to earn stipends as a side hustle.
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