We build in lines, and this page holds two of them. The reward apps are four, they share one coin economy, and all four are now on Google Play as well as the App Store. The tools are one so far: a crisis-guidance app that pays nothing and collects nothing, listed below the four rather than among them for exactly that reason, and the one thing we publish with no Android version. Three more are on their way to the stores: an earnings tracker, a row counter and a construction calculator, all three usable in the browser today. The third line is the games, and nothing in those pays anything either. Everything is free, no line is finished, and each one gets its own rules rather than inheriting the last one’s. Not sure which of the paying ones to start with? Compare all four side by side.
Same economy in all four: a coin for the thing you did, 1,000 coins to the dollar, a first cash-out at 2,000 coins ($2.00) and 5,000 ($5.00) after that, paid through PayPal. The thing each app is for pays its coin without a video — a revealed card, a claimed milestone, a cleared level, a finished task — and declining every video slows a balance down without ever blocking a cash-out. All four are on both stores, and Google Play rates three of them Mature 17+ where the App Store rates them 4+ to 13+ — that is Play’s tier for a cash reward rather than anything on the screen.
Nine question cards each day, one per category — Geography, History, Science & Nature, Sports, Pop Culture, Space, Food & Drink, Music and Random Fun. Reveal an answer to earn a coin, or take the ten-question Daily Quiz for one per right answer.
Turn everyday movement into rewards. Whether you are walking the neighborhood, at the gym, or commuting to work, Step and Earn reads your step count from Apple Health, or Health Connect on Android, and turns that activity into coins.
Classic arcade action with real rewards. Blast through waves of enemy ships in a fast, retro-style space shooter, earn a coin for every level you clear, and cash out when you are ready.
A to-do list that pays you for actually finishing things. Add a task, get a reminder the morning it is due, and earn a coin when you check it off.
None of the paragraph above applies to this one. It has no coins, no balance and no cash-out, and it is the only thing we publish with no advertising in it at all — so it also has no privacy disclosures to make. It sits here rather than among the four because a reader who arrived from any other page on this site would reasonably assume a payout, and this app makes no such promise.
Guidance for anyone dealing with stress, and for the people around them. Seven sections — the ACE suicide-intervention model, a crisis referral path, the stress continuum and more — with 9-1-1 and the 988 Lifeline sitting above all of it on the home screen.
Three tools on their way to the stores, and none of them pays anything. Despite its name, Apps That Pay keeps count of what the reward apps you use — ours and everyone else’s — have actually paid you; it has no coins and no cash-out, and you can try it in your browser today. Stitch Keeper is a row counter for crochet and knitting, and it works in the browser too. Handyman Calc is a construction calculator, and the browser version is the same app. None has a store listing yet, so there is no download button below.
An earnings tracker for people who use reward apps. Log each cash-out as it lands and see the real total across all of them — this month, this year or all time — and which apps are actually worth the time.
A row counter for crochet and knitting. Tap anywhere on the counter to count a row, give it a pattern repeat and it tells you where you are in it, and every tap is saved the moment you make it. One banner ad on the project list, and none on the counter screen.
Adds feet, inches and fractions the way you read them off the tape — 12′ 4 3/8″ + 7′ 9 1/2″ = 20′ 1 7/8″ — and works out concrete, tile, paint, lumber, roofing, fence, stairs and squaring beside it.
We are always building, and the next one could be your idea — tell us which app to build next. Have a question about one of our apps, or an idea for a partnership? We would love to hear from you. You can also see everything we publish on the App Store or on Google Play — the two lists are not the same, which is the honest state of things right now.
