The short answer
Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz is a free trivia app for iPhone, iPad and Android that pays real money, in small amounts. Each day deals nine question cards and a ten-question quiz. Every card you reveal and every right answer pays a coin. 1,000 coins is $1.00, the first PayPal cash-out is at 2,000 coins ($2.00), and there is no account: the coins stay on the phone that earned them.
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- How rewards work: how coins are earned, and how PayPal redemption works.
About Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz
Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz turns a couple of minutes of curiosity into something you can cash out. Every day deals nine cards, one for each category - Geography, History, Science & Nature, Sports, Pop Culture, Space, Food & Drink, Music and Random Fun. Each is a question; tap it to reveal the answer and collect a coin.
There is also a Daily Quiz: ten random questions once a day, paying a coin for each one you get right. The app is paid for by advertising - a banner, and short videos. Watching one adds three to nine coins to a card you've already revealed, or doubles what a finished quiz paid. Revealing a card and answering the quiz never need a video. That is the app sharing back what an advertiser paid to reach you, which is where the money in a reward app comes from.
How it works
- Open the app once a day for nine new cards, one per category.
- Tap a card to reveal the answer and collect a coin.
- Take the Daily Quiz for a coin on each of ten questions you get right.
- Cash out to PayPal at the 2,000 coin minimum, then at 5,000 after that.
Features
- Nine question cards a day, one for each category
- A coin for every card you reveal
- Your current streak and your best one, which a missed day doesn’t erase
- A browsable history of every question you have already answered
- Redeem coins for PayPal cash
- On an unfolded iPhone Duo or an iPad, the tabs move to a rail down the side and Progress shows your stats beside your history
What it actually pays
Every figure this needs is already on the page, so here is the division spelled out. Nine cards pay a coin each and the Daily Quiz pays a coin for each of ten questions, so a complete day without watching anything is 19 coins. A coin is a tenth of a cent — 2,000 coins is $2.00 — and 2,000 is the first cash-out. Derived: about 105 days, a perfect day every day, to a first $2.00.
A video adds three to nine coins to a card already revealed, and doubles what a finished quiz paid, which takes a full day to somewhere between 56 and 110 coins and brings the same $2.00 in roughly 18 to 36 days. You should see both numbers before you install, because the gap between them is how the app actually works.
That is pocket money and we are not going to dress it up. It is a share of what an advertiser paid to reach you, a fraction of a cent per impression. The arithmetic above is what that ceiling looks like from the inside. If you want the same division done on the big apps, we do it in the reviews using their published figures.
Frequently asked questions
Is Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz free?
Yes, and there's nothing to buy. It's funded by advertising - a banner, and optional short videos - and the coins are a share of that revenue passed back to you. The facts themselves are all there either way.
What do I need to run it?
An iPhone or iPad on iOS 15.0 or later, or an Android phone or tablet. The two stores rate the same questions differently: 4+ on the App Store, Teen on Google Play. If you are deciding for a child, the App Store rating is the one that reflects the content.
How much do I need to cash out?
2,000 coins, the same first-payout minimum as every one of our apps. After your first, it is 5,000 coins, or $5.00, in all of them. The redeem screen shows what your balance is currently worth.
How do I get paid?
The coins from revealed cards build into a balance you cash out through PayPal, from the redeem screen in the app.
Is there an Android version?
Yes, on Google Play, and this was the first of ours to get one. All four reward apps are on both stores now. It's the same app on the same terms: coins for revealing cards, and a cash-out to PayPal at 2,000 coins, which is $2.00, then 5,000 after that.
If I switch phones, do my coins come with me?
No, and this is the one thing to know before you build a balance up. The app keeps your coins on the device rather than in an account. An Android balance and an iPhone balance are separate, and each has to reach 2,000 on its own. There's nothing to transfer between them. Cash out before you change phones. We put this in an FAQ rather than the small print because we've criticized another app in this category for burying exactly this - see our Mistplay review.
How much is there to do each day?
Nine cards, one in each category, plus the Daily Quiz - ten random questions you can play once a day. A card pays a coin when you reveal the answer; the quiz pays a coin for each question you get right.
How does it compare to Swagbucks?
Swagbucks is a much bigger site of surveys, offers and games, and its PayPal rewards start at $5 for 530 SB. Learn And Earn pays a little for a short daily lesson, at a published 1,000 coins to the dollar. We compared Swagbucks with six other survey and task apps, and ours, in apps like Swagbucks, with our interest declared at the top.
Who makes Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz?
Illumination Development, L.L.C., an independent developer based in Phoenix, Arizona. James Krupnik builds the apps and writes this site; the about page says more. The same company publishes three other reward apps and fourteen apps that pay nothing.
Is Learn And Earn: Daily Quiz legit?
Judge it on the terms rather than on us. You never pay anything: no purchase, no subscription and no deposit, and payouts are funded by the ads in the app. The cash-out rules are written out in our terms, coins don't expire, and we charge no fee on a payout. It is pocket money, not income. Are reward apps safe? covers what to check in any app like this one, ours included.
How long does a PayPal payout take?
Normally three to five business days after you confirm the redemption in the app, sent to the PayPal address you enter. We may hold a payment briefly while we check the activity behind it, and we tell you if we do.
Why can't I cash out yet?
Usually one of four things. The balance is under 2,000 coins for a first payout, or under 5,000 after that. You need to be 18 or older to receive a PayPal payment. A payment can be held briefly while the activity is checked. Or the PayPal address entered was wrong, so check it before you confirm. If none of those fits, write to support with the PayPal address you redeemed to and the date.
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