I discovered Lolli in late 2020 and have been a happy user since. It’s the first app that gave me a reason to learn more about cryptocurrency as a consumer. Thanks to Lolli, my wife and I have earned over $250 cash back in the last year through our normal online shopping. It has also encouraged me to buy from retailers who support Lolli. For example, when I needed to buy a new power tool for a home improvement project, I specifically chose Ace Hardware because they offered cash back with Lolli when Lowe’s and The Home Depot did not. The daily spin is a fun feature, too. During one of my daily spins, I earned over 100K sats (worth about $40 at the time)! If you’re looking for an easy way to earn free money on your online purchases while learning about Bitcoin, Lolli is the perfect app for you!

I have used Lolli for a long time—years. I thought I would keep that money there for a rainy day and that rainy day finally came with huge medical bills for my family. It was a relief to know I had well over $700 in my Lolli wallet and I could use that to help. I knew it would take a little time to transfer and just figuring out how to transfer the money to my bank was challenging. I finally figured it out except a few days later I looked and the money was still in my wallet with no record of a transfer. I did it again and on February 29th, it finally showed that it was transferred and the money was gone from my Lolli wallet. Except now, on March 18th, the money is nowhere to be found. Not in my wallet, not at the bank. The replies I get are something like “our team is experiencing a slight delay” and informing me that once they transfer it then it could take 7-10 business days to clear my bank. Where is the money now? I wish I could go back in time and pull the money out of somewhere else as trusting Lolli has put me in a bad position. It didn’t occur to me that it could be more complicated and take longer than any transfer I’ve ever done in my life. At this point, I’m wondering if I will ever get the money. I am overdrawn now in that account and have to scramble to deal with it as I really had faith that after 2.5 weeks the money would be there. I hope Ethan from H3 knows what’s going on as he is the reason I started using Lolli.

While I like the look of the app and the idea of it, there are some minor issues that I find to be inconveniences. The Daily Stack banner will say “Get you daily stack!” when it’s not even ready to get yet. This happens every time I open the app. I’ve also had it say it was ready, and go in it to get it, only to have my previous amount be displayed. I then had to go out of the Daily Stack and return, and only then would it properly give me the new “box” to open. It also sometimes just doesn’t let you collect it and takes multiple attempts. The other thing I don’t really like is having to activate the offers every day. I want to know that I’m going to be eligible for the cash back without having to go in every day and activate every single offer manually. I like to activate them so they’re already done and I don’t have to think about it anymore. If I go to one of those places, then I’m set. I also don’t like that I can’t just link my cards manually. Stash Investments is listed as an eligible account, but when I try to connect mine, it says that I don’t have a card with them, but I do. Also, when I tried to add my bank to get my debit card on the app, it added a ton of debit cards that I don’t even use or have anymore! The ones I actually have weren’t even listed. I’m starting to think this is more trouble than it’s worth.

I used Lolli and got quick satoshi credits right away for purchases under $100 over time, so I figured I’d use them for a larger camera purchase I’d been holding off on. The process was like every other one I’d done, and even used a preferred store directly from the web app as recommended. Was told I’d get over $250 worth in Bitcoin back and that it would take a few weeks to confirm the purchase with their partner to release the reward. So… I waited. Weeks turned into months. Nothing. I reached out to them to see what was happening and all I got was “sorry about that, just wait a little longer.” So I waited 5 months (well over the 90 days window they promise). Reached out again, resubmitted my receipt, sent screen shots of the transaction, and was asked to WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. It’s now been 7 months. I reached out AGAIN, and called the “preferred partner” directly this time to see why there was a hold up. The preferred partner then tells me they have no idea who Lolli is and they cannot find any notes on my purchase referring to any type of rebate or reward program. Seriously? My reward has been sitting in the app for 7 months as “pending” and NOW they tell me this? Lolli is cute for the gimmicks and the smaller stuff, but don’t hold your breath when it comes to actually getting rewarded for the bigger stuff. It’s a shame.