Swagbucks is chock full of gimmicks and ways to earn enough points to get gift cards. They run the gamut from ridiculously easy to almost impossible, but overall it’s worth it. Like any commercial site, they’re a business, so many of the Swagbucks-earning opportunities require a purchase or you have to sign up for something. But there are plenty of free points from tasks as easy as clicking on a site or app to answering surveys. Unless you are in the habit of making big purchases, the surveys are generally the best deal. My only complaints are that some of the surveys are misleading about the time they take to complete, and they have the supremely irritating tendency to kick you out after you’ve invested a lot of time in answering it and giving you a measly ONE Swagbucks for your time. I’ve also noticed that if you are in your 60s or older you tend to get turned down for surveys more often. Still, even with these minor issues, you can earn a gift card pretty quickly if you have the time to spend answering surveys or otherwise participating. They are honest in my opinion and experience, and if you contact them about a problem they generally get back to you quickly. I’ve earned several gift cards from them over the years and they are legit!

It’s annoying how 90% of the surveys don’t let you actually complete them and how conveniently it throws you out and give you 1 for it. The most frustrating part is that you submit the receipt and check off all the items that you DID BUY and DO ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR-I even highlight the ones that do apply one every receipt I submit and it’s CLEAR AS DAY-yet they tell you otherwise. For example, That only 1 of the 10 items that are there in the list and there in the receipt yet for some reason you have to submit a request for a review of the receipt that takes 3-5 days. And you have to submit a different request for EACH ITEM that is clearly there. This is an awesome app and great idea and huge help-however, it needs to have some serious work done to help improve it because it’s a wicked pain in the behind to have to deal with all that unnecessary stuff just to help save. It’s more frustrating because the point of the app is to help you yet it’s ridiculous how much time and effort you have to put into something that is a no brained and is CLEARLY IN THE PICTURE. I submit receipts AS SOON AS I GET HOME. The Date is clear, I even highlight the items in the eligible items list and make sure the photo is clear to avoid mistakes and to make sure to get credit for it. This could be super amazing and a huge help-but like I said-it needs serious improvement to make sure people actually get credit for what they do and purchase.

I used this app on and off for years but it doesn’t work anymore. The surveys were always garbage and always say they’ll only take a few minutes but take ages and rarely reward what they say because they’ll disqualify you after you spend 20+ minutes answering questions and then grant you pennies (if anything) for your time. I used it for the mobile game rewards, but they no longer track as of a several months ago despite me allowing tracking and doing everything I’m supposed to do. Customer service won’t help and just says “we don’t see anything on our end, too bad” even though I have screen shots of every step of the process with timestamps and everything and so I don’t get rewards for anything anymore. I’ve tried everything to get it to work again and a dozen different offers. They show up as visited but won’t post and no one cares. In the past I earned hundreds of dollars of rewards playing mobile games in my spare time and suffering through hours of ads in between. I used to get extra funds for Christmas and spending money from this app. I have recommended this app in this past. ***I no longer recommend it to anyone and will not be using it anymore.*** I only gave it two stars because you can earn literal pennies if you want to waste hours doing surveys, watching ads, using their coupons or web search - the redemption services are legit. But good luck if you have a problem with tracking.Goodbye Swagbucks!!

Swagbucks works best for when you use their link to make purchases and get your points that way. However, playing the games is a much less reliable way to get your points. I have played three different games to try to get points. One worked fine, two did not work well at all. For one game when I contacted them about the points I was due they claimed that it wasn’t verified even though I provided them with screenshots. The second time I played a game and did not receive points that I was due, I did not get a lower level award because it claimed an online purchase that was necessary for it did not go through even though I showed them credit card receipts showing that wasn’t the case and I got a higher level reward (skipping the reward for the same points at a lower level) that was simply based on winnings. Once again, they claimed that it couldn’t be verified, and therefore points could not be given. They even claimed they made an exception for an earlier complaint (the first game), but they did not as no points were ever rewarded from that game (and the email literally says they will not give me points from the first game). The problem is that games are contracted with the gaming provider and neither one will take responsibility for awards that are not showing up even if you can provide evidence. But as long as you stay away from the games, the rest of the app works well.

I have had a swagbucks account for years. Over the years I had done countless surveys, games, tasks, you name it, to earn swagbucks. Over the last few months, I was on work leave due to an injury, I decided to work on 3 games to try to earn some extra gift card money. I spent a couple months working hard on the games and completing each task. I documented and screenshot every step of the way to always have proof of my endeavors. I waited the proper amount of time to allow for my credits to appear. They never did. When I reached out to the customer support team, they graciously credited my account. When I went to log back in, I was told my account had been deactivated. I inquired with customer support and was told “I had a pattern of abuse and misuse of the credit system” I explained that I have recorded notes, screenshots, and documented proof to show that I did what I said I did when completing tasks in the allotted time. I wanted to present my evidence in hopes of getting my account back, as I have always made sure to follow the rules for each activity on Swagbucks. I was told that their decision was final in deactivating my account and would not even get a chance to prove my case. I am so highly disappointed, as I’ve used this account for years and have never once taken advantage of their system. All I wanted was to provide my screenshots and earn my credits. I even spent money to reach certain goals for each game I downloaded to play. Kind of bummed that all of that was for nothing and now I can’t even have an account anymore.

When I first heard of this app I thought it was a but sketchy at first but once I gave it a shot it turns out to not be a scam. Though halfway through time having it I had to switch phones due to my old one not working which meant I had to login back into the app, well when I did all the apps I downloaded never seemed to work so I thought it was a glitch in the game doing something. I would redownload the game I was trying to win on until I later found out my phone was blocking it from tracking my progress which I later turned off, after a few more months of having it I decided to log back into again to cash some of my funds out just to be met with a logged out screen. Confused I tried multiple times to log back in but eventually wrote a message to customer service thinking it was a simple error, but instead of getting the help I wanted I was met with a message saying that they had deleted my account because they suspected me of “suspicious” activity that I never did. They didn’t even give me a warning, a message, NOTHING. They never took time out of their day to ask if what they had discovered was true and instead acted upon false accusations, all my hard work and sleepless nights down the drain all because they accused me of something I never did. Once I got that email I immediately deleted the app from my phone and I won’t ever be downloading it again, I wasted so much of my time and money into this game just to be thrown out like I did something wrong. Im never downloading this again.

This company has legit scammed me and now I’m not able to reach a real person! I’ve been trying since February. I have 8 pages of screenshots of my emails with support. All I can get is a bot named Brain saying the same exact thing or having me do stuff that’s completely irrelevant. I have almost 6000 SBs but have never been able to redeem any. I can’t even link my PayPal. They will not let me change the phone number that I can no longer access. I’ve been begging them just to change that phone number. They’ve had me upload my ID 5 times. All I’ve got from doing that each time was the same exact response saying “thank you for verifying”. Doesn’t even make sense. All I’ll get from this is a message from Apple telling me a developer has responded to my review. It’ll just be from swagbucks saying “we want to help” with a link that only leads back to the same exact web page to submit another request (that could take 30 more days)on swagbucks. They must pick a certain few to profit from by completely scamming cause there others that have had the same kind of experience. Most just eventually give up. I’ve purchased subscriptions and services and jumped thru all kinds of hoops to earn over $50 that I’ll never get. They must delete reviews like this so no one else will see them cause this will be useless. I’ll never get a real solution. They’ve got it all set up hoping you’ll violate a policy or get caught up in useless loops begging for support. There’s no way this hasn’t been intentional.

This is one of my favorite apps for getting cash back for receipts and through surveys (I do those on my laptop). Survey wise, it’s like any other survey site, you get disqualified a lot before you get approved. Can be annoying but you can rate the survey, unlike on survey junkie where they just leave you hanging. But you do reach a max amount of points for being disqualified per day. It’s pretty dumb also. But as far as receipts, you can scan just about anything. I’ve noticed there is a max limit on the amount of receipts you can upload each day but I just wait a few days and finish uploading the ones I couldn’t before. Doing e-receipts is not favorite. I wish that was easier. I don’t really like having to email their email to get credit for it. On Fetch rewards, you can just give them permission to see your email (hopefully they aren’t being corrupt with that lol), but they pick out your e-receipts and give your credit for it. Very easy. I prefer that over having to email them all of my e-receipts. It’s also harder to keep track of that way. But overall, I like this app. You can cash out at 5 bucks and they have many gift cards. I always choose the PayPal ones. I do recommend this app but just be aware of those things I mentioned.

Before I got this app, I accused it of being a scam because I doubted that a free money app could afford to give away this much. But I checked my Paypal after redeeming some gift cards and I see that I actually got paid. For a free money app, this is actually very generous. It pays you to do a variety of things, such as playing games, watching videos, answering surveys, etc. I find that answering surveys is the quickest way to make money since you get at least 1 cent for almost every survey you take and you get a few nickels if you actually complete the survey. With these, I am able to earn a few dollars a day. I would not recommend watching the videos though because you would have to wait a long time, sometimes at least 15 minutes, just to get a cent or 2. I was also unable to get paid for the games and offers yet so I do not know how well these work. Obviously though, do not expect to get rich off of this app or even be able to get minimum wage. No free money app will pay you that much. If you want a decent source of income, you have to get a job. This app should only be used as a way to get a slight boost to your current income or to get some pocket money if you have no way to get a job right now.

I started off happy with the app at first, played games and earned gift cards. As soon as I completed required levels, I would receive a text saying your credit is on the way. Fast forward a few months and I stopped receiving credit for levels completed, reached out for help getting my credit and the first time with about a week turn around time they were helpful, the second time they tried saying I was credited when I actually wasn’t and had proof I wasn’t. With that being said I tried a different game and again no credit given after completion of required levels so it’s time to delete my account. Also the surveys are basically non existent I would go through five minutes of questions to suddenly be booted out saying I wasn’t a fit or qualified for that particular survey and no credit given- despite the fact I practically completed the whole survey prior to being kicked out. Coincidence? No- this happened every single survey I attempted over months: not once did it allow me to complete a single survey. Coming from a survey standpoint I recommend mturk for better survey and payout. Don’t waste your time downloading this app because it’s only a matter of time before they stop crediting you for the work completed. Disappointed to say the least because I enjoyed the random games and rewards.