Did you know that you can get paid to walk?
It sounds too good to be true, but you can actually earn money while keeping your body healthy and active. If you’re someone who needs a little “extra motivation,” then walking for money can be a great way to help you get your steps.
In this post, we have gathered the 15 best apps and websites that can help you make money while you accomplish your step goals. Some of these apps directly earn you cash, while others provide you with alternatives like gift cards and vouchers. Either way, you still get paid for your walking effort.
For this list, we’ve provided links to the apps/websites, and also a brief description on how you can make money using each one.
Let’s get to it.
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1. Achievement
Achievement is a product of Evidation Health, a research company that focuses on health and new technology medicine. It is a health tracker that currently consists of over two million members contributing to Evidation Health’s studies and experiments.
How to Make Money:
- Create an account through the app’s full website or mobile version. You can download the app on iTunes or Google Play.
- Upon registration, you can start earning by connecting your favorite apps and devices to your account. You can choose from 20+ iOS and Android apps that Achievement is in partner with.
- The Achievement app will also pay you for doing health activities such as tracking your steps, recording your food intake, and monitoring your meditation sessions. You can even get paid by simply answering health surveys.
- Getting paid is via a point system where you can redeem your rewards upon reaching a certain number of points. The more you participate in doing the healthy activities, the more points you will earn.
- Upon reaching 10,000 points, the app will prompt you to redeem your rewards. You will receive a $10 reward through Gift Rocker or PayPal.
- Participate every day to earn points. You will be paid $10 for every 10,000 points.
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2. Rover
Rover is a social app for dog lovers who want to make money out of this passion. It allows you to earn while doing something you love. You get to set your own time, rate, and set of services. You may also set your pet preferences, such as pet size, age, etc.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on your smartphone and then create an account to start building your profile. You will be guided accordingly when creating your profile to showcase your talent in taking care of pets.
- Once your profile is ready, set your pet preferences and your work schedule so pet parents may see your availability. After that, you may accept requests from pet parents.
- There are four services Rover offers:
- Dog boarding – Take care of a dog (or any pet) overnight at home. This is a good way to earn, as dog boarders earn twice as much as dog sitters.
- Dog walking – Accept requests for dog walks that fit your schedule.
- Doggy daycare – Take care of dogs in the comfort of your home for a specified time.
- House-sitting – Stay with pets or check on them in their home habitats.
- Getting paid for any of the services is via the Rover app. You earn the money two (2) days after successfully completing a service. You can then transfer the money to your PayPal account. Make sure that your Rover app is connected to your PayPal account.
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3. Walgreens Balance Rewards
Walgreens Balance Rewards are prizes from Walgreens that you can use for shopping online or in-store. You just need to sign up and become a member, and then start acquiring points and redeeming rewards. Points are acquired through prescriptions (from the pharmacy), shopping, and doing healthy activities such as walking, running, or cycling.
How to Make Money:
- Become a member by signing up at the checkout counter in any Walgreen store, pharmacy, or photo kiosk. You may also register online through your mobile phone or the full website.
- Every time you make a qualifying purchase using your Balance Rewards, you earn points. The qualifying purchases include a prescription from their pharmacy, shopping from their store, and health activities.
- For the healthy choices, you earn 250 points for each health device you link to your account. To earn more points, you have the following choices: walk, run, cycle, and exercise, weigh-in, monitor blood glucose, test blood pressure, track sleep, and quit smoking tobacco. These health activities are 20 points each.
- To redeem your points via checkout at the store, simply tell the sales associate that you’d like to redeem your points. To redeem them online, select the redeem option on the payment options screen upon checkout. You may choose to redeem all of your points, or just some.
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4. StepBet
StepBet is a brainchild of WayBetter, Inc., which is the promoter of many fitness games that inspire people to get fit and be active. Players of the game make bets with themselves on whether they can meet their step goals every week. If you hit your personalized step goals for that week, you win money. But since it is a game where everybody can bet, you split the pot with all the other winners of the game.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on iTunes or Google Play Store and then create an account.
- Select a game to get your personalized step goals. You will be asked to select your source of steps so the app can calculate your goal.
- Place your bet into the pot to join the game.
- Start reaching your personalized step goals every week for a specified time frame. The length of the game depends on the one you have put your bet on.
- If you hit your goals every week until the end of the game, you win and split the pot with other winners. If you don’t, you become disqualified and you can no longer continue the game. You need to bet again to restart.
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5. Sweatcoin
Sweatcoin is a combination of a step counter and an activity tracker, and it pays you for both. The app works by tracking your outdoor steps using GPS and verifying them through the app’s own algorithm. A total of 1,000 outdoor steps is equivalent to 0.95 sweatcoins, which you can use to pay for goods, services, and other fees. You may even use these coins if you want to donate to charity.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and then create an account.
- Verify your account by providing your email address and phone number.
- Once you get fully verified, the app will walk you through how you can start earning money just by walking.
- The app will track and verify your outdoor steps through your phone’s accelerometers and GPS.
- For every 1,000 steps you take, you receive 0.95 sweatcoins. A 5% commission is charged for the benefit of the app.
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6. Higi
Higi is an app that lets its users track a variety of health concerns. These include blood pressure, body fat, weight, pulse rate, and a lot more. It also records your walking steps and other exercises. If you complete these tasks, you are given a reward in terms of points, which you can use to purchase deals.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on your iOS or Android phone and then create an account.
- To earn points online, you need to connect your Higi account to your fitness apps or trackers. You earn points for each physical activity you accomplish, such as walking.
- If you want to earn points offline, you need to visit a Higi station and check your vitals (blood pressure, body weight, pulse rate, etc.).
- Once you have enough points, you can either redeem them on Higi’s full website or donate them to charity. Another option is to enter them into drawings to win larger rewards, such as a sweet vacation getaway.
- From time to time, Higi releases “challenges,” which are another way to earn points. You just have to complete the challenges and make sure that you are eligible to win.
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7. Charity Miles
Charity Miles is an app that enables you to earn money for charity by walking, running, biking, dancing, and other physical activities. There are over 40 charity partners you can choose from, but you only need to pick one. The money you earn for charity will be based on how far you go with your physical activities.
How to Make Money:
- Create an account by downloading the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
- Choose one partner from among 42 various charities where your earned money will be donated. Note that every time you open the app, you need to pick a partner that will receive what you earn for that specific timeframe.
- The app measures your outdoor walk distance via your phone’s GPS and motion sensors. For your indoor walk and running activities, the app uses your phone’s accelerometer to record your activity.
- For every mile of biking, you earn 10 cents. If you choose to run or walk, you earn 25 cents per mile.
- There is an option to create or join a “team,” which is like a community of people doing the same activity. You can join as many teams as you want, and you can even create one.
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8. MapMyWalk from MapMyFitness
MapMyWalk is a child app of MapMyFitness. It doesn’t really pay you in cash for your walking activity, but it does have various challenges and contests that let you win fun prizes. Most of these prizes are Under Armour products.
How to Make Money:
- Download the MapMyWalk app on your smartphone and then create an account. If you are into running, you may download the MapMyRun app as well.
- Upon registration, you will encounter a variety of challenges that you may accomplish to get a reward. The rewards cannot be converted into cash because they are products that are related to exercise.
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9. Lympo
Lympo is an app that motivates you to complete your walking and running challenges while earning money. You earn rewards call LYM tokens (with real money value) that you can use to buy Amazon gift cards and in-app purchases.
How to Make Money:
- Create an account by downloading the app on your smartphone (available for iOS and Android).
- Every day, you will be given new running and walking challenges (e.g., small walk for lunch, 5k jogging for beginners, etc.). The app tracks your performance via GPS.
- Once you successfully accomplish a challenge, the prize (LYM tokens) are automatically deposited into your in-app fitness wallet.
- Your personal fitness wallet is connected to various health apps and gear, which can be found in what they call the “marketplace.” If you want to buy a particular product, you can use your tokens for your purchase.
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10. BetterPoints
BetterPoints calls itself a “behavior change platform,” as it motivates people to practice a healthy lifestyle while caring for the environment. It rewards you for doing new activities, such as cycling your way to the office instead of using public transportation or walking your way to the mall instead of using your car. Its main goal is to support your health while sustaining a clean environment.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, create an account, and then complete your profile.
- Join as many reward programs as you want. These reward programs are funded by the company’s partners and affiliates.
- Check all the activities available in the app and start tracking them to earn rewards.
- You can earn more rewards by sharing the app to your Facebook and Twitter friends or beating those who are on the leaderboards. You may also team up with your friends and acquire more rewards.
- Once you redeem your points or rewards, you can use them as vouchers to purchase products. You may also donate your points to a charity or a cause.
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11. FitFetti
FitFetti is a social fitness app that gives you rewards for accomplishing your step goals. It also gives you free products and discounts from companies that focus on health and lifestyle.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on the Apple App Store (not available on Google Play Store) and then sign up for an account.
- Once registered, you will receive your first sponsorship. Sponsors provide extra motivation to inspire you to achieve your step goals.
- Start tracking your steps through your account and reach your personalized step goals. Every time you accomplish a goal, you unlock sponsorships from partner health companies.
- Aside from reaching your personal goals and getting sponsors, you can also earn rewards by inviting others to join the app and sending support messages to your friends.
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12. HealthyWage
HealthyWage is primarily a weight loss tracker app that lets you win up to $10,000 for reaching your target weight. You just need to set your weight loss bet and track your activities until you reach your goal, then you can earn money for doing so. For the walking game, the app features the “Step Challenge,” where individuals and teams can bet on their step goals. If they win, they share the pot with other winners.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on Google Play Store or Apple App Store and then create an account.
- Join any of the offered challenges to start earning money. There are four types of challenges you can join:
- HealthyWager – This is the individual weight loss bet where you can win up to $10,000. You set your bet with the help of the Prize Calculator by recording your goal, your wager amount, etc.
- $10,000 Team Challenge – Here, you can team up with five of your friends and compete as a group. If your team achieves the greatest percentage of weight loss, you’ll be declared as the winners, and can win up to $10,000.
- Jackpot Challenges – There is a challenge list you can try to accomplish by yourself or with a team. The prizes for the challenges vary.
- Step Challenge – This is similar to the Jackpot Challenges, which you can do by yourself or with a team. The prizes here vary as well.
- HealthyWager pays you via check or through PayPal, depending on your choice. If everything is all good and there is little to no investigation and verification needed, you only need to wait for less than 12 hours to receive your payment.
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13. Shopkick
Shopkick is a social app that lets you have fun while staying healthy. It rewards you for walking into partner stores and shopping for selected products. Your rewards are not directly converted into cash. Instead, you are given a wide selection of free gift cards that you can use to make purchases in store or online.
How to Make Money:
- Download the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and then create an account.
- Start earning “kicks” (reward points) when you walk into any of the app’s partner stores.
- Look for the selected products that the app features, and then scan their barcodes using the in-app scanner.
- Link your credit card to the app and earn kicks for every dollar you spend on the app’s partner stores.
- Once you purchase one or many of the selected items the app features, submit your receipt through the app to earn more kicks.
- You may also earn kicks by checking out the app’s partner online stores through the app itself.
- For every dollar you spend shopping online, you also get to earn kicks.
- Watch in-app videos, discover new products, and earn kicks.
- To redeem your kicks or rewards and trade them for gift cards, simply visit the Kicks Center section in the app by tapping your total kick amount located at the top center of the homepage. Note that you need to verify your phone number first before you can redeem your kicks.
- Rewards are delivered depending on their descriptions. Some may be used directly in the app, while others are emailed to you. There are also some that may only be delivered via snail-mail.
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14. Gigwalk
Gigwalk is a mobile app available for Android and iOS phones that lets you find quick “gigs” (jobs) within your area. Once you decide to download the app and become a “Gigwalker,” you will have access to a map of your area, with open gigs that have to be done immediately. These gigs include, for instance:
- Taking a picture of a block or an intersection
- Visiting the mall to take pictures of shoppers
- Going to a restaurant to check its business hours
- Checking out a certain area to see if a business still exists
How to Make Money:
- Download the Gigwalk app on your Android or iOS smartphone and then create an account.
- You will find on the map a list of the gigs that Gigwalk customers have posted. If a gig is a good fit for you, you need to apply for that gig using the “Apply to this Gig” button.
- Once your application is selected by the customer, you will be sent detailed instructions on how to accomplish the work.
- Go out for a walk and complete that work. Once done, submit your work through the app.
- Upon submission, the customer will review your work, and either approve it or ask a follow-up task or question.
- Once done, the customer will pay you through the app via PayPal. Make sure that your PayPal account is connected to your Gigwalk account.
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15. DoorDash
DoorDash allows you to earn money on your own terms and schedule by being your own boss. It is a delivery company that helps people earn, work, and live. The gist is you get to deliver food, services, or items from merchants to customers within your local area. The app is available in 800+ cities.
Obviously DoorDash works best if you own a car, but the good news is that if you do enough deliveries, you can rack up a lot of steps too (and money, of course).
How to Make Money:
- Before becoming a dasher, you must meet the following criteria: at least 18 years old and have an Android or iPhone smartphone. As to the vehicles allowed, you may use any car to deliver as long as you have a valid driver’s license, insurance, and clean driving record. But depending on where the local merchant or the customer is located, you may even dash on a bike, scooter, or by foot (walking).
- Become a “dasher” by downloading the app and then creating an account. Get your “dasher” account activated by providing your email, phone number, and ZIP/postal code.
- Get yourself ready by picking up the basics of dashing, some gear (if needed), and your iOS or Android smartphone.
- For each delivery, you will always get paid at least $1 as base pay. If the customer gives you a tip, the tips are 100% yours.
- The app features a pay called “guaranteed minimum,” which includes the total amount of the order plus the tip you will probably get. The guaranteed minimum depends on a lot of factors, such as order size, distance, traffic, parking, waiting time, etc.
- If the base play plus the tip is less than the guaranteed minimum, the app will make up the difference. If the base play plus the tip is more than the guaranteed minimum, the excess amount is yours to keep.
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Conclusion
If you’re looking to stay fit while earning money, then these apps/websites can help you do just that!
To get started, we recommend testing a few of these apps. If one doesn’t work out, then keep trying the others on this list until you find the perfect tool that helps you get steps while earning money at the same time.