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Many things are advertised as free money.
However, frequently there is a time commitment.
So, either you are trading time or money.
For instance, sometimes I do surveys and get a $5 gift card.
This can take me two hours or more a week.
Two hours a week may not seem like a lot of time.
That comes out to $2.50 per hour though.
If anyone is interested in surveys, don’t let that scare you away.
The good thing about surveys is that you can do them in your pajamas in between your favorite television shows.
These three apps pay about $5 every 4-6 weeks, but they take virtually no time.
They just require that you take a picture of your grocery and gas receipts.
Some of these apps let you take a picture of other receipts.
I prefer to snap a picture of my receipts each day, so that they don’t overwhelm me, but maybe something works differently for you.
I snap pictures for all three apps at the same time.
Most only pay with gift cards.
One even gives your payment through PayPal though.
These apps take minutes per week again and are not noticed in my day.
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3 Apps That Get You Free Gift Cards With Almost No Time
1. Receipt Pal
Registration bonus: 250 points
Receipt Pal actually allows you to use any receipt, not just grocery ones.
Basically, you get a certain amount of cards each week.
Each card is 100 points.
When you first start, you get 5 cards for a total of 500 points.
Later, you only get 3 cards for a total of 300 points.
You can cash out at 2000 points.
Rewards include retail gift cards to stores like Starbucks, Walmart, and Amazon.
There is no PayPal card though.
I usually just scan my receipts each day, so it is not too many.
That is it.
This is not noticed in my day.
Although you will get only $5 every month or 6 weeks; this takes no time.
Again, in the beginning when you get 5 cards, you can earn your $5 gift card in a month.
When you only get 3 cards a week, it will take about 6-7 weeks.
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2. Receipt Hog
Registration bonus: Spins
Receipt Hog only gives points for grocery, gas, or convenience store receipts.
You get free spins on the slot machine for all other receipts.
I did not pay attention to the slots component for a while.
I later had 200 spins!
Spins will give you 0-10 points per spin.
Usually every 3 spins gives you points.
So take pictures of those other receipts that are not grocery, gas, or convenience store receipts.
You can have a lot of extra points.
The slots are fun too.
Once you reach 1000 points, you can cash out for a $5 PayPal card.
It will get deposited into your account a couple of days later.
Like Receipt Pal, it takes about a month to get a gift card.
Again, it takes about two minutes to scan a receipts per week though.
Look for our review later.
This app also works great for tracking spending.
3. Fetch
Registration bonus: 2000 points or $2. Make sure to take a picture of your first receipt.
Sign up here to get $2
Fetch is a new app (or at least only around the last couple of years).
It rewards you for buying name brand products like Kraft Cheese.
In the past, you could only upload grocery, gas, or convenience store receipts.
Now, you can upload restaurant receipts too.
Read the review here.
Each receipt gives you 25 base points.
If you buy one of their listed products like Kraft Cheese, you could get as many as 1000 points.
At 3000 points, you can cash out for a $3 gift card at some stores though most require 5000 points.
Each month I get a $5 Starbucks’ gift card.
I don’t buy a lot of big brand names.
I buy organic brands that are not usually listed.
So, I only get $5 per month.
If you buy big brand names, I am sure you can get more though.
I think they limit you to 11 receipts per week, so pick the receipts that have the big brands.
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Summary
Most things that advertise free money have some kind of time commitment involved.
Time is a precious commodity.
If you are really pressed for time, you may like these 3 apps because they take minutes per week.
I use Swagbucks and get my $5 gift cards every now and then for surveys.
Again, that was two hours or more of work.
These apps are not noticed in my day.
It will take you a month to get, but that was as close as you can get to no time commitment.
The only apps that require less time are apps that just require you to link a debt card.
You may not make $5 a month with those though.
The best use of any app is still to combine with our other top receipt scanning apps.
Read our Beginner’s Guide To Making Extra Money page to see how to get started.
Combing seven apps gives me a consistent $93 a month.
Again, for those with little time, these three will give another option.
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Do you use any of these apps?