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StormX

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Safe? tick
Pays Out? tick

Ratings
Earnings: star-2
Time Commitment: star-3
Fun: star-2-5

How does it work?

Update: I’ve found that the app hasn’t paid out automatically on a few occasions since writing this review. However, their support team have been helpful and have sorted out any issues. It can take a while though.

Update 2: StormX now uses dollar values for tasks rather than “bolts”.

StormX is another service which allows you to earn “Bolts” by completing surveys, playing games and shopping.

This is very similar to many other services we’ve reviewed like Swagbucks or Treasure Trooper. The twist is bolts can be exchanged for Cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing the available cryptocurrencies are:

  • Storm X (their own currency)
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • Dai
  • Litecoin

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Sweatcoin now counts indoor steps

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Sweatcoin is an iPhone and Android app which pays you in tokens to walk. These tokens can be exchanged for prizes which vary over time.

See my review for a more detailed description of the software.

Previously Sweatcoin only counted outdoor steps as their algorithm relied on using GPS for step verification. However, this is no longer the case as within the last month they have started accepting indoor steps.

Sweatcoin Indoor Steps now counted
Sweatcoin Indoor Steps now counted

Their official FAQ page is available here for some additional details.

To acklowledge the decrease in activity for most people due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the Sweatcoin team have decreased the number of steps required to obtain bonus coins through watching ads.

Get Bonus SweatCoins by watching adverts
Get Bonus SweatCoins by watching adverts

Treasure Trooper Tip #12 : Feeding your baby and adolescent dragons

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If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

After a dragon hatches you’ll need to feed it every day for two weeks. It’ll take 7 days to grow from a baby to an adolescent and then another 7 days to become an adult.

Dragon food costs 1 dragon scale each.

If you miss a feeding one day your dragon will become sick and will cost you 5 dragon scales to bring back to health so it’s important to remember to feed on time.

I made the mistake of initially hatching my dragon very early one morning. The first day I slept in a bit longer I missed a feed and it cost me 5 x the scales that day. Now I try to keep my feeding to about 7 PM as that’s around the time I’m on my home from work and tend to remember.

Treasure Trooper Tip #10 : Shop around the dig sites

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If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

If you’ve found an arrowhead task you’d like to complete it’s often worth checking all of the different dig sites before committing to one as they can offer radically different rewards. For example, the Final Fantasy XV 100K task is offered on at least two dig sites with greatly different rewards.

There might be other criteria to consider before just picking the largest payout. In this example, the highest paying offer requires it to be completed in 30 days so it’s a bit of a balancing act.

If you’re on other reward sites like Swagbucks it’s probably worth checking those also.

Money RAWR Mini Review

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Note: Links may award me referral rewards such as in-app points or money.

Money RAWR is an Android app which pays you for downloading and playing games.

In the past I’ve reviewed Fitplay, Cash Alarm, App Flame, Pirate Coinland and Coin Pop.

I can confirm that this is once again the same app with different branding.

If you’ve used any of the above apps then you know what to expect. If you’ve never used one of them and would like to find out more is recommend reading my review of App Flame as basically all the information remains valid :-).
Safe? tick
Pays Out? tick

Ratings
Earnings: star-1
Time Commitment: star-2
Fun: star-2

Apple Season Team Challenge Signup now live on Swagbucks

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Apple Season Team Challenge 2019

If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

The Swagbucks Apple Season team challenge is now available for signup and will begin on 16th September at 12 AM PT (8 AM for anyone in the UK).

Once signed up here, you will be allocated to a team and you can begin earning points. If you earn 600 or more points over the course of the event you’ll receive a reward, with the reward you receive depending on how well your team as a whole performed. The Swagbucks team describe it as follows:

All members who participate and contribute at least 600 points to their team’s total will receive a SB bonus in the form of a SB Swag Up Rebate! Members of the 1st place team will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 2nd place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 3rd place team will receive a 25 SB Swag Up Rebate. The Swag Up Rebate will be made available by September 21st at 4pm BST and expires on October 1st at 7:59am BST.

You can accrue points in the following ways:

Apple Season Team Challenge 2019 Ways to Earn

Treasure Trooper Tip #8 : treasuretracker.net

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treasuretracker.net logo

If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.

If you’re a Treasure Trooper user in the USA, TreasureTracker.net offers a fun way to potentially gain additional referrals to the site.

You simply write the URL of the site (treasuretracker.net) on a bill and register its serial number with the site. Whenever someone visits the URL and enters the serial number they have the opportunity to tell you the story of how they got the the bill, and if they sign up you’ll be registered as their referrer.

The original announcement post is here if you’re interested.

It’s no good for me unfortunately as I’m in the UK but it might be worth trying if you’re US based and so inclined.