This is going to sound crazy, I know, but bear with me. There are actually companies out there that pay real money to play games on your mobile phone or tablet. Download games, play them, get paid – it’s that simple. I’m not talking about online casinos, either. You don’t buy anything. You don’t deposit any money. There’s no risk involved whatsoever.
If you’ve heard this before, and had some bad experiences, you’re not alone. For as many real paying game apps on the market today, there are 10x as many apps that don’t pay, or make it so hard to earn anything that it’s not worth it. I know, because I’ve used many of these apps myself. The good ones really are few and far between.
Where Can I Get Paid to Play Games Online?
Let’s start with the stuff you really want to know – which apps pay out. Here’s a quick list with brief descriptions for each.
Mistplay – Earn a Variety of Gift Cards
Mistplay is my go-to app for earning free gift cards. I’ve been using this app for years, and never had a problem with it. They offer a very wide variety of games, catering to all types of players. They offer war strategy and city building games, tile matching games, cooking/ restaurant service games, card and board games, brainy word games, social casino slots – you name it, they have it.
Each game comes with a different point-earning level. The higher the level, the more points you can earn for playing it, and they rack up faster than you might think. You can cash in once you have as little as 400 points, but I suggest waiting until you have 3,000. That gets you a $10 gift card, where as it takes 1,800 to get $5. thus 3,000 gives you the best value.
As for types of gift cards, there’s a lot. If you want spend-anywhere cash, take the Visa gift card. Other options include Amazon, PayPal, Google Play, Uber Eats, Xbox, GameStop, Playstation, Apple, Starbucks, eBay, H&M, Nintendo, and Spotify.
The only problem with Mistplay – and it’s a big one – is that it’s only available for Android devices.
Rewarded Play – Earn Amazon Gift Cards
Rewarded Play is another great gaming app that gives you free gift cards. This one awards points for the time you spend playing, and for achieving certain goals in those games. For example, a slot machine game might award points for reaching levels 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100.
You’ll need 45,000 points to exchange for a $5 Amazon gift card, but it doesn’t take long to get there, especially if you have multiple games downloaded. Plus, if you earn 5,000 points on consecutive days, you receive progressively larger bonus points (up to 5k) each day. I earned my first card after just two days, and have cashed in for well over $150 so far.
Only thing is, they only pay in Amazon gift cards; nothing else. If you like Amazon as much as I do, that shouldn’t be an issue. And, once again, you won’t find this app on the Apple Store – Google Play (Android) only.
SwagBucks – Earn Cash and Gift Cards
SwagBucks is an app that’s gotten far better over time. I downloaded it years ago, and while they did pay out, I wasn’t impressed. Back then, you had to take surveys to earn money. Anyone with experience taking online surveys knows that they can be tedious, boring, extremely time consuming, and you aren’t always able to complete them. The good news is that swagBucks has evolved into a variety rewards app. Surveys are still available, but you can also do things like play games, watch video ads or movie trailers, use their search engine, and/or earn cashback rewards on all your online purchases.
Everything users do converts to points, known as SBs. You can then exchange SBs for cash or gift cards. 100 SBs = $1, and you’ll need at least 500 SBs to convert to cash/gift card. Visit the Rewards Home and you can often find deals on gift card exchange, such as a 12% discount (2200 SB) on a $25 Amazon Gift Card.
Lucktastic – Earn Real Cash or Gift Cards
Lucktastic has been around for a long time. You may have even seen their ads on television. It’s a scratch-off lottery ticket app that’s absolutely free to play. You scratch tickets to win prizes. Just like real lottery scratchies, you’ll lose more than you win, but at least these are free. Cash prizes range from $2 up to $1,500 per ticket.
All winnings are collected in your Lucktastic Wallet. Once you reach $5, you are eligible to exchange that for real cash in the form of a cheque in the mail. You can also choose a gift card, or tokens, which you can use to play more games and enter cash prize drawings.
You can get this app for Android or iOS devices. Unfortunately, it’s only available to players located in the United States.
21 Blitz – Free Blackjack Tournaments for Real Money
21 Blitz is a unique style of blackjack that combines 21 with solitaire. Card counting skills will really come in handy here! If you’re a blackjack player and want to fine-tune your counting skills, or just want to play for fun, Blitz 21 is a good option. As for making money, you’ll need some real skill.
When you first start out, you’ll get paid to play games they call ’21 Solitaire’. You get $2 free for playing 25 rounds. It’s not enough to cash out, but you can use it to compete in real money tournaments against other real players. The $1 tournament cost $0.60 to enter, and you play against one other person. But be warned – I only suggest doing this is you’re really good at it.
Due to an ultra high 20% rake, you’ll need to win way more than 50% of your matches to actually make money. If your cash balance runs out, you’ll have to make a deposit to keep playing for cash prizes. Think twice before you do, because you’re odds of winning real online blackjack are far better.
Upgrade to free mobile casino games app tells real-money casinos all about the behaviors of social gamers.
If you haven’t
heard of PLAYSTUDIOS, odds are you’ve heard of some of their
mobile gaming apps. PLAYSTUDIOS is the proud creator of social casino
games like myVEGAS Slots, myVEGAS Blackjack,
myKONAMI Slots, and POP! Slots. These
Android and iOS apps took the free-play gaming world by storm a few
years back, and continue to attract more and more players with each
passing day. The company boasts over 90 million downloads, with 5
million active daily players.
These are free to play casino games, mind you. The slot machines, the table games, and everything in between, cost nothing to play. Users can collect free chips every day, if not every hour, and are never obligated to purchase anything. It is an option, of course, but not required. What sets PLAYSTUDIOS’ free slots apps apart from the hundreds of other mobile gaming labs that create them is the unique rewards system.
Building the Most Popular Free Mobile Casino App
Prior to launch, PLAYSTUDIOS pitched a wild idea to major casino corporations like MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment; the respective owners of major gambling destinations like The Bellagio, Luxor, MGM Grand, Bally’s, Harrah’s, The Rio, and so many more. The company partnered with these brand, giving them the opportunity to attract players by offering real-life rewards to their players.
It was an instant
success. When the first free casino app, myVEGAS, launched in 2013,
it skyrocketed onto the 100k+ downloads list, soon hitting the 1+
million mark. Players loved the idea of earning free rewards points,
known as V-coins, that could be redeemed for real rewards,
such as hotel stays, meals, show tickets and other perks from Las
Vegas resorts. However, according to the latest news reports, the
company may be collecting a bit too much information about their
players.
Upgrade to Free Vegas Apps Divulges “Real-Time Behaviors”
According to a press release from PLAYSTUDIOS, the latest upgrade to their free mobile gaming suite is loaded with perks – not necessarily for their players, but for their casino corporation partners. The missive reads:
“The award-winning game developer’s newly-redesigned playAWARDS platform introduces a groundbreaking suite of B2B tools that connect partners and players while providing unprecedented insight into today’s mobile and social casino gamers.
“playAWARDS offers partners improved data security, workflow, and monitoring of their rewards portfolios, with advanced performance metrics that capture the real-time behaviors of PLAYSTUDIOS’ global gaming audience.”
PLAYSTUDIOS goes
on to boast its partnership with “more than 70 iconic brands”,
including Canada’s largest gaming group, Gateway Casinos &
Entertainment. For these companies, the new playAWARDS platform is
said to be an “essential tool” for reaching “mass audiences of
potential customers worldwide.”
What the company
neglects to state is exactly what “real-time behaviors” their app
intends to monitor and share with all those casino corporations. That
could be a huge issue for players, who are already disappointed in
the upgraded rewards system. They already seem to be losing interest
as it is.
Players Say Awards Have “Gone Downhill”
The most recent
reviews on Google Play aren’t good. In the last week, numerous
long-time users say their opinion of the games has diminished
greatly. Just this week, a reviewer of the POP! Slots app said she’s
played the game for more than a year, but that “echoing other
reviews, it has gone downhill”. She was particularly disappointed
by the new rewards system, complaining that it now offers just 10
points per V-coin balloon pop.
I haven’t played
this game in a few months, but it’s still on my mobile phone, so I
launched it and decided to see for myself. I do remember that the
V-coins were previously doled out in higher increments, and that –
like others have complained about – the wins come so infrequently
that you run out of chips long before another bonus is paid (i.e. if
you don’t pay for chips, you cant play much). What I found was even
more disappointing…
It used to be that
the balloons popped in cycles – or it least they seemed to. You’d
get free casino chips, XP, and V-coins, on a rotating cycle. If you
missed a balloon, you missed what was in it. Sadly, after playing for
more than half an hour, popping every balloon that came up, I was
never once given V-coins. Almost all of them were XP, with a few
casino chip bonuses in the mix.
If there’s one
thing I can say, it’s that PLAYSTUDIOS founder, chairman and chief,
Andrew Pascal, wasn’t lying when he said, “We’ve taken a very
different, approach to promoting all that our partners have to
offer.”
KamaGames’ new video poker app for Android and iOS extends the brand’s wildly successful social casino games portfolio.
KamaGames is among the worlds leading
mobile poker operators; responsible for the social gaming phenomenon
that is Pokerist. After launching what would become the
wildly successful Pokerist Texas Poker app for iOS and Android
in 2011, KamaGames has since grown into the largest social poker
operator in all of Europe, averaging well over half a million active
players daily. In 2018, it was the top grossing app in more than 100
countries on the Google Play Store.
As the company’s social poker success
skyrocketed, KamaGames decided it was time to expand into the realm
of social casino gaming. Basing their future of brand recognition,
they built off the original theme with a series “-ist” games –
Rouletteist, Blackjackist and Baccaratist, launched in 2013, 2016 and
2017 respectively.
KamaGames has been scaling upward and outward
ever since. But it wasn’t until this week that the company finally
spread its wings into what seems a natural expansion of their
existing market dominance – video poker.
KamaGames Launches New Video Poker App
On Wednesday, KamaGames issued a press release
announcing the official launch of the digital gaming lab’s first
foray into social video poker games. Again keeping with the
simplicity of their celebrated “-ist” branding, they call it
Video Poker by Pokerist.
As of now, the app includes just three classic
video poker titles; Deuces Wild, Jacks or Better, and Bonus Poker.
The creator guarantees fair play via their certified random number
generator (RNG). Video Poker by Pokerist is free to download and
play, with free daily chip allowances and daily achievements to top
off a player’s stack. Anyone who wants to purchase additional chips
can do so, spending anywhere from $0.99 to $99. However, being a 100%
social casino gaming app, chips can never be exchanged for real
money.
As Real As It Gets (Minus the Money)
The stand-alone app was built with the
intention of mimicking the exact same experience as the most popular
video poker machines in Vegas. According to the reviews by some of
the app’s earliest adopters, KamaGames succeeded in that goal
entirely.
One review on the Apple Store calls Video Poker
by Pokerist a “classic experience”, thanking KamaGames for
creating “exactly the same video poker machines which I usually
play in traditional casinos.”
It’s only been out for a few days, but it’s
worth noting that Video Poker by Pokerist currently has a perfect 5.0
rating from both Android and iOS users.
Aim to Draw New and Existing Customers Alike
KamaGames CEO Andrey Kuznetsov is extremely
proud of the versatility they’ve achieved in their ever-growing
social casino apps. “We are placing a strong focus on
differentiating our portfolio of social casino games in many
directions this year,” he said. “As an iconic element of the Las
Vegas casino, video poker is very familiar to our audience and
in-line with the products they want from KamaGames.”
Kuznetsov sees this latest addition to the
company’s portfolio as the perfect means to attract new players to
the brand, as well as draw existing users from the Pokerist app.
“With this exciting new addition, we hope to both satisfy both our
existing players whilst also attracting a fresh, new audience.”
He goes on to assure users that KamaGames will
be working to install additional games on the new video poker app
throughout the remainder of 2019.
