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I TRIED SWEATCOIN, A FREE APP TO GET MONEY FOR WALKING…HERE IS HOW MUCH I MADE
Can you really get paid to walk?
The first time I heard about Sweatcoin I was intrigued!
I love walking, and it’s something I try to do every day. So when I found out that it was possible to make some extra money on the side by walking outside, I really wanted to check out this app.
Is Sweatcoin a scam?
Let me reassure you! Sweatcoin is not a scam. It’s completely legit, and yes, it’s true! You will get paid for walking. And I found myself taking much longer walks just to earn a few more bucks!
However, you will not make hundreds of dollars a week with this app. Make sure you don’t set unrealistic expectations for how much you can make!
Depending on your monthly subscription, you can earn between 150 to 600 sweatcoins a month!
Sweatcoin Review: is it a scam or legit?
Let me reassure you on this! Sweatcoin is not a scam. It’s completely legit, and yes, it’s true! You will get paid for walking.
I love Sweatcoin because it helps you make some free money out of something you are already doing, and it encourages you to take more exercise!
However, you will not make hundreds of dollars a week with this app. Make sure you don’t set unrealistic expectations for how much you can make!
How does Sweatcoin work?
1. Download the app
First of all, you need to install the app on your smartphone. You can download the app here, and in a few minutes, you will be set to start earning sweatcoins.
2. Start walking
Once you’ve set up the app, you can start walking. You will need to let the app run in the background and allow it to track your steps.
Every time you walk, Sweatcoin will register how many outdoor steps you take and reward you .95 sweatcoins every 1,000 steps.
This isn’t, of course, a mind-blowing amount, but if you keep the app running, every step adds up, and you’ll be able to get one of the offers in a few weeks!
3. Exchange coins for rewards
As soon as you earn enough sweatcoins, you can exchange them for one of the many rewards you can find in the daily offers.
When Sweatcoin started out, it was mostly offering fitness-related products, but you can now find restaurant discounts, holiday vouchers, and even get amazing prices like an iPhone, an Apple Watch, or a Samsung TV with 20,000 sweatcoins!
How many sweatcoins can you earn?
There are 3 ways to earn sweatcoins:
- Make money for walking
- Earn daily rewards
- Invite friends rewards
Make money for walking
This is the main way to earn money with Sweatcoin. Just grab your phone, let the app run in the background, and start walking!
At the moment, there is a daily cap on how many sweatcoins you can earn.
When you install the app, you are automatically subscribed (for free) to the Mover Subscription.
This is the free level, and it allows you to earn up to 5 sweatcoins per day (roughly 5,000 steps a day) and up to 150 sweatcoins per month.
If you want to earn more, you need to move up to one of the paid subscriptions.
Mover
Cost: Free
This is the standard free subscription. You can earn up to 5SWC (5,000 steps) per day.
Shaker
Cost: 4.75 SWC/month
With the shaker subscription, you can earn up to 10 SWC (10,000 steps) per day.
Quaker
Cost: 20 SWC/month
With the quaker subscription, you can earn up to 15 SWC (15,000 steps) per day.
Breaker
Cost: 30 SWC/month
With the breaker subscription, you can earn up to 20 SWC (20,000) per day.
Trouble Maker
Cost: $0.99 or equivalent in your currency
With the trouble maker subscription, you can earn up to 50 SWC per day, but you need to pay for the app.
After trying the shaker subscription for a month, I decided to keep the free mover subscription. Even if I do over 10,000 during the weekends and some days of the week, I found that, on average, I am better off with the mover subscription.
Earn daily bonuses
Daily bonuses are another fun way for you to earn sweatcoins, simply by watching ads within the app.
To claim your daily bonus, go to the marketplace screen, click “Try your luck” under the daily bonus module, watch the short ad from start to finish, and then, the wheel of fortune will spin. You can win prizes ranging from 0 to 1000 Sweatcoins.
And you have 3 chances a day to try this out!
You can check your wallet to view the transaction and make sure you got paid.
Invite friends
Sweatcoin currently offers a referral program. For every friend you refer, you can get 5 sweatcoins. The more friends you refer, the more rewards you can get!
How to spend your Sweatcoins: Sweatcoin offers
There are different types of offers with Sweatcoin:
- Pay with sweatcoins
- Digital offers
- Physical products
- Marathon offers
- Bucket list
- Sweatcoin for Good
Daily offers: pay with sweatcoins, digital offers, physical products
I have to say since I started using Sweatcoin a few months ago, I can see more and more offers added every day.
Sweatcoin has over 160 brands, and there are many things you’ll be able to choose from: restaurant vouchers, holiday vouchers, workout clothes, jewelry, shaving products, and more.
Offers vary a lot in prices: you can get some for as little as 4 sweatcoins or as much as 1,500 sweatcoins!
Every day, after 8 am, you’ll be able to find new offers on the app.
Marathon offers
Well, they are called marathon offers for a reason! It can take you a long time to get them.
Marathon offers have some awesome rewards that change all the time.
A few examples:
- A brand new iPhone
- Or Apple Watch
- $1,000 in cash paid via PayPal
- $1,000 holiday voucher
- Samsung TV
Just to name a few!
If you try to get these offers just by walking, it will take you several years to save up for them. You need to be smart about it!
Sweatcoin lets you transfer money between accounts. If you invite friends and combine your effort, you can add up your sweatcoins and earn these amazing rewards much faster!
Bucket List
Similar to marathon offers, bucket list offers are once in a lifetime experience.
Things like seeing the northern lights from a cozy igloo in Finland to dining on top of the Eiffel Tower.
To get an offer on the bucket list, you need to earn 25,000 sweatcoins and over!
Sweatcoin for good
I loved it when Sweatcoin added the option to donate your coins to charity.
It makes me want to use it even more.
You can make a difference by staying fit and contribute to helping people and projects around the world.
You can read about some of the success stories here.
Is Sweatcoin safe? Does it really pay?
Even after reading all of this, you might still be wondering if sweatcoin is legit or a scam.
Will it really pay you?
If you invest a few months earning sweatcoins with friends to get, for example the $1,000 cash reward with PayPal, will you really receive it?
I know you are probably still a bit skeptical, but I can assure you that sweatcoin is legit. I had the exact same doubts as you the first time I could cash out $100.
But here is the proof:
So yes, Sweatcoin is safe!
Sweatcoin Pro
- Knowing that you earn sweatcoins when you walk makes you move more! It seems a bit silly, but just having this app reminding you that you are paid for walking helps to improve your fitness level! A recent study that gave a financial reward to employers that did more physical activity showed that over half of the participants improved their exercise level!
- If you use the app and share the sweatcoins you earn with family and friends, you can quickly grab some great rewards!
- The latest version of the app lets you track indoor steps too, without the need to use your GPS location. You just need to enable this option when you download the app.
Sweatcoin Cons
- The app must always be running on your phone. If you swipe up or force quit, it stops tracking your steps. Thankfully, it has a battery saver mode which it defaults to when you first download the app. Some people say it can drain the battery, but Dan and I use it all the time, and we have hardly noticed any difference (on both iPhone and Android).
- Some phones automatically force Sweatcoin to turn off to save battery. This means you need to remember to open the app every time you walk.
- If you have trouble tracking steps with the app, customer support can be slow to reply.
Is Sweatcoin worth it?
Dan and I LOVE Sweatcoin. It’s definitely not going to make you rich, but we tend to walk outside more since we started using it.
As it doesn’t track your activity inside, we find ourselves enjoying longer walks or comparing how many sweatcoins we earned at the end of every day.
It also helps you to make some free money out of something you are already doing anyway. Therefore anything you get is just a bonus!
Click here to download Sweatcoin and start making money walking.
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Vivien says
Haha!! I LOOOOOOOVE this idea!! I had no idea about Sweatcoin – definitely going to sign up and give it a go!! 😀 xxx
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Yes, it’s pretty cool 🙂 xxx
Jan Arne Ringstad says
It is a really lovely app that tracks your steps, yes but they have now made it so that the app will track your steps anywhere and even if you’re on a machine for running or walking! And that is great, yes but I got to admit that the smell of the fresh air is too great to avoid!! So I will still take a walk outside than inside.
Jan Arne Ringstad says
And while you’re not running the app too
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Agree, Jan! Walking outside is much better! 🙂
Jane says
Did you convert your sweatcoins balance to cash? How did you do it?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Jane,
There are 2 ways to convert sweatcoins into cash:
1) you need to work with family and friends and get to accumulate 20,000 sweatcoins to cash in $1,000 via PayPal (almost impossible to do along as it’ll take too long but if you team up you can do it).
2) Invite 40 friends to get access to their influencer program. After that you can earn $100 every 145 people you invite.
I hope this helps 🙂
pepsi kigis says
I cannot withdraw since it ask my email…but every now and then still I cannot withdraw.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
You’ll need to add your email to withdraw your funds for any offer 🙂
Lynn Rieger says
Why can’t the steps be inside? I live in a climate that is very cold and lots of snow in the winter or very hit snd muggy in the summer.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Lynn,
It’s much harder for the GPS on your phone to track movements and steps inside.
The Sweatcoin app doesn’t know if movement is GPS drift or if it’s actual movement (step). So the developers created a rule: If movement is detected with a building in the center of field, do not count these steps.
But I checked on their website and Sweatcoin just announced they are working on an indoor step tracking algorithm! This means indoor steps will be counted some time in the future!
Dorcas Chabanga says
Can I register even in Gaborone, Botswana? Or it works only there?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Dorcas, the Sweatcoin App is available in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, United States, Canada, and Australia. New countries are being added weekly.
Thomas F says
I’ve earned in El Salvador, Italy, Liechtenstein, & Switzerland as well as U.SA.
My advice it TRY it out.
Emmanuel says
Can I register here in Port Harcourt, Nigeria? Does the app work here?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Emmanuel, the Sweatcoin App is available in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, United States, Canada, and Australia. New countries are being added weekly.
kevin lester valencia says
Hi why my sweatcoin app doesn’t have PayPal withdrawal? There’s only on my wallet is crowdfunding and marathon offers. How to fix? Thank you
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Kevin, you can only withdraw cash with the marathon offer. I explained that in my review. For everything else, you need to pick the offers in your area.
Louise says
It doesn’t track indoor activity…? So, if I’m in the gym, on a treadmill, it won’t count as steps,right? tsk. Most of my walking is on the treadmill. 🙁
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
No, it doesn’t unfortunately 🙁
Sweatcoin is working on an update to start tracking indoor activity as well.
Latest from their website:
“We would love to record indoor movement, but our app’s algorithm is not able to verify movement taken indoors… yet. There is a lot of work underway to develop the functionality to do this, but it will take some time.
The app’s algorithm removes steps that are not likely directly from exercise to eliminate the possibility of cheating and GPS helps us do this at the moment. After all the value of Sweatcoin will depend on our ability to ensure that every Sweatcoin that goes into circulation is earned by someone’s sweat.”
Sardarwali says
Hi there, Can I get money in my bank account? Is there is allowed to do this?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Sardarwali,
No you can only get offers or you need to work on the marathon offer with some friends. If you do that, you can get money via PayPal 🙂
Julia says
Will I need to have cellular activated as well as keeping the app running? Or does the app register the steps just running in the background without cellular?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Julia,
Sweatcoin can function without mobile data, as it catches back up when you enter a wifi zone. The app continues to work in the background tracking steps and geolocation.
As long as there’s an active GPS signal, Sweatcoin will function without data. However, your phone needs to connect to their servers once a day to send them your data for verification and for you to receive your Sweatcoins.
You can simply go to your mobile data settings and elect for our app to exchange data with the server only when you have a wifi signal. This will not stop our app from counting, but will delay you receiving your Sweatcoins or being able to see marketplace offers in real time.
I hope this helps 🙂
Kat says
Good luck.. I walk a few miles a day outside.. will rack up about 15,000 steps and out of those it only sends about 1200.. then out of that only about 800 count.. so in my opinion it’s a scam.. or spyware.. because they sure as heck don’t want you to earn enough to be able to buy something. Also I’ve looked into everything I should be doing and am doing but they still don’t count my steps. I know my phones gps is fine because I have other pedometer apps that work just fine.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Kat, this has never ever happened to me, and I use the app every day.Have you tried to send Sweatcoin’s support a message? Yes, there could be a 5-10% discrepancy between Sweatcoin and my pedometer app, but never much more than that!
King don says
I can’t redeem my sweatcoin earnings to PayPal.
I can only use it to collect an iPhone Xs or 1000 dollars via quickteller or is there a way I can withdraw through PayPal
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey King,
As mentioned in the review, you can’t withdraw your sweatcoin with PayPal, unless you use it for the marathon offers. You can only use them to claim offers.
Sheila says
How long did it take you to earn the $100 from Paypal and how many steps did you need to do?
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Sheila,
You can’t “cash in” with Sweatcoin unless you do the marathon offer with your friends! You can select one of the many offers in your area 🙂
JaneRose says
Doesn’t hurt to have the app, I love walking after all// but oh, I did get excited trying at my first deal : Saw a nice offer this recent black friday, but the offer on my phone hadn’t seem to have worked. So I came looking here wondering what’s your experience to actually applying for their offers on the app. For me the promo codes have already been used, when I don’t ernestly see them there. But nevertheless, if it’s a fraud, that doesn’t mean I’ll stop my hobby for walking-
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey JaneRose,
That’s odd! Have you tried to contact their support? I never had issues with the offers!
Viktorija says
Absolutely joke not an app. I walk every day to work 1hour and back same I mading only one way to work over 5000 steps so I thought it is good idea to try this app. Funny enough but they registering small part of the steps the rest never getting approved. Had contacted company asking to approve the steps I made. I had answer to download some app to test my location and do the screenshot and send it so I did and this been left ignored. From 5000 steps registered only 400 it is sorry but joke. Who actually use this app you can tell that this is a joke not an service.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Viktorija,
I think you have some problems with your phone…I have been using this app every day for over 2 years and never had this problem.
It actually tracks MORE steps than my iPhone.
Here you can see that Sweatcoin tracked 5,743 steps against 5,704 from my iPhone:
So it works pretty well!
Destiny says
So to get your $100 via PayPal you had to invite 40 + 145 = $185 people? I just joined it today so I’m looking into it more and seen your blog 🙂
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Last time I checked it was 40 + 200 = 240 people 🙂
Stephan says
While it isn’t a scam per se, it is totally not worth anything. Based on how much they limit you can do per day, it would take you 3 YEARS to earn 20000 coins to get 1000$, which is 1$ per day. But you aren’t earning it for nothing, you have to make 21000 steps per day for that, which is around 16 kilometers.
There is no benefit to this app and definitely no profit to be made. If you need something to track your steps use phones default or one of sports app which also analyse multiple stuff based on your movement.
In short someone made a good app where they sell adverts and people think they can get something. 2000’s called and it wants it’s scheme back…
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Stephen,
As I mentioned in my post, you need to work with friends and family to accumulate 20,000 sweatcoin. If you work together, it is very possible to get the $1,000 in a few months 🙂
I really like this app, especially now when you can also use your sweatcoin to donate to charity. I walk quite a lot anyway so why not use it?
Jain says
There are 2 ways to convert sweatcoins into cash:
1) you need to work with family and friends and get to accumulate 20,000 sweatcoins to cash in $1,000 via PayPal (almost impossible to do along as it’ll take too long but if you team up you can do it).
2) Invite 40 friends to get access to their influencer program. After that you can earn $100 every 145 people you invite.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Yep, exactly 🙂
Erin says
Eh. The only people who are being rewarded via Sweatcoin are the people who own the businesses in the marketplace. You are essentially signing up for crap that you’ll eventually pay for. I have a balance of over $500 and have done nothing with it. It IS a scam. Why are there no Amazon cards? Or even some actual MONEY? It’s just a way to lure people into eventually spending money on a Barkbox or some other monthly thing. No thanks.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Erin,
I really think it depends on your location and local offers. I got fresh pasta delivered which was great 🙂 I also love how you can now help crowdfund charity projects. It doesn’t cost me anything to use the app and I can use my steps to help others. That’s why I live Sweatcoin and use it all the time!
Landon Zackery Marshall says
I totally agree with you i have over 8k in coins abd cant use it for anything else. Their offers are crap
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Have you looked into their great crowdfunding projects? You can simply walk and help amazing charities with your Sweatcoins 🙂
Selina says
Sweatcoin, is lie they don’t pay you cash . You get points to buy things through their App
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Yes, you get points you can use to buy stuff at a discount. But with the marathon offer, you can get cash (although you need to work on it with friends if you want to get the money fast).
Becca says
Definitely a scam…..90% of your steps don’t get verified. In other words they don’t count. My settings, my GPS all are fine. They obviously don’t want you to ever get anywhere near enough points to actually qualify for anything. A great idea and I’m sure there are more honest apps to work with.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
That’s no my experience at all, Becca 🙂 I always check my steps against my iPhone health app and they always tally up (bar a 5-8% difference, but that’s understandable). Do you use Android?
Landon Zackery Marshall says
I have been using sweatcoin I have been using sweatcoins since February of 2018 at first I loved it but now I’m totally over it Ivy walk-in ove Ivy walk in over fifty thousand steps a day just to get 20 Dollars In sweatcoins it does not properly calculate my steps and the offers are terrible there’s no way you can earn money or get the thousand dollars unless you invite 2400 people to join sweatcoin it makes no sense this is a rip-off and I’m about to delete it. I just wish I could cash in my over 8000 sweatcoins
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Landon,
Not sure how you can call it a rip-off as it doesn’t cost you anything 🙂 The offers depend on where you are located and it could be that in your area there isn’t much you like. In any case, I find the app a lot of fun and I use my sweatcoins to donate to charities and crowdfunded projects when there isn’t anything I like. You should consider doing that instead of simply delete it!
Virginia says
I’m loving the app so far, I’m more motivated to walk more 🙂
Thanks for sharing the review
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Yeah! So happy you like it, Virginia! It helps me to walk more too!
Ray Eastridge says
I HAVE OVER $700 DOLLARS ON MY SWEAT COIN THAT I CANT CASH OUT ON. PLEASE TELL ME HOW I CAN CASH OUT ON IT.
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Ray, You probably have 700 sweatcoins which aren’t the equivalent of $700! I wish they were lol!
To be able to cash out your sweatcoins you need to reach 20,000 sweatcoins. Otherwise, you need to pick one of the offers they have available.
Jen says
I love the app
But one of my problem is inviting
Face the reality not everyone believe in you 😢, I want to earn own my own effort not by inviting other people, sometimes thy say this is a scam, I can’t prove to my friends its not, coz I don’t have any evidence.But I love the app ♥️
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
I know what you mean, Jen! I find this app really fun! You can simply tell your friends that the app doesn’t cost any money. They have nothing to lose by downloading it and trying it out 🙂
Lynn says
I just joined today and I don’t see the $1000 reward listed under the Marathon offers. There’s trips and a TV, but no cash except for sending invites. Did they do away with the $1000 reward? Also, all the Marathon offers say that “all Sweatcoins used for purchase must be earned by you.” Does this mean you can no longer combine coins with family/friends to get Marathon rewards?
Thanks for the informative review!
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Hey Lynn,
The marathon offer for $1000 is still there. Try to scroll down to the bottom!
When they say “all Sweatcoins used for purchase must be earned by you” they mean that you can combine sweatcoins from invites, steps, and as far as I know, sweatcoins sent to you by friends. I hope this helps 🙂