Shop Prize

Shop Prize is another app used by scanning receipts, but the catch is it can only be for food and drinks. So if you buy a drink at a gas station or stop for a quick bite at McDonald's, you can earn from those receipts. You'll earn 100 coins per receipt. You can also take a picture of items purchased for 20 coins. On top of that, you'll earn a varying amount of coins just for checking into the app daily.

There's also a fun game aspect to it where you receive bonus coins every time you "level up" or reach a higher level for non-gamers. The higher your level, you'll have a higher XP for earning bonuses when scanning receipts, checking in, etc.

Once you have 5,000 coins you're eligible to cash out with the rewards, but the list of rewards isn't available until you meet that requirement. You can also use your coins to enter sweepstakes for some cool prizes. It gives you information about the prize, how much it costs to enter, when it ends and how many people are in the sweepstakes. Generally 1 ticket is around 100 coins.

Supported devices: Android

Receipt Pal

Receipt Pal is very similar to Receipt Hog in the sense that you snap pictures of receipts for points. However, Receipt Pal isn't quite as restrictive. They accept receipts from anywhere including fast food restaurants. You can also submit receipts that are 30 days old. You can't submit receipts from July in August. The exception is they'll give you the first couple days of a new month to submit receipts from the previous month.

Unlike Receipt Pal, you are limited to how many receipts you can submit in a specific time frame. Receipt Pal gives you 3-4 new cards every week and each card will hold 4 receipts. Each card is worth 100 points so once you've filled a card, you'll be awarded those points.

There are a range of points needed to redeem gift cards. For example, once you reach 2,000 points you can redeem a $5 Amazon gift card. Alternatively if you're more patient you can wait to reach 7500 points for $25. Other gift card options are offered such as Restaurant.com

Receipt Pal currently does not offer any referral incentives.

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Receipt Hog

Receipt Hog is an app where you are paid to scan receipts. You must scan a receipt within 14 days. Most receipts are accepted with the exception of food, drink, veterinary bills, utility bills, etc. Funds are redeemed via Amazon gift cards or PayPal with the minimum being $5 which is 1,000 coins.

There is a points system that is determined by the dollar amount on your receipt which ranges from 5 to 20 coins. Under $10 is 5 coins,

Your progress is tracked each week by a meter that tells how many coins you earned. You can earn coins from receipts at face value for up to 100 coins per week. Once you've reached 100 coins, all receipts are worth 5 coins regardless of the value. You can also only snap 20 receipts in a 7 day period.

Receipt Hog currently does not offer any referral incentives.

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Points Panel

Points Panel is somewhat a passive earning app, but not really. The first 10 days you have to complete a diary answering questions about what you did every 30 minutes of your day. It's pretty monotonous, but at the end of your 10 days you'll receive 2500 points which is equivalent to $25 which is paid via PayPal.

Here comes the passive earnings part. In addition you'll receive 10 points per day for the first 15 days then 25 points per day the rest of the month. I was also told by support that you receive 3 points per day that you enable VPN, but it's not required.

Points Panel does not currently offer any referral incentives.

Supported devices: Android

Gift Crush

Gift Crush is a passive data collecting app that you run in the background on your phone. The interface is appealing because it tells you how many days until you receive your next reward. Users are automatically given a $1 Amazon gift code one day after running the app. In my opinion, I think this is to ensure users that they do pay. After 30 days of app usage, you're eligible to receive $5.

Gift Crush does not have any referral incentives.

Supported devices: Android

App Optix

App Optix is a passive data collecting app that collects information on how your phone in used. In exchange for that data, you will earn 25 points per week by just letting the app run on your phone in the background. Once you reach 300 points you will automatically be sent an e-mail to redeem your gift card in the amount of $10. It takes 3 months to get enough points for the gift card, but it's free money, right?

App Optix does not have any referral incentives.

Supported devices: Android

Cross Media Panel (formerly Screenwise Trends Meter)

Cross Media Panel is another passive earning app that collects data on how you use your phone, what websites you visit, etc. It is formerly known as Screenwise Trends Panel. Initially when you sign up you will receive $2.00 per device you have installed. You can install the app on a tablet and smartphone (Android, iOS) as well as an extension on Google Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer (Google MUST be your default search engine).

After your initial registration period you can expect to earn $1.00 per week for each qualifying device. I am currently earning $3.00 per week with Cross Media Panel. Since the upgrade to Cross Media Panel, they have changed how you are paid your rewards. Previously you had to wait until you earned $25 to request payment. Now you can request it at $5, $10 and $25. You can request payment in the form of gift cards. There is a pretty good selection as far as gift cards go. Amazon, Target, Starbucks, Walmart, Best Buy and Chipotle just to name a few.

Cross Media Panel does not have any referral incentives. 

Supported devices: Android, iOS, PC

Media Insiders

Media Insiders is among one of my favorite apps as it's another app that falls under the passive earning category. Media Insiders are a company that collect data on the TV shows/movies you watch. You receive points per week by simply having the app installed and it detecting your TV activity. In addition, if it can detect when you're watching TV, it will send you TV surveys asking about the shows you watched. You may only receive 1 or 2 surveys a week, but they are worth 50 points. I typically receive 150-200 points per week through the app. Some weeks I might not receive any TV surveys, but that's pretty rare.

A breakdown of points earn for me usually entails of:
-50 points for TV activity
-50 points for MI activity
-50 points for having the app installed on 2 devices
-50 points for TV Show Survey

In addition, if you have TV Activity for 3 days a week for the entire month, you'll receive a bonus of 150 points. You will also receive a bonus after having the app installed for 13 weeks. I believe it's a loyalty bonus of 800 points.

Media Insiders does not have any referral incentives. 

Supported devices: Android