Earn Honey

Earn Honey is probably my favorite site to use right now in terms of how much money you can make in as little time. In the span of 3 days I earned enough HD (Honey Dollars) to redeem a $25 Amazon gift card. Earn Honey is extremely passive as well, which is always a plus. You must have a computer in order to use the website since you will be playing videos. You receive credit after the viewability meter turns either red or green. Your meter is basically telling Earn Honey that your window is in focus (or it's an active window) and it's able to detect you're playing the video ad. You receive a lot more points when it's able to detect that. I wouldn't have more than 2 windows running side by side since you won't receive many points if it can't detect an active window; not to mention it may slow down your computer by having too many videos playing at once). You are receiving points for the ads that play, and not the actual video content. For some reason Android & iOS phones/tablets aren't capable of playing the ads, but they'll play the videos just fine, though you wouldn't get any points. You can run the website on a Windows phone, tablet or PC. The plus side is that you can play videos on multiple devices. For example, I have videos running on both a laptop and desktop computer. I leave both computers on and running 24/7.

In addition to earning money passively, you can also boost your earnings by downloading apps, completing offers and taking surveys. In the past whenever I would download apps from Swag Bucks I would almost never receive credit. The same does not hold true for Earn Honey. I am credited for about 90% of the apps that I download, which makes me more like to download them. I generally only leave them open for about 1-2 minutes, then I delete them. Sometimes you'll have special tasks to complete in order to receive credit, such as reaching level 7 in game. Those apps typically pay a lot more. I'll also complete offers that don't require much time.

Supported devices: PC. I'm unsure if it runs on Mac or Linux, but I would suspect it would run on Mac.

Earn Honey has a referral system. Currently you will earn 10% of what your referrals earn for life. The only catch is that your referral earnings won't appear in your account until the 5th of the following month. So if you earned from referrals in September, you won't be credited until October 5th. Click to join Earn Honey

AppLike

AppLike is a new awesome app that I recently discovered and it is extremely passive. The premise behind the app is that you earn mCoins after running an app for the specified time. As you earn more and more coins, the longer it will take to earn coins. If you have old phones that you don't use, AppLike would be a good use for them. You can either play the games if it's a game you like, or you can just leave the screen on without interacting with the app, and you still receive points. Tip: your screen will automatically time out after up to 10 minutes and can not be changed within the settings. There is a neat app found in the Play Store called No Screen Off and it will disable the screen time out options. You'll be able to leave the app running and your screen won't turn off.

Once you have enough coins, you can request payment from Amazon and PayPal. I received both my payments so far the very next day. It took about 14k coins to get $2.50, but the coins add up. I currently have the app running on 2 different phones I don't use anymore.

Supported devices: Android

AppLike does have a referral system. For every new person you refer you will automatically earn 250 points. In addition, you'll earn 25% of what they earn and vice versa. Sign up with my referral link and you'll start off with 4,440 mCoins. Start earning today!

Perk TV

Perk TV is an app that pays you to watch videos. It's probably one of the most passive ways to earn money. I like to leave Perk TV running while I'm at work to accumulate points. You typically earn 2-3 points per video.

Perk does have other apps that you can earn points such as TV Show Pop Quiz and Scratch and Win, but I'm a fan of doing nothing while earning rewards. We're all busy, right?

You can cash out when you have as little as 500 Perk points, but those start at $0.25 and I prefer to save for the $5 at 5,000 points since you're paying more for the low value gift cards.

Referral system: Once your referral redeems their first reward, you can earn up to 500 points. Use my code bfedbae9 and get 50 bonus points! Join Perk TV today

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Check Points

Check Points is an app where you earn points by checking into locations, scanning products in the store, watching videos and completing offers.

I'm a fan of passive earnings so I like to just let the videos run on loop. The store check in's and product scans are easy, too.

The minimum reward you can redeem is a $1 Amazon gift code for 335 points. Other cards you can redeem for are Walmart, Target, Best Buy or even PayPal. You can also save up for higher dollar items such as a Playstation 4.

Referral system: Check Points referral system is somewhat limited. You do earn 100% of the points from anyone you refer, but only within a 2 week time frame. There is no limit on how many people you can refer, which is nice.

Join Check Points and start earning! Type in my referral code punchxcore and earn free points after registering.

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Paid Viewpoint

Paid Viewpoint is a site to earn money by taking surveys. There currently isn't an app available. You earn money by taking short surveys that take less than 2 minutes to complete. The surveys consist of no more than 10 questions. They give you 1-2 surveys daily and you earn $0.10 per survey. There's also a Trait score that earns you points for every survey. The higher your score, the more you'll earn later on. Minimum amount to cash out is $15.

Referral system: There is a referral system for Paid Viewpoint. For every referral you get, you'll earn 20% of their survey earnings once they cash out. In addition, if you become a VIP community builder (more than 100 referrals) then you can earn from your referrals at any time. Sign up with Paid Viewpoint

Supported devices: PC only.

Qriket

Qriket is a game app where you obtain spins by watching short ads. Once you have spins available you have a shot to spin the wheel. Before each spin it tells you what amount you could potentially win. I haven't won more than $0.50 per spin, although my boyfriend won $1 tonight. You select one of two colors which is what determines your fate. Once you have $25 you can request payment and it's sent via PayPal.

Referral system: There is a nice referral system that gives you $0.25 for each referral. The nice part is that you receive it instantly. Qriket will also give you 25 free spins if you sign up under my referral link. What are you waiting for? Join Qriket!

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Slide Joy

Slide Joy is a lock screen app that pays you to display an ad on your lock screen. You can swipe right to go to your home screen or swipe left to dig deeper into the ads. I always swipe right and it doesn't seem to effect my earnings. On average I'll earn 60 points per day. Points are updated daily at 1pm. 

The points currency are Carats and 1,000 Carats are equal to $1. In addition to using the lock screen, you can complete other offers to rack up Carats such as downloading apps, taking surveys, etc.

Once you have 2,000 Carats then you're eligible to redeem a $2 gift card from various retailers.

Referral system: Apparently Slide Joy does have a referral program although it's not clear what it is. The FAQ on their website state your earnings are maximized when you refer others. Sign up for Slide Joy

Supported devices: Android

Shop Kick

Shop Kick is a cool app that pays you to walk into stores and scan products. Some stores only have product scans, but some offer both. The currency on Shop Kick is, fittingly enough, kicks. You also earn kicks if you buy a product that is on the product scans list. Some of the bigger stores can easily earn you 100-200 kicks. In addition, some product scans can only be done once even if that particular scan is at more than one retailer.

Once you have 500 kicks you can redeem a $2 gift card. The denominations offered are $2, $5, $25, $50 and $100.

Referral system: There is a referral system in which you will earn 250 kicks for each referral that completes their first walk in or scan. There is a limit on referrals which is 100. Join Shop Kick and start earning today.

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Ibotta

Ibotta is probably the best app in it's category when comparing to Checkout 51, Shopmium, etc. 

Ibotta has the most rebates available with dozens of retailers. Ibotta recommends browsing their rebates prior to a shopping trip since the whole point of Ibotta is to discover new brands. However, I simply buy what is on sale or at a good price. I'll check Ibotta after a shopping trip to see if there are any rebates I can claim. Once you've earned $20 you can cash out for an Amazon gift card; $25 for PayPal.

If you connect your Facebook you can participate in challenges with other people that become your team mates. You get bonuses if you redeem so many rebates for that month or earn a certain amount in rebates.

Referral system: Ibotta has a referral system in place. If you sign up under me then you'll earn $10 the first time you redeem points and I'll earn $5. Click here to join Ibotta

Supported devices: Android, iOS

Panel App

Panel App is a passive data collecting app that runs in the background on your phone. Given that most apps of this type generally pay pretty decent, Panel App doesn't pay nearly as well. I keep it installed because it's free money that requires zero effort. You earn 33 points daily and in addition to that, you'll receive what are called Place Surveys. Your location must be enabled as they are location based questions . The questions entail where you were at a specific time. You receive points equivalent to one day. 

The points system is 1,000 points are equal to $1. Points can be used to enter sweepstakes or redeem them towards guaranteed rewards such as PayPal or Amazon gift cards.

Referral system: You can have a maximum of 1,000 referrals and you will earn 10% of their earnings. With how low you earn per day referring people to the app will yield a lot more money faster. Check out Panel App

Supported platforms: Android and iOS