Game Apps That Pay: 5 Options and Each Payout Time

1. Paidwork pays you for small online tasks

Game apps: paid in under seventeen minutes, or in two business days. Number one pays out fastest, in minutes, but first: Number five: Paidwork pays you for small online tasks. Its gift cards typically arrive instantly to twenty-four hours after approval. You can watch videos, play games, fill out surveys, scan receipts or test apps.

For a game, survey or video task, the money arrives instantly once you finish. It's open to people from every country, its home page says. The payment methods depend on where you live. Withdrawals start at $5.

That minimum can differ by currency, its terms say. You can be paid by PayPal, bank transfer or gift cards, where offered. Your request is usually reviewed within twenty-four hours, and once it's approved, the payment is processed. PayPal takes one to three business days after approval, and a bank transfer three to seven.

Gift cards usually have no fees, while bank transfers may have processing fees. Registration is free and ready in minutes: you use an email and a password, then click a verification link. Its terms say you must be at least eighteen. By our count, a usual one-day review plus up to a day for the card makes about two days at most.

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2. Rewarded Play gives you gift cards for playing mobile games

Number four: Rewarded Play gives you gift cards for playing mobile games, and most arrive within one to two business days. You earn points as you play its mobile games. You redeem them for gift cards from over forty brands. It's free to download, free to play and free to redeem, with no purchase ever required.

It works in four countries for now, on iOS and Android. Your first redemption includes a quick identity check, and later ones are faster. By our count, a gift card redeemed on a Friday can arrive by the next Tuesday. Next, an app where most rewards take under an hour.

3. Mistplay turns points from mobile games into gift cards

Number three: Mistplay turns points from mobile games into gift cards, and most rewards are processed within an hour. You pick games you like, and the more you play, the more points you earn. It's completely free to download and use, with no credit card required. It also charges absolutely no withdrawal fees.

When your points reach a gift card in its Shop, you redeem them for your reward. Its rewards include prepaid cards, gift cards and a PayPal reward. Its page notes these are gift card values, not cash payments. A PayPal reward should reach your account within forty-eight hours of redeeming.

Its terms say you must be at least eighteen. Its terms set a yearly cap of $550 in rewards. By our count, a PayPal reward redeemed on Monday morning should arrive by Wednesday morning. Six more sites and apps that pay within a week are in our earlier video, linked on screen.

Next, an app that usually pays right away.

4. JustPlay turns your playtime in free mobile games into PayPal cash

Number two: JustPlay turns your playtime in free mobile games into PayPal cash, gift cards or donations. Requests are usually processed immediately, but in rare cases take up to five business days. You pick a game from its library, play, and collect loyalty coins. It's a free app, its home page says.

Its loyalty program works in twenty-four countries. Its terms say you must be at least eighteen to register. To redeem, you tap Cash Out in the app, and there's usually no minimum. It may ask for three hours of play or app use before any redemption.

The first time, it may ask for an automated face scan to check you're a real person. By our count, even a rare slow request made on a Monday is paid by the next Monday. Now, the fastest of the five.

5. Freecash pays for games

Number one: Freecash pays for games, apps and surveys, and most payouts process in under seventeen minutes. PayPal payouts usually process the same day, and gift card codes typically arrive within minutes. Signing up is free forever, with no card, no subscription and no paid tiers. To start, you register with your email or another account, then press Play and Earn on an offer.

Its guide sets the first withdrawal at $20, and its PayPal page says twenty-five. That first withdrawal also needs a government-issued ID. After the first withdrawal, the minimum drops to $5. You can withdraw to PayPal or to more than a hundred gift cards.

Its terms also allow it to hold credits from an offer for up to ninety days. Its PayPal page shows a 5% fee: $25 withdrawn, twenty-three seventy-five received. By our count, that fee is a dollar twenty-five on $25. By our count, four of the five offer PayPal, and one pays only in gift cards.

Which one would you try first? Tell us in the comments. Payment options vary by country, so check each app's page where you live. Your next step is in the video on screen now: eight sites and the exact day each one pays.

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