The video taps into the popular desire for easy side hustles and uses a relatable, personal trial format to test the legitimacy of 'get paid to walk' apps. The creator's honest assessment and clear breakdown of earnings versus effort make the content valuable and shareable.
Summary
The creator reviews five walking apps to see if they can earn $100 a week. She found that most apps offer very low payouts and are filled with ads, with one app being completely non-functional. A three-week move challenge with a $40 buy-in showed more promise but still didn't guarantee significant earnings.
Structure
1Introduction to the challenge of making money walking
2Review of the worst app (Step Boxes)
3Explanation of tracking methods (phone vs. watch)
4Review of Money Walk and Walk Task
5Review of the most ad-heavy app
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Explanation of the move challenge and its potential payout
7Conclusion on the feasibility of earning $100/week
Product placement
Step Boxes: an app that tracks steps and rewards users with money. It failed to load and track steps, so it was deleted. Money Walk: an app that tracks steps and rewards users with coins that can be cashed out. It earned $1.70 over two weeks. It has ads and a minimum cashout of $4. Walk Task: an app that tracks steps and rewards users with coins that can be cashed out. It earned $3.72 over two weeks. It has some ads but they are short. It can cash out to PayPal. Apple Watch: a wearable device that tracks steps. It is worn by the creator and its step data is used by other apps. It does not directly earn money. Phone: a mobile device that tracks steps. It is used by some apps to track steps, but the creator does not carry it with them constantly. It is not directly earning money. The creator's own move challenge: a three-week challenge where participants pay $40 to join and can earn money back if they meet daily step goals. It has no ads and the payout is split among those who complete the goal.
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Make $100 Just for Walking
Transcript
Make $100 a week just for walking 10,000 steps today. Is it legit? Hi, my name is Tamara and this is the two-week update of trying five different walking apps to see if you can actually make money while walking or if there are total scam. So, we're going to tackle these from Worst to Best. Also, this was my average steps. I didn't get 10,000 exactly. That's pretty good. So, first one was step boxes. This one never loaded, never tracked my steps anything. And so, we deleted it. The next three, huge disclaimer. I wear an Apple Watch. That's the majority of what's on my wrist. I don't walk around everywhere with my phone. I leave it on a counter, I put it in the stroller. So I get 10,000 steps here, but my phone probably gets three to four. The next couple apps only count the steps where your phone is in your hand. So we've got money walk. I made $2,654 coins, which is the equivalent of $1.70. You can only cash out for $4 or five, so I have to get $6,000 more steps to get my $5 you can only get a max of 100 coins a day for steps and then you can get some small bonuses. But this was the least add heavy lap. The next one was probably the most add heavy. I probably have to watch 30 minutes to an hour worth of ads even when I tried to close the app and like skip through the ads to get just my daily coins from this app. And the majority of them come from a slot game that doesn't even have to do with walking. Um so I got 20,000 coins or 20,000 gems in this app which is $2 crazy ad heavy. I really don't think this one's worth it cuz you spend hours of your time watching ads. The next one is walk task. I made $2,231 coins here which is $3.72. I am waiting for the $3,000 coins so I can cash out for $5. You can cash this one out to PayPal. There are some ads related to this one but they're not very long and it's not very crazy. This one's great because it will reward you all the way up to 18,000 steps. The last one we need about four more days to figure out what the exact cash out is. But I am in a three-week move challenge. I put in $40. There's currently $6,760 in the pot. I only need to get about $7,500 steps a day to pass. There's no ads. you just go in and you click update. Now, it does count my Apple Watch steps, which is perfect. There's no ads. It takes about five minutes to update. And then how it works is at the end, everybody who completed the goal will get their $40 back. and then everyone who didn't, they're get divided up between the people who actually completed the goal. So my hope is between a $4 to $10 payout. So the conclusion, no, you can't earn $100 a week by walking 10,000 steps. which is highly unfortunate, but if it was that easy, everyone would be doing it.
