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

Swag Bucks

Swag Bucks is an all-in-one app/website to earn money. Earlier in the year I was earning $25/week by watching videos, taking surveys, downloading apps and completing various tasks. The currency of points are known as Swag Bucks.

The only passive way of earning Swag Bucks is through watching videos on the app. You can let the videos play while you go about your day. If you use SBTV on your computer, then you'll need to click on every video.

Once you reach 450 SB then you can redeem a $5 gift card. This is the only value gift card you receive a price break. You will receive a price break on a $25 gift card, but that can only be used once a month. Once you have enough SB to redeem, it usually takes up to a week to receive the code in your email. The Swag Store isn't only limited to gift cards, but that's what I prefer.

Referral system: Swag Bucks has a nice referral system in place. You'll earn 10% of your referrals earnings. Join Swag Bucks today

Supported devices: Android, iOS, PC

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

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.