Phone Apps!!
The list of scammy apps and apps that payout nothing is a long one and by the hands of fate I swear I've downloaded most of them and realized they were scams only after a week or two of diligent ad watching.
Also, before downloading or trying any of these apps remember this: THEY USE DATA... quite a bit some of them. So wifi is your friend when using these. But used right and if you keep your expectations low you can surprise yourself. I will include some of my weekly payouts and the mythical maximum based on twelve hours a day of watching ads... just for fun.
App #1 -> BitMaker by CakeCodes (Android now, iOS soon)
http://bitmaker.cakecodes.com/ -> referral code L7LFIH
-> 500 "blocks" every 30 mins -> convertible to BTC at 20,000 Blocks and ETH at 15,000 Blocks
-> You can pay 1,000 blocks to speed up to every ten minutes for two hours (not incl in calculations below)
-> The values fluctuate based on current markets and are slated to be expanded to more currencies.
-> New and frequently updated offerwalls (although mine seem to never payout or be broken)
-> Lots of updates and Super Consistent payouts (occasional delays but the payouts are always there.)
I love this app. Usually in a given week without pushing myself or doing any special offers I can grab about 45,000 to 55,000 blocks, or about three cash-ins for Ethereum a week. in a rather neat opportunity, Cakecodes is listing on the crowd funding website Wefunder on April 30th, so you actually have a chance to be more involved if you want to be.
https://wefunder.com/erictansley/invite
Ok so on average from my experience 15,000 Blocks is about 0.001 ETH (currently a little less but this math is easier).
Thee cash-ins is obviously 0.003ETH at today's market price of $89.25 CAD (from Coinbase) is about 27cents CAD worth of Ether. But hey these are faucets, that's pretty decent.
If we assume an 12 hour day of work (24 x 500 blocks x 7 days = 84,000 Blocks / 15,000 = 5.6 x 0.001ETH = 0.0056ETH
Which is approximately -> 50cents CAD per week in Ethereum
Not huge but definitely something that will add up over time if you keep at it.
App #2 -> Alien Run / Free Bitcoin / Blockchain by Bitcoin Aliens (Android)
http://www.bitcoingameapps.com/track.php?ref=2529795
-> Multiple apps with different games and offers.
-> An actually quite addictive little game.
-> Consistent and automatic payments at 20,000 satoshi.
Ok so these apps (at least four of them) are all well made and pay into the same account and automatically payout once a week if you are over 20,000 satoshi (sats). I usually hit about 15,000 sats a week so i get paid 30,000 sats biweekly. Not great but at today's Bitcoin price of $1860 CAD means it's about 55cents CAD biweekly.
These apps however offer many opportunities to randomly get much more each hour. I've seen the random jackpots get up to 250,000 satoshi. Plus the games are fun... that's pretty important too. The randomness makes it difficult to even extrapolate a weekly "max" but based on my being less than stellar at remembering every hour = I would say 30,000 sats weekly is doable.
So between those two apps, bringing in four or five dollars a month is not too shabby. Especially if you compare it to the websites from the previous faucet post.
Hope that helps!
Tansley