Testing: Cashwalk App - How Long Does It Take to Redeem? (Concluded)
*All of my recorded earnings are at the bottom of the post!*
There's a lot of apps out there that claim to reward you gift cards in exchange for steps. Ads in particular. I've used this app on and off for a couple years and I now want to document just how long it takes to redeem an Amazon gift card and is it worth doing as potential passive income. I just redeemed my $10 gift card today so that means that I am starting back at 0.
WHAT IS CASHWALK?
Cashwalk is an app currently available on Google Play where you can potentially earn gift cards for simply walking and recording your steps. Easy as that!
HOW DO I EARN THESE GIFT CARDS?
First off, you can't connect/sync any app or device to the app which is a bummer. Apparently you MIGHT be able to but as of this date, I was unable to find a way to download the corresponding app to my Google Pixel 2 watch. Moving on.
You have to use the pedometer that is the CashWalk app itself. As long as your phone is on you, even holding it or having it in your pocket, you will be able to record steps. For every 100 steps (equivalent to about 1 min or less of walking at a steady pace) you earn 1 coin. You can earn coins at a maximum of 200 coins. Which is 20,000 steps. HOWEVER. Earning it is not enough, you have to physically tap the designated mini treasure box icon via your lockscreen to properly credit your account. But hey! Guess what?! For every 7 coins tapped on the treasure box, you get a marvelous ad. Just tap X and keep going. Sometimes you might even get a bonus scratch off in between! Speaking of which, there are more effortless ways to earn more coins.
HOW CAN I EARN EVEN MORE COINS, THEN?!
There are 4 ways that I know of that you can earn additional coins other than walking. I'll start from the easiest to hardest.
The first one is the bonus boxes in which after the 1st free one, you unlock the next 6 boxes every 1,000 steps, regardless if you tapped that treasure box on your lockscreen or not. It is more ads! Some are quick and others up to a minute long. Your rewards are randomized anywhere for 2-10 coins with a potential to win an instant 100 coins. You will also be presented an opportunity to DOUBLE that amount to watch yet another ad. Whether you want to put up with that or not is up to you. Definitely best to multitask while watching TV or listening to a boring relative give their life story. Or whatever. It is easy and passive in itself.
Second way to earn coins is to play their free lottery game located in the Play section of the app. Once again is fueled by ads. Watch a quick ad to unlock 5 chances of doing a free lottery scratcher which always rewards 1 coin per play with the potential to win 50 or more coins. You can play a max of 23 free lottery scratchers in total by watching up to 4 ads. Time and number of available ones may vary. Very easy and passive to do.
Third way to earn coins is through their challenges located in the Feed section of the app. In the beginning, it used to be exclusively on their Instagram where you post your step count, tag them and fill out a Google form after posting your daily steps on your personal public Instagram page. They have since ceased this way (I suspect they stopped this due to spam and maybe people gaming the system? I don't know for sure) It is now exclusively currently within the app but they now have more strict rules nowadays. I personally don't partake in this. It is up to you if you want to try, but you must abide by their rules. Potential for a high pay off but that is up to you how bad you will dedicate yourself to do it.
The fourth and final way is to download games through their Missions sub section within the Play section of the app. I personally have never done this so I cannot comment on whether it is reliable to earn coins through here or now. I am only sticking to the first 2 ways to earn. So, proceed to that to your own discretion. UPDATE: Earning coins via Missions/Challenges seem to be discontinued or on hiatus as of this posting.
WHAT REWARD ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
Well thanks for asking! I am currently going for the $10 Amazon gift card which as of this posting is redeemed at 6,000 coins. I plan to document that here to see just how long it will take which will require dedication and consistency which means a whole lot of walking. So I will try my best to break it down for you. For every 100 steps, 1 coin will be earned. For every 6 coins earned is the equivalent to 1 cent out of that $10 Amazon gift card redemption. Dividing daily coins by 6 is how I got the $$ Earned Towards Gift Card. I round down, FYI. As I've stated above, 6,000 coins will be my goal for redemption.
To note: My goal will to get at least 200 coins per day but the more the merrier! If I can. I'll see if I can breakdown a stat or two to see if it is worth it.
Original goal was 10k steps but as you can see, I eventually decided to try to aim for the max amount of coins which is 200 coins for 20k steps.
A FINAL WORD: REFERRAL, MAYBE?
If what I posted is in any way beneficial to you and you're interested in trying it for yourself, I would love for you to sign up with my referral code. Not necessary one bit but should you decide to help me out, this referral system is designed to benefit BOTH of us. If you sign up with no referral code like I did, you won't be able to receive these benefits.
NOW, ON TO THE STATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So without further ado: let's do! Here is my breakdown to see how long it takes until redemption. Will be updated daily.
Day 0: June 6 , 2025
3 coins (leftover after $10 gift card redemption) We won't count this lol
Day 1: June 7, 2025
Steps Walked: 11,601 steps
Coins from steps: 116 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 73 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 21 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 209 coins
Total Coins Earned: 212 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 34 cents
Day 2: June 8, 2025
Steps Walked: 17, 205 steps
Coins from steps: 172 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 88 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 280 coins
Total Coins Earned: 493 Coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 46 cents
Day 3: June 9, 2025
Steps Walked: 12,902 steps
Coins from steps: 129 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 86 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 125 coins (I won 100 coins via the lockscreen lottery popup 😜)
Daily Coins Earned: 340 coins
Total Coins Earned: 833 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 56 cents
Day 4: June 10, 2025
Steps Walked: 14,710 steps
Coins from steps: 147 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 74 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 241 coins
Total Coins Earned: 1,074 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 40 cents
Day 5: June 11, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,243 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 92 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 26 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 318 coins
Total Coins Earned: 1,392 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 53 cents
Day 6: June 12, 2025
Steps Walked: 14,142
Coins from steps: 141 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 76 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 240 coins
Total Coins Earned: 1,631 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 40 cents
Day 7: June 13, 2025
Steps Walked: 17,241 steps
Coins from steps: 172
Coins from bonus boxes: 100 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 32 coins (won 10 Coins 🪙)
Daily Coins Earned: 304 coins
Total Coins Earned: 1,935 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 50 cents
Day 8: June 14, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,014 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 76 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 299 coins
Total Coins Earned: 2,234 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 49 cents
Day 9: June 15, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,001 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 84 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 304 coins
Total Coins Earned: 2,538 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 50 cents
Day 10: June 16, 2025
Steps Walked: 20, 017 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 76 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 299 coins
Total Coins Earned: 2,837 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 49 cents
Day 11: June 17,2025
Steps Walked: 20,009 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 82 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 305 coins
Total Coins Earned: 3,142 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 50 cents
Day 12: June 18, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,000 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 82 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 305 coins
Total Coins Earned: 3,447 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 50 cents
Day 13: June 19, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,108 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 103 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coina
Daily Coins Earned: 326 coins
Total Coins Earned: 3,603 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 54 coins
Day 14: June 20, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,019 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 104 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 327 coins
Total Coins Earned: 3,930 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 54 coins
Day 15: June 21, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,027 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 100 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 323 coins
Total Coins Earned: 4,232 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 53 cents
Day 16: June 22, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,136 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 76 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 299 coins
Total Coins Earned: 4,552 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 49 cents
Day 17: June 23, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,200 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 168 coins (won 100 coins in the 7th box!!! 😱)
Coins from scratch offs: 519 coins (won 500 coins!!! 😱)
Daily Coins Earned: 887 coins
Total Coins Earned: 5,440 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: $1.47
Well, this was a great day for coins haha! Proof:
Day 18: June 24, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,100
Coins from steps: 200 (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 554 coins (won 500 coins on my 1st box!!! 🤑)
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 777 coins
Total Coins Earned: 6,216 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: $1.29
Day 19: June 25, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,021 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 100 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 323 coins
Total Coins Earned: 6,539 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 53 cents
Day 20: June 26, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,021 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 84 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 307 coins
Total Coins Earned: 6,836 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 51 cents
Day 21: June 27, 2025
NO STEPS OR COINS RECORDED TODAY!!! I HAD A VERY OFF DAY AND ENDED UP SLEEPING 12 HOURS AND WALKING 6K STEPS....AND I DIDN'T EVEN DO ANY COIN ACTIVITES LIKE BONUS BOXES OR SCRATCH OFFS. WILL RESUME BACK TO NORMAL TOMORROW!!!
Day 22: June 28, 2025
NO STEPS OR COINS RECORDED TODAY!!! I HAD A VERY OFF DAY AND ENDED UP SLEEPING 12 HOURS AND WALKING 6K STEPS....AND I DIDN'T EVEN DO ANY COIN ACTIVITES LIKE BONUS BOXES OR SCRATCH OFFS. WILL RESUME BACK TO NORMAL TOMORROW!!!
Day 23: June 29, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,015 steps
Coins from steps: 200 (max amount)
Coins from bonus boxes: 108 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 331 coins
Total Coins Earned: 7,178 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned: 55 cents
Day 24: June 30, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,647 steps
Coins from steps: 200
Coins from bonus boxes: 94 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 317 coins
Total Coins Earned: 7,495 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 52 cents
Day 25: July 1, 2025
Steps Walked: 20, 035 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 90 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 310 coins
Total Coins Earned: 7,805 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 51 coins
Day 26: July 2, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,012 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 74 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 23 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 297 coins
Total Coins Earned: 8,102 coins
$$ Earned Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 49 cents
Day 27: July 3, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,177 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 80 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 300 coins
Total Coins Earned: 8,405 coins
$$ Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 50 cents
Day 28: July 4, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,513 steps
Coins from steps: 200 coins
Coins from bonus boxes: 86 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 306 coins
Total Coins Earned: 8,714 coins
$$ Earned Towards Gift Card Earned Today: 51 cents
Day 29: July 5, 2025
Steps Walked: 20,153 steps
Coins from steps: 200
Coins from bonus boxes: 67 coins
Coins from scratch offs: 20 coins
Daily Coins Earned: 287 coins
Total Coins Earned: 9,001!!!!!!!
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AND THAT CONCLUDES MY EXPERIMENT!!!!!!
There ya have it, people. It took me 29 days to earn a $15 Amazon gift card (at 9,000 coins redemption). I know I originally said $10 but man....after the unexpected big wins I was like....I want moooooore. Plus, the 2 days I fucked off pretty much cancelled out my winnings. It's safe to say that you can easily earn $15 via Amazon gift card per month, granted that you walk 20k steps a day. I definitely did not start out that way but Towards the end I figured I might as well attempt to max out my earnings potential and ACTUALLY WALKED 20K STEPS DAILY!!! WHY?! Because I'm an unemployed bum.
I started off this experiment testing one walking app but ended with 5. Yes. You read right, 5 walking apps installed on my phone. I want to see how much I can earn while consistently walking 20k steps a day. For the inquiring minds the remaining 4 apps I decided to go with are: WinWalk, WeWard, Walk Task and Noom Vibe. Mini tested a few unnamed others but it screamed SCAM so I uninstalled and decided to stick with the listed apps above that passed my vibe check.
I probably won't make a post about it but I might in a few weeks when I start racking in gift cards. I wish I started all these at the same time to see which is the best but whatever.
