Top 5 Fitness Apps that Pay You to Work Out
Fitness apps are a great way to lose weight. Whether you're a regular gym-goer or are just beginning your journey to fitness, you've likely already used mobile apps like MyFitnessPal and HealthifyMe to help you track your calories and keep you in shape.
- DietBet
As the name suggests, this app lets you and your friends bet on each other's weight loss aims and the winner ultimately splits the money earned. But it's a tad different from other betting apps. With DietBet, you primarily bet on yourself to lose weight and if you achieve your goal, you can split the money you earn with a group. There are several games you can choose from (or even start your own) and challenge your friends to perform them.
The Kickstarter game and the Transformer game encourage you to lose 4 percent of body fat in four weeks while the Maintainer game challenges you to maintain your body and keep the weight off for a whole year. Initially, you and the group of friends you challenge will put money in a pot and at the end of the timeframe that you choose, all the members of the group who have accomplished their tasks get to split the pot amongst themselves. The rest, however, don't get any money.
To ensure that you play fair, you're required to send in photos of yourself on a scale and also a picture of the scale's readout. There will be a referee who reviews each photo. Once you've collected your earnings (after successfully completing the challenge), you can choose to use it to bet on another game or cash it out using PayPal. The challenges go up to about a month and the amount you can bet is $30, $50 or $75. You're also entitled to bonuses in the games.
- HealthyWage
It's an excellent health app to help you lose weight while also rewarding you with earnings in the process. After you've registered yourself and added your measurement details, you will have to set a time period to achieve your weight loss goal, after which you place a bet on its accomplishment with a specific amount that you pay.
If you complete the goal you've set for yourself within the time frame, you win your money back and if not, you lose it all. The money you win will be either via PayPal or Amazon credit. With the help of this app, you can participate in challenges either individually or even as a team.
- Charity Miles
The Charity Miles app is a great way to contribute to a social cause. If you've always wanted to make a difference, this is the app for you. How it works is that makes you perform exercises like running, walking, dancing or cycling and when you complete them, it donates money to the charity of your choice. So, even if money isn't going directly into your pocket, your workout is contributing to the betterment of society. Charity Miles has already earned over $2.5 billion dollars for charity and you can choose from over 30 charity organizations listed.
- StepBet
To register for the StepBet app, you will have to connect with either FitBit (Apple and Android), Garmin, Google Fit or S health. Without connecting, you cannot proceed with registration on the app.
Similar to other fitness apps like DietBet and HealthyWage, StepBet lets users bet on themselves to complete their fitness tasks. If you complete your goal successfully, you not only stand a chance to win money but also profits. The money you earn can vary from game to game. Usually, the amount you win is $40 which can be transferred to your account via PayPal. Most of the games on the app last six weeks. The first week is a bonus one just for warm up. In the first week, nobody gets disqualified so consider it your safety net. Here's how the app works:
Once you've connected with either of the above fitness trackers, you join a game or make your own game.
- Skill Share
This app follows a pretty simple procedure to help you lose weight and earn money in a recurring process. First, you will need to make videos while working out and upload them. These videos will be tutorial videos that help others learn. Since you're building a bank of videos for others to watch and learn, you're paid money for doing so. You can teach people basic workouts to help them lose weight, complete a hang clean or even explore teaching them slightly complicated CrossFit workout videos. Apart from this, you can perform whatever exercises you deem fit to help others exercise too, and earn money out of it.