Earn Money from Your Data: 16 Apps for Selling Your Data

Since search engines and social media websites are already tracking you, you may as well make some cash out of it, right?

Selling your data can be a good way to make extra money.

Some companies offer a mobile app or desktop app that you simply install on your device, and it collects your data and pays you for it. Other companies collect data and information from you through surveys, and some do both.

Here’s how to sell data and earn money…

Apps that Pay for Your Data

Here are the best apps and websites that pay you for your data.

1. Nielsen Computer and Mobile Panel

The Nielsen Computer and Mobile Panel will reward you for using your devices. You can sign up your computers, smartphones, and tablets to earn.

Install Nielsen’s app or computer software on your qualified devices, and it will track your activity.

When you have the Nielsen software on your computer, it automatically enters you into the company’s $10,000 monthly sweepstakes.

When you have the Nielsen app installed on your mobile device, it unlocks up to $50 in rewards points per year. You can redeem these points for cash to your PayPal account, or for gift cards to retailers like Amazon and Walmart. Also, all panelists earn game tokens for chances to instantly win rewards on Nielsen’s scratch off games.

2. 1Q

Okay, so 1Q collects information from you through questions. Basically, it’s an app that pays you to answer questions. You’re paid $0.25 instantly each time you answer a question. And, you’re paid right to your PayPal account.

Here’s where you can get the app:

• iOS
• Android

3. MobileXpression

MobileXpression is a market research company.

The app will monitor and collect data about your mobile browsing, app use, video streaming behavior and call and message frequency. For having the app installed, you will earn credits. You can redeem these credits for gift cards or money to your PayPal account.

4. Ipsos i-Say

Ipsos i-Say will pay you for sharing information through surveys.

By taking part in research, you can earn rewards like money to your PayPal account, and gift cards for lots of retailers, such as:

• Amazon
• Starbucks
• Target
• VISA
• Lowe’s
• The Olive Garden
• Apple

5. SavvyConnect

SavvyConnect is an app from SurveySavvy. It collects data as you surf the web.

Install SavvyConnect on your phone, tablet, and/or PC, and then just surf the web as you usually do.

You can earn $5 a month for each device that the app is installed on. And, you can also receive additional research opportunities that pay higher rewards.

6. iPoll

Your opinion is valuable data for companies. That’s why iPoll pays you to share your opinion on the products and services that you use. You can have your earnings sent to your PayPal account or you can get a gift card for places like Amazon and the App Store and iTunes.

7. Ipsos Screenwise Panel

Next on the list we have the Ipsos Screenwise Panel. This is a consumer research study that’s conducted by Ipsos for Google.

With the study, you help the company to learn how people use the internet, mobile apps and TVs, and therefore, help it to improve its products.

When you participate in the study, a free high-speed Wi-Fi router and special meters collect information on how you use the internet.

All information it collects is confidential. Anyone aged 13 and older can participate with parent or guardian consent.

For sharing information, you will earn money.

Ipsos Screenwise panel allows you to earn:

• A $20 reward if you qualify for the study.
• A $100 reward if you join and install the special high-speed Wi-Fi router that the study provides.
• Up to $16 a month. Each household member aged 13 plus can earn by joining with their own devices.

You can redeem your rewards for lots of things, such as:

• Prepaid cards that you can use anywhere that major credit cards are accepted.
• Gift cards for online shopping.
• 100s of gift choices in categories including entertainment, apparel, electronics, furnishings, and jewelry.

8. Reklaim (Formerly Killi)

With Reklaim, you can get paid for sharing data in a number of different ways.

• Sharing your profile: This allows brands to deliver relevant ads to you based on your profile attributes, such as your gender, zip code, interests, and household information.
• Sharing device data: This includes data like the device model, operating system, mobile service provider, IP address, and installed apps.
• Sharing browsing data: Download the Reklaim Chrome extension, and you will earn points when you’re logged in. It’s also available on Edge, Brave, and Opera.
• Through shopping: Login to your online banking. Authorize your bank to send transactions on credit or debit cards to Reklaim. Verify your information and start shopping. Then, you will earn from your normal purchases.
• Through surveys: You can also get paid for the data you share answering surveys. The surveys contain only about one or two questions, so they’re quick and easy to earn with.

You earn Reklaim points for sharing your data, and the more you share, the more you earn. Points can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, gift cards for retailers like Amazon and VISA, and charity donations.

9. Swagbucks

Swagbucks pays you for sharing information through polls and surveys. You will earn points that you can redeem for money to your PayPal account, or for gift cards to places like Amazon and Walmart. Swagbucks pays you for lots of other tasks too, such as browsing the internet, shopping online, playing games, and watching videos.

10. Rewards by Foursquare (formerly Panel App)

Rewards by Foursquare will pay you for sharing information in lots of ways, such as by:

• Checking in at your favorite places
• Sharing your location
• Taking location-based surveys

You’ll earn points that you can redeem for gift cards for places like Amazon, VISA, and Walmart, or sweepstakes entries worth up to $5,000.

Here’s where you can get the app:

• iOS
• Android

11. UBDI (Universal Basic Data Income)

Update: Unfortunately, their website no longer works.

UBDI (Universal Basic Data Income) is a website that helps people to make money by sharing anonymous insights from their data that companies need for market research. If you’ve ever wanted to get paid for your data, then you should give it a try. You can have your earnings sent to your PayPal, Venmo, or bank account.

12. Eureka

Next on the list we have Eureka. This is an app that pays you for sharing information through surveys. You can have your earnings sent to your PayPal account, or you can get a gift card for places like Target, Walmart, Amazon, and Starbucks. There are daily polls, giveaways and more on offer. You can earn $1 for your first survey.

Here’s where you can get the Eureka app:

• iOS
• Android

13. Opinion Outpost

Opinion Outpost will pay you for taking surveys. Rewards include money to your PayPal account or gift cards for retailers like Amazon, Nike, and CVS. And, you can get Visa cards too. What’s good about Opinion Outpost is that you can redeem your earnings for a gift card for just $5.

14. Happy Surveys

Happy Surveys is one of the many apps that pay you to answer surveys. You earn credit rewards for completing surveys which you can redeem for money to your PayPal account.

Here’s where you can get the Happy Surveys app:

• iOS
• Android

15. AttaPoll

With AttaPoll, you can earn money for taking surveys. What’s good about the app is that you can specify the length of the surveys that you want to be invited to. This means that if you only want short surveys, for example, then you could opt for those.

Here’s where you can get the app:

• iOS
• Android

16. iPoll

iPoll pays you for sharing your opinion on the products and services that you use. You can get paid to your PayPal account, or you can get a gift card for places like Amazon, and the App Store & iTunes.

iPoll app is available for both Android and iPhone.

What Happened to Datacoup & Smart Panel?

Okay, so a popular choice for users who were looking to sell their data was Datacoup.

With Datacoup, users could earn cash, discounts, or cryptocurrency for selling their data.

Users could set their preferences and decide how they wanted to exchange data in the personal data marketplace. Unfortunately, DataCoup announced it was closing in 2019. So, it’s no longer an option for users looking to make some money from their data.

Another very popular data selling app was Smart Panel. Smart Panel has also shut down a few years ago.

How Much Money Can You Make Selling Data?

You’re not going to get rich from selling data. Nielsen pays up to $50 a year for your data, i-Say pays you $0.10 to $1 per survey, and SavvyConnect pays you $5 a month.

For apps like Nielsen and SavvyConnect where you install an app that collects data, you’re generally going to make about $5 a month. You can often get more for the data you share through surveys. If you can complete multiple surveys, you could earn $30 or more per month.

Closing Thoughts

There are lots of places to sell data for money. Some places will pay you simply for having an app installed and others pay you for the data you share through surveys. So, give these a try, and start making some extra money.