15 Games that Pay Real Money Fast Via PayPal (Plus Gift Cards and Other Rewards)

The apps and websites on this list are completely free to download and use, so these are our top recommendations for making money with games.

These types of free platforms featuring paid tasks are often referred to as GPT platforms, microtasking platforms, or rewards platforms, as well as by other names.

1. Mistplay

Mistplay is a top choice among paid gaming opportunities. However, like many apps on this list, it’s off-limits for iOS users, since it’s available only as a mobile app for Android mobile devices.

Mistplay offers games in a wide variety of genres, such as:

• Strategy games
• Adventure games and RPGs
• Simulation and tycoon games
• Puzzle and brain games

You can download these games via the Mistplay app and then play to earn Units, which are Mistplay credits redeemable for rewards. When redemption time rolls around, you can exchange your Units for PayPal cash or redeem them via other payment methods.

When you sign up for Mistplay, it gives you a welcome bonus worth about $0.54–$0.66 to get you started. However, you’ll need a whopping $10 worth of rewards in total to get a payout via PayPal the first time you redeem.

If you use other payment methods to redeem, you can cash out with fewer Units and smaller denominations (e.g., $5 gift cards are available for your first redemption). It’s also possible that even more options will become available after the first redemption, as many apps lower redemption thresholds after the first cashout.

Mistplay says that your PayPal reward should normally arrive within 48 hours of your redemption.

2. Scrambly

Scrambly is another platform that provides an Android app, and it also has a web-based version for browsers.

Like Mistplay, it features a wide range of games, including puzzle games, strategy games, casino games, and arcade games. It also offers a similar signup bonus (worth $0.50–$0.70) to Mistplay’s.

However, Scrambly is different in that it includes offer signups as an extra way to reap rewards. It also has an extra cash withdrawal option besides PayPal, as it allows you to withdraw via bank transfer. And, notably, it has a much lower redemption threshold than Mistplay (at least initially), since you can cash out with just $1 worth of rewards.

Finally, Scrambly’s “lightning-fast cashouts” are a major selling point of this platform, making it one of the fastest ways to earn by playing games.

3. Money Well

Money Well is a gaming app similar to Mistplay. It’s available for Android devices—with no iOS version or web-based version—and it features all kinds of games, including arcade games, adventure games, strategy games, casual games, and many more types.

Some reports online say that you’ll get a signup bonus with Money Well, although this doesn’t appear to always be the case. However, the minimum withdrawal threshold is very low at $0.50, meaning you should be able to cash out fast; you’ll probably be able to do this within a day.

You may have to wait a little longer for your money to reach you, though. Money Well says that, if you cash out via Paypal, you’ll get your money within 2 days.

4. Freecash

Freecash promises to pay you for testing games, including “the best casual games, MMORPGs, sports games, and just about every other genre available.” Like Mistplay, it includes an Android app and a web version you can use with your browser.

Freecash promises to pay you for other tasks in addition to games. These tasks include:

• Downloading apps
• Signing up for websites
• Watching videos

It may offer you a signup bonus, but the amount will depend on various factors (which Freecash doesn’t explain very clearly). The bonus ranges from $0.05 to $250, but you’re more likely to get something at the lower end of that range.

Freecash is another app that offers fast payouts. They say that rewards typically arrive instantly, though there are occasional instances where processing can take up to 30 minutes.

One annoying feature of this platform is that it has complicated requirements regarding how many rewards you need for the first withdrawal. You’ll need either $2 or $20 worth of rewards initially, but the threshold will depend on where you are, and you won’t know which one will apply until you sign up.

5. Cashyy

Cashyy is only available as an app for Android devices, with no website or iOS app available. It mainly focuses on games, promising much the same variety as the other platforms we’ve seen so far, with numerous casual games, strategy games, arcade games, puzzles, and more.

You may also be able to earn additional rewards from completing other tasks (e.g., taking surveys and watching videos).

Some reports claim that Cashyy offers a signup bonus, although the company doesn’t guarantee this in their Google Play listing.

Even if you don’t get a signup bonus, it should still be pretty easy to reach the redemption point, as you can reportedly cash out after earning just $1. Unfortunately, Cashyy is also cagey about how long redemptions take. If it’s anything like the other apps on this list, redemptions will probably be quite fast, but you should still allow for a few days in case you get unlucky.

6. Cash Giraffe

Cash Giraffe is one more Android-only app produced by the same company that operates Cashyy, so don’t be surprised if you notice a lot of overlap between these two apps.

Like Cashyy, Cash Giraffe focuses mainly on games, but it may also offer more ways to earn, such as surveys and other apps to download.

This platform’s signup bonus of $0.18 is less than impressive, but you should still be able to cash out pretty quickly. If you use PayPal to withdraw, Cash Giraffe says you should get your money in less than 2 days.

Although Cash Giraffe doesn’t specify a set threshold for redemptions, and reports online vary regarding how much you need to cash out, reports suggest that you should be able to cash out with less than $1 worth of rewards (although PayPal won’t necessarily be the fastest payment option).

7. AppStation

AppStation is yet another platform from the Cashyy and Cash Giraffe dynasty, and like these apps, it’s available only for Android devices (with no iOS or web-based versions).

According to reports online, this app may allow you to earn money with a couple of other tasks—including surveys—in addition to games. However, games are the main focus, with the usual genres on offer, including casual, strategy, arcade, action, puzzle, adventure, and more.

However, AppStation only promises several games for you to choose from (whereas many of the other options on this list offer you dozens of options).

Despite these potential limitations, AppStation makes fairly impressive claims about what you can earn. It promises a welcome bonus of 4,444 coins, worth about 44 cents, and payouts within just a few minutes.

Prizes on offer include PayPal plus gift cards for popular retailers (e.g., Walmart, Nike, and Google Play), and most users report receiving their AppStation earnings to PayPal very quickly, often within a day.

8. Swagbucks

Swagbucks is a little different from the other platforms we’ve seen so far in that it doesn’t focus predominantly on games but offers a wide variety of paid tasks, with surveys being a major focus. Swagbucks is also more flexible than many other platforms on this list in that it has apps for both Android and iOS devices as well as a web version for browsers.

As we’ve already mentioned, the free apps and websites on this list are often described as “microtasking platforms,” although Swagbucks may sometimes also be referred to as a cash-back app, passive income app, or receipt-scanning app (as it rewards users for making qualifying purchases and uploading receipts).

PayPal is one of the payment methods Swagbucks includes for redeeming rewards, but it also has redemption via prepaid debit cards or gift cards (or even charity donations).

If you want to get paid ASAP, Swagbucks might not be as good as some other platforms we’ve mentioned. It has a high minimum threshold of $15 for your first redemption, making it more difficult to cash out fast. However, after the first redemption, the threshold is lower: Swagbucks says you’ll normally need a minimum withdrawal amount of $3 for PayPal payments.

After you struggle to the $15 mark, you could then face another wait. Swagbucks says, for most users, payments take a couple of days to arrive, which is what happened when we redeemed Swagbucks rewards via PayPal. However, it also says you could wait up to 10 days to receive your reward in some cases, depending on which redemption method you pick.

9. InboxDollars

InboxDollars is a platform run by the same people behind Swagbucks; namely, a company called Prodege. Like Swagbucks, it can be accessed via web browsers or mobile apps (for both iOS and Android devices), and it includes mostly the same payment methods Swagbucks does, with PayPal among them.

Also like Swagbucks, InboxDollars offers a wide variety of ways to earn. Surveys are a major focus (and, in our experience, tend to be the most lucrative task on these types of platforms), but there are also numerous games, including in-app games you can play via the InboxDollars platform itself and games that require you to download a separate app.

You might even notice an overlap between the games, offers, and other tasks featured on Swagbucks and InboxDollars.

Like Swagbucks, InboxDollars has a high $15 threshold for your first redemption, making it more challenging to cash out fast. However, when we tested the platform, we managed to reach the finish line within just 3–4 hours (partly thanks to a generous $5 signup bonus to kickstart our earnings), so, with a bit of luck, you too may be able to get a quick redemption.

Swagbucks also warns that you could wait up to 10 days for payment processing. With that said, we got our payment within a day when we tried out the platform ourselves (although we redeemed via a virtual prepaid card as opposed to PayPal).

10. MyPoints

MyPoints is yet another Prodege platform featuring a variety of paid tasks in addition to games (e.g., offers, surveys, and online searches). Again, you may see many of the same games and offers that feature on Swagbucks and InboxDollars here.

Like the other Prodege platforms we’ve mentioned, MyPoints is available as a website or as a mobile app for either iOS or Android. It also offers mostly the same payment methods (including PayPal plus gift cards and prepaid cards), with a high threshold of $15 for your first redemption—although you may be able to withdraw smaller amounts for subsequent redemptions.

Once you cash out via PayPal, MyPoints’ website says you should allow up to 5 business days to receive your money.

11. KashKick

KashKick is the last microtasking or GPT platform on our list. It’s another one that includes apps for both Android and iOS devices as well as a website. And, again, it focuses mainly on surveys but also features games and a few other tasks.

Like the Prodege platforms we’ve listed, KashKick has a fairly high redemption threshold, although the $10 required is a bit less than the $15 demanded by Swagbucks et al.

However, KashKick promises fairly quick payouts, as it says your money will typically take 1–3 days to arrive. When we tested the site ourselves, we were indeed able to get our rewards within this timeframe.

The following list features apps with all kinds of games, including various card games, bingo-style games, arcade games, and more.

However, these games have a major catch; namely, they’re designed to make you spend money in the hope of winning money. As such, they’re basically gambling apps, they’re highly addictive, and you can easily lose cash while using them.

Although, in theory, you can download and play the games on this list for free, they use sneaky tricks to make you part with your cash. Because of this, we don’t recommend using them unless you feel very confident you can do so without getting tempted to spend.

What’s more, most of the companies that run these platforms have been involved in lawsuits, and there have even been accusations of bots being used in games that are supposed to have only real human players.

Although nothing has been confirmed regarding these accusations, there’s a good chance that the platforms involved aren’t being completely transparent about their practices and, as such, are best avoided.

12. Skillz games

If you choose to gamble your money, there are various portals where you can find a selection of gambling apps. Skillz is one such portal that features many apps for gaming.

Although Skillz has different apps for different games, and you have to download these separately, you can merge all of your Skillz accounts. Merging your accounts enables you to transfer your credits between games to spend on games or claim winnings from them interchangeably.

Examples of games you can download from Skillz include the following:

• Blackout Bingo: As the name suggests, this is a virtual bingo game, although it has a few extra frills to make things more interesting
• Pool Payday: This app features a virtual pool game, where you have to pot balls to score points.
• 21 Blitz: This virtual card game is touted as “Blackjack meets Solitaire.”
• Solitaire Cube: This is another virtual card game, this time based on the one-player game solitaire.
• Dominoes Gold: This app is based on the classic game of dominoes.

Most of the Skillz apps are downloadable for iOS and Samsung Galaxy Android mobile devices. You may find some that work for other types of Android devices, too.

According to the FAQ pages on Skillz apps, withdrawals can take 4–6 weeks to process. However, our Skillz withdrawals have never taken anything like this long. When we cashed out from several of the apps mentioned above, we always received our money the same day or the next day at the latest.

13. Papaya apps

Papaya Gaming is a platform that operates similarly to Skillz and promotes gambling in much the same way Skillz games do. Papaya Gaming apps work with iOS devices and Samsung Galaxy devices (so you’re out of luck if you have a non–Samsung Galaxy Android device).

We’ve tried out several Papaya games ourselves, including:

• Bingo Cash: Once again, the clue is in the name with this bingo-based game, which is eerily similar to Blackout Bingo, and includes much the same bonus features.
• Solitaire Cash: This is a solitaire-based virtual card game that strongly resembles Solitaire Cube from Skillz.
• Bubble Cash: This is an arcade-style game where you have to shoot and pop bubbles to score points.

Although Papaya promised us the world, we found that we failed to make money with their games. At best, you might rake in a few dollars from their apps if you’re skilled and lucky.

As far as withdrawal speed, Papaya help pages give contradictory information about this. Help pages cite timelines from 2–14 days for your cash to reach you.

14. Pocket7Games apps

Pocket7Games is yet another portal similar to Skillz and Papaya Gaming that hosts a wide variety of gaming apps, many of which we have tested ourselves. These apps are normally available for all iOS and Android mobile devices.

Again, these games are geared toward making you part with your money, although they will promise you big prizes. When we tested them ourselves, we found them to be far from lucrative. As with Skillz and Papaya Gaming apps, we predict you’ll be able to make just a few dollars in the absolute best-case scenario.

Pocket7Games apps include:

• Solitaire Clash: This solitaire-based virtual card game closely resembles the ones we’ve already mentioned (Solitaire Cash and Solitaire Cube).
• Bingo Clash: This is yet another bingo-based game resembling Blackout Bingo and Bingo Cash (with the same kinds of bonus features).
• Bingo Tour: Pocket7Games hosts more than one bingo-style game, and this app is much the same as the other bingo offerings we’ve mentioned.
• Bubble Buzz: This is an arcade-style game resembling Bubble Cash (from Papaya), where you have to shoot bubbles.
• 8 Ball Strike: This is a virtual pool game that looks a bit like Skillz’s Pool Payday, although there are a few differences.
• Blockolot: This video puzzle game is similar to Tetris (where players fit blocks into a grid to clear lines and score points).
• Match N Flip: This app is based on the card-matching game UNO, where players use strategy to play all their cards before opponents.

Pocket7Games apps provide somewhat contradictory information about how long withdrawals take. Some of their help pages predict a wait of 1–15 days. Others say that withdrawals will usually reach you within just 7 days.

When we withdrew on one of the Pocket7Games apps (Bubble Buzz), our payment reached us the next day, so you’ll hopefully get a similarly fast withdrawal if you cash out from one of these apps.

15. Mobile Premier League (MPL) games

Mobile Premier League (MPL) is the last popular gambling and tournament-based platform on our list. Like the others we’ve mentioned, it offers a variety of skill-based games where users can compete for real cash prizes.

MPL features casual games, card games, and puzzle games. Many MPL offerings are based on the same games featured by Skillz, Papaya Gaming, and Pocket7Games.

Games on MPL include:

• Gin Rummy: This virtual card game is based on the popular two-player card game variant of Rummy.
• Block Puzzle: This is another Tetris-like puzzle game (similar to Blockolot from Pocket7Games).
• Ludo: This digital rip-off of the traditional board game Ludo involves rolling dice and moving pieces to reach the finish line.
• Draw 4: This is another app inspired by the card game UNO.
• Spades: This is a classic card game, which is usually played in pairs. However, on MPL, it usually involves four players.

MPL promises both free and cash games. In theory, this means you should be able to use it without forking out. However, MPL will likely use the same tricks we’ve seen on similar platforms like Papaya Gaming and Pocket7Games, which are great at luring you into spending.

MPL is available for all Android and iOS devices, and it promises instant payments via PayPal, so withdrawals should be fast.

If you haven’t already got a PayPal account up and running, you’ll need to do this before you can receive PayPal payments from gaming apps and websites.

If necessary, create a PayPal account with your name, email, address, and mobile number (which may also involve some verification steps during the setup process).

Note that you’ll also usually need to link your PayPal account to the platform you’re using for games before you can initiate payments.

Online games have pros and cons as a way to make money. Some of these are obvious, and others are less obvious.

Pros

• Fun: Entertainment value is an obvious upside to earning with gameplay. We’ve used many games from our list, and we found that they’re usually good fun.
• Convenient: You can play mobile games whenever and wherever you want, so you can easily fit them around your other commitments. They’re a great way to make money whenever you have a little downtime or even while you’re on the go, such as during commutes or while you’re queuing at the supermarket.
• Fast payments: Many apps we’ve looked at will pay you within a day or sometimes even faster, so online games offer faster payments than many other earning opportunities.

Cons

• Poor earning potential: We’ve used many apps from our list, and we usually found that they were fun but yielded disappointing rewards. One common complaint with these apps is that users can initially earn a lot but then take longer and longer to accumulate rewards.
• In-app purchases and ads: We’ve presented a selection of apps that are completely free to download and use. However, as we’ve already highlighted, there are numerous apps that will tempt users to spend money on credits, cash tournaments, and other purchases. You may also have to watch ads in some cases (although we didn’t find this to be a major problem in our experience testing many such apps).
• Hidden fees: Gambling and tournament games, in particular, often have hidden fees for withdrawals and other hidden costs that might seem small but add up over time.
• Risk of overall loss: As we’ve already mentioned, the gambling and tournament-based games we’ve listed are very likely to end up losing you money overall instead of generating profits.
• Location restrictions: Many states have rules about gambling, which will affect your access to some of the games on this list. You may also have problems accessing some of them if you travel abroad.

Overall, while gaming apps can be a fun and convenient way to earn a little extra cash, they’re rarely a reliable source of income. If you enjoy playing and take the risks into account, they can be worthwhile. However, it’s best to treat them as entertainment and to look elsewhere for serious money-making opportunities.