2020 was a good year. Well, apart from all the things that made it not so great. But for the Idle Experiment, it was kind of alright! Our earnings have...

Hi there! No new apps to share with you guys in this post, but I’d like to drop this parable about wealth here. The Monk & The Minister Parable: Two...

Toluna is a survey platform that rewards you for answering surveys. Here's how to turn this survey platform into a passive income app that pays you £6 per month for...

FreeBitco.in is one of my favourite money makers. But it's too manual! If only there was a way to automate the rolls every hour. Introducing BitBot...

Honeygain is an app that pays you passive income for sharing your spare bandwidth. It's available for Android, MacOS, and Windows users in over 150 countries globally. ...

Today I hit another milestone in the Idle Experiment: £1,000! Prolific is the standout performer this update, with a total £225.26 in earnings....

RealT is an amazing platform that opens up the real estate market to everyone. Become a 'landlord of the future', buy shares in properties for less than $100, and earn...

Stuck at home wondering if you can make some money? Well, while the outside world might seem like it's going mad, here's 28 easy ways you can make money online...

Interest rates offered by banks today are abysmal. In fact—holding money in accounts that are supposed to help you save money is actually causing you to lose spending power to...

Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, on Ethereum is growing fast. With it comes a whole bunch of new ways to make money online. But it might be a little daunting to...

It's been a while since I last posted an update. Over a year, in fact, since I received my 20 Cogs payment and promised to start actively using Quidco and...

Oh My Dosh! is a cashback site that rewards you for completing offers. Oh My Dosh! is only available to UK customers. Sorry, everyone else! If you’re interested in similar...

Hi there! It’s the first post of the decade, and to kickstart 2020 I’m going to share some of the apps and sites I’ve been trying out recently. They’re all...

Want to earn extra income every day from home? Maybe you just want to know how to use your spare time to earn money online? Or you’re just wondering what...

Prolific is a fantastic site that pays you to complete academic studies, or surveys. Surveys pay a minimum rate of $6.50/hr, making Prolific one of the highest paying survey sites...

LifePoints is a market research panel that pays you for answering surveys. As with most survey sites, you answer surveys and receive points, then redeem those points for cash or...

So in the search for money making apps to share on My Idle Income, I test out all sorts of apps and services to see if they are viable money...

Christmas is rapidly approaching and Black Friday sales are behind us. But if you’ve still got some Christmas shopping to do, there’s a fair chance you’d like to take some...

Brave is a super-fast, open source internet browser that helps pay creators directly, and pays you for viewing ads.   Founded by the inventor of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla,...

Hi there! I’ve been wanting to take a less formal approach to exploring making money online (and turning life into an idle game) for a while. And while I’ll keep...

Love it or hate it, cryptocurrency—and more generally, blockchain—is a revolutionary technology that’s shaking up the world at the moment. And while there are countless stories about people making it...

FreeBitco.in, my most recommended Bitcoin faucet for its passive income opportunities and referral bonuses, is holding a competition to win a Lamborghini! The ‘Golden Ticket’ competition ends in 160 days,...

Do you have an old phone that’s just sitting in a drawer somewhere? Do you wish your current phone could earn you some money? Here’s a list of 5 great...

[Update November 20th, 2018] Since completing all 20 cogs, I’ve received my money in my account! See the payment proof at the bottom of this post. 20 Cogs is a...

Now we're getting somewhere! I expected once we hit the early-mid game resources that things would speed up, and I'm not disappointed. It's taken a while, but I've finally finished...

Interest rates these days suck. Let’s say you were holding £10,000 in a savings account at 0.7%, approximately the average interest rate offered by UK banks between 2011 and 2017....

← Previous Update It’s been a slow month of earnings. That’s mostly because I took some time off. What can I say? I’m a lazy person! This means two things:...

TopCashback is one of the highest paying cashback sites out there. Or so they say. From personal experience, it’s usually better to compare what they’re offering with Quidco; a similar...

Curious Cat is an adorable mobile app that pays you for completing tasks (usually surveys). It’s also available for both iOS and Android! Simply download and install the app to...

← Previous Update We’re slowly getting there. As far as earnings go, it’s been largely more of the same since the last update: lots of surveys through the likes of...