Last updated on December 28th, 2024 at 08:01 pm
What is Million Steps?
Million Steps is a U.K.-based free mobile app that allows you to earn Amazon gift cards by walking. You can also earn “steps” by watching ads, taking surveys, scanning product bar codes in stores, and sharing Million Steps on social media, among other ways to generate steps.
How Does Million Steps Work?
Tracking your progress with Million Steps is refreshingly simple. You earn a $10 Amazon gift card for every one million steps you take.
If that sounds like a shockingly large number of steps needed to earn a $10 gift card, it is. Especially considering that users are typically capped at 5,000 steps per day (absent taking action to raise your daily limit). Except it’s easy to raise your daily limit to at least 10,000 steps. Also, you don’t necessarily need to walk to earn steps.
Other Ways to Earn Steps Using Million Steps
– You can earn up to 5,000 steps per day by watching ads in the app (each ad is worth 500 steps). Simply click on the green “Boosts” button on the home page of the app.
– You can earn steps for scanning the bar codes of products in your favorite stores, much like you scan products in a bar code scanning app like CheckPoints. Earn 3,000 steps for each scan.
– You can earn 3,000 steps by enabling notifications from local stores.
– You can earn 1,000 bonus steps for following Million Steps on Twitter/X and another 1,000 steps for following Million Steps on Instagram.
– You can take a one-minute survey and earn 5,000 free bonus steps. Taking more substantial surveys can each from 15,000 – 100,000 bonus steps.
– You can earn 10,000 steps for each friend that accepts your invitation to join the Million Steps app.
Million Steps also features a “Healthy News Feed” that features fitness-related articles from a variety of online publishers. Those are for informational purposes only, and don’t help you accrue steps.
How Does Million Steps Count Steps?
According to the app’s official rules, the app uses Core Motion to track steps, though you can get steps and distance from Apple Health. “To get steps & distance from Health app navigate to Profile page, press ‘Step’s source device’ button, choose Health app and give access to read data,” says Million Steps.
The Top 500 users for the month are highlighted on the app’s monthly leaderboard.
Is Million Steps a Legitimate App?
Yes. Million Steps is a legitimate walking app that rewards users with $10 Amazon gift cards for each 1,000,000 steps accrued. As of December 2024, Million Steps has a 4.6 out of 5 star rating in Apple’s App store. To use Million Steps you must be 17+ years old.
How to Cash Out with Million Steps
Currently, the only payout option with Million Steps is an Amazon gift card, though Million Steps expects that “(o)ther options will be added in (the) future.” As soon as you reach the $10 mark on your Profile page, simply click the “Withdraw” button and provide your first and last name and email address. When your Amazon gift card is ready you will receive an email with the message: “Million Steps Challenge sent you an Amazon Gift Card!”
Typically, you will receive your Amazon gift card in your email within 1-2 days, though Million Steps says delivery can take up to 5 days. Million Steps indicates that gift cards need to be used within 90 days or they expire. Our experience suggests that this is not the case, and that the gift cards provided by Million Steps remain good indefinitely, at least if they are connected to an Amazon account shortly after receipt.
Earning Potential with Million Steps
If your usage of the app is limited to walking and watching ads, you can expect to earn a $10 gift card once every three months ($40 per year). But the Million Steps app features a leaderboard that highlights the top 500 users, and from that we know that top users earn approximately $20 per month with Million Steps, so top earning potential is approximately $240 per year.
Millions Steps can also be used simultaneously with other free walking apps including Evidation.
How Does Million Steps Use Your Data?
According to the Million Steps privacy policy, the application “collects precise location data from your mobile device as well as your mobile advertising ID and/or similar pseudonymous IDS, including when you are not using the app. We share that data with third party ad companies such as InMarket to use for tailored advertising, ad campaign measurement and attribution, and analytics.”
The privacy policy goes on to say: “If you’d like to review or update your choices regarding the use of precise location data by third parties, you may do so via your device settings and/or the settings of this app….”
It also says it shares certain information with third parties about users and their devices and location on an anonymous basis, with one of those third parties being Huq, an independent research company based in London.
Special Programs for Charities and Businesses
If you have a charity, you can register it with Million Steps, which enables your supporters to contribute by walking. Supporters receive a pedometer and app to track their steps and calories burned, or they can utilize Google Fit or Apple Health.
Similarly, you can register a business to support a charity while at the same time promoting a healthier, more active workforce. Million Steps provides the business with a dedicated Million Steps Challenge page for staff and family members.
How to Get Started with Million Steps
To get started, download the Million Steps app using this link and AGP will receive 10,000 steps when you accept the invitation and you login to Million Steps.
Million Steps Stats
Number of Users: Unknown
Founder & CEO: Ranjit Ghoshal
Founded: 2013 in Cardiff, Wales
Payout Option: Amazon gift cards
Payout Amount: $10
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Earning Cash Back with Checkout 51.
The process of earning cash back with Checkout 51 is simple:
- Browse offers on the app’s home page.
- Select the product(s) you plan to purchase before you buy them.
- After you have made your purchase(s), click the “redeem” button to upload your receipt using the app’s built-in camera.
- After your receipt is approved, you are credited the prescribed amount of cash back.
Select offers are labeled as “barcode offers” and require scanning the barcode on the product to verify that the correct product was purchased. Barcode offers can only be redeemed on the Checkout 51 mobile app using the in-app scanner.
Adding a Loyalty Card to Your Checkout 51 Account.
Cash back offers from Checkout 51 may be credited automatically, if:
- You shop at select retailers that have partnered with the app, and
- You add a loyalty card from that retailer to your Checkout 51 account.
To add a loyalty card to your account, go to the Account page in the app and tap “your loyalty cards,” then “add card.” To redeem offers with your loyalty card, use the app to “add” offers and then use your loyalty card when you purchase the items. Checkout 51 will add the Cash Back to your account automatically.
This page has the current list of Checkout 51 partners.
Note: This feature is not available in Canada, and only in select U.S. states with certain retailers.
Can You Submit a WalMart Pickup Order?
Yes, but those can only be submitted via the Checkout 51 Web site via desktop or laptop computer. WalMart orders must be made and picked up or delivered before the Wednesday 11:59 pm deadline or they are not eligible for cash back.
How to claim WalMart pickup offers with Checkout 51.
- Take a screenshot of your e-commerce receipt.
- Login to the Checkout 51 Web site and click the “upload receipt” button at the top right of the site.
- “Select image file” to select the jpg, gif or png you’ll be uploading.
- Click the blue “I’m done. Next Step!” button.
- Select the offer(s) you’re claiming, then scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on the green “Finish” button.
- It can take up to five days before WalMart e-commerce receipts are processed.
Can You Combine Other Offers with Checkout 51 Offers?
Yes, you can earn cash back with Checkout 51 in combination with other apps and coupons, unless otherwise stated.
Checkout 51 Surveys.
Checkout 51 partners with research companies to provide “personalized surveys.” Checkout 51 surveys are only available on the mobile app. They are found in the “Extras” section along the bottom bar.
From our experience, Checkout 51 surveys offer precious little in the way of earning potential. Surveys can take between 15 and 45 minutes and pay between 20 and 45 cents.
Note: Checkout 51 advises that if the answers that you provide are not consistent with the type of person the research company is looking for, the survey will end and partial credit will be awarded. According to Checkout 51, “Some surveys may ask the same questions twice, to make sure that you are paying attention. Conflicting answers will result in disqualification.”
Checkout 51’s Gasoline Offers.
Checkout 51 offers cash back on gasoline purchases, in much the same fashion as the Upside app.
To take advantage of a Checkout 51 cash back gas offer, open the “Gas” tab located under the “Extras” tab at the bottom of your screen. When you click on this tab, a map will open, at which point you can see which area stations are currently offering Cash Back rewards.
Simply select an offer and click on the bar at the bottom of the screen, which will bring up the offer details.
After you have claimed an offer, buy gas at the station you chose within four hours. Then you have a 20-hour window to photograph and upload your receipt. You should receive a “receipt uploaded” confirmation email to the address associated with your Checkout 51 account. Within 10 days, you should receive another email letting you know if it was accepted or rejected.
Checkout 51’s Online Shopping Portal.
You can earn cash back when shopping online via the “Shop” links under the “Online” tab in the Checkout 51 app. However, it’s a very limited list of online retailers.
When Can a Checkout 51 User Cash Out?
App users can cash out via PayPal as soon as they have earned at least $20.00 in cash back. When you cash out your entire balance gets cashed out.
Checkout 51 Has an “Inactive Management Charge”
According to Checkout 51’s Terms of Service, a user’s account becomes inactive if there are no Claimed Offers during any consecutive period of 180 days. In that case, Checkout 51 “may apply an Inactive Account Management charge of $3.99 worth of Cash Back Credits per month up to a maximum of the total amount of your Cash Back Credits balance during that period in which your account is inactive.”
How Does Checkout 51 Make Money?
According to Checkout 51’s FAQs, the app “partner(s) with brands to bring our members offers. They pay us to find new people … to try their products.”
If you like Checkout 51, you might also like Upside, Checkpoints, Shopmium, Tada and Pogo.
