AppTrailers

The next app that I'd like to review is one of the more simple video/ad apps out there. It is called AppTrailers and, as the name suggests, it rewards users for watching trailers for apps. More specifically, it rewards users for watching ads between app trailers. The number of points awarded per video varies with the number of videos previously watched on a given day. The points typically start at 7 or 8 points per video and quickly reduce to 3 points per video.

Each point is worth 1/10th of a cent. So, 1000 points equals $1. The payout options include transferring points to a user's Perk account at a 1-to-1 ratio (not sure why you'd do this but it is an option), gift cards and a payout to PayPal. The PayPal payout threshold is $0.50 which is very low and relatively easy to achieve in a day with 1 device. Also, there is no fee for the PayPal payout (unlike some apps). The interesting thing about this PayPal payouts is that it pays to the nearest 1 cent instead of whole dollar amounts. For example, if you have 530 points, the app will send 53 cents to your PayPal account (typically in about 1 business day).

A few drawbacks to this app include the following:

• It asks you "Are you still watching" every so often which requires you to click "yes" to continue. This limits the users' earning potential and makes earning less passive (technically passive earning is against the ToS).
• Sometimes, the app will get stuck on a full page ad that won't automatically move to the next video. This further limits the users' earning potential and makes the app even less passive.
• It was purchased by Perk relatively recently (hence the option for Perk points). It hasn't been fully absorbed into Perk. But when it does, it will likely lose the direct PayPal payout option. This would be unfortunate because the conversion rate is much more generous on AppTrailers than it is on Perk.
• It has a 7 device limit for the lifetime of the user's account. This means that every device used with a given user's account takes away from the limit and it cannot be undone. Also, a user is only allowed 1 account.
• It doesn't seem to work with virtual machines. I have only casually tested this, though.

Verdict:

AppTrailers is definitely worth it while it remains semi-separate from Perk. It isn't the best app for multiple devices (see drawbacks above), but it is good to use on your phone while you aren't actively using it. Also, the app's payout threshold is very low and it pays out regularly (I've earned about $3 in the couple of weeks I've had it). That is about as much as you can ask for from an app like this.