A little bit of cash on the side

Money. Nobody ever has enough. However, if you like apps (and who doesn’t) and you watch those little preview videos on Google Play, listen up because you can get paid for watching those. A new app called AppTrailers lets you earn cash just by watching a short clip. Your earnings will begin at 500 points, or $0.50, and these can be redeemed for cash through PayPal or for gift cards.

It’s not just watching videos, you can actually upload them too, and you can earn cash if it’s popular.

If books are more your thing then I’ve got a solution for that too, because with books going digital you may have quite a few paper ones that are cluttering up the place. Selling these is actually really easy if you use an app like BookScouter. Just point the barcode at the app and it’ll find the buyer offering the highest price. Oh, and unlike selling it on eBay you can send your book off for nothing. Get started by entering your email address or log in using one of your favourite social media networks to get started.

If you’d like to do a little task to earn cash, try YOOBIC to get some cash. We’ve seen apps a bit like this before, but this one just needs you to complete a simple task with your mobile phone. It could be taking a picture of a shop display and then uploading it perhaps. I’ve give this a try in the past but didn’t get a great deal of “jobs” presented to me, but it depends on the area of the world you live in.

With the Grand National just around the corner, even those who don’t usually gamble will be tempted to have a flutter, but if you can’t wait and you’re interested in playing real-money games from your smartphone, give a reputable online casino like Instacasino.com a spin. They have a range of games including Blackjack, roulette, slots, and more. There’s safe withdrawal and lots of deposit choices to choose from.

QuickCash is another app which seems to be getting high praise at the moment. It basically gets you to leverage your social contacts by earning money if you or your friend install a particular application. You can use apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter to earn the cash.

Finally, if you don’t mind filling in a few surveys, give “Earn Cash” a try. This cuts out the missions and pays you money via PayPal by trying apps, watching videos and doing free trials. To be honest this is combines a lot of the apps I’ve mentioned above, so maybe try this one first. There’s no giftcards, discounts or anything like that – you get cold, hard cash to your PayPal account. Done.