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If you’re looking for a money-making app that takes no effort to work, then HoneyGain is for you.
You simply download it on all your devices and computers and let it run, then when you’ve reached the payout limit, claim your money.
It’s that simple.
First a little history, HoneyGain was just released recently in May 2019 and already has over 100,000 Android downloads in 2 months.
Let’s review this easy money-making app.
Table of Contents
1. What is HoneyGain
HoneyGain is a crowdsourced network company that lets other businesses to gather information, data intelligence and perform market and business research.
It’s available to download on Android and Windows, and soon will be available for iOS devices. The simple function behind Honeygain is you get paid for sharing your unused internet and the more devices you have this app installed on, the more you’ll make.
All you have to do is go to Google Play and download the app, or go to Honeygain.com and sign up for a new account.
Data scientists uses Honeygain’s platform to connect to the internet and Honeygain manages all these connections with strict safeguards to protect all these connections. The data scientists then use your unused data for their market and research purposes.
You’ll know your app is working when you’re using Android, you’ll see a small, green notification in the notification bar, while the one on Windows, you just hover over the little bee icon in your notification tray.
Again, the more devices you have this app on, the more money you’ll make.
You can use up to 5 devices on a single network at the same time, but to have the best revenue potential, you should have 1 device per IP address.
They don’t limit the number of devices connected to your account but they do suggest spreading them across several internet addresses for effectiveness.
3. Ways to Make Money
There are 2 ways to make money on HoneyGain.
The first is by installing the app. Currently, there’s only an Android and a Windows app.
They’re currently working on an iOS one.
For example, if you have an android phone and a Windows laptop like I do, then download it on both of them for twice as many earnings.
The other way to earn money is by referring friends.
You can invite your friends with your own personalized link and 10% of their daily earnings will be added to your account. If your referral reaches $50 a month you earn an extra $5!
You can share your link on Facebook, Twitter, Email, or copying and pasting it anywhere.
4. Protect My Internet
Now you may be concerned about your internet safely or personal data.
First, HoneyGain ensures that all of your personal data is safe.
They do not keep any data from any of their clients. The only data they’ll have is what will be necessary for the service. This includes your email address, your IP address, how much traffic you make per month and your chosen payout method.
Secondly, HoneyGain has options in place where you can limit how much of your data plan the app can use. You can turn off the mobile data usage in your Honeygain app settings menu.
Or if on Windows – right-click the HoneyGain bee icon and select “quit” to turn off the app.
You can expect usage of up to 2GB per day, although depending on your network speed, the app can reach a maximum of 15GB per day.
If you’re using the Android version, HoneyGain recommends that you use the Android data usage notifications.
You shouldn’t feel any difference with our app running in the background.
HoneyGain states they never use more than 10% of your available network bandwidth.
5. How Much can you Earn?
The amount you can make depends on how many devices you have the app installed on and how much unused data you have.
You earn credits for every KB of data you bring in, and after collecting enough credits, you can convert them to cash.
Honeygain has an online calculator to estimate your earnings. They estimate your approximate earnings based on the hours you have Honeygain up and running and the longer you have it on, the more you earn.
They state that if you run Honeygain for 24 hours a day, which is 720 hours a month, you can make $50 a month.
This is a fair monthly income just for letting an app run in the background.
6. How Do you get Paid?
As mentioned earlier, you earn credits for every KB of data. The conversion math is 10 credits equals 1¢ USD. The minimum payout is $20 USD.
Currently, Honeygain only pays through PayPal. But are working on adding bank deposits and gift card options as well.
The payout waiting period will depend on the payment type you choose. Right now PayPal payments are usually paid in 24 hours.
Your credits don’t expire as long as you run the app. If you turn off the app and become inactive then your credits expire 6 months after inactivity.
7. Real Data
Now to show you some data from my own Android and Windows experience so you can see how feasible this can be for you.
Android:
I’m a very minimal Android user, I don’t use my phone much at all some parts of the month. I downloaded Honeygain on July 8, 2019, and chose not to “share mobile data” and this is how it went:
- July 8 – 131.84 MB gathered
- July 9 – 246.96 MB gathered
- July 10 to July 12 – 0 MB gathered (I was not using the phone at all)
- July 13 – 103.74 MB gathered.
Windows:
I installed the Windows version of HoneyGain on July 13, 2019, which is the same day of this writing. In just a few hours I’ve already gathered 37.65 MB.
Referrals:
I’ve only shared my link once on my Facebook page and currently only have one friend that signed up. So that’s $5 I will be receiving.
According to HoneyGain that’s 52.87 MB gathered which is 5¢ for just 3 days of gathering. Plus the $5 friend referral.
I made $5.05 in 3 days!
7. Pros & Cons of HoneyGain
Let’s look at the pros and cons of installing HoneyGain.
Pros:
- Easy to use – Download on all your devices and run
- Simple Dashboard – Clear and easy to understand member dashboard
- Easy to Contact – Customer support is easy to reach with their contact form
- Safe – Strict protocols are in place and no personal information is used.
Cons:
- Eats your Plan – If you’re on a limited data plan, HoneyGain can eat up that data and cost you.
- Battery life – Based on age of your device the app uses about 5%-8% of battery life per day.
- Requires Activity – If you don’t use your phone or internet much, you’ll earn less (as you saw from the 3 days of my phone inactivity).
Final Thoughts
My personal review on HoneyGain is to go ahead and try it. I lazily made $5.05 in three days. So, imagine how much that’ll be in a month, or if you’re a very active phone user.
Check out these other passive money-making apps to download:
- Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel ($50/year)
- SavvyConnect ( $180/year)
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