Don’t expect to get money anytime soon
Been using this app for years hoping to be selected for anything and haven’t gotten a cent. They change things up regularly which can effect your spot on the queue. Used to get free super spins but it seem you have to buy their offers to get those now. I see some reviews say you have to spend money but I haven’t spent a cent on this app. I may not be going up the queue fast but I am getting higher and high just by doing the daily trivia and spins.
You can get bonus spins from doing surveys but they never work for me. They changed the survey site and it’s a waste of time since I never get any spins for the surveys I do answer only to end up not qualifying?
The new points exchange is neat but so far it doesn’t seem to select random people. It just picks those that already have 1mil points or more which I’m not even close to having. I haven’t seen an open community that are honest with their experience with this app. It’s strange to not see anyone that won money leave reviews or anything.
You can get bonus spins from doing surveys but they never work for me. They changed the survey site and it’s a waste of time since I never get any spins for the surveys I do answer only to end up not qualifying?
The new points exchange is neat but so far it doesn’t seem to select random people. It just picks those that already have 1mil points or more which I’m not even close to having. I haven’t seen an open community that are honest with their experience with this app. It’s strange to not see anyone that won money leave reviews or anything.
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They do some good, but…
Yes, the app does some good. But they alienate their tenured players by changing the rules ALL THE TIME because they’re trying to do way too many things at once without thinking through the impact. Or, maybe they do, and they figure that they have seasoned players hooked already so who cares. A few years ago, a CNBC article came out explaining how they don’t account for things and how it’s actually expensive to play and win the loan payout. At one point, they ended up devaluing their own coin system so badly that the thousands that people spent in real dollars was worth pennies within months. But they always find the way to blame everyone else but themselves. No accountability whatsoever, even when their own app errors out, they know and acknowledge it was their error, and you lose hundreds of spots in the queue. “Sorry, can’t help you!” Moral of the story is, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Lost its way
This app was once great and had a great goal, but it has since lost its way. It’s now more about making money than actually helping those with student loans. They took away free ways to win and have opened the prizes to anyone regardless of if they have a student loan or not. This means the rich and those who are willing to pay thousands will get ahead of those who actually need the money. Many people with student loans are struggling financially, so these changes go against Givling’s original mission. Hopefully, Givling’s patent will expire and another company will be able to recreate the Givling of the past. I started Givling in 2017, but deleted it two weeks ago. It has been nice not worrying about having to use the app everyday and feeling like I’m always falling behind because I’m not wealthy enough to keep up. If you are thinking about joining because you have student loans, I highly urge you to read recent article about this company. There is a lawsuit against them. I’m not the only one disappointed. Hopefully, Givling will find its way back, then I will return.
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Preys on the financially vulnerable: overpromises, does not deliver
Overpromises and under-delivers: bugs (app issues or errors) are abundant, user concerns or questions have gone unanswered for months, AND (most notably)—despite the company heavily touting free (non-paying) users CAN earn awards and benefits—the EVIDENCE tends to show that those who actually do benefit are those who have paid SUBSTANTIAL sums for such benefit.
Overall, unless you (a) have time to waste, (b) money to throw away, (c) do not expect to recognize a benefit yourself (ever), (d) don’t mind dealing with multiple app issues and errors, (e) or are playing only to investigate/report IF Givling is legally compliant - I do NOT recommend.
Givling has advertised good intentions (which is what enticed me to give it a chance). However, Givling’s execution (its opaqueness behind operations, defensiveness when presented with neutral data or simple questions about operations, and choosing a legal entity form to seemingly shield itself from review of its operations) of its stated intentions leaves many users objecting and crying foul.
Givling seemingly preys on those in some of the most financially vulnerable situations: those with mortgage and student loan debt.
Save yourself! Givling does not deserve your time, money, or trust.
Overall, unless you (a) have time to waste, (b) money to throw away, (c) do not expect to recognize a benefit yourself (ever), (d) don’t mind dealing with multiple app issues and errors, (e) or are playing only to investigate/report IF Givling is legally compliant - I do NOT recommend.
Givling has advertised good intentions (which is what enticed me to give it a chance). However, Givling’s execution (its opaqueness behind operations, defensiveness when presented with neutral data or simple questions about operations, and choosing a legal entity form to seemingly shield itself from review of its operations) of its stated intentions leaves many users objecting and crying foul.
Givling seemingly preys on those in some of the most financially vulnerable situations: those with mortgage and student loan debt.
Save yourself! Givling does not deserve your time, money, or trust.
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A good and bad trivia game
I’ve been playing this game for 4 years now. When I signed up I was given a member number in the 160,000 range. They were supposedly going to go through and help people in the order they signed up and they did for a while. Then Givling got a little greedy and started funding people who paid for coins and did the partners offers. Because people were gaming the system they got their loans paid off and the original players who can’t afford to buy coins or pay for partner offers are getting left behind.
In the beginning there was a lower limit on your loan amount and you could only get help with one loan. Now there a chance to get $50,000 covered…. Yeah, that’s not helpful to those of us that desperately needed the help since it takes a long time to fund those payoffs.
It’s an ok trivia game and kind of supports a good cause (kind of), but don’t get your hopes up for getting funded anytime soon.
In the beginning there was a lower limit on your loan amount and you could only get help with one loan. Now there a chance to get $50,000 covered…. Yeah, that’s not helpful to those of us that desperately needed the help since it takes a long time to fund those payoffs.
It’s an ok trivia game and kind of supports a good cause (kind of), but don’t get your hopes up for getting funded anytime soon.
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Good idea, app needs work
Crowdfunding loads is a great idea. However this app needs some work with their latest updates.
Go back to before when you could watch ads and take surveys before playing trivia. It’s disappointing you are forcing that first.
Also, surveys need to be fixed. I just finished a survey and at the very end received a message was expired so that I didn’t earn my points. It’s not the first time it’s happened and it’s very frustrating.
There have also been several times in which a survey will pop up as brand new, you click on it to take it, and you receive a message that it’s expired. That shouldn’t be happening either.
Go back to before when you could watch ads and take surveys before playing trivia. It’s disappointing you are forcing that first.
Also, surveys need to be fixed. I just finished a survey and at the very end received a message was expired so that I didn’t earn my points. It’s not the first time it’s happened and it’s very frustrating.
There have also been several times in which a survey will pop up as brand new, you click on it to take it, and you receive a message that it’s expired. That shouldn’t be happening either.
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Used to be good, not so much anymore
The more I play this game, the more information they want to track about my interactions with other apps. It’s very invasive and there is absolutely ZERO reason why this app would need to track all my actions across other apps and website so that they can “target” ads to me. I’m just fine watching the same generic ads over and over again. I’ve been with Givling since the beginning, but it’s just a pipe dream that will never become reality. It’s time to hang up my hat and move of from “what could have been”. All the changes over the years have just made it that much harder to get to the top of the queue. This game used to be fun, and give me hope that I may be able to pay off my loans before I am 45, but reality is, at least they’ll be paid off at that point. I’m fortunate enough that I don’t need assistance, so it’s time to leave it to those who truly do. It’s been nice knowing ya Givling, but I’m out!
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Glad I got out when I did
I had the giving app for a couple of years and finally deleted it last year and I could not be happier. I was in the top 200 in one queue (the one I was focusing on) and 1000 in another queue. Initially I enjoyed it and then I realized, nope this is not for me anymore. I was spending more money to be competitive and not to mention, I was playing this during my vacations or else I would drop in the queue if I missed a day or two. Some places we traveled to had no WiFi, so that’s another problem. I came to the realization that I needed to stop feeding the addiction because it took 30 minutes of my life everyday and I was giving away my hard earned money to pay for something that was likely never going to happen. I saw a couple months after I deleted it, they added more queues. That can be cool, but that means you have to add on the additional leaders in the queue you are not competing in to the number of people you have to go through before they get to you. For example, if I am #200 in the orange queue and there are four different queues, that means there are 799 people we have to go through to get to me. The more queues they add on, the higher that number will be. That is a lot of people and when you are trying to keep your position, you are forced to pay more, since you can’t really do much if you aren’t paying for anything.
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Too many changes; too confusing
I’ve been a Givling advocate for a long time. I understand that there needs to be some changes as growth happens, except now it’s so different and confusing! I used to be in the top 1,000 places to be funded, and now I’m nowhere near it. I haven’t stopped playing or supporting... it’s just so disappointing to feel so much hope only to have that gone again. I tried emailing them to try and better understand the way it works and they just responded that the rules were on the Facebook group (I have no Facebook and no desire to be on Facebook) and they needed more info about what I didn’t understand to explain it. If that were possible, I wouldn’t need help. I also emailed a few times that I stopped receiving the weekly emails and they said they had me on the mailing list. Still haven’t started receiving them again. I literally started playing the first year they started, but I’m finding myself more lost with each new change.
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A great cause & community.
The basis is simple and the effects can be life changing! YOU DON’T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO WIN. But you do have to play to win! There is a paid queue and free queues so depending on what works for you, go for it. I do the free queue. If you are diligent with playing the 2 free games and do the 30 advertisement spins/day you can move up pretty quickly. I’ve had the app since 2016 but only started playing diligently last year. I went from 12K to just over 4K in a year. Now it’s pretty slow moving but I keep plugging away for the #1 spot or am hopeful for #1 in trivia or a random cash drawing.
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