# Pocket Points: Student Rewards — Focus, Drive Safe, Save Money > Student rewards app for focusing and saving money by limiting phone use. (iPhone/iPad app by Pocket Points, Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-points-student-rewards/id908136685 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Pocket Points, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1001234883) - Category: Productivity, Education - Price: Free - Rating: 4.70/5 from 18,055 App Store ratings · 20 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 146 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2014-09-09 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-points-student-rewards/id908136685/reviews.md ## What is Pocket Points? Are you in college, broke, and addicted to your phone? Pocket Points incentivizes you to put your phone away and stay focused with coupons at local merchants and big online brands. Get your school work done, pay attention in class, and be rewarded for it. Earn points! Use our timer to track how long you’re not using your phone. For every minute you’re not using your phone, you’ll earn points. Get the most points you can and spend them on awesome student discounts. We’ll help you put your focus on your studies so you can be more productive and feel more accomplished. Now take those points and shop on our marketplace of gifts and treat yourself to student coupons and discounts for food, apparel, accessories, and much more. Students get updates on new coupons. Never miss a good deal, because every penny counts. Students spend more money on food than anything else, so check out our food deals or suggest deals you want to see in your college town. Save money at Lulus, Chick-fil-a, Papa John’s, Dutch Brothers, Chegg, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more. Some deals might not be available in your location. The leaderboards and achievements for students who stay focused the most create a competitive atmosphere in class. Are you staying focused more? Find out how you rank against other students at your school and students across the nation. Save money, stay focused with Pocket Points. Features > Timer: Stay focused and earn points > Marketplace: Spend points on student coupons and rewards > Leaderboard: See where you stack up on the leaderboard > Achievements: Get achievements for hitting goals Tweet us @PocketPoints or email us at team@pocketpoints.com for suggestions or support. Disclaimer: continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ## Key features - Focus timer to earn points - Redeem points for student discounts - Marketplace for coupons and rewards - Leaderboards for competitive focus - Achievements for reaching goals ## What do users think of Pocket Points? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Rewarding to put phone down during lectures - 🎯 Goal-setting feature is helpful - 🚀 App works well and is easy to use **Cons** - 💰 Lack of rewarding exchange options - 🏪 Limited selection of relevant stores/restaurants - 🤔 Inconsistent points earning across versions - 🕰️ Difficult to earn points if phone is needed for emergencies - 🤨 Logging distracted driving time even as a passenger **Commonly reported bugs** - Points not being awarded even after locking phone - App crashing or exiting unexpectedly, causing loss of points **Most requested features** - More food and popular retail store options - Ability to earn actual cash/gift cards instead of just discounts - Better local relevance of rewards ## Recent user reviews (10 of 20) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-points-student-rewards/id908136685/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Good… but no rewards? *2022-08-25, version 5.3.2* So far I am really liking this app. Its very rewarding to put my phone down at the beginning of a lecture and then get greeted with reward points at the end. I really like the goal part of it as well. Its nice to essentially set a timer and work for that amount of time, while also receiving a few points. My only complaint is that there are no rewards that I can get. I dont mean that theres no rewards that only cost a little bit and I dont have that much. I mean that the only reward I can get is free shipping on a brand. There are no other rewards like the app store displays. I am able to still find the internal gratification of getting the reward points enough to stay with the app, but I dont think ill want to stay much longer if there arent other exchange options given ### 1/5 — Mmm *2020-01-30* I use to love this app but now I just feel like I’m getting cheated out of points and not earning what I deserve. The only way I earn points if through the goal setting and if I need to access my phone sooner for an emergency, I just wasted an hour of staying off it and no points rewarded. There’s not a lot of options for food places which I’m more interested in being a college student and all. The clothing brands on there being offered, way to expensive even after the discount. If you guys could offer more food places and deals for Walmart, target, hobby lobby, Ross, Kohl’s, tjmaxx, and other things like these. Imagine the great deal of more downloads you guys would get. I know I would definitely refer the app to more people and use it a lot more. I love the app because of the discounts on food, but it hasn’t been worth it lately. Thanks.. ### 2/5 — Versions give varying points. *2019-11-23, version 5.3.0* I used to love this app to no end. I use it multiple times per week, and I used to always have the pocket points I needed when I needed them. Lately with this latest update, or perhaps a glitch in my version, the free points prizes are few and far between, I no longer get them for claiming my 10 unclaimed points, also sometimes I’ll get home and check my points after driving and there’s none. I don’t know what’s going on, but this week I had to pay for Chips and. Drink at subway, with money instead of points and I just don’t know why. I talked with some friends of mine at a dinner last night, and they’re still getting tons of points. I’m not sure if their version is different. I’m a full time student and work part time at the school and should be getting lots of points, but it’s gotten to where they’re super rare. Please bring the points back! ### 3/5 — Not Enough Options *2019-11-18, version 5.3.0* As a university student, I thought the whole concept of the app was amazing and I was really excited to try out the app. However, most of the stores and restaurants the app gives rewards for aren't in my area or just aren't places I often go to so basically I'm currently just saving points for no reason because I have nothing to spend them on. I wish the app had a lot more places to spend your points for like common restaurants at campuses, for example. Us university students live on food. We study with snacks right next to us, we try to eat in campus to not waste gas or lose our good parking spot, and we're always hungry. Stress makes us hungry. I have nothing to spend the points on because the restaurants at my campus aren't included in the app like Panda Express, McDonalds, Burger King, Sushi Maki, etc. ### 1/5 — Rewards make app not worth it for me *2019-11-11* I love the overall concept of the app and was super thrilled about it first, but when I looked at the rewards section I no longer wanted it. The rewards are mostly just discounts for stores I have never even heard of and there’s no way to earn actual money back, so I feel like I’m not really getting rewarded for being off my phone. What I thought was going to be a perfect app for me turned into one that I’m now deleting because I see no reason for it. If the rewards got better and I could actually earn points to use towards gift cards or some way to get money back (like in other apps similar to this), I’d get it in a heartbeat. Even if the rewards were discounts for popular restaurants or stores that I could actually shop at I’d be happier. ### 4/5 — Decent *2019-04-04* Overall, my experience with this app has been fairly good. It is a cool concept and actually works, allowing me to stay off my phone while competing with friends. However, two big complaints I have (hence only four stars) is the fact that the app logs my “distracted driving time” while I am just a passenger and reduces my total points. There also is little incentive as there are few rewards which are actually relevant to me (more food and trendier clothing shops would be nice) and it is difficult to find any rewards local to my area or while I’m out of town. Besides that, I think the app is based on a cool concept and executes it well. ### 3/5 — Ok, just not developed enough *2019-02-24* This app is great! The concept is very helpful for students. I learned about this through a teacher who wanted us all to do it. I thought it was a great idea, because I have no problem with staying off my phone in class, and now I get rewarded for it. The problem is, once you earn a bunch of points, like I have, there is not enough places to spend it. I go to/use only one of all of these place (Moe’s), and I would definitely like to see that change. This game definitely targets stereotypical teenagers, because I haven’t even heard of half the stuff on there. In the end, they need to expand there quantity of stores by a bunch. If someone from development actually reads this, please try to add more free stuff and less discounts to things. Don’t add any more clothing stores. PLEASE! ### 2/5 — Not working *2018-12-15* When I first downloaded, it worked like a charm. I’d get the little notification telling me I was earning points and I’d be good to go. Now whenever I’m on campus or just trying to set a timer, I’ll open pocket points to the correct screen and press start or whatever. The green bar at the top appears telling me to lock my phone. Yet when I do, I get a notification to go back to the app so I don’t lose my points. When I open the back back up, it’ll always say I was locked for ___ seconds and earned like .02 points. What is the point of staying off your phone if I have to leave it on and tap it every minute or so to make sure it doesn’t stop giving me points? Right now my primary earner is the distracted driving. But I’d really like to know how to fix this? ### 1/5 — Better a few years ago *2018-10-22, version 4.9.4* I first downloaded pocket points when I was going to college and it was a great way to keep you engaged in class and stay off your phone. The rewards were pretty good and you could get discounts you couldn’t find else where. I stopped using it after I graduated but then I saw they’ve made it for everyone, not just students. While the concept behind everything is positive (reducing phone time), in my opinion, the rewards are wack! They’re not even unique to pocket points. You spend your points on discounts that you can find by easily googling for coupons. Or they’ll even make you spend points on deals that exist alone without using pocket points. For example, they had a Stila Cosmetics bogo for eye liner but when you go to the Stila website, they have the same deal and I don’t have to trade pocket points for it. Idk maybe the food discounts are better, but the retail store discounts aren’t that great. ### 4/5 — Not Getting Points *2018-10-13, version 4.9.3* I was loving this app and would have given it a 4-5 star rating if you would have asked me about it a few days ago. However, all of the sudden the app is no longer rewarding me points for the longer periods of time that I am off my phone. For example, yesterday I was off my phone for about 5 hours in total: 1 early in the day during a class, 2 at work, and another 2 in the evening. During all of those times when I locked me phone I had the notification that I was earning points. When I unlocked my phone, it was to my surprise that I actually had earned no points, though I had been off of my phone. I even tried setting a goal later in the evening and I got the notification on my screen that I finished my goal, but when I unlocked my phone there were no points. Very frustrated at this app. Great in concept, and it was great for a while, but very lacking in delivery. I’m tempted to give it a 2 star rating, but because I had a good experience at first I’m giving it a 3 star rating. **Developer response:** Thanks for the review and the feedback! We have just fixed this issue and the next release will include the fix. Please keep an eye out for an update! ## Frequently asked questions about Pocket Points ### What does Pocket Points do? Pocket Points is a student rewards app designed to help you stay focused and save money. It incentivizes you to put your phone away by rewarding you with points for the time you spend not using your device. These points can then be redeemed for discounts and coupons at various local and online merchants. ### How do I earn points and what can I get with them? You earn points by using the app's timer to track periods of phone abstinence. The longer you stay focused, the more points you accumulate. These points can be spent in the app's marketplace on a variety of student coupons and rewards, including discounts on food, apparel, accessories, and more from brands like Lulus, Chick-fil-a, and Amazon. ### Is Pocket Points free to use? Yes, Pocket Points is a free application. There are no upfront costs to download or use the app. The app is supported by its partnerships with merchants who offer discounts through the platform. ### What kind of deals can I expect? You can expect a wide range of student discounts and coupons. These often include deals on food, clothing, accessories, and educational resources. Popular brands such as Chick-fil-a, Papa John’s, Lulus, Chegg, and Barnes & Noble are frequently featured, though availability may vary by location. ### Can I compete with other students? Yes, the app features leaderboards and achievements to foster a competitive environment. You can see how you rank against other students at your school and nationwide based on your focus time. This gamified approach can help motivate you to stay productive and earn more rewards. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 5.3.3 — 2022-11-08 Stability fixes. ### 5.3.2 — 2020-01-24 - Bug Fixes ### 5.3.1 — 2019-12-12 - Bug fixes ### 5.3.0 — 2019-11-05 - Bug Fixes ### 5.2.9 — 2019-11-04 - Bug Fixes ## Apps similar to Pocket Points | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [MyChapterRoom Mobile](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mychapterroom-mobile/id1074317942) | 4.5 (382) | Free | Productivity | | [Volunteer Connection](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/volunteer-connection/id896767062) | 4.7 (3,266) | Free | Productivity | | [Wepa Print](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wepa-print/id1448454304) | 1.6 (400) | Free | Productivity | | [Hold - app & website blocker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hold-app-and-website-blocker/id1021172924) | 2.9 (105) | Free | Productivity | | [Pharos Print](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pharos-print/id918145672) | 1.4 (180) | Free | Productivity | | [TaskTree by RadCollab](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tasktree-by-radcollab/id1556852103) | 4.5 (895) | Free | Productivity | ## More apps by Pocket Points, Inc. - [Pocket Points: Teacher](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-points-teacher/id1495733270) All apps by Pocket Points, Inc.: https://appshunter.io/developer/1001234883 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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