DON’T DOWNLOAD THEY WILL SCAM YOU
I just finished my first step bet and the end prize was only $1.64! However, when you do the math we were all supposed to win a lot more money but the app decided to steal $15,000 from all the winners!!! Seriously this is a PSA don’t download this scam!!!!!
Kinda felt like false advertising
I did my first StepBet back in 2017. I completed the challenge and won 8 bucks from the pot. It wasn’t much but it felt great. Over time I stopped using the app. A few weeks ago a friend mentioned discovering it and I decided to give it a go! I did a short challenge to get myself into the groove. I finished my challenge and was so proud of myself! I did the math and I thought I would get a net positive $6. So I was very surprised when I saw that I would only get the $40 back. Unfortunately, I had already joined two new bets when I saw this :/.
I asked my friend and she said this happened to her in her last bet. She told me that she found out that due to fees and membership benefits, most people don’t get returns? I get that’s it’s a small sum, but it helped motivate me and I was looking forward to treating myself. I even went and looked at StepBets instagram FAQs and it doesn’t mention their fees at all. In fact their response to “how do I win money?” is “if you hit your personalized step goals for the entire game, you split the pot with other winners. That means you get back what you bet, plus profit”
So better beware
I asked my friend and she said this happened to her in her last bet. She told me that she found out that due to fees and membership benefits, most people don’t get returns? I get that’s it’s a small sum, but it helped motivate me and I was looking forward to treating myself. I even went and looked at StepBets instagram FAQs and it doesn’t mention their fees at all. In fact their response to “how do I win money?” is “if you hit your personalized step goals for the entire game, you split the pot with other winners. That means you get back what you bet, plus profit”
So better beware
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Use caution, Not worth it
The singular plus: it reignited my habit of walking. The many cons: first, the step count update is ridiculous! It never matched my health app that its connect to. Always shorting me. It wasn’t a delay because I would have had more power days. I have another app also connected to my health app to track my steps and it was always in sync. One user suggested making sure I have the health app open and then opening StepBet and updating the steps. Even if that did work, I’m not jumping through hoops to make sure .11¢ which is about what I stand to get paid out. The second con. That’s great so many kept their goals. But at this rate StepBet is making approximately $15 per person. That ratio doesn’t check out. The third con, they only pay out on PayPal. That’s so antiquated. I wish I would have realized that before joining. I would have reconsidered. I’ve now had to create a PayPal account only to get back my $80(2 challenges). Pay out will take forever with PayPal. I’d quit but I’m not letting them get my buy in money. I have a week and half more til they’re finished and 1 million more steps to walk just for the app to see it. It’s quite frustrating and not at all fun or challenging at this point.
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Seems like a scam
at first, I had no issues with the app. I was able to log in every day, except today which is the last day of the two challenges I’m in. Now, looking at all the other reviews this seems pretty convenient that I’m not able to login on the last day of the challenges.
No Payout
This app was fun for the incentive to walk more but I’ve requested payout a dozen times and gotten nothing, and I’ve emailed support several times and gotten no response. This has gone on for several months and it seems like that money is just gone. A scam.
