Comparison

PicCents vs CoinTap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PicCents

Earn money by taking photos of everyday objects. Simply snap a picture, provide details like size and material, and get paid for approved submissions. It's a simple way to monetize your surroundings.

Highlights
  • Photograph everyday objects
  • Provide object details (size, weight, material)
  • Earn money for approved photos
  • Cash out to digital gift cards
  • Track submissions and earnings
  • Daily goals and streaks
Features
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PicCents pays everyday people to capture real-world objects around them. If you can take a photo, you can do this. SNAP. UPLOAD. GET PAID. 1. Snap: take a clear photo of something around you (a mug, a lamp, a chair), not a screen or another photo. iPhones with LiDAR need one photo; others take two, from two sides. 2. Upload: give its size, weight and material, with a photo that proves the size (your iPhone can measure it, or use a ruler) and the weight (a scale or its label). 3. Get paid: a reviewer checks each object, and every approved object puts money in your wallet. REAL PAYOUTS. NOT POINTS. • Each approved object earns a set amount, shown in the app. • Watch your wallet fill up toward payday, then cash out to a digital gift card sent to your email. • See every object you've sent and whether it was approved. MAKE IT A HABIT • Levels, a daily streak and a daily goal keep you going. • Full 3D capture is coming soon. No special equipment, no photography experience and no commute: just your phone and the everyday things around you. Free to join. Every object is reviewed before approval. Not every object will be approved, and objects that aren't approved don't count toward payouts. We sometimes have enough of a kind of object; the app shows which, and those are unlikely to be approved. PicCents is by Byrst. Your PicCents account and earnings carry over to this version. Terms of Use: https://cdn.byrst.com/legal/terms_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://cdn.byrst.com/legal/privacy_notice.html

About

CoinTap

Earn real money by sharing your opinions through surveys and completing offers. Cash out your earnings via PayPal or gift cards once you reach a minimum threshold. Enjoy daily rewards and mini-games, with all earnings becoming withdrawable after a 10-day holding period.

Highlights
  • Complete surveys for cash
  • Earn from app offers
  • Daily check-in rewards
  • Play free mini-games
  • Cash out to PayPal
  • Gift card rewards
Features
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Get paid for time you already spend on your phone. CoinTap turns surveys and offers into coins, and coins into real money. The rate is fixed and published: 1,000 coins = $1. Cash out to PayPal or a gift card from $5, with no maximum. WAYS TO EARN Surveys, matched to you. Market researchers pay for opinions from people who fit a profile. You get a share of what the buyer pays, credited automatically once the network confirms the completion. Screened out part-way through? You still get 10 coins for the attempt. Offers. Install an app and reach a level, finish a sign-up, complete a trial. Offers carry the largest single payouts in CoinTap, and credit as soon as the network registers the milestone. Daily targets. Three of them: check in, play three rounds, try a survey. Finish all three and they pay as one reward. We fund these ourselves rather than a partner. HOW CASHING OUT WORKS Every coin becomes withdrawable 10 days after you earn it. One rule for the whole balance, whatever you earned it from. Every request is reviewed by a person and normally paid within a few business days. Your wallet itemises every credit: where it came from, what it was worth, and when it unlocks. THE ARCADE Four free mini-games with five free rounds a day. Out of rounds? Watch a rewarded video and you get another one. Game rounds earn challenge points toward a weekly leaderboard, not coins. Only the top three win, and only once the challenge has enough qualifying players. WHAT WE DO NOT DO Adverts pay no coins. Watching one gives you a game round, never money. Watching adverts is not a way to earn in CoinTap. There is nothing to buy. No coin packs, no subscriptions, no unlocks, and we will never ask you to pay to earn. Nothing pays a random amount. Every reward we fund ourselves is a fixed figure, shown before you earn it. We do not sell your data. CoinTap is built to UK and EU GDPR. BEFORE YOU START CoinTap is for adults; accounts found to be under 18 are closed. Earnings depend entirely on which surveys and offers are available in your country, and we do not promise a figure. This is pocket money, not an income. Amounts shown in screenshots are examples, not typical earnings. Built and run by HashCore AI!

Screenshots

PicCents4 screens
CoinTap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PicCents at 5.0 against CoinTap's 3.0. PicCents also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicCents holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PicCents versus CoinTap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicCentsCoinTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB45 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperByrst, Inc.Marius Fraitor

Customer experience

PicCents

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CoinTap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PicCents

No in-app purchases

None

CoinTap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PicCents free?
PicCents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoinTap free?
CoinTap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PicCents or CoinTap?
PicCents is rated higher. PicCents averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CoinTap averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PicCents or CoinTap have ads?
CoinTap shows ads; PicCents does not.

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