Spare5

By Kathy Kristof • Published on December 18th, 2022 • Last updated on August 17th, 2024

Basics:

Spare5 connects side hustlers with micro-tasks, like taking surveys and writing captions, that pay a few cents each

Expected pay: negligible

Husl$core: $

Commissions & fees: NA

Where: Nationwide

Requirements: 18 or older, smart phone

Spare5 Review:

Spare5 is a survey and “micro-task” app that pays pennies for things like answering survey questions, identifying keywords or writing clever captions. The work isn’t hard, but the pay is almost nothing. You also give up a lot of personal privacy to participate.

The site sends payments every Friday through PayPal, but you must accumulate at least $1 in earnings to get paid. And given how little you’re paid for each job, that may be hard to do.

In short, this supposed side hustle is a huge waste of your time.

Stuck on jury duty?

The only justification I can see for using this app (or similar ones, like Mechanical Turk) is that you’re stuck in an airport or jury duty, with nothing to entertain you except your cell phone.

When that’s the case, you might also want to check out Swagbucks and Survey Junkie. I understand that these apps are at least entertaining.

Recommendations

If you’re not stuck in an airport, you can find much better money-making options almost anywhere on SideHusl.com.

If you don’t know where to start, consider taking the SideHusl quiz. Or check out our blog for weekly ideas and trends.

What their users say:

A host of bloggers all point to getting paid between a penny and (rarely) 50 cents per task. The biggest payments are apparently for getting friends to use the site.

OnlineZerotoHero concludes that the app only makes sense for people with a lot of time, who don’t care about making much money.