Saw this on moneysaving expert and thought it was a great way to get the kids out and about, if not, to burn off the January blues! Get paid to walk by gaining points and then converting them into vouchers! Also use MSE Code to get a free 700 points to start you off (first 10,000) See you in the hills!
If you don’t feel that being in shape, having better health, or calf muscles the size of tree trunks is rewarding enough for your exercise and workout efforts, there’s a new way you can earn high street vouchers simply by keeping active.
Sign up to free fitness rewards app Bounts, connect it to your fitness tracker or smartphone app, and you’ll earn points – referred to as bounts – when you walk, exercise, go to the gym &more. Once you’ve amassed enough, these can can be converted into vouchers to be used at retailers and restaurants such as Amazon, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Pizza Express, M&S and Cineworld (full Bounts redemption list).
So if you’re doing even relatively minor exercise (7,000 steps a day) it’s easy money for no change. On the basic level, just with walking alone, in four months you’d accrue £5 at Tesco, Argos, New Look and others – but if you do a bigger variety of exercise or upgrade the app it can be much quicker.
What’s more, if you use the referral code MSE2016 (10,000 available) when signing up, you get 700 extra points after your first activity (just don’t sign in via Facebook – use your email or it won’t work). Here’s a quick briefing:
Top comments
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27 Jan 1632#9
for a free user you get a max of 5 points a day under runkeeper (20min walk). the most efficient tesco voucher seems to be £5 at 1389 points - it'd take you best part of a year to earn that voucher while remembering to turn on GPS and load 2 power-hungry apps before going anywhere.
nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.
squirrel63
27 Jan 1615#15
Yet another company who'll get all your personal details for very little return. Not to mention sucking the life out of your phone battery. Pass!
premierfella
27 Jan 164#16
I signed up recently to test it out. Using Strava and Moves (the latter in the background) unsurprisingly drains the phone battery to an extent that would put off most people. It makes a little more sense for FitBit users.
Skip past all the sales pitch in the article and pay attention to this:
"...and course this all assumes Bounts stays solvent, and doesn’t change its plan – we’re not saying that will happen – but with any subscription, it’s always something to consider."
I'd say that a change in the plan is a near certainty as most of the gyms and organisations that would have any interest in providing funds for this have probably already signed up. A sudden deluge of basic users will inevitably have an impact in a few months time when they start to claim vouchers, and the model then only works if (like gym membership) you get people paying for a package and then not using it enough to cover what they are paying out (i.e. paid subscribers helping to offset the cost of basic free users).
All comments (83)
kimbo87
26 Jan 161#1
I posted a bounts app deal a few weeks if not months ago now... I have the app, it's good but temperamental.
Emily55 to kimbo87
26 Jan 161#3
I've just downloaded it now as I walk ALOT. I'm going to get it for my kids and my husband too. Anything that keeps us moving I think is great.
stuarthanley
26 Jan 16#2
The app is free. Your deal suggests it's £5.00 so it should be in freebies and will explain why it's going cold.
Emily55 to stuarthanley
26 Jan 161#4
Good thinking!
Dontforg3t
26 Jan 16#5
Sounds good. Will check it out.
foxy4
26 Jan 16#6
Signed up .. always do over 12000 steps on my fitbit everyday anyway so may as well earn for it! Thanks
spockie
27 Jan 161#7
Perfect incentive to get out more :smile:
I've just signed up and the site seems to be a bit slow. I don't see my 700 points yet, is this the same for everyone else?
kingofswords
27 Jan 161#8
thanks op, been waiting since nov for my bitwalking invite:s
how do i use this on a smartphone? do i just download the bounts app?
format
27 Jan 1632#9
for a free user you get a max of 5 points a day under runkeeper (20min walk). the most efficient tesco voucher seems to be £5 at 1389 points - it'd take you best part of a year to earn that voucher while remembering to turn on GPS and load 2 power-hungry apps before going anywhere.
nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.
jsty3105 to format
28 Jan 162#64
Nice!
MSE also had some other calculations. the most relevant bit was -
"So, the key question is who should upgrade? Well, if you do 7,000 steps every day and nothing more, then with the free version you’d earn enough bounts for a £5 voucher in a year. With the £10 a year premium version, you’d earn enough bounts for £11 in vouchers – you’d barely break even, and gain less than with a free account, so it wouldn’t be worth it.
If you’re a serious exerciser, for example you hit 14,000 steps five times a week, 7,000 steps twice a week and three gym trips in a week, you’d earn enough points for a £5 voucher in a year (and be 87% on the way to another £5) on the free version, £25 with the £10 a year premium version (so you’re £15 up), and £55 with the £15 a year version – meaning it pays for itself a few times over."
Shax1 to format
2 Feb 16#75
Nuff said, understood. Thanks!
benjai
27 Jan 162#10
Waste of time and will kill the battery on your phone. People seem like they'll do anything for a fiver. Crazy.
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If you don’t feel that being in shape, having better health, or calf muscles the size of tree trunks is rewarding enough for your exercise and workout efforts, there’s a new way you can earn high street vouchers simply by keeping active.
Sign up to free fitness rewards app Bounts, connect it to your fitness tracker or smartphone app, and you’ll earn points – referred to as bounts – when you walk, exercise, go to the gym &more. Once you’ve amassed enough, these can can be converted into vouchers to be used at retailers and restaurants such as Amazon, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Pizza Express, M&S and Cineworld (full Bounts redemption list).
So if you’re doing even relatively minor exercise (7,000 steps a day) it’s easy money for no change. On the basic level, just with walking alone, in four months you’d accrue £5 at Tesco, Argos, New Look and others – but if you do a bigger variety of exercise or upgrade the app it can be much quicker.
What’s more, if you use the referral code MSE2016 (10,000 available) when signing up, you get 700 extra points after your first activity (just don’t sign in via Facebook – use your email or it won’t work). Here’s a quick briefing:
Top comments
nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.
Skip past all the sales pitch in the article and pay attention to this:
"...and course this all assumes Bounts stays solvent, and doesn’t change its plan – we’re not saying that will happen – but with any subscription, it’s always something to consider."
I'd say that a change in the plan is a near certainty as most of the gyms and organisations that would have any interest in providing funds for this have probably already signed up. A sudden deluge of basic users will inevitably have an impact in a few months time when they start to claim vouchers, and the model then only works if (like gym membership) you get people paying for a package and then not using it enough to cover what they are paying out (i.e. paid subscribers helping to offset the cost of basic free users).
All comments (83)
I've just signed up and the site seems to be a bit slow. I don't see my 700 points yet, is this the same for everyone else?
how do i use this on a smartphone? do i just download the bounts app?
nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.
MSE also had some other calculations. the most relevant bit was -
"So, the key question is who should upgrade? Well, if you do 7,000 steps every day and nothing more, then with the free version you’d earn enough bounts for a £5 voucher in a year. With the £10 a year premium version, you’d earn enough bounts for £11 in vouchers – you’d barely break even, and gain less than with a free account, so it wouldn’t be worth it.
If you’re a serious exerciser, for example you hit 14,000 steps five times a week, 7,000 steps twice a week and three gym trips in a week, you’d earn enough points for a £5 voucher in a year (and be 87% on the way to another £5) on the free version, £25 with the £10 a year premium version (so you’re £15 up), and £55 with the £15 a year version – meaning it pays for itself a few times over."