Can't sit still? Don't wiggle, Viggle!

A little over a year ago I heard on the Ellen Degeneres show about a new app called Viggle where you get rewarded for "checking in" while watching tv and listening to music. I decided to check it out and I have been Viggling ever since. Now while I won't say that I love the app, I do like it a lot and it is worth the time put into it. However I won't give a referral for this app because this is a strictly invite through facebook or email app to get credit or go right to the source in your app or play store.

So here's my review of this good, rewarding app:

PRO 1: Rewarded for watching tv or listening to music - Who doesn't watch tv? Who doesn't listen to music? Since you're already doing these things you might as well check in to the app and get credit for doing them!

PRO 2: Several rewards to choose from - Had I been doing these reviews when I first discovered this app a year ago I would not put this in the pros because a year ago there were mostly only Viggle merchendise and a few coupons available. Now there are several things to choose from in the rewards section, 1 of my favorites is the free redbox movie.

PRO 3: Free to download and use - As you probably have seen from my other reviews I'm a big fan of free to use sites so this app is right up my alley. I hate the idea of having to pay to get something that is supposed to be "free".

PRO 4: App for Android or Apple - This is a good pro because even though I'm a Mac person when it comes to computers. I'm an Android person when it comes to phones. So on my Android phone I can have my Viggle app and as well as my Apple iPad.

PRO 5: Bonuses for inviting friends - Viggle will give you a bonus if you invite your friends, but only if you invite them through facebook or directly through email.

Now on to the cons, because even the best sites have some cons:

CON 1: Takes a long time to get rewards - For checking into tv shows you get 1 point per minute watched plus a bonus if it happens to be a featured show. For music it is 25 points per song with a cap of 20 songs per day. Depending on the reward it can take a long time to get enough points to get to that goal. That is 1 reason I like the redbox movies, they start at 4,000 points so I can get 1 a week easily.

CON 2: Music matches are limited to 1 time only - This is a con as a radio listener because sometimes I hear the same song 2 or 3 times a day. With the music part of the app I can only get points from listening to the song the 1st time I check into the song. Never again. That is the 1st time ever, not just the 1st time today. Once I've checked into the song I can't get credit for listening to it again. So for a radio listener I have to flip the stations a lot sometimes to find a song that I haven't checked into before.

So there is my review of the Viggle app. I like the app a lot. I don't love it, but I like it. I hope you all download it and enjoy it!

Wanna shop for free? Why not use points2shop?!

Welcome back readers! This weeks's review is of a favorite site of mine called points2shop.

It's a good one so I'll share a referral code here and then again later: http://www.points2shop.com/?ref=allpeachkitty ;

So here's my review:

PRO 1: 250 bonus points just to sign up - I love when I get rewarded just for joining a site! What I love even more is when the signup bonus is enough to request a prize right away! That's what you will find on p2s. When you sign up you get 250 points for joining and that is enough to request a reward which they will use to verify your address. They want to make sure that the people who sign up are real live people, since a lot of times people will try and pull a fast one on a business that sends out free rewards! 

PRO 2: Membership is free - Of course this is a pro in my book. Why do I want to pay money to make money? I don't, so instead I look for free sites that will pay me! This is one of them!

PRO 3: Points are given to use on amazon - When you complete offers you get points, these points are able to be used to buy anything on amazon that you could think of. The points system is also very easy to understand. 100 points is equal to $1.00 on amazon. So essentially points are worth $0.01 a piece. Not bad since I've seen some sites where the points are not worth nearly as much!

PRO 4: Points are given for many different things - There are points for downloading and running apps on a smartphone, and there are points for playing games, and there are points for printing and redeeming coupons and the list just goes on and on. Actually you may find that some of the offers are also on swagbucks. This can make it a little difficult to choose which site to use. I always weigh the value of the points I'm getting and see who will give me more for the same offer. Many times I find it is p2s and so I do the offer through them. But it is always up to you to decide. Just remember that many offers can only be completed once per person, no matter how many sites you come to them through.

PRO 5: They have an app for that - There is a p2s app that you will get points to download and then there are points that are exclusive to the app! Many of these points are from downloading and trying out a game. I made my first $10 giftcard just from the points I accumulated on my cell phone in the matter of a few hours! It really is a great feature!

PRO 6: The shoutbox is there for people to help you and they take their time to share info with you - I have never seen a site have people sitting around waiting to help newbies before! This site was awesome when I signed up and was kinda sitting there twiddling my thumbs because I wasn't sure where to go first, but the shoutbox announced I was a newbie and before I knew it I had 3 people offering me all kinds of tips and how to info! 

PRO 7: Multiple accounts per household - This is a first of mine to be listed on here as a pro, but it is for a reason. When I first signed up they had a rule of 1 per household, now it has been changed to 1 per person. This means that if Tom and Sue are married and both want an account, they can both sign up! There is a requirement however, anytime 2 people at the same address sign up for an account, they will have to provide proof, such as a driver's license, that they are in fact a living person. But like I said, this is a pro, I know many people who have had to forego signing up for a good thing because of a restriction of 1 per household!

PRO 8: You can change from earning points to earning cash if you choose - Say you've been shopping online for a long time and don't want anything else from amazon (I doubt it will ever happen) then you would be able to switch from points to cash. This may not sound like a big deal, but it is. You would go from earning points that can only be used on amazon to earning cash that you can then request a check after you've gotten the minimum in your account. It's actually a very nice option.

Ok so now on to the cons, because we all know there has to be some:

CON 1: A lot of same offers from similar sites - Many offers are only allowed to be completed 1x per person, and if you really enjoy these kind of sites and have several accounts then it's likely you have come across some of the offers already and maybe have even completed them too. Sadly this will effect your ability to complete it on p2s. So use caution when doing offers, I always check around and make sure I'm getting the most points for an offer before completing it on any site. Remember that it's OK to "window shop" your points before completing an offer! I do it everyday!

CON 2: There aren't as many free offers as other sites have - Now this isn't really a con, so much as an inconvenience. But here's the deal, every site I have shown you and all the ones I've yet to show you have a niche. Swagbucks for example has the niche of rewards for searching the web and/or watching tv. ICS has the whole survey niche going on. P2s just doesn't have a niche like these guys. And to be honest I'm not really sure what their niche is, YET! But I know I will figure it out eventually! And then I will share it with you all!

So there's my review, not a lot of cons because this is one of the better sites that I've found! Again here's a referral code to get you started: http://www.points2shop.com/?ref=allpeachkitty   Hope to see you around p2s really soon!