Freecash Review

 

URL: freecash.com  (referral link provides new signups with $5 free upon completing your first cashout of $20+)

If there was a Fortune 500 of "get paid to" (GPT) sites, Freecash would easily be in the top five (if not one of the top two) largest despite only having about four years under its belt at this point. It became popular quickly due primarily to its game offers and selection, ease of use and relative stability, but how is it holding up at half a decade of doing business?

NATURE OF WORK AND PAYMENT

If you're familiar with GPT sites (like Swagbucks) already, you know what to expect here: offers to reach certain thresholds in games or do trials of services, cash back shopping offers, surveys and so on. As of this writing Freecash doesn't have quite as many options as its biggest competitors, however, but I've been using it for the better part of a year now and they do gradually add new stuff here and there. As mentioned before there is still room to grow as it is just about half a decade old at this point whereas its biggest competitors are more like a decade and a half now. 

Freecash is more heavily weighted than any other I've seen toward two things: games and gambling site offers. It has other stuff going on, but if you're into those two things this is basically a must-add to your roster to at least keep tabs on. All that said, the games selection is not always as big or as generous as other competitors; however, sometimes they either do have the best offer or have something no one else is offering, and they also are one of the few that has some PC game offers in addition to the usual mobile stuff. 

The "other offers" wall is mostly casino stuff at any given time (both "social" for-funs and real money), but they also always seem to have the current crop of bank and crypto account setup offers (potentially hundreds for setting up a new account with direct deposit or making an initial deposit of "X", ex: Chime, SoFi, Kraken etc). They also have the occasional oddball subscription or trial offer worth keeping an eye out for, one I've recently documented is the $25 reward for a year's AARP subscription (which was straight $10 profit plus some other bennies). Another thing to look for here is cashback offers on new signups to phone plans, for example I've seen Lyca Mobile offer $15 back for new plans.

Then you have surveys, which are pretty much the same story as any other GPT site that offers them. They aren't really worth looking at except the "premium" classification which pays roughly $1 per 5 minutes, or about $12 per hour; the regular ones pay as little as 7 cents per 5 minutes. That's about as good as GPT survey pay will probably ever get, but you don't see them too often and good luck making it through screening for these. I lucked into two so far (over months of trying), both major US fast food chains with fairly painless and quick surveys about new advertising ideas that paid about $1 for 5 minutes. At least their screen-out process is standardized and tends to be very quick, I can give it that much. And they do have one feature I like here that I haven't seen anywhere else: if you get screened out of enough surveys in one session it might pop a little wheel o' fortune spin that can actually land you some decent bonus money if you're lucky. But don't count on this section as any kind of regular earning component, more like a very occasional bonus at best.

And as with a lot of GPT sites as of late, they have incorporated some little internal gambling elements, though these are entirely optional. There are little on-site puzzle games you can play daily for tickets to the weekly lottery drawing, generally a pool of $50,000 USD of rewards total (you also earn tickets via completing various other paid activities). You get a "daily streak" spin for any kind of activity on the site each 24 hours (even just earning lottery tickets) that ranges from a guaranteed win of somewhere from 1 cent to $10 (most often 3 cents from my experience), and if you do this seven days in a row on the final day of the week the spin range improves from 5 cents to $1,000 just for that day. There used to be a "double or nothing" bonus ladder option on this, but it's been gone for months now. Anyway, all this comes along with normal activity and can build up to take a decent bite out of your cashout fees. And finally in the gambling realm, there is a "loot crate" option where you can pay multiples of 25 cents for increasing odds of getting a larger amount back (or possibly getting less, or nothing, fundamentally a slot machine without the slot machine).

Freecash initially had one of those coin systems you had to mentally translate into actual dollar amounts, but starting in the past year or so they just track all your earnings directly in your local curency. There is a pretty broad variety of cashout options, but some do have fees. Most notably PayPal or a direct bank transfer at $5 per transaction regardless of amount. However, some other options (mostly crypto) offer a fee range of 50 cents to $2 per withdrawal, and there are some no-fee options as well. The nearly-complete range (generally withdrawals are limited to $5 to $200 at once, in increments of $5 or $10 depending on the method):

* Stake: No fee for withdrawals (Freecash seems to have a big partnership with them). Sometimes there are even bonuses of 10% to 15% to withdraw your balance to Stake. You can withdraw cash directly from a Stake account as of this writing, at least in the US, no playthrough requirement at their games. If you've never ventured into Stake you may want to save this option for when you can take full advantage of one of their new player offers, however.

* Gift cards: No fee for the most part, and offers a broad range of the common ones, including Visa and Mastercard. Also Amazon, Google Play, iTunes and several other big-name options. Keep in mind these are region-locked however.

* Cryptocurrencies: As of this writing bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum or doge are offered with varying withdrawal fees from 50 cents to $2. Litecoin is the "free" option, but bear in mind network fees (can be around 25-50 cents). Other than withdrawing through Stake, Litecoin to something like Robinhood is the quickest "almost-fee-free" direct cash withdrawal option available as of this writing without possibly having to set up a new account for yourself. 

* Revolut: Free, with an initial bonus of around $10

* Stash: Free, with potential initial bonus of up to $20 

* Coinbase: Free, with possible initial bonus on rotating promotions (seen up to $29)

SITE HISTORY / LEGITIMACY

The site started out in 2020, but adopted the more familiar "Freecash" brand and style in 2021. Through a combination of taking advantage of lockdown-era boredom and immediately having among the best game selection and offers, it rocketed to the top of the GPT site charts despite some heavyweight competitors like Swagbucks having a decade head-start on them.

The site is about as legit and trustworthy as these things get. It's headquartered in Germany (Berlin-based Almedia) and thus regulated by strict EU data privacy and safety regulations. 

INTERNATIONAL ACCESS

It's hard to find a complete list of allowed/disallowed countries, but this referral program page at least provides a partial list. Payment options may also be restricted where you are, for example PayPal is not offered in some countries.

Keep in mind there is also a minimum age of 13 no matter where you are, and you will be KYC'd with a photo ID and simple "liveness test" prior to your first cashout. I forget who the provider was offhand in the US, but it was one of the big third-party ones everyone uses and it was the simplest one with a "liveness check" I've seen yet (just holding your face in the frame for a couple seconds, no irritating sequence of head movements). Sailed right through it no problem.

STARTING OUT

As mentioned you don't need to do a ID or KYC check to dive in and start earning, though be prepared for one before you can cash out. But initially you can just sign right up and get into it if you're raring to go.

Upon first logging in you may immediately be presented with an initial game offer with boosted earnings. For me, it was Lords Mobile. It entirely depends on the game they choose for you, but seriously consider taking this offer. Lords Mobile was easy to play and in the end earned me more than enough to recoup the cost of the Chromebook I started playing around with this on all by itself. 

Of course, the idea there is to get you hooked with a not-necessarily-accurate picture of how much games will generally offer. Once you get into more normal offers, many are just plain not good. And you have to learn how to evaluate these things before getting into them, which is something of a substantial time commitment. All that said, that initial Lords Mobile offer was hardly the only one that was worth doing that I've found these past few months. It takes some knowledge and digging, but other good offers will pop up here and there.

One other thing to keep in mind for newcomers is that you'll be put in what the site calls "Lite Mode" for a little bit when you start out. The regular mode has many more options, but you'll be stuck in this simpler version with fewer offers until you hit level 20 in the internal "exp" system and cash out at least $25. The leveling is based on your earnings and very quick, like $1 or less per level, so this really doesn't take too long. My initial messing around with Lords Mobile alone got me up into the low 100s. However, some people have mentioned not being taken off Lite Mode automatically and having to message support to have it done. 

PROBLEMS WITH FREECASH

That leads us into the general potential problems with the site, which are overall fairly minor but also not entirely uncommon.

We've touched on one of the biggest and most common already, which is simply that there are usually hundreds of game offers at a time and a substantial amount just aren't worth the time, but it's hard for the unpracticed eye to tell at a glance. That can mean a lot of uncompensated time picking through and evaluating them. It really helps to get a good little Rolodex of discussion forums and Discords and such that are dedicated to intel sharing on these things.

I've seen some complaints around about the "reward multiplier" system, which was just introduced around mid-2025. This increases potential rewards in games depending on "activity," it doesn't explicitly say this but it's basically based on your spend. I haven't seen a problem with offers being downgraded unexpectedly, however, as they always start out on the lowest level! I feel like if you base your earnings assumptions on the initial levels presented to you you can't really go wrong here, but I may be missing something. 

I've also seen numerous complaints about tracking issues. I've barely had this happen on my end, just one time where I had to use a hotel's WiFi for one weekend and it didn't track there but then caught everything up when I went back to my regular connection. You may want to proactively take screenshots as needed of your larger payout goals, however, just to be safe. 

Offers are much more limited on a Chromebook, though this isn't immediately apparent. Though all the game offers are presented in the same wall, many are from an assortment of third-party partners. By and large I've found these partner offers don't work on Chromebook, either going to an external link that doesn't work at all or telling you to scan a QR code "on your Android device" even when there is a native Chromebook version available in the Play Store. The only ones that work consistently for me on Chromebook are the ones offered directly by Freecash themselves (check the "more details" fold on the second page of each offer to see who the provider is). Maybe they'll address this eventually, but for now it seems the optimal way to do this site is on a good Android tablet with suitable specs for gaming and plenty of free storage.

And finally, if you need support for something be aware that the initial layer is all AI. It's actually reasonably competent for basic things, but you need to type "talk to an agent" to get an actual person. You aren't told that on-platform, I happened to find that tidbit in a Reddit thread.

FINAL VERDICT - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

While that may sound like a lot of potential issues, really the site works well for the most part and has enough worthwhile offers to be worth checking. As long as you don't mind doing a KYC with a photo ID, Freecash is definitely worth signing up for and keeping up with.

It is far from always being the best-paying GPT site for game offers, but being one of the top two or three biggest of these sites now they do have some exclusive offers no one else has, and for some games here and there they'll still have the best offer hands-down (Bitcoin Miner is one I can think of that I reviewed here, back when I did it months ago it was about $50 total and I've since seen it recently shoot up to $83; another is Palmon Survival which went from $400 over the summer to $1200 recently). 

The best way to use it is for the game offers, and to check in periodically for "premium" surveys and little freebies. There's also an occasional "other offer" for a free trial or subscription rebate or something that might fit you. But that's about the extent you can expect. The regular surveys are bum and it doesn't have some of the other options that other GPT sites have. Still, it definitely offers enough overall to be worth throwing in the rotation and keeping tabs on.

If you didn't catch it above, use our referral link for an easy bonus $5 when you do your first cashout. 

External Links

* Potential ways to fix offer tracking issues   

* Another possible fix for offers that don't track