If you’re looking for ways to earn a little extra on the side, there’s no shortage of apps promising rewards for your time and attention. And sure, some of these options work, but they often come with big trade-offs.
Grass is different.
What is Grass? It’s a new kind of internet sharing app that rewards you for something you’re not even using. That would be your extra internet bandwidth. No hidden catches. Just a straightforward way to earn rewards while also contributing to a more open internet.
Understanding Online Earning Apps
The good news for those looking to earn some extra pocket change is that there are more opportunities than ever to earn rewards through apps on your phone and computer. Open your app store, and you’ll find dozens of apps ready to reward you for participation.
But, as with most things that sound too good to be true, there’s usually more to the story.
What Traditional Earning Apps Usually Offer
Most earning apps fall into a few similar categories:
- Survey apps: You earn a small amount of rewards, gift cards, or sweepstakes entries by sharing your opinions on your shopping preferences, political views, or lifestyle habits.
- Cashback apps: You’ll get a small percentage of your purchase cost back for shopping through the apps.
Task apps: Earn small rewards for performing simple activities, like watching ads, playing mobile games, or leaving product reviews.
The Common Drawbacks of Typical Rewards Platforms
Most traditional earning apps come with a catch. For instance, you may find that you’re putting in a significant amount of effort for paltry rewards (like spending 20 minutes taking a survey to earn a buck). And some platforms set high withdrawal thresholds that are tough to reach.
Introducing the Grass Network
When it comes to earning rewards through apps, you have another option called Grass. So, what is Grass? It’s a decentralized network that rewards you for sharing your unused internet capacity, also known as bandwidth. (Not sure what a “decentralized network is? Learn more about important Grass terms.)
When you purchase an internet or data plan, you’re paying for a certain amount of internet bandwidth. Most people rarely use anywhere near their full internet allowance. That means that they’re paying for a resource (internet capacity) that is essentially going to waste.
Grass is an app that runs in the background of your phone or computer that shares your extra internet with highly vetted partners to scrape the public web for things like:
- Training AI models
- Comparing prices across geographic regions
- Academic research
In exchange for sharing your internet with Grass, you earn Grass Points, which can, in turn, lead you to earn Grass Tokens down the road.
Grass Tokens represent your earning potential through the Grass model. In October of 2024, Grass initiated its first token drop, distributing over 100 million Grass Tokens with a real-world value of $200 million USD*.
Best of all, Grass is an internet-sharing app that protects your privacy. You are not the product. Only the internet you’re not using anyway is what earns you Grass Points.
Key Differences Between Grass and Other Apps
As you’ve probably noticed by now, not all earning apps are created equal. Many of these apps, including other internet-sharing apps, are designed to take advantage of the user, requiring a significant amount of time, energy, and/or personal data in exchange for a tiny return.
Here’s what makes Grass different:
- Transparency: With Grass, there are no hidden catches. You share your unused internet bandwidth to help vetted partners access public web data, nothing more. You never share your private information with the app.
- Control: Grass lets you pause your internet sharing whenever you want. No penalties, no pressure. You always decide how much you want to contribute. Not every internet-sharing app works this way.
- Privacy: Grass will never access your browsing history, personal files, or sensitive information. Read the Grass privacy policy.
- Low Effort: Setting up Grass requires just a few clicks, and then the app will run quietly in the background and even throttle itself when you need a lot of internet for things like streaming videos, gaming, or jumping on a video call. You should never notice any impact on your internet performance. In comparison, many other earning apps will pay you pennies on the dollar for spending hours taking surveys or performing other menial tasks.
- Real Rewards: If you’re going to put your trust in an app and engage in internet sharing, you deserve rewards that are actually valuable. No more sweepstakes entries or a small amount of cash back on your purchases. Grass Tokens represent real value.
Security and Trust: Every time you download another app onto your phone or computer, you trust in that app to protect your security. Grass works with a leading cybersecurity auditor, AppEsteem, to monitor the app 24/7 and makes every effort to stay up to date in cybersecurity best practices.
A Fairer, Safer Way to Contribute Online
Internet sharing could be the future of online earnings. Grass is building an open internet network where users are rewarded fairly for what they contribute.
Grass is designed for anyone who wants to earn rewards without sacrificing privacy or spending hours on mind-numbing tasks. Whether you’re a student looking for an easy way to earn between classes, a remote worker already online all day, or just someone curious about how to make money on the side, Grass meets you where you are.
When you sign up with Grass, you get: low effort, fair rewards, and full transparency. On top of all that, you’ll also help to build a more equitable internet where users share in the value they create.
Ready to take control of your internet sharing? Download the Grass app today.
