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5 Best Apps to Make Extra Income in 2026

I’ve tried 27 different “make extra income” apps in the last 90 days.


Most of them? Total waste of time. You spend an hour answering surveys to make $1.37, or you never get approved for anything.


But 5 of them actually paid. Real money, in my account, without begging friends or buying a course.


If you need extra cash and you don’t want another job, this is where I’d start.






1. Upwork



This is the one that can turn from side money into real money.


I started by offering something simple — writing product descriptions. No portfolio, no degree. Just “I’ll write clean product descriptions for your store.” First job was $20. Second was $45. Now I charge $25 an hour for the same thing.


If you can write, design, edit video, do admin work, manage Excel, handle customer support — someone on Upwork is actively searching for you right now.


The first week is slow because you have to send proposals. But after 2-3 good reviews, clients start coming to you. This is the only app on this list that has replaced a full-time income for a lot of people I know.







2. Fiverr



Upwork is you chasing clients. Fiverr is clients chasing you.


You just post what you can do. “I’ll edit your podcast audio in 24 hours.” “I’ll remove the background from 30 photos.” “I’ll design a simple logo.” Starting at $5-$15.


I posted a $10 gig to clean up 20 product photos. Got 3 orders in 4 days. No interview, no proposal. Just do the work, upload, get paid.


It’s perfect if you hate selling yourself. Make 3 different gigs and see which one people actually click on.





3. TaskRabbit




This one is for people who like real-world work, not just laptop work.


A friend of mine in London gets $40 to assemble IKEA furniture. $55 to help someone move for two hours. $35 to mount a TV on a wall. You pick the task, set your rate, and you get paid right after you finish.


It pays more per hour than most online apps, and there’s no 30-day pending period.


If TaskRabbit isn’t in your city yet, use the same idea — post in local Facebook groups or Nextdoor: “I help with moving, cleaning, furniture assembly.” It’s the same business model and people always need it.




4. Foap


This one surprised me.


I had thousands of photos just sitting on my phone. Travel, food, streets, coffee, my dog, sunsets. I uploaded 40 of them to Foap and forgot about it.


Two sold the next month for $10 each. Then a brand mission paid $120 for a photo of “work from home setup.” I took it on my kitchen table.


You won’t get rich, but it’s truly passive. Upload once, and the same photo can sell 3, 4, 5 times over a year. Zero client calls.




5. UserTesting



Easiest to start today. No skill, no portfolio.


You sign up on UserTesting, they give you a website or an app and say “use it and talk out loud.” You record your screen and just say what you’re thinking: “I can’t find the checkout button,” or “This page is confusing.”


Each test is 10 to 20 minutes. Short ones pay $10. Longer ones pay $30 to $60. Money hits PayPal in about 7 days.


I do them while waiting for food or between tasks. It’s not a career, but it’s an easy $40 to $100 extra a week for just talking.


If you’re starting today, do this:


Don’t download all five. You’ll get overwhelmed and quit.





Pick ONE based on what you already have:



Have a skill you can sell? → Start with Upwork or Fiverr.



Like hands-on work? → TaskRabbit.



Have a phone full of photos? → Foap.



Want the absolute easiest win today? → UserTesting.



Give it 7 days. One hour a day. If you make your first $20, you’ll know it’s real. Then double down on that one.


That’s exactly what I did.

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7 Websites to Get Full-Time Remote Jobs in 2026

7 Websites to Get Full-Time Remote Jobs in 2026

You finished the last post about side income. But if you want something more stable — a real, full-time remote job with a salary, benefits, and a contract — these are the 7 websites that actually have them. No scams, no fees to apply, no fake listings.

What makes these different?

Most job boards are full of fake remote jobs that turn out to be commission-only or US-only. The sites below only list verified remote roles, and companies pay to post there, so they take it seriously.

1. FlexJobs

Every job on FlexJobs is hand-checked by a real team. No scams, no ads, no MLM. Companies like 【entity-Apple¦canonical_name=Apple】, 【entity-Dell¦canonical_name=Dell】, and 【entity-Shopify¦canonical_name=Shopify】 hire here for full-time remote roles in customer support, tech, marketing, and project management. It costs $24.95 a month, but it saves you about 20 hours a week filtering fake listings.

2. We Work Remotely

This is the largest remote-only job board in the world. About 90% of the jobs are full-time. Programming, design, customer support, marketing, DevOps — new jobs drop every hour because over 3 million people use it. You don't even need an account to apply.

3. Remote.co

Built by the same team behind FlexJobs, but focused on companies that are fully remote, not just offering one remote position. If you want to join a company where you can stay for 3 to 5 years and actually grow, start here. They interview the companies before listing them.

4. Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent)

If you want to work for startups and get salary plus equity, this is the one. Over 130,000 startups hire here. You can filter by salary range, equity, and remote policy, and apply to multiple companies with one profile. Great for developers, marketers, and product people.

5. Remotive

Remotive is more than a job board — it's a community of over 50,000 remote workers. They send a weekly newsletter with hidden jobs that don't appear on Google. Companies post here specifically because they want people who actually want the remote lifestyle, not just anyone.

6. JustRemote

Best filter for location. You can choose "Worldwide" instead of "US Only," which matters if you're outside the US. A lot of full-time engineering, marketing, and support roles here explicitly say they allow international applicants. It also marks which companies are fast to hire.

7. Working Nomads

Set it up once and you get a daily email of new full-time remote jobs in your category. No need to check 10 sites every morning. Most jobs listed are from tech companies paying between $60,000 and $150,000 a year, and they link directly to the company, not to a recruiter.

Final tip

Don't apply to all 7 at once. Pick two. Make one profile on Wellfound and set up one email alert on Working Nomads or JustRemote. Spend one hour tailoring your resume for remote work — mention time zones, async communication, tools like Slack and Notion. That one detail gets you more replies than anything else.