Apps like Cash Walk: how CashWalk pays and what to try instead

How Cash Walk pays you (checked November 2026)

Cash Walk is a free pedometer app from CashWalk Labs that turns your steps into coins, which its terms call StepCoins, and lets you redeem them for gift cards. Here's how it works, according to its own website, terms and store listings:

• Steps. You get 1 coin for every 100 steps, so 10,000 steps earn 100 coins.
• Daily cap. Its terms cap coins from steps at up to 200 a day and say the cap can vary by device or operating system. Its website and Google Play listing say you earn coins for up to 20,000 steps a day, while its App Store listing says up to 10,000 steps a day.
• Collect them every day. Coins aren't added to your balance on their own. You tap a treasure box in the app to collect them, and coins you haven't collected by 11:59 p.m. on your phone's clock expire. On Android, its terms say steps earn coins only when the Cash Walk lock screen is turned on.
• Coins expire. Collected coins last about a year. Its terms say they expire at the end of the calendar month one year after you earn them.
• Gift cards. You redeem coins for gift cards from brands such as Amazon, Walmart and Starbucks. Its FAQ says a redeemed gift card can't be exchanged or refunded.
• Extra coins. Games, missions, referrals and offers from third-party companies can add coins on top of the daily step cap. Both store listings say the app contains ads.

What Cash Walk doesn't publish is a dollar value. Neither its website nor its terms say what a coin is worth, so what 100 coins buy depends on the gift card prices in your app when you redeem.

If you'd rather get paid to walk at a rate you can check before you start, look for an app that tells you what its points are worth.

Cash Walk vs AHEALTH: what 10,000 steps earns

Here's a side-by-side for walking, based on Cash Walk's published rules and AHEALTH's rates for new U.S. accounts. Games, offers, surveys and other bonus activities are left out of the 10,000-step numbers.

If you often walk 20,000 steps and your account gets Cash Walk's full 200-coin cap, Cash Walk keeps adding coins after 10,000 steps, while AHEALTH's step points stop at 10,000. Without a published coin value, though, there's no way to turn that into dollars. Both apps can change their rates, so check the current numbers in each app before you rely on them.

For five popular walking apps side by side, see apps that pay you to walk compared.

What to look for in an app like Cash Walk

Most people look for a Cash Walk alternative because they want to know what their walking is worth, or because they're tired of losing coins they forgot to collect. These checks work for any walking app:

• A published point value. If an app tells you what its points are worth in dollars, you can work out what a day of walking earns before you put weeks into it.
• Clear collection rules. Find out whether points land in your balance on their own or need a tap, and when uncollected points disappear. If they need a tap, a daily reminder helps.
• Expiry dates. Check how long collected points last, and plan to redeem before they run out.
• A low first reward. A small first gift card lets you check that rewards really arrive before you save up for a bigger one.
• A daily limit that fits you. Compare the step cap with how much you usually walk. A higher cap only helps on days you walk past the lower one.
• Steps from the devices you use. Some apps read only your phone, and some can add steps from a watch. Check this if you often walk without your phone.

Our main guide shows how to get paid for steps with the phone you already have, step by step.

How AHEALTH works if you're coming from Cash Walk

AHEALTH, formerly Moneywalk, is a free iPhone and Android app that gives you points for everyday healthy habits, not just steps. The biggest difference from Cash Walk is that its points have a set price: for new U.S. accounts, 1,000 points = $1 in the Gift Shop.

1. Install AHEALTH from the App Store or Google Play and allow it to read your step count. Your phone does the counting, so a smartwatch is optional.
2. Walk as usual. New U.S. accounts earn 1 point for every 100 steps, up to 10,000 steps a day, plus up to 60 bonus points a day from step coins.
3. Claim your step points each day. Tap Claim on the home screen to turn the day's steps into points. Like Cash Walk's coins, each day's step points are claimed that day, so make opening the app part of your evening routine.
4. Add your watch steps if you wear one. In recent versions of the app (2.8 and later), you can connect Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. If they record more steps than your phone, for example from a watch that syncs to them, AHEALTH uses the higher count.
5. Redeem in the Gift Shop. Every reward shows its price in points. Email gift cards start at $5 (Amazon and Dunkin'), most other brands start at $10, and they usually arrive within 1 to 3 days. Before your first redemption, you may be asked to verify your phone number.

Logging sleep, water, meals and medication also earns points, and point amounts differ by habit. New U.S. accounts also get a sign-up bonus that puts the first $1 reward within reach in the first days. Features and rates can vary by account and can change over time. See how AHEALTH rewards work.

Before you leave Cash Walk

• Collect today's coins first. Coins you haven't collected by 11:59 p.m. expire, so tap the treasure box one last time before you stop opening the app.
• Spend what you've saved. Collected coins expire about a year after you earn them. Pick a gift card you'll really use, since Cash Walk says redeemed gift cards can't be exchanged or refunded.
• Check the developer name. Other apps in the stores use similar names. The Cash Walk app described in this guide is made by CashWalk Labs.
• You can keep both. The two apps don't depend on each other, so you can try a new app for a week or two before you decide.

Make your walks count for your health

Whichever app you pick, the coins are a small bonus on top of the real benefit. The CDC says adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week, such as 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, and that you can break it into smaller chunks spread across the week.

Brisk walking counts. The CDC lists walking at 2.5 miles per hour or faster as moderate-intensity activity, and offers a simple check: at a moderate pace, you can talk but not sing. If 150 minutes sounds like a lot, start smaller. The CDC also says some physical activity is better than none.

If you have a health condition or haven't been active for a while, talk with your doctor before you start a new exercise routine.

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Related guides

• Get paid to walkHow to get paid to walk with the phone you already have, what apps that pay you to walk really pay and how to tell a legit one from a waste of time.
• Is AHEALTH legit?What AHEALTH reviews and U.S. ratings tell you, who makes the app formerly called Moneywalk, how to check for yourself that rewards arrive and the red flags of real scams.
• Step counter without a smartwatchHow your iPhone or Android phone counts steps on its own, how accurate it is compared with wearables and how to make sure your walks show up in your total.

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