Chris Bridgett
I'm a mathematics graduate who is trying to find the best ways of earning money online. I had the idea of trying to 'turn life into an idle game' a few years back, and decided it'd be a great idea to turn it into something.
Update 12 January, 2021: A Good Year, Considering | The Idle Experiment 9
2020 was a good year. Well, apart from all the things that made it not so great. But for the Idle Experiment, it was kind of alright! Our earnings have...
The Monk and the Minister: a Parable About Wealth | Idle Thoughts 4
Hi there! No new apps to share with you guys in this post, but I’d like to drop this parable about wealth here. The Monk & The Minister Parable: Two...
Toluna | Earn money for answering surveys and £6 per month passively!
Toluna is a survey platform that rewards you for answering surveys. Here's how to turn this survey platform into a passive income app that pays you £6 per month for...
How to Automate the FreeBitco.in Faucet With This Handy Bot
FreeBitco.in is one of my favourite money makers. But it's too manual! If only there was a way to automate the rolls every hour. Introducing BitBot...
Honeygain | Earn Passive Income with this simple app!
Honeygain is an app that pays you passive income for sharing your spare bandwidth. It's available for Android, MacOS, and Windows users in over 150 countries globally. ...
Update 10 July, 2020: £1,000! Why Prolific is the Best | The Idle Experiment 8
Today I hit another milestone in the Idle Experiment: £1,000! Prolific is the standout performer this update, with a total £225.26 in earnings....
RealT | Invest in Real Estate for less than $100, and Earn Over 10% Annually
RealT is an amazing platform that opens up the real estate market to everyone. Become a 'landlord of the future', buy shares in properties for less than $100, and earn...
28 Ways to Make Money From Home | A HUGE list of easy ways to make money online without ever leaving the house
Stuck at home wondering if you can make some money? Well, while the outside world might seem like it's going mad, here's 28 easy ways you can make money online...
DAI, Chai, and the DAI Savings Rate | Gain access to a high interest rate that puts banks to shame!
Interest rates offered by banks today are abysmal. In fact—holding money in accounts that are supposed to help you save money is actually causing you to lose spending power to...
Getting Started With Ethereum | Everything you need to enter the rapidly growing world of Decentralized Finance
Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, on Ethereum is growing fast. With it comes a whole bunch of new ways to make money online. But it might be a little daunting to...
Update 22 January, 2020: A little too much idle time! | The Idle Experiment 7
It's been a while since I last posted an update. Over a year, in fact, since I received my 20 Cogs payment and promised to start actively using Quidco and...
Oh My Dosh! | Earn money for completing offers with this brilliant cashback site
Oh My Dosh! is a cashback site that rewards you for completing offers. Oh My Dosh! is only available to UK customers. Sorry, everyone else! If you’re interested in similar...
Testing some more passive income apps | Idle Thoughts 3
Hi there! It’s the first post of the decade, and to kickstart 2020 I’m going to share some of the apps and sites I’ve been trying out recently. They’re all...
9 Survey Sites and Apps That Pay | The best survey sites for earning money online
Want to earn extra income every day from home? Maybe you just want to know how to use your spare time to earn money online? Or you’re just wondering what...
Prolific | Get paid to complete academic studies on this high-paying survey site!
Prolific is a fantastic site that pays you to complete academic studies, or surveys. Surveys pay a minimum rate of $6.50/hr, making Prolific one of the highest paying survey sites...
LifePoints | Earn money for answering surveys, and occasionally BIG surveys that pay more!
LifePoints is a market research panel that pays you for answering surveys. As with most survey sites, you answer surveys and receive points, then redeem those points for cash or...
Are Apps Like ‘Lucky Money’ Legit? — I Tried Some of the Worst Apps | Idle Thoughts 2
So in the search for money making apps to share on My Idle Income, I test out all sorts of apps and services to see if they are viable money...
How to Save Money On Your Christmas Shopping This Year
Christmas is rapidly approaching and Black Friday sales are behind us. But if you’ve still got some Christmas shopping to do, there’s a fair chance you’d like to take some...
Brave Browser | Earn money, save time, and protect your privacy with this super-fast web browser
Brave is a super-fast, open source internet browser that helps pay creators directly, and pays you for viewing ads. Founded by the inventor of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla,...
Apps and sites I’m trying out this week | Idle Thoughts 1
Hi there! I’ve been wanting to take a less formal approach to exploring making money online (and turning life into an idle game) for a while. And while I’ll keep...
9 Ways to Earn Passive Income with Cryptocurrency | Earn over 10% interest a year with some of these great passive income methods!
Love it or hate it, cryptocurrency—and more generally, blockchain—is a revolutionary technology that’s shaking up the world at the moment. And while there are countless stories about people making it...
How To Enter FreeBitco.in’s Golden Ticket Competition to Win a Lamborghini
FreeBitco.in, my most recommended Bitcoin faucet for its passive income opportunities and referral bonuses, is holding a competition to win a Lamborghini! The ‘Golden Ticket’ competition ends in 160 days,...
5 Passive Income Generating Smartphone Apps | Make your phone earn money with these fantastic apps!
Do you have an old phone that’s just sitting in a drawer somewhere? Do you wish your current phone could earn you some money? Here’s a list of 5 great...
20 Cogs [Updated with Payment Proof] | A great way to earn upwards of £200 online
[Update November 20th, 2018] Since completing all 20 cogs, I’ve received my money in my account! See the payment proof at the bottom of this post. 20 Cogs is a...
Update 18 October, 2018: 20 Cogs Completed | The Idle Experiment
Now we're getting somewhere! I expected once we hit the early-mid game resources that things would speed up, and I'm not disappointed. It's taken a while, but I've finally finished...
Are you ready to invest your money? | Some tips for new investors
Interest rates these days suck. Let’s say you were holding £10,000 in a savings account at 0.7%, approximately the average interest rate offered by UK banks between 2011 and 2017....
Update 18 September, 2018: Some Time Off, Early-Mid Game Preparations | The Idle Experiment
← Previous Update It’s been a slow month of earnings. That’s mostly because I took some time off. What can I say? I’m a lazy person! This means two things:...
TopCashback | Earn money when you shop or complete offers, and how to make the most of this
TopCashback is one of the highest paying cashback sites out there. Or so they say. From personal experience, it’s usually better to compare what they’re offering with Quidco; a similar...
Curious Cat | Earn money for answering short surveys with this app
Curious Cat is an adorable mobile app that pays you for completing tasks (usually surveys). It’s also available for both iOS and Android! Simply download and install the app to...
Update 18 August, 2018: Getting There, Disconnected, and Curious Cat | The Idle Experiment
← Previous Update We’re slowly getting there. As far as earnings go, it’s been largely more of the same since the last update: lots of surveys through the likes of...