Sweatcoin, the app that pays to accumulate steps.
Sweatcoin is a new generation of pedometer and activity monitors convert the financial year into a currency that can be redeemed for devices, sports equipment, services and other experiences.
The app works like most pedometers, so it will require access to phone features like GPS, health, and fitness. The steps will be counted on the main screen and top right The accumulated sweatcoins (SWC) amount will appear.
It is worth clarifying that although its name ends in “coin”, it is not a cryptocurrency in itself. It actually looks like a points accumulation program which offers some advantages.
This month, from its Twitter account, the company announced that it had reached the 100 million users. A more than generous number.
On the go, he will ask a series of permissions not entirely convincing, much less advised to be able to count the steps on a recurring basis.
Unlimited use of the battery, permission to always keep the app open, automatic start and lock to prevent simultaneous closing of windows.
So, whenever you walk or jog, this app follows your steps and pays in sweatcoin. For each 1,052 steps provides 1 SWC. However, since the app works from GPS, it doesn’t count steps taken on a treadmill.
It also doesn’t work if the person is traveling in a vehicle or riding a bicycle. There are also other ways to earn points within the platform, such as occasionally watching announcements or completing daily challenges.
Sweatcoin: what products are available
The app proposes to walk and accumulate sweatcoins (SWC). Sweatcoin photo.
Therefore, while walking with the application activated, the platform accumulates sweatcoins or points that can be exchanged for rewards.
However, the accumulated total cannot be used freely, but can only be redeemed for the options offered by its creators. Since the application itself includes its store, where there is a catalog with different products and services.
To access the Sweatcoin store, you just need to press the icon with two bags located in the lower menu bar of the application. Some products, discounts in some stores and service promotions are offered. The big surprise is the small number of offers.
The number of products for sale in the store is rather poor and within this scarce supply, it is common to find items that are not available, so in this sense Sweatcoin still has a lot of room for improvement.
Added to this is the inexplicable 5% commission that the application retains for each operation. There are also many who complain that the points obtained are not always clearly reflected.
To add you have to walk. Sweatcoin photo.
Also, in the shop there is an option that says “donate” where the accumulated SWC can be delivered as a contribution to a global campaign. One of the available options is called “Create a sustainable future for our seas”.
For those who are not convinced by the store catalog or donation campaigns, various options with auctions (‘Bid’ tab) and cryptocurrencies (‘Crypto’ tab) will also be available on Sweatcoin.
Auctions give users the ability to aim for an even bigger prize by offering their sweatcoins at key times.
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Source: Clarin
