Can You Use Google Opinion Rewards For In App Purchases

Google Opinion Rewards is a popular app available for Android and iOS smartphones. The app asks you to answer some surveys, and gives you rewards in return.

If you are an iPhone user, you can redeem your rewards to your PayPal account. This gives you the freedom to spend your money on anything you want. However, if you are an Android user you get rewards in the form of Google Play balance, which you can only use for some of Google's products and services.

Let's take a look at how to spend your Google Play balance.

How to Check Your Google Play Balance

Before you begin, you can check how much you've got to spend. To check your Google Play balance from your smartphone, you just need to open the Opinion Rewards app, and the balance will be visible on the app's home screen.

To check your Google Play balance from a PC, go to the Payment methods page on the Play Store, and sign in with your Google account. You can see your balance there.

To improve your balance, take a look at our tips for how to make more money with Google Opinion Rewards.

1. Buy Paid Apps and Games From the Google Play Store

The Google Play Store has tons of paid games and apps, and you can use your Google Play balance to purchase them, provided that you have sufficient balance to do the same. There are various apps and games available at different prices, so there's a chance that you might find a decent app worth installing, even if you're low on balance.

Here are a few paid apps we recommend:

Bouncer - Temporary App Permissions

Bouncer helps you control the permissions of the apps installed on your smartphone. With this app, you can give temporary permissions to the apps while you use them. In simple terms, when you use an app, Bouncer will grant it the permissions you allow, but as soon as you close the app, those permissions will be revoked.

Download: Bouncer ($1.99)

KWGT is a popular app that allows you to add custom widgets to your phone's home screen. It comes with some essential widgets that you can use for free, but to use additional widgets available on the Play Store, you need to purchase the pro version of the app.

Download: KWGT Kustom Widget Maker (Free)

Download: KWGT Kustom Widget Maker Pro Key ($5.99)

Nova Launcher Prime

Nova Launcher is one of the oldest and most popular android launchers available out there. It is clean and fast, and comes with a lot of features. The Prime version of the app has some additional features like home screen gestures, scrolling effects, and the ability to hide apps installed on your smartphone.

Download: Nova Launcher (Free)

Download: Nova Launcher Prime ($4.99)

Mini Metro

Mini Metro is a strategy game about making a subway map for a city. You have to draw lines on the map between two stations, that act as tracks for trains to run. The game is fun to play, as evident by its 4.7 out of 5 rating on the Google Play Store.

Download: Mini Metro ($0.99)

Grand Theft Auto Series

Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular video game series based on the number of copies sold. Rockstar Games, the developer behind the popular franchise has made available 5 of their games for Android smartphones, including GTA III, Chinatown Wars, Vice City, Liberty City Stories, and San Andreas.

Download: GTA III ($4.99)

Download: GTA: Chinatown Wars ($4.99)

Download: GTA: Vice City ($4.99)

Download: GTA: Liberty City Stories ($6.99)

Download: GTA: San Andreas ($6.99)

2. Buy Subscriptions and Make In-App Purchases

There are quite a lot of apps on the Google Play Store that can be installed for free, but to unlock their full content and features, you have to either get their subscriptions or make in-app purchases. Thankfully, Google allows you to use your Google Play balance to make purchases within the app.

In order to buy a subscription of an app, you have to make sure that the app allows billing through the Google Play Store. You can't use your Google Play balance to buy subscriptions to apps like Netflix, Hulu, etc.

3. Buy or Rent Movies From Google Play Movies (Google TV)

Google Play Movies, also known as Google TV, has tons of movies available in different languages from several countries throughout the world. You can buy or rent movies using your Google Play balance, and watch them on your smartphone, PC, or smart TV.

To watch movies, you need to install the Google Play Movies app if it is compatible with your device. It is available for Android and iOS smartphones, and many smart TVs. If the app is not compatible with your device, you can simply open its website and stream the movies from any web browser.

4. Buy Ebooks and Audiobooks From Google Play Books

Google Play Books is a great place to find your favorite ebooks and audiobooks, as there are a plethora of them available. According to Google, Play Books has the "largest ebook collection in the world".

You can use your Google Play balance to make purchases from the app. The Google Play Books app is available for Android and iOS smartphones, and to use it on other devices, you can open the Play Store website on any web browser.

5. Buy a YouTube Premium Subscription

YouTube is the most popular video sharing and streaming website in the world, with over two billion monthly users. You can watch videos on YouTube for free, but ads are displayed at the beginning and in between some videos.

Thankfully, YouTube provides a premium subscription that lets you watch all the videos ad-free. There are some additional benefits too, which can help you decide whether it's worth getting a YouTube Premium subscription or not.

The subscription costs $11.99 per month, or $6.99 per month if you are a student. Along with your regular payment methods, you can use your Google Play balance to pay for the subscription.

You can subscribe via the YouTube Premium website, or if you are using the mobile app, you need to tap your profile picture in the top right corner, and then tap Get YouTube Premium.

6. Buy a Google One Subscription

You only get 15GB of free cloud storage across all your Google services (like Google Photos, Drive, Gmail, etc.) combined. To expand your storage space, you have to buy a Google One subscription.

There are plenty of reasons you should get a Google One subscription, and if you have sufficient Google Play balance, you can use it to do the same. The easiest way is to install the Google One mobile app, log in with your Google account, and tap the Upgrade button on your screen.

Spend Your Google Play Balance Wisely

These were amongst the best ways to spend your Google Play balance. You just need to complete the surveys that appear on your Opinion Rewards app to earn credit, and use it to purchase games, movies, ebooks, or subscriptions of your choice.

If you do use it for a subscription, remember that your payments will recur on a set schedule. If you don't want to pay with real cash in future, you should unsubscribe from those apps.

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