About Hustlesheet

Hustlesheet started as a personal spreadsheet in 2021 — a way to track which survey apps, cashback apps and delivery gigs were actually worth the time against the ones that just looked good in an app store screenshot. It turned into a blog because enough friends asked for the sheet that it was easier to just write it up.

Every post that names a number — a payout, a fee, an hourly rate — comes from a log we kept ourselves, usually for 30 to 90 days, with timestamps. We say "my results" instead of "you will earn this" on purpose: app payouts change, regional pay varies, and your mileage (literally, for the delivery posts) will differ from ours.

Who writes this

Hustlesheet is written by Maren Olsen, with occasional guest numbers from readers who send in their own tracking sheets. Maren has worked freelance since 2018 and has run the money-apps experiments on this site since 2021.

Affiliate disclosure

Some links on Hustlesheet — to apps, tools and services we cover — are affiliate or referral links. If you sign up through one, we may earn a commission or referral bonus at no extra cost to you. This never changes our ranking: apps that paid us a referral fee but performed badly in testing are called out as such, and we've turned down placements from apps we wouldn't personally use. Pages on this site may also show third-party advertising and offer placements served by an ad network, which are separate from our own reviews and are not vetted by us individually.

How we test

For app and gig posts, we install the app (or sign up for the service) ourselves, use it for a set period, and log results in a spreadsheet: payout amounts, cash-out times, fees, support response times, and anything that felt like friction. We update posts when an app changes its terms in a way that would change our ranking.

Contact

For corrections, data to add to a comparison, or advertising inquiries, reach us through the contact details in our media kit. We read every correction request — app payout structures change often, and we'd rather fix a stale number than leave it up.