
Apps That Can Help You Make Money: What Each Type Actually Delivers
Naomi BergmanA category-by-category look at earning apps, what they pay for your time, and where the fee sits.
Mobile and desktop apps assessed on what they do well.

A category-by-category look at earning apps, what they pay for your time, and where the fee sits.

A one-hour plan to cut apps, silence notifications, and reset your screen-time settings — no new apps required.

Apple's "Ask App Not to Track" button really does block the ad ID trackers rely on — but it doesn't stop every tracking method, and a few account types can't turn it on at all.

Apple's Family Sharing and Google's Family Link both document downtime, app limits and approval-gated downloads — the thirty-minute setup, plus the two settings that cause most meltdowns.

Duolingo's free tier remains the most complete; Babbel and Pimsleur document free tiers that are really trials — the pricing math depends on how you learn, not the app store ranking.

"Requesting 32 permissions" on a flashlight app is the documented red flag — here's which permissions matter, what normal looks like per app type, and the settings that claw access back.