Review Insights · Google Play
PenguPace: Rewards for Steps
Scrambly · 12,157 ratings · ★ 4.5
4.5
★★★★★
12,157 ratings
🎯 Build a better version
Top complaints - extracted from 59 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"steps"
27 negative reviews mention this · 46% of all complaints
★★★★★ "it does not track your steps" - Emily Bradley
2
"games"
13 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me…" - Rashida Fields
3
"walking"
13 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT OPTIMAL! I tried to cash in $2 through Cash app for the first time. FINALLY I managed to earn $2, and I scanned my ID, hit "Redeem" and it took my coins, and told me I had to have the Cash app debit card to redeem it that way, which I b…" - Zac McCollum
4
"earn"
10 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT OPTIMAL! I tried to cash in $2 through Cash app for the first time. FINALLY I managed to earn $2, and I scanned my ID, hit "Redeem" and it took my coins, and told me I had to have the Cash app debit card to redeem it that way, which I b…" - Zac McCollum
5
"game"
10 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me…" - Rashida Fields
6
"account"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The fact that you are required to prove with ID and selfie before getting paid is a bit shady to me...The paypal account should be enuf for...looks more like a data collector for cheap...Time wasted." - M Da
7
"walk"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me…" - Rashida Fields
8
"coins"
8 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT OPTIMAL! I tried to cash in $2 through Cash app for the first time. FINALLY I managed to earn $2, and I scanned my ID, hit "Redeem" and it took my coins, and told me I had to have the Cash app debit card to redeem it that way, which I b…" - Zac McCollum
9
"playing"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me…" - Rashida Fields
10
"cash"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT OPTIMAL! I tried to cash in $2 through Cash app for the first time. FINALLY I managed to earn $2, and I scanned my ID, hit "Redeem" and it took my coins, and told me I had to have the Cash app debit card to redeem it that way, which I b…" - Zac McCollum
11
"play"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me…" - Rashida Fields
12
"money"
7 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The game are good and all but you will go through hours of time to get money then it ends up asking for your ID when you try to redeem" - Benjamin Luxton
📋 All 59 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
The fact that you are required to prove with ID and selfie before getting paid is a bit shady to me...The paypal account should be enuf for...looks more like a data collector for cheap...Time wasted.
it does not track your steps
one I would walk about 7000 steps different days of the week and would not record any of it. I also spent hours playing games to get points. when I went to claim some of the reward they wanted me to take photos of me my license videos of me and recordings ... like what the world.... no way... wasted my time with this app.
I have to do $2,500 steps to get a penny not with it
App deletes my steps, unable to collect steps, only gives points for downloading other apps/purchases. Not what I expected, very disappointed.
not as advertised to me
app will not open at all.
stopped keeping count after 1 week score wouldn't increase 40k steps later
I just signed up. The app won't let me do anything but install other apps to earn coins. Nothing about walking anywhere
Poor Experience. The App is not a "walking" App, but a ruse to have you play shared games. They also don't warn you that Scrambly uses some of the "same games", so your phone mixes signals, resulting in "playing on 2 competing apps". Then, both Apps "Suspend" your account. It's "obviously" a scam, to make you watch the Advertisements in all the "games" you have to play, and "waste" your time. Avoid this App!
trash i thought it was just a walking and earn rewards. Apparently I am not getting points just because I don't do nothing like play games and or surveys whatever. I like walking thats active.
*updated* no I dont get any coins at all...I dont have the time to put in my miles each day and play a game til you hit the first milestone...wewards is a way better walking app...I can get a $25 giftcard in about 2 to 3 months
1 Star says it all
tried to withdraw and I guess this is another scam ask since it errored out
you need to do more than walk to get anything out of it. it disables the rewards if you don't do the game offers.
I get ads for this app on other walking apps so I downloaded it and when I did I feel like this app is a scam I got to 16k steps almost to 20k and the app crashed and reset me back to 0 steps!
this app is a scam. they suspended my account because I was going thru the game to fast and they said was suspicious to go to their the levels fast.. that's why I hate these types of apps. once I starting making money they don't like that. scam app . God forbid we make some money on an app that's about wining money . if my account don't get re activated I will be doing an episode on my podcast about this app
I downloaded this app to earn money for walking, and they suspended my account for no good reason
Walked 10,000 steps and only got $0.04. Not worth it
the exchange rate is ridiculous. 50,000 coins for fifty bucks and twelve miles gets you sixty coins. Who would bother?
My watch says ive walked 15,577 steps while your app says ive walked 5,234. phones been in my pocket the entire time but somehow 10,000 steps go unaccounted for? im deleting.
App is misleading. you can only claim your steps if you play games consistently and locks you if not. Also it suspended me for no reason saying I violated terms when I didn't do anything. Not worth it.
After one day on this app, it says I completed games illegally. I don't even know how to do that. It says I used a VPN that wasn't mine, that I signed in with the wrong email. an app full of bugs
account suspended spite never use this app
scam, let's you use normally for the first couple of days then won't let you get step rewards unless you download a game!
in beginning thought app was Great until.day 3 then you must do other things to keep your coins active or you lose them.
I downloaded the app to earn cash from walking, but after two days of letting me do that it suddenly wouldn't let me transfer my steps to coins unless I started an offer (play a game or make a purchase from their partners). I have plenty of places to go if I want to earn money from playing games, but I specifically downloaded this app to earn money from walking. It's a shame they advertised it that way but then pull the rug from under you and force you to play games to get what you earned.
Didn't even get to make an account! Went to sign up with my email and bam was immediately banned for a breach of contract. Not sure how that is even possible when I logged into my email to hit the verification link and I never made it passed the log in page? Immediately uninstalled.
THIS APP IS A SCAM. I COMPLETED THINGS UNTIL I "MADE" OVER $50 BUT WHEN I TRIED TO REDEEM IT LOGGED ME OUT AND WHEN I LOGGED BACK IN IT STARTED HAVING ME FILL OUT PERSONAL QUESTIONS AGAIN WITH A BALANCE OF $0.00.
It would not count my steps. My family walked all over Legoland and it didn't count any of my steps from that. And I emailed them about it and it still has not changed.
loved it until I found out playing the games were mandatory, I should've used a different app
I get that "get paid to" apps need ad revenue to pay from, but when you advertise it as a walking app I fully expect walking to be the focus... especially since none of these aps are quit-your-job earners and I can't be constantly playing games on the. When you're literally required to do the other tasks to even be eligible to earn from walking, that makes walking an afterthought, not the actual reason the app exists. Now how do I delete my account?
Suspicious app. At first I suspected that it wasn't always converting my steps into coins and just now I confirmed it. Then when I go to cash out the whole $2 I had accumulated, it wants a photo of my ID and a recording of my voice? What else do you want? my grandmother's maiden name? Purging my phone of all data and uninstalling.
not walking app. wants you to complete game milestone to keep earning from walking lame!
it took off all my steps I have done today and doesn't give me anything.. This game sucks!!!! Very angry 😡.
resets your steps out of nowhere so you can't cash out, I'm deleting this trash app
After work, I had racked up nearly 12000 steps. I took the kids out shopping and we have dinner together. And I checked again and was at nearly 16,000 at dinner this app might be legit. . after dinner, my wife and I go for a walk. On the way home, I check the app to find out how many steps total... its at 622. the app reset itself. what a joke! You have to play 6 hours on a game, c completing an offer" to double your reward. Seriously this game pays about 15 cents an hour, lol. uninstalled!
when I walk under 2500 steps they'll let me collect but on the day I waled 5500 steps they close my account!!! this is unfair 😒
force you to jump thru hoops just to earn a few pennies. earning rates are in the absolute basement when compared to other earning apps
it's pathetic how in order to keep your steps you have to constantly do an offer! Fit cash app is 💯 amazing
it doesn't want to give me my earnings
the reason I downloaded pengupace is from the commercial saying I'd earn money just by walking and it was false advertising. I walk alot and havent earned much but started playing games to earn more but I had the impression I didnt have to.
app was fine until it started requiring me to participate in the gaming/app offers to continue counting and getting points for my steps. no thanks. I just wanna walk. delete.
Suddenly stopped working for me
NOT OPTIMAL! I tried to cash in $2 through Cash app for the first time. FINALLY I managed to earn $2, and I scanned my ID, hit "Redeem" and it took my coins, and told me I had to have the Cash app debit card to redeem it that way, which I backed out of, as I don't have one, but it didn't give me my $2 worth of coins back. I also don't like that you have to play games that suck periodically to count your steps. it's advertised as get paid for walking. that's all I expect to do!
The game are good and all but you will go through hours of time to get money then it ends up asking for your ID when you try to redeem
They actually reward you in the beginning but I wanted to test with the long term goals. Seems though it doesn't detect you reaching your goals later and don't pay out. I submitted 2 separate requests in the app to tell them a reward milestone was not detected when it should have been. I'm waiting to see if anything comes of it. I'll submit another report soon to see if that does anything so I can leave the information of what works here.
I kept getting suspended for hitting milestones in the games I played. I did earn about $150 in a month~. The app is unhappy when you cash out quite often. Walking part of the app for points is really slow though. 13k steps a day.
decent earning app butt about a third of the offers will actually register and you have approximately a 9 week wait from support! it does pay and it is quick payout once you have the money but getting the money is another story!
already was meh about the app you have to do more than walk in order to earn so I was doing games I got to the point of earning a little more money on monopoly go along with spent money to earn money and it didn't recognize it. I reached out that it wasn't recognizing I had done these things and now monopoly go doesn't even show on my profile anymore..I only spent to earn back 🤬 I should have had at least $6 earned don't recommend
+ 9 more in the clipboard copy
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
9%
Negative (1-2★)