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1. [R4] Rakuten 1/5 · US Money back: Seams that every time is a big purchase the money back is not added to the account and even when you follow up with them they will give you a bull… excuse
2. [R8] Rakuten 4/5 · US Cash back is great WHEN ot works.: Shopping with the app is a breeze. Quick updates on cash back earned. However, shopping in-store with a linked card is another story, it never gives credit for in-store purchases at approved stores.
3. [R19] Rakuten 1/5 · US Promise not keep: I open this because a friend was telling me about Rakuten. I saw that they had a deal for 30,000 points if I open a SOFI account and deposit $300 so I did even went further than the $300 and but $3000 in after that the had a deal to get SOFI crypto put $30 in get 10,000 points I put in $50. I have not received not 1 point and I’ve emailed them and now they want me start a direct
4. [R29] Rakuten 1/5 · US Didn't receive the $50 referral bonus. Avoid!: Complete waste of time. I invited a friend using the $50 referral promo. They made a purchase, and at first, the money appeared in the app tracker. Then, it just disappeared. The standard verification period has already passed, the order was not returned, and we followed all the rules. Despite this, neither I nor my friend got paid. Terrible experienc
5. [R1] Rakuten 1/5 · US Gift cards: Frequent submission for gift card errors no resolution at all.
6. [R12] Rakuten 3/5 · GB How long to get cash back??: Another cash back app that takes forever to get anything.
7. [R13] Rakuten 1/5 · US What a joke!: Rebate that takes 4 months to confirm. I use programs that post my rebate instantly. Not worth the effort.
8. [R16] Rakuten 4/5 · US Slow pay back: I understand there’s a time period to give for returns and etc but now it can take 14 weeks or more to post the rewards this is sad I have some pending from April which is more than 14 weeks.
9. [R3] Rakuten 3/5 · US Not great: Should be allowed to nickname cards we put on the account or atleast show last 4 or 5 numbers of credit cards so we know what card is what especially AMEX as they have 5 digits at end n can’t see all just shows middle 3 numbers
10. [R6] Rakuten 3/5 · US Should improve: I find that it doesn’t automatically pop-up when you are not in the app and I think it should when you are a Rakuten member
11. [R7] Rakuten 1/5 · US Hard af to use!: Bad
12. [R10] Rakuten 1/5 · US Kate Spade: Kate Spade Outlet won't open · translated
13. [R23] Rakuten 1/5 · US awful: these people keep going up on their points. You have to spend so much money to even earn a gift card they make you download games from the App Store so that they make more money off you and you can get more points and it takes forever to get the points it's not even worth it anymore. I used to like this app and now I absolutely hate it once I get my last gift card I'm not doing it anymore.
14. [R25] Rakuten 1/5 · US Just a hype: I’ve only ever received pennies on the dollar. Not worth it
15. [R51] Ibotta 2/5 · US Never get credit: I am constantly having to go back and click missing cash when I’m in the store and scan the product code. It says it’s OK but then when I scan the receipt at home, it doesn’t work. It happens a lot and a lot of times I don’t get credit example I bought toothpaste. It said the barcode was correct but it won’t give me credit for it.
16. [R53] Ibotta 3/5 · US Linked accounts: My loyalty account for a store was not getting the credits to my account even though it was linked and the items were picked correctly. I was told to unlink and add them receipt manually, still never got my credit
17. [R57] Ibotta 1/5 · US Receipt scan is bad: Receipt scan is bad
18. [R61] Ibotta 5/5 · US Love this app: I love this app! It is so easy to save and get money back for what you buy.
19. [R66] Capital One Shopping 5/5 · US Amazing added value: Happy to find discounts on everything I need to buy. Great variety easy navigation
20. [R71] Capital One Shopping 1/5 · US Awful experience, barely worked, deleted: Had this app for a few years. In 12 attempts to use it for a rebate, it worked a whopping 4 times. Then I finally had enough and went to redeem my cash back and a) the experience made me want to throw my phone across the room in frustration and b) you can only redeem for gift cards, mostly from retailers I never shop at anyway, and to top it off c) you can
21. [R75] Capital One Shopping 1/5 · US Pointless challenge to use: It would take too much time to list the ways this app makes shopping anti-user-friendly, unintuitive, and frustrating. Try it for yourself! (Don’t)
22. [R77] Capital One Shopping 2/5 · US Rewards are nice, but the portal is really glitchy: I’ve enjoyed the rewards I’ve received through using this, but only because I have the patience to deal with it glitching out constantly. I wish they’d put more effort into user interface.
23. [R80] Upside 5/5 · US Upside Is Wonderful!: Such an easy app to get money or gift cards for buying gas or using restaurants that you’d spend money on anyway!
24. [R81] Upside 3/5 · US Good early but not for long: Was well worth it early on in the experience. I made about $100 back and that was nice to have. After a couple months, now I’m seeing $.01 and $0.03 back per gallon on my usual stops and it’s just not worth the hassle at that point. One of the stations locally has $.11 back per gallon but I could never get redemptions approved there (hey Casey’s). So get it and use
25. [R82] Upside 2/5 · US This app isn’t too much worth it to me.: You can save gas, but if you go to a specific restaurant or gas station often the amount of cash back you can earn goes down. Sometimes after a while you can’t use that specific gas station or restaurant for a couple days, I mean you can you just won’t be able to earn rewards from it, because you exhausted it (used it too much). So earning cash back will in
26. [R83] Upside 5/5 · US Free $$.: I use Casey’s gas. Get their rewards and cash back from Upside. Double bonus!! Made over $220 free money. I download Amazon gift cards and free stuff!! Love it!!
27. [R93] RetailMeNot 1/5 · US No cash back: No cash back for 2026 purchases so far. I have made several orders since January. When I check back my purchases and then just found out they only accept missing cash back within 90 days of the purchase. This is so unacceptable. Going to uninstall the app.
28. [R95] RetailMeNot 3/5 · US Doesn’t always work: There are times I try to use the codes and they don’t work. But, sometimes they do. Hit or miss.
29. [R96] RetailMeNot 1/5 · US Not happy: Takes over a month or two to get your reward approved. I shop Walmart multiple times a week and somehow this app never acknowledges anything I order on Walmart…. Still waiting on Lowe’s reward from 6 weeks ago. Really irritating
30. [R97] RetailMeNot 5/5 · US Real Savings!: I started using this tool during Black Friday and Christmas sales last year. From Nov-Dec I managed to earn $106 back that I was able to cash right out and use for whatever I needed as soon as the New Year started. RetailMeNot is legit and I’m here for it!! Thank you for saving me money! -A Grateful Single Mom!!
31. [R107] Pogo 1/5 · US It changed: This app used to be pretty good but ever since it changed, in order to to cash out (which takes a long time to earn) you have to provide your address and photo ID. It wasn’t like that before and I’m not comfortable sharing that info. It wasn’t really only a fairly decent app to begin with but over the past year I have been able to cash out $11, but unfortunately I can’t cash out my $6
32. [R108] Pogo 5/5 · US Love Pogo: Pogo is a great app. I am able to scan receipts, take surveys and play games . I tell all my friends to download Pogo!
33. [R109] Pogo 3/5 · US Me email: It keeps asking me to reverify me email too many times
34. [R110] Pogo 1/5 · US Cheated: So I was arbitrarily told today that an offer that I had worked my butt off to get to the top tier of to get the top payout of that the advertiser decided that I had done something to violate the TOS in someway, not sure what that was because they did not disclose that, and all they did was play the game. so instead of a multiple hundreds of dollar payout I get $19.37.
35. [R47] Rakuten 1/5 · US No cash back for Amazon buys: No amazon 🥲