Rebates are nothing new in this world. Paper rebates have existed forever. Ask your grandma! Times have changed, though! Now you can use your smartphone to make a little extra cash in addition to paper rebates. Download grocery rebate apps to your iPhone or Android phone and use them to earn cash back on your grocery purchases. It’s like getting paid to grocery shop. And NO paper coupons are needed….EVER!

Right now there are 7 smartphone apps that will pay you “cash back” to grocery shop. You can either request a gift card or a cash payment to Paypal. Ibotta, Checkout 51, Saving Star, Fetch Rewards, Mobisave, bevRage and Berrycart. With these apps NO coupons are needed. However, you can combine printable or newspaper coupons with most of the offers available in each app to save even more money. Coupons are allowed unless otherwise stated.

Don’t forget!! You can ALSO submit your receipts to Find&Save, ReceiptHog, Yaarlo, Snapstar, Walmart Savings Catcher and ReceiptPal for MORE savings! You can rack up points on each to score free Amazon gift cards or Paypal cash using these receipt apps. They do not give “cash back”, but anything helps when it comes to lowering your grocery bills, right?

If you want to earn more free gift cards to pay for your groceries, try Shopkick and Check Points. They do not give you cash back on groceries, though. These two apps are different. You do NOT submit your receipts. You DO use each app to earn points that can be used to exchange for gift cards. Shopkick offers a few ways to earn kicks (points) such as simply walking into your favorite stores with the app open and scanning product barcodes. Check Points is similar, but this app offers other ways to earn points such as watching videos and playing games.