Try out new apps to help you and your finances and also get a free money bonus or voucher when you do.
I love trying out new apps that help me track my spending, put money into savings or earn me interest. Often they’ll also come with a welcome or referral offer, and I’ll share these and any other decent ones below.
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Banking app welcome offers
Monzo: £5 welcome bonus
New users of digital bank Monzo can get £5 credited to their account if they sign up via a refer-a-friend link (use the link here, ask around or look online) and make a card payment in 30 days. Make sure the landing page when you follow a link explicitly says you’ll earn £5.
Here’s my full review of the bank.
Chip: Up to £50 welcome offer & 3.4% interest
Sign up for savings app Chip via this link and use the codes below to earn a bonus once you’ve saved at least £5,000 in the Instant Access account for 180 days (six months).
The size of the bonus is dependent on how much you deposit:
- £10 bonus when you deposit £5,000 and enter the code CLEVER5K
- £30 bonus when you deposit £10,000 and enter the code CLEVER10K
- £40 bonus when you deposit £15,000 and enter the code CLEVER15K
- £50 bonus when you deposit £20,000 and enter the code CLEVER20K
You can add the deposit in stages but it must reach the account by the end of the month.
Once you’ve downloaded the app and signed up, you can enter the promo code in the “Promos & Referrals” button via the profile tab. Then add the money.
Obviously if you need to access the cash you won’t get the bonus. It’s also worth comparing six month fix rates to see if these will earn you more in that period (though don’t forget to factor in the bonus).
At the moment the offer ends 31 March 2023 but could be extended.
The account also pays an interest rate of 3.4%
Tide business: Earn £75
Sole traders and limited companies that open a brand new Tide account are eligible for a £75 welcome bonus. You’ll need to enter the code REFORM when you apply. Then once accepted, spend £300 on the debit card in the first three months.
The £75 will be credited to your account within eight weeks of meeting the criteria. You might be asked to prove you are running a business.
Monese: Get up to £30
This offer is slightly better and could earn you up to £30 in credit. However you will need an existing Monese customer to share their referral code or link.
**My link has reached its limit however if you find someone who can share their own referral code you’ll be able to take advantage.**
Sign up with a promo code (ANDR4552 (code expired). You can sign up for any tier, though I’d go for the free plan.
Once you get the card, use it for any transaction to earn £20. There’s no minimum spend required to trigger this bonus.
To get the next bonus, you need to spend another £500 on the card or send the same amount abroad. This can be any number of transactions. Once you reach that level you’ll get another £10 credit added to your account.
IMPORTANT: Payments with your Monese card towards things like credit card bills don’t count, so you will need to “spend” the money.
Monese: Get up to £20 for joining
You can get up to £20 free cash from Monese.
New customers can get up to £20 added to your account. You need to open an account with the promo code CLEVERCASH. Use this on sign-up, not on the promo tab within the app.
Then once you’ve used the physical debit card you’ll get £5 added to your account. Spend a total of £500 with the card and an extra £15 will be added. Full terms and conditions here.
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Money data offers
YouGov Finance: £50 for sharing banking data
Sign up for pollster and survey company YouGov’s Finance feature and you’ll get 500 points for every current account or credit card you link, and 100 for every savings account. You can renew the link after 90 days to get the points again for the same accounts.
It’ll take 48 hours for the points to reach your account. Once you reach 5,000 points you’ll be able to trade them in for £50 cash or a voucher at the likes of Amazon, Asda or John Lewis.
You can link a maximum of 10 accounts. If you’ve previouly added more than this you’ll need to delete some of them to add more.
I used my mobile browser to connect bank accounts as it uses your banking app authentication this way. Banks listed are:
- Amex
- Bank of Scotland
- Barclays
- Barclaycard
- Captial One
- Chelsea Building Society
- Danske Bank
- First Direct
- Halifax
- HSBC
- Lloyds
- MBNA
- M&S Bank
- Monzo
- Nationwide
- Natwest
- Revolute
- Santander
- Starling
- Tesco Bank
- Tide
- TSB
- Ulster Bank
- Virgin Money
- Wise
- Yorkshire Buiding Society
You can earn additional points by filling in questionnaires and surveys. Thanks to Emily for sharing this offer first in the Be Clever With Your Cash Facebook Group
Money app welcome offers
Snoop: £5 Amazon Voucher
Snoop is an app to help you track your spending. It also analyses your bank data to suggest ways you can save money. Right now there’s an offer to get a £5 Amazon voucher.
You must go via the link below for the offer to track.
Once you’ve downloaded the app and signed up you need to connect a bank or credit card account and stay connected until the end of the following month. Do this and the voucher will be sent.
Twig: £5 welcome bonus
The app Twig will give you an offer on tech and clothes you want to sell, and if you cash out you can use the earnings to spend via a dedicated Visa debit card.
If you join with the code adwebb1 and register for a card you’ll get £4, and another £1 when you complete your first payout.
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Expired offers
Revolut: Free £10 and three months Premium (expired)
You can get a £10 free credit from Revolut when you join for the first time via this link and access to one month’s free Premium.
To get the tenner you need to top up your account from another bank and then spend at least £1 on the card.
You’ll have to pay if you want a physical card so I wouldn’t bother. There’s a virtual card you can use straight away from the app or add to your phone’s wallet.
You don’t have to take the one-month free Premium but if you do it has to be within 72 hours of signing up. If you don’t want to continue with Premium once the initial month you can easily downgrade in the app. Don’t forget or you’ll pay £6.99 a month. If you ordered the card you’ll have to pay for it, so again, don’t do this unless you’re going to stick with Premium.
Ends 11 November 2022. Full terms and conditions are available when you click through.
Chase Bank: £20 welcome bonus (ended)
The new £20 referral scheme began on 11 May 2022. You do not need to switch. Here’s more on how it works, and how to refer your friends (earning up to £400).
| Welcome bonus | £20 |
| Bonus paid | Unknown |
| Open to existing customers | No |
| Requirements | Use the referral code iJLxpV8Q or one from a friend |
| Pay in £20 within 30 days of opening the account | |
| Exclusions | Not already have or had a Chase Bank current account |
| Offer limited to once per person | |
| Offer ends | Unknown |
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I’ve been using YouGov Finance for some time now, including when in its Beta format. Works well other than Virgin Money, which insists I’ve got a 7 digit customer number, when I haven’t. Looks like there’s a complication with Clydesdale Bank, which I have pointed out, but which hasn’t been addressed after several months.
Andy thanks for sharing your refer a friend links. I really appreciate that you have road tested these apps and shared them with us. Working my way through the incentives now. Big thanks
Hi Andy, many thanks for all your work. Went for Revolut offer as thought may as well get the free £10. I followed the instructions above including going through that link and spending the £1. How soon should I expect the £10 to be credited?
Actually ignore the above. The free £10 was credited within around 24 hours following my purchase.
Ha great
Regarding the Revolut offer, if you cancel or downgrade premium you have to pay delivery and possibly a fee of £16.99!
I’ve had it confirmed by Revolut that this is a free trial for three months that you can cancel. If you can’t do this, send me an email and I can get my contact to look into it
I have registered for Snoop using the link provided at the end of January but didn’t get the voucher. I have emailed them today and they’ve asked me to provide the link I have used so I have sent them this webpage. I dont know if others also have had this problem that the voucher didn’t come ? 🙁
Thanks Karolina. Let me know what happens
Hey Andy,
How do I know if I’m properly registered for the Monese cashback? I used your code but got no confirmation of the steps I need to do. I’ve already received my card and spent with it, so I’m a little suspicious that I might not be getting any rewards.
For Monese “Spend a total of £500 with the card and an extra £15 will be added.” do i need to spend 500 in specific period of time? like within 1 month ? Thank you
Hi KK, no, the terms from Monese don’t specify any specific time period. A quick hack though is to use it to pay a credit card bill which might help you get there fast.
Not possible. Financial services are excluded.
Hi Andy, you said above that payments for credit card bills won’t count towards the £500 spend
Hi,
When do you say credit card bill, that includes that type of top-up cards or vouchers that you can buy for later use in Tesco, Sainsbury and so?
For some reason when I buy that kind of voucher Chase does not count it for the 1% back, so maybe Monese will not count it either?