How I made an extra £1,192.30 in April
I have been sharing my mission to making more money since late 2020 and don’t plan on stopping soon; it is completely possible to make extra income online and I want to show you exactly how this can be done with little or no experience.
So without further ado, here is how I got on in April 2025.
The Bank Engine: £473.39
I took a bit of a break from posting on Instagram throughout April and expected the profits to drop as a result. However, the profits remained fairly consistent with that of the previous month and the search engine optimisation work that I have carried out on a number of referral offers provided study income for the month.
As always, thank you for your continued support. I am very appreciative of the continued support The Bank Engine continues to receive.
Lifetime ISA Bonus: £333.33
I am currently saving for the deposit on my first home, along with my partner, and we both do this in our own Lifetime ISAs - a Government backed scheme that allows you to save £4,000 per tax year and receive a 25% bonus on however much you save into the account.
I paid in £333.33 on 1 April into my Lifetime ISA to reach this maximum £4,000 for the 2024/25 tax year and as such will receive a bonus of £83.33 per month from the Government. I currently use Nutmeg for my Lifetime ISA which is a Stocks & Shares Lifetime ISA.
I then paid in a further £1,000 towards my 2025/26 contributions later in April which will pay me an additional £250 bonus.
Mystery Shopping: £138.62
Check out my FREE mystery shopping guide here where I share exactly how I make £1,000s from this!
Since writing this guide I have discovered SmartSpotter (see below) which is fast becoming my favourite app and is perfect if you don't like the idea of having to interact with staff as most jobs don't require you to!
April wasn't particularly busy but I managed to complete a set of lucrative jobs which bulked out my earnings!
Roamler - I do have some referral links (referrer-only benefit) if you would like to help me out!
5 x Chewing Gum Checks: £125.00 (visit store, take photos of chewing gum displays, answer questions, including taking photos of self-checkouts and some manned checkouts)
1 x Currys Sound Check: £7.50 (visit store, locate sound displays, take photos and answer questions)
2 x Rate & Review Tasks: £2.00 (visit store, take photo of products, purchase and review at home)
At-home Flower Survey: £0.30 (answer a few questions about flowers)
2 x Red Bull Display Checks: £11.00 (visit store, look for displays, take photos and answer questions)
1 x M&S Café Check: £5.00 (visit café and complete mystery shop - café was closed)
SmartSpotter - I do have some referral links (referrer-only benefit) if you would like to help me out!
1 x Oat Milk Check: £5.00 (visit store, locate oat milk products, take photo and answer questions)
1 x Bagel Check: £4.00 (visit store, locate bagels, take photo and answer questions)
I also incurred fuel costs of £20.88 when completing these tasks, this is calculated by multiplying the miles completed at HMRC’s approved rate of 45p per mile.
Bank Interest: £78.70
I LOVE passive income, and bank interest is the best form of passive income as its your money working for you. Alongside my current Stocks & Shares Lifetime ISA, I have a Cash Lifetime ISA with Tembo which is earning me a large amount of bank interest each month.
I only recently moved to Tembo following Moneybox’s drop in interest rates. Not with Tembo? You can get a £15-£250 bonus using my link! Check it out here.
Market Research: £74.60
Dscout - 3 Studies for £67.87/ $93
During April, I was lucky in being accepted for 3 separate studies with Dscout which is by far my favourite market research app. Here's what they looked like:
SME Diary Mission: £54.67 ($75) Multi-day diary mission, submitted self-recorded video responses to questions about managing bills for my small business
AI Media Survey: £7.30 ($10) 5 minute survey about AI integrations into messaging apps
Travel Usability Task: £5.81 ($8) Quick task giving my thoughts on a new travel website feature
Google Rewards: £6.43
I was recommended this app in one of my posts last year, and since then have been answering the super short surveys every time they pop up.
They are generally about shops I have visited and whether I made a purchase, but recently have started getting questions about Google searches too!
In the last few months, they have also introduced receipt scanning where they will ask you to upload receipts for stores you have visited (completely random, and some I haven't been in) paying £0.01 if you don't have a receipt/ didn't visit or up to £0.30 if you upload one.
The earnings can only be redeemed for Google Play credit on Android but still worthwhile!
Nationwide “The Big Thank You”: £50
In April, I received £50 from Nationwide as part of their £600 million payout to 12 million customers following the success of the Virgin Money deal. Fingers crossed there is another bonus brewing for more of their customers as part of their Fairer Share payment.
Matched Betting: £28.08
like to take quite a laid-back approach to matched betting which you can check out my FREE guide here.
I think it's always useful to know how people really achieve their figures and this is how I reached £28.08 in April:
Betfair Free Bet Streak: £14.61 (1 x £10 Qualifying Bet, 2 x £10 Free Bets)
Bet365 Daily Free Game: £10.14 (available from 5pm everyday)
Betfred Free Spins: £3.25 (pop up maybe once or twice a week)
Betfair Daily Free Pinball Game: £0.08
Cashback: £12.35
EverUp - Cashback on groceries: £11.30
I have now been using EverUp primarily for grocery shopping as they seem to have the consistently highest rates at the supermarkets I shop at averaging at around 4% or so. Combined with loyalty cards, and using my SumUp card to purchase the gift cards through the app, this can often get an extra 0.5% which is well worth the minimal effort it takes to purchase a gift card through the app before shopping!
JamDoughnut - Cashback on groceries: £1.05
JamDoughnut is very similar to EverUp but never really seems to be comparable with rates, other than Waitrose (bizarrely) which it is almost always higher on whenever I check. The rates were higher than EverUp at one point so I used JamDoughnut at this point.
Dividends: £3.23
Dividends are largely like bank interest, but you receive them for investing in the stock market. They reflect a share of the profits of companies that you have invested in and are paid semi-regularly depending on how you invest.
If you are new to investing, or just want to learn more, you can check out my free investing guide here.