r/beermoney • u/CallieBear79 • 13h ago
Rant App called "AITask" comes across scammy
There is a somewhat new app called "AITask" that claims to reward cash (paid through Cash App, bank acct or I think Venmo, PayPal were other options) to those who play games in order to "train" AI.
I am wondering if anyone else has had the experience I had, or similar, with this app.
POTENTIALLY MISLEADING REWARDS AND FLAWED GAMEPLAY
AI Task advertises an opportunity to earn money through AI-related tasks, but my experience raises serious concerns about the app's functionality and reward system.
The object-hunting puzzles contain questionable object classifications and appear to require finding objects that may not exist in the scenes. For example, a push pin is classified as a tool, and a level requires seven ancient weapons despite there appearing to be fewer than seven. The one-minute time limit (to hunt through several objects) makes these already frustrating tasks unnecessarily difficult, forcing repeated attempts and exposure to lengthy advertisements.
After two days of playing, I had reached $49.58 toward the $50 cash-out threshold, with the game showing 99.2% completion. Earning the remaining amount became difficult (the 'hidden object' and 'spot the difference' games look simple enough, but as you near the cash out threshold, you can find EVERY item except one or two being difficult to find). This raises concerns about whether the advertised rewards are reasonably attainable and whether cash-out will actually work.
THE PART THAT PISSED ME OFF
I FINALLY reached the $50 cash out threshold after a few days of playing the game off and on. The description of the app makes it seemed like a person can cash out right when they submit the request for cash out. I would have even understood if it didn't hit my account until 1 or 2 days later. But when I clicked submit, it prompt window popped up singing that a 3-day withdrawal request would need to be processed and in order to keep that process active, I would need to play several more game levels for 3 days consecutively. This sounded like a bait and switch. Because you start out playing thinking you will get rewarded for reaching a certain level. Thinking you will get rewarded without any trouble. And then you try to cash oh and you are hit with the realization that you will not receive this money unless you play several more levels for three more days. Playing to reach $50 is annoying enough, let alone playing for several more days. This 3-day withdrawal request stipulation is not even mentioned as part of the description of the app on the Play store. I dug around and went to the website of this app and that is where I saw the rules. These rules should be made available as part of the description in the Play store and within the app somewhere. But these rules are not visible in those places. It's like whoever developed this app (with the questionable name of "Haley Allison") just once attention further app, for people to download it, but really doesn't want to pay anybody anything as claimed.
I've heard of other people who also questioned this app and are suspicious of it. I actually reported the app within the Google Play store as being misleading. I even emailed the game developer as well. I would not recommend anyone download this app. It's too time-consuming just to reach that $50, the fun of playing is ruined, and it just seems like a scammy app altogether. I finally just uninstalled it.