Market research companies like Nielsen, MobileXpression, etc. regularly collect data on web trends, popular apps, websites and so on. 

Most of these companies pay regular people to share their information with them. 

The way this works is that you’ll need to install the mobile apps of these companies on your smartphone and they will pay you every month just to keep their app installed.

These apps will collect the normal activity of your smartphone and send it back to the research companies in encrypted and anonymous manner. They won’t affect your smartphone’s performance or battery life.

Following is the list of research apps which I recommend you to install.

1.  Nielsen Mobile App

Nielsen will pay you $50 per year just to install and keep their app on your smartphone. 

First, visit the following URL and register yourself.

https://computermobilepanel.nielsen.com/cmp/landingeng.jsp

Here you’ll be asked some basic questions about you, your household and devices you use.

After this, they’ll send you instructions to install their app securely. Once the installation is done, you’ll need to restart your smartphone.

After this, you can use your smartphone normally, and the app will collect and send data automatically in a nonintrusive way.

2. MobileXpression Panel App

MobileXpression is similar to Nielsen; you’ll have to visit the following URL and register yourself.

https://www.mobilexpression.com/home.aspx

Once you’re registered you can download the app; the app will run in the background and send relevant data to MobileXpression automatically without affecting your mobile’s performance.

After it’s been installed for a week, you can play an instant rewards game, where you are guaranteed to win something. 

Rewards in this game include Amazon gift cards, iPads, Tv, etc. 

3. Placed Panel App

The Panel app will reward you points every month for keeping their app installed; you can redeem these points for a variety of prizes.

The Panel app also offers surv