Driving apps to make money can either supplement your income or be a sole source of income. Without a doubt, plenty of people are making a living with their car one way or another. And why not? In some cases you can make up to $25 per hour and not even have to speak to anyone really (hi, DoorDash).
But if you’re not an introvert and you miss the socializing that happened at the office before the pandemic, there are driving apps to make you money too.
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Food Delivery Driving Apps to Make You Money
1. DoorDash
On average, DoorDash drivers earn about $25 per hour (including tips). You’re sure to always get base pay which is calculated based on distance, desirability of the order, and estimated time but typically ranges between $2 – $10 per order. Plus, with DoorDash, you keep 100% of tips too.
On top of this, you can also earn more by doing various promotions like Peak Pay and Challenges. For example, Peak Pay offers a few dollars more if you drive during certain hours.
TIP: DoorDash bought Caviar in 2019, and the interface looks exactly the same. DoorDash is using Dashers to complete Caviar orders too.
2. UberEats
UberEats is a driving app to make you money delivering food by car, scooter, or bicycle. To be a driver, you have to be at least 19 years old, but you only need to be 18 if you’re planning to deliver on a bike.
You can expect to make $8 – $12 per hour, with higher earnings possible during lunch and dinner hours.
3. PostMates
As an independent contractor for PostMates, you can make up to $18 per hour driving. They take 20% of the fee customers pay, leaving the rest to drivers. Best part? There’s no cap on how much you can earn, and you set your own hours.
Plus, every week there’s a guaranteed bonus for completing a set amount of deliveries.
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4. Grubhub
JustEatTakeaway bought Grubhub in 2021, but the food delivery service is still signing up drivers and delivering to customers.
Grubhub pay is a combination of base pay rate and tips. Just like with Doordash, you keep 100% of the tips. Expect to make about $8 per delivery (Grubhub doesn’t pay by the hour but by the delivery).
With Grubhub, you can plan ahead to schedule your blocks of time when you want to make deliveries. They try to limit the number of drivers on the road this way, resulting in guaranteed deliveries for drivers.
5. Bite Squad
Bite Squad is one of the lesser-known food delivery services because they’re only available in roughly 200 cities in the U.S. If you live in Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, or Wisconsin, you might be able to deliver for Bite Squad.
Drivers earn on average $15 – $22 per hour. Find out if there’s a Bite Squad in your city.
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Delivery Driving Apps to Make You Money
This is grocery delivery, alcohol delivery, package delivery, and the like. Some of these also offer food delivery.
6. Instacart
With Instacart, you’ll do the grocery shopping and delivering. You can work whenever you want since you’ll be an independent contractor.
Plan to make $3 – $10 per delivery (about $14 per hour on average), plus you’ll get to keep 100% of tips. You must be at least 18 to sign up to drive for Instacart. Also, deliveries are first come, first served, so you’ll need to keep an eye on the app if you want to work.
Here’s a deeper dive into grocery delivery services.
7. Shipt
Like Instacart, you’ll shop and deliver with Shipt. You can make $15 – $18 per hour and set your own hours.
You must be at least 18 with a car or bicycle to make deliveries.
8. Amazon Flex
Basically, Amazon Flex allows you to deliver packages for Amazon on your own terms. You’ll get to work when you want to by reserving a block of time in the schedule. The best part though is that you can make $18 – $25 per hour.
You have to be 21 or older and own a midsize vehicle (4-door SUV, van, or truck with a covered bed). Find out if Amazon Flex is recruiting in your area.
Here are a few more ways to earn money on Amazon.
9. Delivery.com
Even though it’s not as well known as other delivery services, Delivery.com has a presence in 33 states in the U.S. They deliver food, alcohol, groceries, laundry, catering, and gifts.
Delivery.com drivers make at least $16 per hour, and you keep 100% of the tips. Just like other delivery apps to make you money, you can set your own hours too.
10. GoPuff
GoPuff delivers alcohol, food, snacks, groceries, and more. But what’s different here is instead of driving to the store or restaurant to pick up the order, as a driver, you’d go to the GoPuff warehouse instead. The company has over 500 warehouses.
GoPuff offers both full-time employment and independent contractor opportunities. This is called a GoPuff partner. As a partner, you’ll be able to arrange your choice of delivery schedule.
The average GoPuff partner earns $18 – $25 not including tips.
11. Saucey
Saucey is an alcohol delivery service, and it’s got a few benefits for anyone who is looking to drive more at night than during the day. They promise customers delivery within 30 minutes anytime from 8 – 2 a.m.
You can make over $10 per hour delivering alcohol. You have to be over 21, and you’ll need to be alright with checking IDs before you drop items off.
12. Eaze
If you’re 21 or older and live in California (San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Sacramento/El Dorado County, and the Central Coast), you can apply to deliver cannabis for licensed retailers with Eaze. Drivers earn $18 – $25 per hour making cannabis deliveries.
Also, Eaze runs criminal background checks on their drivers, and that can take days to weeks. Make sure you sign up well in advance of when you’re hoping to start driving.
13. Favor Delivery
Even though Favor Delivery only exists in Texas, it’s worth mentioning because while you do need to be 18, you don’t have to have a driver’s license in some cities in Texas; you just need a bicycle. Plus, you can mix it up and deliver food or other things, like dry cleaning.
With Favor Delivery, you can make up to $18 per hour; that’s pretty good for not even needing a car.
Rideshare Driving Apps to Make You Money
Ridesharing is like taking a taxi, but it’s someone’s car and they’re driving you around. Great for people who like to meet and talk to strangers or don’t mind socializing.
14. Uber
Uber is sort of the original rideshare app, and it’s likely you’re familiar with it. Uber is worldwide and easy to use. In order to drive for Uber, you need to be at least 21, pass a background check, and your vehicle has to pass inspection.
Drivers make on average $19 per hour plus tips. You can choose to drive during peak hours in order to make the most money possible.
15. Lyft
Like Uber, Lyft is well known in the U.S., Canada, and other parts of the world. Their requirements for drivers are similar to Uber: you must be at least 21, pass a background check, and have a vehicle that passes inspection.
Lyft pays after each drop-off directly through the app, and drivers can make an average of $17 per hour.
Driving Apps to Make You Money Through Advertising
16. Carvertise
You can earn up to $300 per month on average just for allowing Carvertise to wrap your car with a nonpermanent advertisement. At the end of the ad campaign, they’ll remove it and apply a new one if you want to continue.
You get to choose the brand advertisement from a list of possibilities. Plan on going through an application and interview process. Carvertise looks for drivers who are in their car a lot during the day.
Apps to Make You Money With Your Car
This isn’t making money driving; it’s making money with your actual car. Many people turn this into a small business with a whole fleet of cars. It’s essentially passive income, other than coordinating through the apps and maintaining cars.
17. Turo
Turo allows you to rent your car out to others and they drive it. They call it “hosting” a car. If you have one car available to host, you can make over $800 per month. The more cars in your “portfolio,” the more money you can make.
To become a host, you’ll apply and go through a vehicle inspection process similar to Uber. But once you do, you can start building a business if there’s demand in your city.
18. Getaround
Like Turo, Getaround offers you the chance to host an extra car for people to book and drive around town. You can charge by the day or by the month, depending on what your client needs. And your earnings depend on the make and model of your car and on where you live. Also, of course, how many cars you host.
For example, one Getaround host makes $694 per month hosting a 2013 Nissan Juke in Charleston.
Safe Driving Apps That Make You Money
These are apps that offer incentives for safe driving. If you don’t text while you’re driving, you’ll get rewards.
19. OnMyWay
OnMyWay pays you to avoid texting and driving. Once you’re all set up, you can earn $0.02 per mile that you drive over 10 miles per hour and do not text. Plus, you can get a onetime $2 bonus each time you sign a friend up.
20. This App Saves Lives
Similar to OnMyWay, This App Saves Lives rewards you for safe driving. You’ll earn points every time you drive with your phone screen locked and are only using navigation, music, or hands-free calls.
You can redeem points for rewards like a free burger from Shake Shack or 15% off coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts.
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