Android Get Paid To & Cashback Offer Tracking Guide
On all Get-Paid-To Rewards sites and on Cashback sites, offers require companies to track your visit to their site or app. Here’s how to set up your Android device to ensure these offers are tracked correctly.
This is adapted from my main guide here:
https://scrimpr.co.uk/fix-swagbucks-freecash-game-tracking-issues/
In a nutshell:
- Use Google Chrome
- Reset all settings.
- Enable Ad Personalisation
- Enable cookies and cross-site tracking
- Grant reward apps "Usage Access"
- Disable/delete any ad blockers or vpns.
- Never use public/work/shared WiFi connections.
- Always accept cookies
- If you do all of this, and still have issues, then it is likely that your internet provider is blocking the tracking. Switch to mobile internet.
1. Use Google Chrome if you don't already
Google Chrome is the best browser as it has tracking enabled by default. If you don’t already have Chrome, get it. If you do, it’s a good idea to set up a new profile that you will use for cashback purposes. Alternatively, you can use Chrome Guest Mode for each session.
When you set up your Chrome profile, make sure to click Accept All on the cookies pop-up when prompted.
2. Reset Your Browser Settings
Before starting with any kind of offer, cashback sites, Get-Paid-To sites, or anything else really, it’s a good idea to reset your browser settings to make sure no previous configurations or extensions are interfering with tracking.
- Open Chrome (or your preferred browser).
- Tap the three dots in the top right corner to open the menu.
- Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Clear browsing data.
- Select Cookies and site data and Cached images and files, then hit Clear Data.
- Go back to Settings > Privacy and Security, and select Reset settings to restore your browser to default settings.
Clearing your history in Google Chrome
3. Enable Ad Personalisation
Now that you have a clean Google Chrome setup:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Use without signing into an account (this isn't too important).
- Decline the Ad Privacy Feature (Settings ➡ Privacy and Security ➡ Ads Privacy):
- Ensure Ad Topics are off.
- Site-suggested ads should be ON.
- Ads measurement should be ON.
The Ads Privacy Section in Google Chrome
4. Enable Cookies and Cross-Site Tracking
- Now that you have a clean Google Chrome setup:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Tap the three dots in the top right corner to open the menu.
- Go to Settings ➡ Privacy and Security ➡ Third Party Cookies
- Tap Allow third-party-cookies
- Go back to Privacy and Security ➡ Send a ‘Do Not Track' Request
- Ensure that ‘Do Not Track' Requests are OFF
These settings will help cashback, GPT sites and referral programs track your visits and actions more reliably.
Make sure to allow third-party cookies
Google Chrome \"Do Not Track\" Request - Ensure this is off!
5. Grant reward apps "Usage Access"
Fix the following app permissions for both Google Chrome and any GPT/Cashback App (Freecash used as example):
- Apps ➡ Chrome ➡ Turn Off Manage if Unused
- Apps ➡ Chrome ➡ App Battery Usage ➡ Enable Allow BackGround Usage
- Apps ➡ Freecash ➡ Turn Off Manage if Unused
- Apps ➡ Freecash ➡ App Battery Usage ➡ Enable Allow BackGround Usage
- Apps ➡ Special App Access ➡ USAGE ACCESS ➡ ALLOW FOR ANY APP THAT YOU WANT REWARDS FROM.
6. Disable Ad-Blocking and VPNs
Ad-blockers and VPNs can interfere with tracking cookies and cross-site tracking, making it difficult for the apps or websites to track your actions properly. If you use these tools, consider disabling them when completing offers.
- If you have a VPN, make sure to pause it or disconnect it when completing an offer.
- Disable any browser-based or app-based ad-blockers before starting.
7. Always Accept Cookies
Make sure to accept cookies on any site that you would want to track your visit or pass on refferal links correctly.
- When prompted by a pop-up, click Accept Cookies.
- If you don’t accept cookies, the cashback site won’t be able to track your purchases.
You should accept cookies on:
- Any GPT site
- Any offerwall site
- Any cashback site
- Any site you visit to get cashback or any other rewards.
No cookies = no beermoney.
The Freecash Cookie Banner. Always accept cookies.
7. Use mobile internet when possible
Many of us have issues with tracking whilst connected to WiFi. Who knows why, but it seems to block some but not all offers (in particular, Freecash ad offers). For this reason, it is recommended that mobile internet is used as much as possible.
Best of luck!
If you plan on trying out some iOS or Desktop offers, then I will soon upload seperate guides for those devices, and will link to them here...
Posted May 24, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC