How to Get Your Phone to Track Get-Paid-To Offers Correctly
Swagbucks games not tracking? Freecash games not Tracking? Tracking issues can be incredibly frustrating when you’re completing Get-Paid-To (GPT) offers or games on reward platforms like Swagbucks, Freecash, or RewardXP. Whether you’re missing out on rewards or struggling to figure out what’s gone wrong, the problem often lies in your phone’s settings. In this guide, we’ll walk you through common reasons why GPT offers fail to track and provide simple steps to ensure your device is set up correctly, so you can start earning without a hitch.
Key Offer Tracking Takeaways
- Android devices are better for offer tracking than iOS devices.
- However, iOS devices can be adjusted to track effectively.
- Use Google Chrome: Google enables tracking by default. Many other browsers do not.
- Clear Cookies Before Starting: Then make sure you accept all cookies.
- Enable Third-Party Cookies: Check your browser settings to ensure third-party cookies are allowed.
Tracking on Android Devices
If you are using an Android phone for GPT offers, then you are already on a good start. Android devices are typically more flexible with app and browser settings, making it easier to ensure proper tracking. However, to avoid missing out on rewards, make sure to follow the essential steps below.
Android Tracking Rundown
- Use Google Chrome
- Reset your Browser Settings.
- Enable Ad Personalization
- Enable Cookies and Cross-site Tracking
- Always Accept Cookies
- Do Not Use Ad-blocker or VPNs
Use Google Chrome
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.
Reset your Google Chrome Browser Settings
Before starting with any Swagbucks or Freecash offer (or an offer from any other Get-Paid-To site), it’s a good idea to reset your browser settings to ensure no previous configurations or extensions interfere with tracking.
- Open Google Chrome.
- Tap the three dots in the top right corner to open the menu.
- Go to Settings ➡ Privacy and Security ➡ Delete Browsing Data.
- Select Cookies and Site Data and Cached Images and Files for ALL TIME, then hit Delete Data.
- Confirm that you want to delete all data.
If you want a completely clean slate, reset Google Chrome’s data directly through your phone’s settings:
- Open Settings on your phone.
- Tap Apps and select Google Chrome.
- Go to Storage and Cache.
- Select Clear Storage and Clear All Data, then confirm.
- Click Clear Cache for good measure.
Enable Ad Personalization
Now that you have a clean Google Chrome setup:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Use without signing into an account.
- Decline the Ad Privacy Feature:
- Ensure Ad Topics are off.
- Site-suggested ads should be ON.
- Ads measurement should be ON.
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
Always Accept Cookies
Make sure to accept cookies on any site that you would want to track your visit or pass on tracking information correctly. If you don’t accept cookies, the GPT site or the Offerwall won’t be able to track your purchases.
- When prompted by a pop-up, click Accept Cookies.
- Accept cookies on GPT Sites like Swagbucks or Freecash.
- Accept cookies on individual offerwall pages (you may need to scroll)
Do Not Use Ad-blockers or VPNs
You want offers to track? Well ad-blockers stop that. So if you have one, get rid of it. Same for VPNs or anything else that might hide or interfere with your IP address. This includes iCloud Private Relay things like YouGov Pulse, Nielsen Computer/Mobile Panel software, MobileXpression etc. Get rid of them all.
Tracking on iOS Devices (iPhone and iPad)
If you are using an iPhone or an iPad, then there are a little more steps to complete to get your device set up properly to enable get-paid-to offers to track properly. Importantly, you must fix some settings in Safari (regardless of what browser you use) and you must disable iCloud Private Relay.
iPhone / iPad Tracking Rundown
- Allow Apps to Request to Track
- Enable Cross-Site Tracking in Safari
- Disable Excessive Privacy Settings in Safari
- Configure iOS WiFi Settings
- Turn Off iCloud Private Relay
- Use Google Chrome (Enable Cross-Site Tracking)
- Always Accept Cookies
- Do Not Use Ad-blocker or VPNs
Allow Apps to Request to Track
This setting must be enable so that apps or games can prompt you to allow them to track your activity across other apps and websites (i.e. so they can track your offer completion).
- Open Settings.
- Find the Privacy section and click on it.
- Click Tracking.
- Enable Allow Apps to Request to Track by toggling the button on.
- Whenver you are presented with the prompt “Allow {App Name} to track your activity across other companies’ apps and websites”, choose to allow.
Enable Cross-Site Tracking and Disable Excessive Privacy Settings (System-wide)
Cross-Site Tracking in Safari is a system-wide setting that determines whether websites and third-party services can track your activity across multiple sites (even if you do not use Safari). It’s specifically tied to cookies and other tracking technologies that allow advertisers, analytics platforms, and other third parties to follow you as you browse the web.
- Open Settings.
- Find the Safari section and click on it.
- Ensure the following settings are turned off:
- Prevent Cross-Site Tracking
- Block All Cookies
- Hide IP Address
- Ask Websites Not to Track Me
- Scroll to the bottom of Safari settings and click Advanced.
- Ensure Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement is enabled.
Configure iOS WiFi Settings
Additional system-level iOS settins can interfere with offer tracking because they block your IP address. Fix that.
- Open Settings.
- Click on WiFi.
- Click on your network.
- Turn off the following settings:
- Private IP address
- Limit IP Address Tracking
Turn Off iCloud Private Relay
iCloud Private Relay is a privacy feature available with iCloud+ that encrypts your internet traffic and hides your IP address. It also routes your requests through two seperate servers. It is bad for tracking. Here is what Swagbucks have to say on it. And here is a similar warning from Freecash. Here is how to make sure it is off:
- Open Settings.
- Click on Your Name.
- Click on your iCloud.
- Scroll down to iCloud features (if you have iCloud+), then:
- Select Private Relay
- Toggle Private Relay off
Use Google Chrome & Enable Cross-site Tracking
Google Chrome just tends to work. So download it and set it as your default browser (this is important, as most GPT apps use the browser in the background). Once you have Chrome:
- Open Settings.
- Click on Chrome.
- Ensure Default Broswer App is set to Chrome.
- Allow Cross-website Tracking.
Always Accept Cookies
Make sure to accept cookies on any site that you would want to track your visit or pass on tracking information correctly. If you don’t accept cookies, the GPT site or the Offerwall won’t be able to track your purchases.
- When prompted by a pop-up, click Accept Cookies.
- Accept cookies on GPT Sites like Swagbucks or Freecash.
- Accept cookies on individual offerwall pages (you may need to scroll)
Get Rid of any VPN or Ad-blocker
These interfere with offer tracking, and are frowned upon by GPT websites. Just do yourself a favour and get rid of any.
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