Miles has one of the best ideas in rewards apps: airline miles, but for every trip you take on the ground, with walking and cycling earning the most. It runs in the background, it asks nothing of you, and it is a real company with real gift cards. The question a walker should ask is the one the app store listing avoids, which is what a mile is worth when you spend it. We worked it through from the published multipliers and from what reviewers who have cashed out say they got.
Disclosure: Fitcoin is our own fitness-rewards app, so we are a competitor of sorts. We have no relationship with Miles and earn nothing from your choice. The rates below are the ones Miles has published and independent reviewers have recorded, checked on November 10, 2026. We have not cashed out a reward ourselves.
The short version
Miles is a legitimate app that gives you points, called miles, for every mile you travel by any means, with ten times the rate for walking and running. The points are worth very little: reviewers who have redeemed them put 1,000 miles at 20 to 60 cents. A person walking 10,000 steps a day earns somewhere between 30 and 90 cents a month from the walking. In exchange, the app tracks your location all day. It is a real reward and a poor trade.
How Miles works
Miles describes itself as a frequent-flyer programme for the ground. Once you grant location access it detects each trip, works out how you travelled, and credits miles at a multiplier for that mode. There is nothing to start or stop. The miles are spent in a rewards tab on gift cards, brand discounts and raffle entries, or donated.
| How you travel | Miles per mile | What 5 miles earns |
|---|---|---|
| Walk or run | 10 | 50 |
| Cycle | 5 | 25 |
| Carpool | 2 | 10 |
| Drive alone | 1 | 5 |
The rewards catalogue is where the generosity ends. Most of it is discounts from partner brands, the kind you could find with a coupon search. The gift cards that are actually worth something appear in limited numbers and their prices move from week to week, which is why nobody can state one fixed value for a mile. Status tiers from Silver up to Diamond improve the redemption rates a little and add small birthday and anniversary bonuses.
What your walking is worth
Take 10,000 steps a day, which is about five miles. At 10x that is 50 miles a day and roughly 1,500 a month. At the 20 to 60 cents per 1,000 that reviewers have recorded, a month of walking is worth 30 to 90 cents.
So for walkers Miles sits at the bottom of a low table. Its one advantage is that it also pays, a little, for the driving and commuting that step apps ignore, and because it reads location and not your step count it can run alongside any of them. Our guide to how much walking apps pay for 10,000 steps has the full ladder, and the highest-paying walking apps ranks the ones worth the screen space.
The price is your location
A step app needs your step count. Miles needs to know where you are, continuously, to work out how you are moving. That is the product: its partners are brands and transport agencies who want to reach people based on where and how they travel. One long-running side-income site summed up its review by saying a typical user is selling round-the-clock location data for less than a dollar a month.
Who should use it
Someone who already drives or commutes long distances, is relaxed about location sharing, and treats the occasional $5 gift card as a pleasant surprise. If you are here because you walk a lot and want to be paid for it, start with the best apps that pay you to walk in the USA or the full list of apps that pay you to walk. For cyclists, apps that pay you to cycle covers better options than a 5x multiplier on almost nothing. Miles is built for the US market; check your own app store before assuming it works where you are.
Method: Checked November 10, 2026. Travel-mode multipliers are from Miles's own published description as reported by BadCredit.org and MoneyPantry. Redemption values (5,000 miles for $1 to $3; 1,000 miles worth 20 to 60 cents; $1 to $5 a year for a typical user) and the status tiers are from hands-on reviews by Side Hustle Nation and The Budget Diet; DollarBreak records a different rate for some rewards, which illustrates how much the catalogue varies. Monthly figures are our own arithmetic at five miles per 10,000 steps. WeWard and CashWalk comparisons use the rates in our own guides. We have not redeemed a reward.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Miles app legit?
Yes. Miles is an established US rewards app that credits points for travel and lets you redeem them for gift cards, discounts and raffle entries. The rewards are real but small.
How much are miles worth in the Miles app?
There is no fixed value. Reviewers who have redeemed put 5,000 miles at $1 to $3, so 1,000 miles is worth roughly 20 to 60 cents, and prices in the catalogue change from week to week.
How many miles do you get for walking?
Ten miles for every mile you walk or run. Cycling earns five, carpooling two and driving alone one.
How much can you earn walking with Miles?
At 10,000 steps a day, about 1,500 miles a month, which is worth roughly 30 to 90 cents. One reviewer estimates a typical user earns $1 to $5 a year in total.
Does Miles track your location all the time?
Yes. It needs continuous location access to detect trips and how you travelled, which is the main cost of using it.
Method: Checked November 10, 2026 against manufacturer product pages, published help documentation and independent reviews. Prices are US list at publication unless noted. Fitcoin has no commercial relationship with the hardware brands named here. Wellness estimates only, not medical advice.
Related reading: Apps that pay you to walk, Apps that pay you to walk in the USA, Highest-paying walking apps, Evidation review, Are walking apps that pay you legit?
About the author: Harris Khan is the co-founder and CTO of Fitcoin, a UK fitness-rewards and health-insights app that reads Apple Health and Health Connect.