How to Make Money Using a Driving App — Best Apps, Explained

Owning a vehicle is expensive. Between high gas prices, maintenance, insurance, and monthly payments, it’s no wonder people are taking side jobs in the gig economy to gain extra income.

If you’re looking to supplement your income — or you need a full-time job — and you’ve got a car and a good driving record, you may want to look into a driving app to make money.

Let’s take a look at 15 of our favorite driving apps to help make you money.

Many love the convenience of having food delivered to their home, and that’s why food delivery apps are so popular and in-demand.

Caviar started out as a premium food delivery service, but after the acquisition by DoorDash in 2019, customers can now find a curated list of higher-end local restaurants right at their fingertips.

Couriers are essentially employed by DoorDash and paid using the same formula which is base pay, plus promotion and tips. Drivers can earn extra driving during peak hours and “Challenges.”

Earning potential: $15–$25 per hour

Founded in 2013, DoorDash is where drivers connect customers with their favorite local restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores, and more.

Dashers enjoy flexible hours (and no minimum requirement), can cash out whenever they want, and they can bring a friend along too.

Earning potential: $15–$25 per hour

Grubhub is another wildly popular food delivery gig where you get paid to deliver food and essentials to people around your city. As one of the original food delivery apps, they've partnered with over 100,000 restaurants.

Drivers can deliver via car, bike, or even scooter. You can keep all your tips, make your own schedule, and you get to choose your own delivery zone.

Earning potential: $12–$15/hour

Postmates, which is now owned by Uber Eats, is a delivery company founded in San Francisco in 2011, allowing customers to have anything delivered on-demand.

Many benefits to working as a driver for Postmates include flexible scheduling, bonuses, quick payment, and you can keep 100 percent of your tips.

Earning potential: $15–$20/hour

A division of Uber, driving for Uber Eats is another great alternative to a traditional part-time delivery job where you can make money delivering food by car, bike, or scooter.

You can create your own schedule and hours and track your earnings. You'll get paid quickly and can keep all of the tips you receive.

Earning potential: $15–$20/hour

Saucey is an on-demand wine, beer, and spirits delivery service that promises to deliver in under 30 minutes. It currently operates in a limited number of U.S. cities, but it's quickly growing.

As a driver for Saucey, you must be at least 21, have a reliable car that's at least a 2007 model year or newer, have a smartphone, insurance, and a clean driving record. You'll need to make sure to check IDs at the door and if you schedule time blocks in advance, there's a guaranteed minimum pay.

Earning potential: Approximately $10/hour.

Founded in 1995 in New York City, Delivery.com is an app where drivers deliver food and items from local liquor stores, restaurants, grocery stores, laundry services, and more.

Drivers make at least $16 an hour. You get to keep all of your tips and you can set your own hours too.

Earning potential: $16–$22/hour

At Instacart, you’ll shop for people’s groceries and deliver them to their front door. Each trip is a shopping batch. Being an Instacart shopper takes some time since you have to grab everything from the grocery store.

The more batches you complete, the more you’ll make per hour, and you get to keep all your tips.

Earning potential: $15–$25/hour

GoPuff is another app to deliver the essentials like groceries, pet supplies, over-the-counter medication, alcohol, food, and more.

Drivers pick up items from one of their local warehouses that offers free, reserved parking and all deliveries are within a 30-mile radius. Drivers make their own schedule, keep all of the tips they receive, and get paid the full amount for every order delivered.

Earning potential: $10–$15/hour

Delivering packages is a great way to make extra money, and you can use your own car. Here are some of the best package delivery apps for people wanting to make money.

One of the best ways to make extra money is at Amazon Flex. You’ll be working for Amazon Logistics collecting packages from Amazon fulfillment centers and delivering them to customers using your own vehicle.

Drivers schedule themselves in for blocks of delivery time and it’s very flexible.

Earning potential: $18–$25/hour

Target-owned Shipt started as an on-demand grocery delivery service, but today you can have items from grocery stores, convenience stores, retail shops, and more delivered to your front door.

As a Shipt Shopper, you can shop for more than one order at a time, make your own schedule, interact with other shoppers, see how much you'll make before you accept an order, and you'll get a free membership too.

Earning potential: $15–$20/hour

If you enjoy driving and meeting new people, download a ridesharing app and act like a personal taxi for others, or rent out your car.

Lyft is one of the most popular rideshare apps out there that will pay you to drive people around to their destinations. It's easy to sign up and get started as a driver, but you need to be at least 21, pass a background check and vehicle inspection, and have a valid driver's license.

After you're approved as a Lyft driver, you get to keep all of your tips, have guaranteed earnings and a healthcare subsidy, and you may be eligible for medical and disability coverage.

Earning potential: Average $17/hour

The original and most popular ride-sharing app, Uber is quick and easy to get started. Just like Lyft, you need to be at least 25, pass a background check and vehicle inspection, and have a valid driver's license.

Once you're up and running, Uber will pay you a flat fee and you get to keep all of your tips. You can also earn bonuses during challenges and special times, and you can create your own schedule.

Earning potential: $15–$22/hour

If you've got a car, but you don't use it often, you should consider renting it out on Turo. Kind of like the Airbnb for cars, all you have to do is list your car and all the details, when it's available, and the cost per hour or day.

Turo advertises your car when people plug in keywords in your area and all you need to do is make sure your car is ready when someone requests it.

Earning potential: Varies by car make, model, demand, and rates in the area.

Turn your car into extra money with Getaround. This car rental app features predicative pricing that uses data to figure out exactly how to price bookings, so you can maximize your earnings.

To get started, create a listing and make sure your car meets the requirements such as 2007 or newer, less than 200,000 miles, and in good condition. You also have to provide pictures of your vehicle and any other information that will help renters decide if it’s right for them.

Earning potential: Varies by car make, model, demand, and rates in the area.