Spark Profit is a game by Nous Global Markets Ltd in the Casual category, listed since at least May 2015. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 9 permissions, none of them sensitive.
What's new in v2.0.188
Improved Chat.
Market and news notifications.
More awesomeness.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “apps”.
Virtual Trading, Real Profit.
Have fun earning extra weekly income in your spare time by playing our unique price-prediction game. Learn how the financial markets move with real, live data. Pick up marketable skills for free.
“Pass the time trying to guess the next price move [...] In return you earn points, and points mean prizes” – Financial Times Alphaville, Feb 2014
Spark Profit has awarded over US$375,000 to players in 100 countries! To join them all you'll need to do is:
① Register for a free account
② Make predictions, to win or lose points
③ Collect enough points by the end of the week and earn money
(For the latest payout stats see https://sparkprofit.com/stats/)
It couldn't be any simpler! The more points you have the larger your income and we even carry over 95% of your points to the next week, to help you earn week after week.
SparkProfit really is the smartest thing you can do with a spare minute!
▶ Play whenever and wherever suits you best
▶ The world’s most easy to use trading interface
▶ Plain English tutorials to help you build your skills
▶ Verified track record can expand your career options
From our inbox:
“Your game is AWESOME ... Someone was talking about ways to earn extra money and your game came up. I decided to try it out and it wasn't long until I got hooked” — Nat Livingston
“Great game! I’ve become addicted and I am teaching myself about forex because of it.” – Beth Constantine
"Quite awesome and addicting at the same time” — Zoeb Ali
More press:
"ARMCHAIR investors can try their luck as currency traders using a new smartphone app – and win cash for correctly forecasting market price movements.” — The Sunday Times Newspaper (UK)
“[SparkProfit] is innovating at the nexus of several major trends ... to try and change the future of investing” — Eric Mattson, CEO of Finovate
"Spark Profit will appeal to many people ... whether it is someone playing on their commute, while minding their shop, in between household chores or just as a bit of fun at the end of a stressful day" — MyMobile.co.in
About our business model:
Why do we pay you to learn to trade? Because we've figured out how to use the predictions generated by everyone, particularly our top predictors, to trade our own money for a profit. Neat, huh? You pay nothing and take no risk, while we turn your spare time into real rewards.
About "Identify permission":
You might notice that our app asks to access your identity. This was necessary in order to support push notifications through Google’s Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM). We promise that we don’t store this information. User privacy is very important to us and we promise that we don’t store or share or make use of this information in any other way.
Important notes:
You must be 18+ to register. Proof of identity may be required. Your assets are NOT at risk from the use of SparkProfit. A minimum payout applies. Your rewards are funded from our own trading and sales activities. Patents pending.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Signature matches the Google Play versionChecked by the source store on Oct 23, 2017.
Certificate issued to “Nous Inc”This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedOct 23, 2017
Validated against Google PlayOct 23, 2017
Antivirus scan passedNov 30, 2020
Signed byCN=Nous Inc, OU=Gain, O=Nous Inc, L=Tokyo, ST=Tokyo, C=jp
Uploaded by “apps”Platinum tier · 3,423,810 followers · uploading since 2010
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Permissions (9)
Spark Profit requests 9 permissions, none of them sensitive.
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the Spark Profit APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is d8abce6deea3dfe786553a45914cf85e.