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How many app wallets do you have? (Where all are your money spread?)

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These days, we use many different apps, and almost every app has its own wallet. Whenever we get cashback or reward points, they go into the wallet of that particular app. This means our money or rewards are scattered across many places, instead of being in one spot.
Apps do this on purpose. They want us to keep coming back and using their services. If we have money in their wallet, we’re more likely to shop again just to use it. Sometimes, even when we get a refund, it doesn’t go back to our bank or card—it ends up in the app’s wallet.
The problem is, the more apps we use, the more wallets we end up with. Each app might call it something different—coins, balance, wallet cash—but it’s the same idea. These wallets often hold small amounts that either expire or go unused, and we forget about them completely.
There’s no one place where we can gather all this money. It’s like in the old days when we had small change kept in different drawers or boxes. Among all, Amazon Pay Wallet is probably the best. We can use it for a lot of things. But most other app wallets are limited—they only work for that one app and nowhere else.
Each app uses its wallet differently, and there’s no common rule. That’s why users end up with small, scattered balances everywhere, many of which expire or stay unused.

Conversion Rates
In most app wallets, the conversion is simple—1 coin equals 1 rupee. This makes it easy to understand how much we have and how much we can spend.
But sometimes, a few apps use tricky systems. They set the value so that 4 coins are equal to just 1 rupee. This means we need more coins to buy something small.
It can feel confusing and even unfair when the value changes like this. It’s not always clear unless we read the fine print or check carefully.
Because of this, users may feel they’re getting less than they earned. A coin should feel like real money, not just a number with no proper value.

Usage Restrictions
Some app wallets let you use your balance right away, without any conditions. You can spend the coins or cashback as soon as you get them, which feels simple and fair.
But in some wallets, there are limits. You need to collect a minimum balance before you can use it. Until you reach that amount, the coins just sit there, not helping you at all.
There are also wallets that only let you use a part of your balance. For example, if you have ₹100 in the wallet, you might be allowed to use only ₹20 or ₹30 on a single purchase. The rest stays locked. These kinds of rules can be frustrating. It feels like you earned that money or reward, but you can’t fully use it the way you want.


This is the list of apps that I use and their wallet names. I am not listing down the expiry dates, because I don't know.

App NameWallet Name
AmazonAmazon Pay Wallet
SwiggySwiggy Money
MakeMyTripMyCash
Booking.comBooking.com Wallet
IndigoBluchip
UberUber Cash
OlaOla Coin
Maruti SuzukiPoints
Apollo 247Health Credit
MedplusMDx & Payback points
Tata NeuNeu Coins
HP PayHappy Coins
Indian Oil OneXtra Rewards Points
TwidZillion Coins
FlipkartSuper Coins
Air IndiaMaharaja Points
MobikwikMobikwik wallet

There could be more than this, this list is incomplete. Please add your app names and wallet names to the list.
 
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Only Amazon Pay. You can pretty much use it for most sites. With recent cards, I am not even using Amazon Pay except for Google Play store codes (YouTube Premium) and App store (Apple One) codes
 
I still haven't figured out how to use the zillion coins. It comes only when I choose twid pay with rewards option in myjio app. Other than that I haven't seen it anywhere else.
In that way, even twid is confusing. Already we have 10s of payment methods and this is just another one more. What exactly is the USP of twid - I haven't understood it yet.

You can redeem the coins for vouchers from the Zillion website itself. You can also pay with rewards on platforms including Myntra. My most recent redemption was for an Amazon Prime voucher, and also to pay with rewards on Myntra.
The Zillion portal has other redemptions including products and recharges.
 
What's the purpose of having multiple wallets? I use GPay for everything that I can't pay by card. Even payment to merchants via GPay is via the linked RuPay Card. For all other apps I have linked my cards for payments.
 
.... the more apps we use, the more wallets we end up with. Each app might call it something different—coins, balance, wallet cash—but it’s the same idea.

I think a distinction should be made between real Wallets that hold real money, with no expiry (like Amazon Pay Wallet), and just Reward Point holders (like Amazon Pay Balance), whatever they may be called (Balance, Coins, Points or whatever). This second category has lots of restrictions (like expiry dates, usage restrictions and so on) and are not real money that can be used any which way.

Thankfully, Amazon does make this distinction (and I believe we should too). So the very first entry in the list above, Amazon Pay Wallet, is the odd one out, and should be replaced with Amazon Pay Balance for consistency.

There are scores more that should find place in the second category, like all Credit Card and Debit Card Reward Points, etc., for which accounts (can we call them 'wallets' as well?) are maintained by the respective cards, and so on.

There are some quirky ones too, like statement credits of some credit cards, that can be used as real money only in the next billing cycle of the respective cards.
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No wallets..
Whenever some company gives me apay gift voucher, I load it yup and use it whenever I need to book flights as flights are at par with other websites.. So no loss but I gain from them bec I pay the flight through my sbi cashback card (5%) apart from offers I get from amazon for bookings..
Same I do for cleartrip coins.. Redeem on next flight and hotels.. Plus use card for offers.. Win - win
Add BB wallet in your list..
I buy groceries from Tata neu BB as I have tata neu infinity credit card. Sometimes if the product doesn't available, it goes into wallet.. Redeeming in next order..
Neu coins redeem in groceries.
Booking air india flights in tata neu during mon/tue as 10% discount I get through card along with additional neu coins.. Plus redeem neu coins earned..
Then after one week I mail Air India to add my points into my acc..

So simple.. No wallet loading and stuffs.

Agar ho bhi jata hai then, I control wallet and not vice versa.. So happy me..

Never use wallet if it doesn't cover wide range of its usage else as credit guy said they will keep on calling you back through their wallet loading.
 
I think a distinction should be made between real Wallets that hold real money, with no expiry (like Amazon Pay Wallet), and just Reward Point holders (like Amazon Pay Balance), whatever they may be called (Balance, Coins, Points or whatever). This second category has lots of restrictions (like expiry dates, usage restrictions and so on) and are not real money that can be used any which way.

Thankfully, Amazon does make this distinction (and I believe we should too). So the very first entry in the list above, Amazon Pay Wallet, is the odd one out, and should be replaced with Amazon Pay Balance for consistency.

There are scores more that should find place in the second category, like all Credit Card and Debit Card Reward Points, etc., for which accounts (can we call them 'wallets' as well?) are maintained by the respective cards, and so on.

There are some quirky ones too, like statement credits of some credit cards, that can be used as real money only in the next billing cycle of the respective cards.
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Agree with you. Many people have confused wallet as the prepaid wallet where we add money - like Amazon Pay, (older paytm), payzapp, or whatever.
I was mainly talking about the other thing (loyalty programme) - automatic wallet that many apps have, where loyalty points gets added.

For example, Ola has 2 types of things - Ola Money where we can add real money and pay for rides. There is another thing called Ola Coins. After each ride, some points gets added (called as ola coin) and we can redeem a part of it for the next ride. But we cannot take it out as cash.

In some cases like Maruti Suzuki app, after you sign up for their loyalty programme, for each Rs 100 you spend in their service center or accessories, a point gets added in your loyalty account. And you can redeem it during the next visit. They have tiers like Silver, Gold etc.
There are other loyalty programmes too, something like every 10th order you get Rs 100 instant off.

Even if people use only Amazon Pay wallet as their prepaid wallet and nothing else, still they cannot get rid of these loyalty programmes. Whether you want it or not, some points gets added after you make the payment, based on your bill amount. And if you visit them again, you can redeem those points. That's it.

(I have intentionally not considered credit card points, hotel loyalty programmes etc, that is a different beast altogether)
All in all, these types of loyalty programmes keeps you hooked to one app or one service than moving around different apps.
 
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