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Carrot Rewards App to Relaunch Under New Ownership
Carrot Rewards was a wellness app that grew to nearly 1.1 million users across B.C., Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories. However, the app shut down last June as it ran out of money. But now Carrot Rewards plans to relaunch at some point under its new ownership. Toronto-based Optimity acquired Carrot Rewards...
Carrot Rewards App Shuts Down After Company Runs Out of Money
The Carrot Rewards app, which allowed users to earn rewards through completing daily step challenges, has unexpectedly shut down today. The app no longer works, aside from a landing page detailing the shut down, after the company ran out of money. An email was also sent out to its over 1 million users as well:...
Air Canada to End Aeroplan Miles with Carrot Rewards App on April 30
Earlier this year, Air Canada acquired Aeroplan in a $450 million deal, and now we’re seeing the acquisition start to affect existing partnerships. Carrot Rewards, which offers a wellness app for iOS and Android, has announced Aeroplan has decided to end its relationship with the app—starting on April 30, 2019. In an email to Carrot...
Carrot Rewards App Expands Internationally with Upcoming Launch in England
Carrot Rewards is not even available across Canada yet, but the Canadian app which promotes and rewards fitness has found its first partner internationally. This spring, Carrot Rewards will launch “in parts of England”, thanks to a partnership with the British government. Carrot Rewards says their app will also be "recognized this February at the...
Carrot Rewards Users on Paid Subscriptions are Hitting Daily Step Goals Faster vs Free Model
Carrot Rewards recently launched a paid subscription model for members to earn accelerated daily step goal rewards. Now, the company has shared some data, citing how the paid model has users earning step counts faster than the company’s free model. For the first week of Carrot Plus paid subscriptions, the company saw the following step...
Carrot Rewards to Kill Free Daily Step Goal Rewards in Ontario Starting Dec. 8
Carrot Rewards has announced a major change for users in Ontario, as free daily step goal rewards are coming to an end on December 8, 2018. The province of Ontario invested $1.5 million towards the program last year. In an email to users in Ontario, Carrot Rewards says the only way to earn daily step...
Carrot Rewards Debuts Carrot Plus and Hits a Million Users; Nationwide Rollout Delayed Until 2019
Last week, we told you about Carrot Rewards launching their Carrot Plus program. Well as of today, Carrot Plus has become official, as the Carrot Rewards has also announced it has reached a 1 million user milestone. Carrot Rewards allows users to earn points with daily step goals, while integrating with Apple Health. Users can...
Carrot Rewards Launches ‘Carrot Plus’ Subscriptions to Earn Up to 10x Miles
Carrot Rewards updated their iOS app today to bring a redesigned home screen, while also introducing Carrot Plus subscriptions, allowing users to earn more miles by paying a monthly fee. The free fitness program is a platform currently available in BC, Ontario and Newfoundland, which partners with reward programs such as Aeroplan, SCENE, Petro-Points, More Rewards,...
Carrot Rewards App Members Have Hit 1 Trillion Steps
Carrot Rewards has announced its nearly 1 million registered app users have tracked a combined 1 trillion steps on their platform, in Ontario, BC and Newfoundland, since its launch in the summer of 2016. By tracking their steps and challenging friends, Carrot Rewards users have earned 1.5 billion rewards points from Aeroplan, SCENE, Petro-Points, More...
Carrot Rewards App Extends Aeroplan Partnership, Offers 2x Miles Promo
Health and wellness app, Carrot Rewards, has announced with Aeroplan they plan to extend their rewards partnership, in a new multi-year agreement. Jennifer Jones, Vice President, Retail, Travel and Strategic Development, Aeroplan, said in a press release, “We are proud to be one of Carrot Rewards’ founding partners and look forward to delivering more value...
Carrot Rewards App Promo: 2x Reward Points with New ‘Step Together Challenge’
Toronto-based Carrot Rewards is an app which rewards Canadians by staying active, funded in parly by federal and provincial governments in B.C., Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. Today, Carrot Rewards has launched a new Step Together Challenge, which coincides on the app’s two year anniversary, which lets Canadians team up with their friends to earn more...
Ontario Invests $1.5M into Carrot Rewards App, Used by 200,000 Ontarians
The government of Ontario announced today it is investing $1.5 million on the Carrot Rewards mobile app, which tracks a user's activity and promotes healthy living, in exchange for real-life rewards. The app was developed by Toronto developer Carrot Insights back in 2015 and launched in B.C. in March 2016 (3 per cents of residents...