Frequently Asked Questions

Unetwork is a mobile app that tests telecommunications networks and rewards you for helping verify global infrastructure. Telecom companies pay for real network testing results, and phone users earn a share for keeping the app online. Your phone runs background test checks, and you can earn additional rewards for doing extra optional tasks.

We are not part of the official Unetwork development team.

We are independent lease code providers. We supply free lease codes for the Unetwork app, but we are not the app developer or official Unetwork team.

The Unetwork app is available on both Google Play and the iOS App Store:

Google Play · App Store

Unetwork was previously called Unity Network. Apple is still processing the name change, so the App Store may still show the old name.

It is the same app from the same developer — our App Store link always points to the correct one.

Android has already fully updated to the new name.

The app uses few resources and is compatible with most smartphones or tablets running Android or iOS.

Compatibility is from Android 7 and iOS 15.1 through to current versions.

Once you have installed the app on your phone, enter the lease code and sign in with email. See the guides.

A lease code is required to enable your device to earn. Get a lease code here, and enter it into the app. Rewards are linked to the email or wallet entered when setting up the phone app.

No — you can claim a code without an account.

A free account gives you a better reward share and a dashboard to monitor your devices.

You are a ULO — a Unetwork Licence Operator. ULO% is your share of the rewards.

For example, if your ULO% is 60%, you keep 60% of the rewards from that lease, and 40% goes to Unetwork.lease. The figure shown in the app already reflects your share.

Your best share from the in app marketplace is 50%. We will always give you more here.

Yes. If you're comfortable with blockchain and wallet security, the Unetwork app supports signing in with a crypto wallet instead of an email.

We've found it works exactly as expected — but because of the security risks involved, we don't provide guides or support for it.

No. You can use your phone as normal while the app runs in the background. You can also install it on spare or unused phones. However, rewards decrease with too many devices at a home.

No. Only one licence can be active on a device. If you used the same email to log into multiple phones, every device's lease shows up in the Licences section on each phone.

Unetwork is network agnostic and compatible with all operators and phone plans. WiFi is also supported. Any internet connection is fine — prepaid SIM, contract SIM, or WiFi alone for some tasks.

Unetwork uses mobile data from your plan, but never call minutes. If your device is connected to WiFi, no mobile data is used. An early guide for monthly data usage was 7 GB.

Yes, your licence remains valid if you change your SIM card or mobile phone.

If your phone number changes and you have subscribed to optional CLI based tasks, revalidate your new phone number so you can continue earning.

The app may prompt for background permissions so it doesn't get put to sleep and can continue performing tasks. It stops earning if it can't perform tasks.

In our testing, battery use has been low on Android and iOS. On iOS the app doesn't even appear in the battery usage list, indicating any effect is too small to note.

No. The app does not interfere with your normal calls or texts. Your mobile phone will operate as it did before the installation of the app.

The app will prompt you to update to the latest version when an update is required. Under very rare circumstances it has required a force close and reopen to trigger an update.

iOS is aggressive about sleeping background apps, so your iPhone may briefly show as inactive on your dashboard. It may still be generating rewards even if the dashboard briefly shows it as inactive. The team is working on improving how this displays.

The name you give a device in your Unetwork.lease dashboard is just a local convenience to help you track multiple leases. We have no visibility of the names you set inside the Unetwork app, so the two won't match — that's expected.

Early on, Unetwork described each phone as being like a blockchain node or Bitcoin miner — but instead of burning huge amounts of energy on calculations, your phone contributes real telecommunications test results.

As blockchain integration rolls out, some tasks will settle their results immutably onto the World Mobile Chain.

Rewards are small for now, and will grow as the project does. They depend on your uptime, the tasks you opt into, and your licence share. You can see your own live figures any time on your dashboard or in the app, and the welcome pack covers what to expect in more detail.

Some optional extra tasks require interaction. Enrolling your device in those tasks can earn you more.

Be an early tester and watch the network grow as more tasks are brought onboard.

Rewards accrue immediately, but they may take a day to show.

You can withdraw once you reach a small minimum balance — the welcome pack covers the details.

Rewards generally update once a day around 6am UTC, but it varies.

The email registered into the app earns the rewards.

Each phone earns separately, and rewards accrue to the email entered in that phone's app.

Account holders can monitor multiple phones from here, provided phones are activated via this site.

Yes. Rewards are generated for the time your phone was online. If your phone is offline or out of battery, it will not generate rewards.

Your lease terms are fixed for the duration of the lease. As the network grows, its usefulness to the telecommunication companies using it also increases. The more useful the network is to telecom companies, the more tasks get added — though earnings can always vary and there is no guarantee.

Rewards do not expire.

You only earn rewards when the device is online.

Please try to keep your device online. Forgotten or ineffective devices will eventually have their licences revoked to give someone else a chance.

No. The ULO%, duration, and uptime requirement are locked in when your lease is created. They never change for the life of that lease. If you earn a tier upgrade in the future, you would receive new leases at the better rate. Once a lease is created, its conditions at creation time stay with it.

Rewards are paid out directly through the Unetwork app — Unetwork.lease is not involved in payments and never handles your money.

Several payout methods are available, including bank transfer in many countries. Once you create an account, the welcome pack explains the options and the small minimums involved.

No. Zero visibility. We do not even know if a withdrawal was made.

All withdrawal actions are solely between the account entered into phone while configuring the app, and Unetwork.

Each phone earns rewards in isolation, but if the same email address is used to log into multiple phone apps rewards accrue at the email account level.

Rewards decrease significantly after about 3 devices at one location or internet address. There are also no rewards when a VPN is used, because the telecommunication companies need real-world data.

Your Unetwork.lease dashboard helps you monitor leases for multiple devices to check if they are online and earning.

Yes. You can run the Unetwork app on an old or spare phone, as long as the device is supported and stays connected to the internet.

Some optional tasks require a SIM card, such as [[Caller ID Testing]] and [[SMS Testing]].

The Unetwork team is also developing more tasks that can work over WiFi.

Yes. The app does not collect personal information. It only records technical data needed for network verification — quality metrics and anonymised device performance. The Unetwork app is compliant with both GDPR and HK PDPO.

The Unetwork app does not collect any personal or identifying information. The system only records the technical data required to verify network activity and issue rewards (e.g. quality metrics and anonymised device performance statistics). No names, addresses, phone numbers, or other personally identifiable details are collected or stored.

If you create a Unetwork.lease account, we keep your email to help you manage phones that use different app sign-in emails. Providing your name is optional, there is no requirement to do so.

Unetwork functions in all countries, except where VoIP services are restricted or where international sanctions apply.

VoIP restrictions exist in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and China. Unetwork also cannot operate in sanctioned jurisdictions, including but not limited to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, occupied Ukraine, Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

Yes. Your name is optional and is only used to greet you. If you have multiple devices, we use your email to link them together.

You must be 18+. Any tax responsibilities remain with the ULO.