Gerald - Cash Advance

4.1
7.25K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Experience the power of smart shopping and instant financial flexibility. Use your approved advance to buy household essentials and everyday items from Gerald’s Cornerstore. With no credit checks, interest, or hidden fees—and the added benefit of a Free Cash Advance transfer—Gerald makes it easy to get what you need, exactly when you need it.

POPULAR FEATURES:

Buy Now, Pay Later with Advance

- Running low on cash? Use our Buy Now, Pay Later feature to shop a wide range of products from Gerald’s Cornerstore, whether it's everyday essentials, personal items, or even a mobile phone plan. A better alternative to traditional Buy Now Pay Later apps, it allows you to make important purchases without the burden of upfront costs.

Instant FREE Cash Advance Transfer

-Access a quick cash advance that you can transfer directly to your bank account, ideal for added flexibility and financial peace of mind. Get help when you need it—without interest rates, fees, credit checks, or subscriptions.

*CASH ADVANCE TRANSFER IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASE ITEMS USING A PORTION OF THEIR ADVANCE FROM GERALD’S CORNERSTORE AND MEET THE REQUIRED MINIMUM ADVANCE SPEND THRESHOLD. INSTANT TRANSFER IS ONLY SUPPORTED FOR ELIGIBLE BANKS.

Mobile Phone Plan Advance

- Choose your mobile plan and utilize Buy Now, Pay Later to get reliable service without the upfront costs. Users can keep their existing phone numbers. Gerald’s Cranberry Mobile is powered by T-Mobile.

Store Rewards

- Earn rewards to spend on Gerald's e-store, Cornerstore! Pay your advance on time and get a percentage back as a reward for future purchases. Best of all, store rewards don’t need to be paid back!

Play To Earn

- Turn free time into reward time! Play fun games, Collect points, and redeem them for Gerald’s Store Rewards to fund a future purchase.

WHY CHOOSE GERALD?

Gerald is on a mission to empower individuals and families by providing easy access to recurring and essential household products at affordable prices.

Join us at Gerald and experience a new way to shop for your recurring and essential household needs, where your financial well-being is our top priority. Shop smart, save more and embrace a brighter future with Gerald! Download the app to get started today.

LEGAL DISCLOSURE

Gerald does not offer loans. Gerald is NOT a payday loan, cash loan, personal loan, or app to borrow money. By validating your employment you can access money you’ve already earned. Gerald's advance service comes with no minimum or maximum repayment time frame requirements.

(*) Get advances from $40 to $200 with no mandatory minimum or maximum repayment period, and absolutely no interest or APR (0% APR). For more information please see Gerald's terms and use: https://joingerald.com/legal/terms-of-use.

Gerald is not affiliated with loan apps, money apps, or any similar apps.

EXAMPLE SCENARIO

If you are approved for a $100 advance, you’ll be required to use a specific portion of that advance on our e-store (i.e. Cornerstore) or on a mobile plan (i.e. Cranberry Mobile). Once this threshold has been met, you can then transfer the remaining balance of the advance to your bank account with no fees attached. For example, if you’re provided with a $100 advance, you may need to allocate at least $50 of this advance towards purchases on Cornerstore or towards a mobile plan through Cranberry Mobile. After meeting this requirement, the remaining $50 can be transferred to your bank account hassle-free and with no fees. In this case, your repayment amount will be $100.

(**) Not all users will qualify. Subject to approval policies.

Website: https://joingerald.com

FOLLOW US:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joingerald
PRIVACY: https://joingerald.com/legal/privacy
TERMS OF SERVICE: https://joingerald.com/legal/terms-of-use

Gerald Technologies is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Gerald’s banking partners.
Updated on
Dec 19, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Messages, App activity, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
7.16K reviews
H. D'V
September 10, 2025
*Edit: Previously I had issues with verification bank acc. After some days I gave them a try again. Able to create an account but while the idea seems noble, you have* to spend money (aka from cash advance received) in their "store" in order to transfer the rest which is prob 1/3 left. Shipping fee is also added per item. & for the reviews either it takes forever to arrive or never arrives. Payback date also seems too short to. Looks like a good idea/project but it's not very well effectuated :/
19 people found this review helpful
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Gerald Technologies, Inc.
September 4, 2025
We’re sorry to hear about the verification issue you’ve experienced. Please reach out to our support team directly to support@joingerald.com so we can help resolve this for you as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and the chance to make this right.
Rodney Howard
December 23, 2025
The order ID doesn't match the order number. You never know what's available until it's removed. Trying to sort the list from high to low is pretty much useless. The cash advance stays the same after a while. A lot of the orders still say pending or on the way even though it was delivered. The app needs a lot of work. It goes off my pay check yet I'm being charged a week later. Fill bribed me to post for the mistake to be fixed semi-great customer service 👍🏾 Went from 3 stars to 2 stars to 4
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Gerald Technologies, Inc.
December 22, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry for the frustration and understand the issues with order IDs, item availability, sorting, order status updates, and limited advance changes. We’re actively working to improve the app and appreciate you sharing this. Please contact us at support@joingerald.com if you’d like us to review any specific orders.
Elizabeth Cruz
December 11, 2025
this is my first time. I bit disappointed. I enjoy the products they have & ordered them as they state, but that extra portion WAS NOT INSTANTLY transferred, like they say. I know my connected debit card worked (they removed a portion for verification). now it shows that I cannot get the leftover approved amount until I "earn points"?! and it's 6 days away! I wont need it then. at this point, they kinda lied about the transfer. I will probably pay n leave,even if they have some good useful items
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Gerald Technologies, Inc.
December 11, 2025
We’re sorry for the frustration. Instant Transfer is only available for supported banks; otherwise, standard transfers are processed by the next business day. We’d also like to review your account regarding the points required before transferring an advance. Please reach out to support at support@joingerald.com so we can assist you.

What’s new

Hello there,
We have released a new update for the Gerald app that includes bug fixes and performance improvements to ensure a seamless user experience. Please update the app to the latest version to take advantage of these enhancements.
Thank you for choosing the Gerald Wallet app, and we appreciate your continued support.