Coins can be used to buy one-time-use items and purchase permanent upgrades to the effectiveness of in-game power-ups.

However, you dont have to spend cash if you learn how to earn them for free.

Regular Play

The simplest way to earn coins is to run into them while playingSubway Surfers.

Daily rewards for logging in

However, you could use other methods to increase or optimize your collecting.

launch the mobile app at least once per day to earn a free daily login reward.

Sometimes, these rewards include 1,000 coins.

Grabbing the Coin Magnet power-up

This is particularly useful when running through an area with groups of coins occupying more than one lane.

Upgrade the Coin Magnet to increase the time its effects will work.

In a web client, click theShopbutton on the title screen and then select theBooststab.

Upgrading the Coin Magnet in a browser

On mobile, tap theMebutton from the main screen and select theUpgradestab.

Then tap the green button underCoin Magnet Upgradeto spend coins and increase its timeframe.

You wont be able to access them if youre playing in a web online window.

Upgrading the Coin Magnet on mobile

you could earn hundreds, sometimes thousands, of coins from any one Mystery Box.

Continue opening Mystery Boxes until you run out of themor otherwise decide to stopto keep trying for more coins.

Word Hunt tasks you with finding all of the letters in-game to spell out a particular word every day.

Grabbing a Mystery Box

Season Hunt is a multi-week challenge where you could collect special season-specific coins in-game to unlock higher reward tiers.

Watch an Ad

Locate theAdbutton in the top-right corner of the main screen.

you might keep watching ads to earn more coins for as long as you want.

Opening a Mystery Box

Be aware, however, that the rewards wont always be coins.

This will eventually cycle through the other reward options and land on coins.

Mystery Box prizes

Earning coins from a Mystery Box

Finding letters for the daily Word Hunt

Word Hunt, Top Run, and Season Hunt on mobile

Main screen Ad button showing coins

Earning coins from watching an ad