Monthly Review: April 2026 Profit and Loss

💰 Total profit for April: +€390.79
📅 Month reviewed: April 2026
🔥 Best side hustle: 3D printing
📉 Worst result: Website creation / app creation costs
🧪 Overall verdict: Good month, but not every experiment worked

April is finished, so it is time to review the numbers.

This month was actually a pretty good one overall.

Not because every side hustle worked.

They definitely did not.

Some made money.
Some made almost nothing.
Some lost money in a very annoying way.

But when I add everything together, April ended with a total profit of:

+€390.79

That is a solid result for my side hustle experiments.

Here is the full April breakdown.

Now let’s go through each one.

3D Printing: +€440

3D printing was easily the best side hustle this month.

In April, I received two printers using platform points:

• Bambu Lab A1 Mini
• Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus

I also received $100 from Nexprint and used points from Creality to buy two filament dryers.

Then I sold both printers and both filament dryers locally.

That is how I ended up with a total profit of:

+€440

This is why 3D printing is still my best side hustle.

The interesting part is that the profit did not come from printing custom items for people. It came from using 3D model platforms, points, rewards, and then converting those rewards into real money.

That is the part I like most about this side hustle.

It is not completely passive, but a lot of the value comes from work I did earlier: uploading models, building accounts, collecting points, and using platform reward systems.

April was a good reminder that this side hustle still has real potential.

Tools Renting: +€40

Tools renting had a pretty average month.

I only had one rental in April.

The rented item was my DJI Mavic Mini drone, and that brought in:

+€40

Nothing crazy, but also very little work.

That is why I still like this side hustle.

The item is listed on the rental platform, someone books it, they come to pick it up, and I hand it over. That is basically the whole process.

Of course, one rental per month is not amazing. But for a small-town side hustle that requires almost no active promotion, I still think this is decent.

This one remains a keep for me.

Amazon Kindle: +€0.07

This one is almost funny.

I have a few books published on Amazon KDP, and in April I earned:

+€0.07

Seven cents.

That happened because someone read a few ebook pages.

Obviously, this is not meaningful income yet. But it is still interesting because it shows that the books are technically live and can earn something, even if the amount is tiny.

I am planning to publish a lot more books on Amazon KDP, but I will write about that properly in a separate article.

For now, Amazon Kindle is still in the very early testing stage.

Current result:

technically profitable, but barely alive.

Upwork: -€2.37

Somehow, I managed to lose money while trying to do freelance work.

Nice.

Here is what happened.

I received an offer for $85 to create a short UGC-style selfie video for a game app.

The problem was the type of video they wanted.

It was one of those scammy-looking game app videos where someone shows how they supposedly made $5,000 in a few minutes.

I did not want to use my real face for that kind of video.

But the $85 offer tempted me.

So I thought: maybe I can film the video normally and then use an AI face swap platform to change my face.

That was the plan.

It did not go well.

I tried Akool.com, but of course I had to buy a monthly package first.

I paid for it, uploaded the video, and the result was terrible.

The face swap looked very obvious. The quality was bad. It did not look realistic at all.

So I dropped the idea.

In the end, I did not complete the job, and after the cost of the AI tool, I ended up with:

-€2.37

I also contacted Akool support and asked for a refund. I sent them the bad-quality results and explained the issue.

The answer was basically:

No refund.

So that was a small but annoying loss.

Lesson learned: if the job already feels shady, maybe do not bend yourself into weird solutions just because the payment looks tempting.

Survey Platforms / Freecash: -€9.40

Survey platforms and Freecash also ended negative this month.

I was testing a game offer on Freecash. To progress faster, I had to spend money on in-app purchases.

At first, it looked promising.

I was around +€30 at one point.

But then the levels started slowing down a lot. Progress became harder, and the amount I needed to spend to keep moving increased.

By the end of the month, after comparing the rewards I earned with the money I spent inside the game, the final result was:

-€9.40

This is the problem with these game offers.

They can look profitable at the beginning, but once progress slows down, the math can change quickly.

For me, this experiment is becoming less attractive.

It takes time, it can require spending money, and the final result is not guaranteed.

So far, Freecash has not been a great side hustle for me.

App Creation: -€36

This month I also spent money on app creation.

I paid $36 for MacCloud.

I have created a few apps for the Apple App Store, but this deserves its own article, so I will not go deep into it here.

For this monthly update, I am only counting the cost.

April result:

-€36

This is still an active experiment, and I want to test whether small apps can become a side hustle over time.

But right now, it is only a cost.

No profit yet.

Website Creation: -€42

The final cost this month is this website:

kirimas.com

I paid €42 for 3 years of hosting.

At the moment, the website has made:

€0

So the current website result is:

-€42

That is expected.

The website is new, and I am still building the foundation. Right now, the goal is not immediate income. The goal is to publish content, track results, learn SEO, build a newsletter, and eventually try monetization through ads or affiliate links.

So for now, the website is a loss.

But it is a planned loss.

I see it as the cost of starting the experiment.

April Final Result

After adding everything together, April ended with:

+€390.79 profit

The main reason the month was profitable was 3D printing.

Without 3D printing, this month would look completely different.

That is important to notice.

Some experiments are still early. Some are losing money. Some are barely doing anything. But 3D printing is carrying the whole portfolio right now.

April showed me that my strongest side hustle is still clearly 3D printing and 3D model platform rewards.

Tools renting is small but steady.

Amazon KDP is basically nothing yet.

Upwork had a weird small loss.

Freecash is still risky and not very attractive.

Apps and the website are both early-stage costs.

What I Learned This Month

The biggest lesson from April is that not every side hustle needs to work.

That sounds obvious, but it matters.

Some experiments will lose money. Some will waste time. Some will look promising at first and then disappoint.

That is part of testing.

The important thing is tracking everything honestly.

If I only talked about the 3D printing profit, April would look amazing.

But the full picture is more useful.

Yes, I made +€440 from 3D printing.

But I also lost money on app creation, website hosting, Freecash, and the failed Upwork video idea.

That is the reality.

And that is exactly why I want to keep doing monthly reviews.

Current Verdict

April was a good month overall.

Total profit:

+€390.79

Best result:

3D printing

Biggest lesson:

Do not chase every opportunity just because it looks profitable at first.

Some side hustles are worth keeping. Some need more testing. Some may need to be dropped completely.

For now, I will keep tracking everything and see how May compares.

Not financial advice. This is just my personal side hustle experiment and real results from April 2026.