Bountys are a free way to earn money. ICO are not because you need to invest. But investing in good projects might be as well as bountys.
Since trading those days are very poor and volatile i turned my attention to new exchanges and ICO profit.
I've checked new exchange like bitpaction.com
They add new coins daily and they have many events during adding.
Take a look here:
https://bitpaction.com/#/events/competition