Instacart: Earn money to shop

4.2
166K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Earn money by grocery shopping and help those who need it most by becoming an Instacart shopper. As a shopper, you go to the grocery store like normal, except you get paid to shop for others in your local community.

What it’s like being an Instacart shopper:

— Work whenever & wherever you want —
With no set schedule or region, you can make extra cash when it fits your life—whether that’s close to home or miles away.

— Pick the orders you want —
Use the app to see nearby orders and choose the ones that work best for you. Then get paid just for grocery shopping!

— Get paid fast —
Keep 100% of customer tips and cash out in as little as 2 hours after making a delivery.

— Make someone’s day —
From helping seniors to small businesses to busy families, shoppers keep their communities running.

Instacart partners with over 80,000 stores in 14,000+ cities and towns in the U.S and Canada. Download the app and sign up today to start earning!
Updated on
Jun 25, 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
Location, Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
164K reviews
Shelby McDade
May 14, 2025
picking up batches and receiving them is simple. the app is straightforward to use. sometimes lags or loads weird but I think that's more a signal service issue and not the app's coding. customer service has always been friendly when reaching out with any issues. only complaint is some of the payouts don't always feel fair for the amount of time it takes to shop or distance traveled for deliveries.
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Jessica Rice-Hartzell
February 20, 2025
Before the most recent update everything was ACTUALLY working great. I wasn't having any issues at all. Since the most recent update back to the same old problems with the app not working correctly, glitching, batches keep coming/going/coming again, etc. Not sure what happened, but please go back to the previous updates. Everything was so much better.
263 people found this review helpful
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Instacart
October 2, 2024
We want to help you with the issue you’re having. Please contact us via DM (@instacarthelp - X), via DM (Instagram) or private message (Facebook) so we can look into what’s happening.
Hanan “Chewy” Eisele
January 31, 2025
Had been on the waitlist for over a year & was never contacted about any open spots. That was fine, but then someone I know in the same area instantly got in as a full service shopper as I was still on the waitlist waiting for an "opening". Contacted customer service and they told me they would forward the issue to a higher up manager last year, was never contacted since. Just deleted and retried to sign up and was waitlisted again. Instacart needs to review their waitlist & ghosted accounts.
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What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.