Instacart: Earn money to shop

Instacart

4.2

168K reviews

5M+

Downloads

Everyone

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

Aug 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

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

166K reviews

Rumbi M

August 10, 2025

Shopping scale feels very unfair,if you can’t find an item, your score drops. The app also isn’t smart about preventing abuse. Customers have found a loophole to order huge amounts of heavy items, like multiple cases of water, without paying extra fees. I once saw a Costco order for 28 cases of water, 40 miles to a rural area, for just $17 total (including a $2 tip). The algorithm will sometimes combine two orders with cases of Costco water. The app doesn't value shoppers. Tips can be $1

48 people found this review helpful

Marissa Clanton

July 9, 2025

In the last few months, the app has been glitching. It keeps sending me notifications for deliveries that have been gone for hours. when I click the notifications, it says the batch is already gone. yeah, it's been gone for hours. Someone shopped it and delivered it already, and somehow, it's still sending notifications for the order that's been done already! I'll open the app, and it will have orders on the screen that it never notified me of. black screen during shopping and items not scanning

22 people found this review helpful

Instacart

July 9, 2025

We’re sorry you’re experiencing technical difficulties. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the app or force closing. If this does not work, please contact us via DM (@instacarthelp - X), via DM (Instagram) or private message (Facebook) so we can look into this for you.

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.

58 people found this review helpful