Description of App
Tap a button, get your groceries.
With Instacart, you can shop online and get groceries delivered from stores in your neighborhood in as fast as 1 hour. Or you can choose to pick up your order at the store, where it’ll be waiting for you.
Just enter your zip code, choose a store, and add items to your cart—then relax as someone handpicks your groceries and household items with care.
And you have complete control with Instacart. If something’s out of stock, or you need to make an update, you can chat with your Shopper right in the app.
Instacart delivers in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Chicago, Austin, Washington D.C, Houston, Atlanta, and many more throughout the U.S.
Instacart offers the groceries, produce, beer, wine, spirits, and other household items you want from more than 20,000 retailers in North America, including Aldi, Publix, Costco, H-E-B, Wegmans, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Stater Bros, Petco, CVS—and we’re always adding more.
With Instacart, you can also:
• Enjoy exclusive coupons and deals on the products you love
• Create shopping lists and reorder items from previous purchases
• View nutrition info and filter by gluten-free, organic or vegan diets
• Tag favorite items for easier shopping
• Use Group Carts to easily shop together with friends, family & co-workers
Comments
I just contacted them. We'll
I just contacted them. We'll see. This app will be useful to me should I move and relocate to get my masters degree in a few months.
Good luck and good job on the initial review.
Ok. I just heard from the dev
Mobile site does not work any better...
Thanks for contacting them, i got the same canned reply as you.
This service is also now in Seattle...
Funny enough the site works
Funny enough the site works well on the computer. I can't test it as it is not in my area as of yet but I did sign up and I hope I can change location for when I relocate, or what not.
Take care and yeah the prices seem pretty good.
Contacted Instacart
I joined the party, via Twitter. I would definitely use this app - I love what Costco has, but hate the Costco experience. Thanks for getting us started!
Mobile site update
this is the URL that Instacart CS says blind users should use for now.
https://www.instacart.com/store?mobile=t
I have had luck with this on my computer with both IE and FireFox and Jaws 15.
I still would like to see them make the iOS app accessible, but for now this may help if your having trouble placing an order.
sent an email regarding accessibillity
The app instacart, I sent an email requesting some accessibility changes. I believe they can do this. Hopefully I will get a response. I can see how helpful the app would be for myself and others.
usability memo n audio format: see comment for link.
Hello to all. I put together a usability memo in audio format regarding the app. I just emailed it to the instacart folks. I encourage you all who want this app to be accessible to do the same. I'm already getting and seeing positive responses on their twitter account so let's keep the constrictive Criticism going here.
Please add your accessibility requests to this post.
They have asked a few of us to compile accessibility related feedback. So please add any thoughts/requests you may have to this Applevis post, and I will add that feedback to the document we are collaborating on.
Thanks for everyone’s support.
Do keep emailing them and telling them that accessibility for blind users is important to you.
--Mike Mello
Version 3.5.0
I downloaded this app for the first time yesterday and it appears very useable. In my mind, the accessibility should be upgraded. The app seems accessible, but the interface could be easier to navigate and use. I have not tried using the web site yet, but plan to do that next.
What's New in Version 3.5.0
search is cleaner and faster,
we’ve merged our lists & recipes,
you can easily see next available delivery,
and iOS8 compatibility
Updated service area list
From the iTunes store:
AREAS WE SERVE
San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, NYC, LA, Boston, D.C., Philly, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Houston, Austin, Denver & Boulder!
InstaCart: Access much improved
I have been using the InstaCart app for nearly a year. The app has undergone several updates. The current version is 4.1. Most buttons are clearly labeled. I am able to browse items, change departments, change from one store to another, and complete my purchase. By contrast, on a PC running Internet Explorer version 11, Windows 7, and either JAWS, System Access or NVDA, I can do everything *except* complete my purchase. I have made the company aware of this. But let me get back to the iPhone experience. Another way the iPhone version is superior is that it allows me to see ingredient lists and cooking instructions for some items.
I now find only one unlabeled button. I am able to specify whether I will accept a replacement for out-of-stock merchandise, and I have the app set to ask my shopper to call me to inform me of replacements. The version I am using is 4.1, running under IOS 8.3.
OH wow nice to see they have
OH wow nice to see they have made some updates. I hope they can get instacart in my city soon so I can have a play with it. It sounds awsome.
Updates?
Hello everyone, I have noticed a couple of things with the app. When your trying to rate the experience you had with the delivery, the buttons are not labeled. When you are trying to select delivery times, the time picker just keeps selecting things as you swipe so I don't know exactly how to make it work correctly with out exploring the screen until I find a time. I have tried to contact CS but I am getting the how to use the app and not any really success with bug reports.
changing delivery time?
HI all, with the latest version of Instacart and Ios 10, I cant figure out how to select a delivery time. It says all the times are selected, but just picks the last available one, no matter how many times I double tap on other times. Is there a work-around for this?
Delivery times
I find that if I double tap and hold on the slider that I can change it. It takes a little fitteling around with it but I can get it done.
Updating the app directory entry
HI Kathy.
I noticed you have not modified the app entry since you originally submitted it 4 years ago. can you please edit the original entry to reflect the more current accessibility rating? Thanks!
Instacart
This App is fully accessable with VoiceOver now. All buttons are clearly labeled, and the App is easy to navigate, and use. I am using the latest version of the App, and the latest version of IOS. The website instacart.com is also fully accessable with Mac OS using safri web browser with VoiceOver. Using instacart I can now shop at four different grocery stores, one pet store, and one drug store in my small Midwest city. I recommend this to any blind persons using VoiceOver.
Deleting items or changing items From the original order
Thanks for this helpful post. One issue I have experienced in the past with this service is when your shopper needs to change or edit or delete items from your original order. That part where you need to approve a recommended change or take some action when they are saying they need to change order seems particularly difficult. Is there a particular way you deal with that and is that part of the interaction accessible?
Changing Items
The shopper sends me a text message with an approve link embedded. I must find the approve link in the text message. This is not easy but can be done. This rarely happens anymore. If an item is out of stock a message is displayed on the add to cart screen. Sometimes when I click the place order button a screen pops up saying that the inventory of some item at this store is low. A substitute is displayed. I click the approve button, and the order is placed. I can make changes to my order after placing it, up until the time the shopper starts shopping. I receive a text message at this time.
changing items
This sounds like a much less frustrating system! Do you know if it works for prepared foods? I hate ordering those and having to deal with finding substitutes after the shopper has started shopping.
What’s New 7.6.0
Version 7.6.0, 4d ago, Delivering fresh groceries on your schedule means our app is always evolving. With this update, we've fixed a few underlying issues to give you the most seamless experience possible. Happy shopping!