5 Best Instant Home Delivery Apps for Daily Grocery

Here are 5 popular 10-minute instant home delivery apps to buy groceries online in 2022, common in metro cities like Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, and more.  Quick Online Grocery delivery is the need of the hour. Instant Grocery Delivery which promises 10-min delivery or even less is now introduced in most of the big cities making busy life easier. There are 2-hour or same-day delivery apps and next-day early morning delivery apps also.

Doorstep delivery apps are seeing a spike due to the Covid-19 lockdown and pandemic and online shopping sites have become popular.

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1. BlinkIt: Instant Online Grocery Delivery App

Grofers, a popular online grocery home delivery app is now Blinkit. It is backed up by Zomato. Blinkit delivers instantly and promises a 10-minute delivery. Depending on your location it may deliver in less than 10 minutes. Unbelievable, but true.

It has many deals and coupons available.

  • Delivery Time: 10 mins (takes up to 30 mins based on order items and location)
  • Delivery Charges: minimal charges depending on the order size and time of the day, like peak rush hours or rainy days.
  • Delivery Modes: Instant Delivery
  • Service Timings: 6 am to 12 am
  • Available in: The delivery service is operational in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Haridwar, HR-NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mohali, Mumbai, Panchkula, Pune, UP-NCR, Vadodara, Zirakpur and also in most of the big and small cities in India.
  • Payment Modes: COD | Netbanking | Digital Wallets | UPI | Credit & Debit cards | Paytm | Pay Later

2. Zepto: Groceries 10 Minutes Delivery

Zepto is a Mumbai-based quick commerce startup that operates a 10-minute instant grocery delivery service. This app started in 2020. It is very reliable and stocks up maximum essentials. Anything you need for your daily needs, flowers, pooja, crockery, kitchen, toiletries, etc. is available on this app.

It has many deals and coupons available.

  • Delivery Time: 10 mins (goes from 5 min to 25 mins based on location and traffic)
  • Delivery Charges: minimal charges depending on the order size and time of the day, like peak rush hours or rainy day.
  • Delivery Modes: Instant Delivery
  • Service Timings: 7 am to 1 am
  • Available in: Started in areas of Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi, and now available in Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Pune, and Noida. Now available in most of the big and small cities across India
  • Payment Modes: COD | Netbanking | Digital Wallets | UPI | Credit & Debit cards | Pay Later ( not Paytm) |Zepto Wallet

3. Swiggy Instamart: Daily Essentials App

Swiggy, the food delivery app, has an additional instant delivery service. Swiggy Instamart is available on the homepage of the Swiggy App. Launched in Gurugram and Bangalore in 2020, Swiggy Instamart is now available across 18 cities.

This Instant delivery app gives you a lot of offers and coupons and offers as soon as you open the page, like free deliveries, cashback, and discounts. Also, there is a membership Swiggy One for unlimited free delivery on orders above ₹99.

  • Delivery Time: 15-30 minutes (varies based on your location)
  • Delivery Modes: Instant Delivery | Slot Delivery (delivers after min 1.5 hrs)
  • Delivery Charges: Minimal charges depending on the order size and time of the day, like peak rush hours or rainy days.
  • Service Timings: 6 am to 11:59 pm Everyday (also operates at late night in select regions)
  • Available in: Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Gurugram, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Vizag, Noida, and Pune. Now available in most of the big and small cities across India.
  • Payment Modes: COD | Netbanking | Digital Wallets | UPI | Credit & Debit cards | Pay Later

4.BigBasket BbNow: Instant Grocery Delivery App

BigBasket now delivers grocery goods found in convenience stores, home essentials, and food supplies to its customers. It is the largest food and grocery store. It delivers in time slots. BigBasket offers the membership BBStar. The members get priority quick delivery slots, discounts, offers, and free delivery.

BigBasket introduces an Instant delivery mode on its app called BbNow. It is operational in most of the cities.

  • Delivery time: Slot-based | earliest 4-hour delivery and latest by the next day. (10-20min for BbNow)
  • Delivery Mode:  Slot Delivery | Early orders placed get same-day delivery. Orders placed later in the day get delivered the next day. (Instant Delivery for Bbnow)
  • Delivery charges: minimal charges depending on the order size and time of the day.
  • Payment Modes:  Net banking | Digital Wallets | UPI | Credit & Debit cards | Sodexo| Gift cards | Coupons | Bbwallet
  • Available in: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Delhi, Noida, Mysore, Coimbatore, Vijayawada-Guntur, Kolkata, Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar, Lucknow-Kanpur, Gurgaon, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam, Surat, Nagpur, Patna, Indore, and Chandigarh Tricity city limits. Now available in most of the big and small cities across India.

5. Amazon Fresh Grocery Store: 2 Hour Delivery

Amazon Fresh is a grocery delivery service available to Amazon Prime members in major cities. Earlier it was Amazon Prime Now for Prime members of Amazon. It delivers groceries and daily essentials on the same day. It is available on Amazon App itself.

  • Delivery Time: 30 mins – 2 hours. Sometimes the next day.
  • Delivery Modes: instant grocery delivery | slot delivery (3-hr slots). Early orders placed get same-day delivery. Orders placed later in the day get delivered the next day.
  • Delivery Charges: minimal delivery charge depending on the size of the order and time of delivery slot | free delivery on slots also available.
  • Payment Mode: COD | Credit/Debit card | Net Banking | Digital wallets | Vouchers I Amazon Wallet
  • Available in: New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Thane, Vashi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Pune, Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. Now available in most of the big and small cities across India

Now that we have Instant Delivery Services for less than 10-min, what next is expected to come – Drone Delivery?

All these apps have their advantages and setbacks. Some of them give Instant delivery in less than 10 minutes but have limited stocks available. Others take a long time like same-day delivery with abundant stocks available. These apps have changed the market and the experience for online Grocery Shopping.

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About the Author: P Chandra is editor of QOT, one of India's earliest tech bloggers since 2004. A tech enthusiast with expertise in coding, WordPress, web tools, SEO and DIY hacks.