Online shopping is convenient, but it is difficult to track orders when making multiple purchases from different online stores. If you make several purchases on different sites, there may be several delivery services: Russian Post, Fedex and DHL.
Each of them provides a tracking number for tracking, but their websites are inconvenient to use, especially on a phone. Fortunately, there are many ways to get the information you need via your smartphone. Instead of having to manually check delivery services several times, you can download one app that will do it automatically.
17Track
Although the name may seem unusual, this is a great app. There is support for more than 500 delivery companies, as well as updating the status of all parcels with the click of a button. If you register with the service, all the information you enter will be saved and you will not need to re-enter it.
The customizable widget allows you to see all available information about parcels directly on the main screen of your smartphone. This application is truly global, as it supports more than 30 languages, including Russian. Every time the status of a parcel changes, 17Track instantly sends a push notification and an email.
Available for Android And iPhone.
ParcelTrack
ParcelTrack is a simple package tracker with some very useful features such as automatic tracking number detection from clipboard and a unique email address to receive mail. Using your work email, you can forward the notification letter to this address — ParcelTrack will automatically extract the tracking number from it and start tracking.
If you click on any of the packages you are tracking, you will be shown a detailed list of all the status updates along with a map view of the history and current location. ParcelTrack is free to use. However, to unlock features such as push notifications, cross-platform sync, barcode scanner and more, you need to do a one-time unlock for $3.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Deliveries
Deliveries is one of the most used apps during the holidays, when there are dozens of boxes coming from all over the world. If you already have a tracking number in your iPhone or iPad clipboard, it will automatically appear in the form for adding a package for tracking. There are push notifications, as well as a widget for quickly monitoring packages in transit.
Although it may seem insignificant, Deliveries color-codes the delivery depending on the carrier brand. You can instantly understand that it comes from China Post, UPS or another carrier. By the way, more than 300 postal services are supported, including Russian ones: Russian Post, EMS, Boxberry, CDEK, Business Lines and many others.
If you give Deliveries access to the Calendar app, expected delivery dates will be added as an event. There is also a Mac version, so you can track parcels from all devices (including Apple Watch). But the app is paid and costs 379 rubles.
Available only for iPhone.
Parcel
The Parcel app operates on a freemium business model, where everything is free, but you have to pay $2 per year to track more than 3 parcels at a time, and to remove ads.
If you receive an email from the seller that your parcel has been sent and the tracking number is provided, Parcel will automatically add it for tracking. There will be a special icon next to each parcel, which will allow you to quickly find out its status (on the way or delivered).
You can also manually enter tracking numbers, which will be automatically filled in if you already have a tracking number on your clipboard. The free version only tracks three packages at a time, which is pretty useless during the holidays. But if you don't order a lot of things at once, Parcel works just fine, even with the limitations.
Available only for iPhone and macOS
AfterShip Package Tracker
AfterShip Package Tracker is another free tracking app that works on Android and iOS. It has a lot of features, supports many delivery services, a modern design and push notifications. It also has a QR code scanner function on the package, which will automatically record the details of the shipment. It is possible to connect your Amazon account and track purchases from this online store. But this only works with American Amazon accounts.
Whether you're sending a package or picking one up, AfterShip Package Tracker can track each one until it's delivered. All you have to do is add the tracking number and courier name.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Arrive
Arrive is a beautifully designed app for tracking packages on iPhone. For Gmail users, the best way to get started is to sign in to the Arrive app using your email account. Once you sign in, Arrive will automatically see active tracking numbers from your email.
If you prefer not to give Arrive access to your email history, you can simply copy and paste tracking numbers into the app and it will do the rest. 400 delivery services are supported. Real-time map updates show the current status of your package, as well as the estimated time of arrival.
Available only for iPhone.
Slice
Slice is an entire shopping ecosystem. It tracks packages, notifies you of price drops, and shows reviews of products. It supports email syncing to automatically retrieve tracking numbers. When you connect to your email account, the app will find your entire purchase history, not just your current purchases. It’s amazing to see things you bought years ago (I don’t even remember some of them).
Sounds great in theory, but it's dangerous to give a company access to your email, even though they have a clear privacy policy. There's OAuth support for Gmail, but with iCloud you'll have to give them your password. If you care about tracking what you spend your money on and you keep electronic receipts, try Slice.
Available for Android And iPhone.
Delivery Package Tracker
Deliveries Package Tracker, not to be confused with Deliveries for iOS, supports dozens of delivery services and push notifications. Like its iPhone counterpart, Deliveries on Android is a class-leading package tracking app. It replicates the same features as its iPhone counterpart.
There are widgets that can show where your parcel is now, as well as the approximate delivery date, without launching the application. Additional tracking of the parcel via Google Maps is as cool as it is functional: you can see where the parcel is now and where it will be tomorrow. With each delivery status update, a push notification is sent.
Available only for Android.