Online shopping is convenient, but it is difficult to track orders when making many purchases in different online stores. If you make several purchases on different sites, then there may be several delivery services: Russian Post, Fedex and DHL..
Each of them provides a tracking number for tracking, but their sites are inconvenient to use, especially on the phone. Fortunately, there are many ways to get the information you want from your smartphone. Instead of having to manually check delivery services several times, you can download one application that will do this automatically.
17Track
Although the name may sound unusual, this is a great app. There is support for more than 500 shipping companies, as well as updating the status of all parcels at the click of a button. If you register in the service, then all the information entered will be saved and you will not need to enter it again..
A customizable widget allows you to see all available information about parcels right on the main screen of your smartphone. This application is truly global, as it supports over 30 languages, including Russian. Every time the status of a package changes, 17Track instantly sends a push notification and an email.
Available for Android and iPhone ..
ParcelTrack
ParcelTrack is a simple batch tracker with several very useful features such as auto-detecting a tracking number from the clipboard and a unique email address to receive mail. Using your work email, you can forward a sending notification email to this address - ParcelTrack will automatically extract the track number from it and start tracking.
If you click on any of the monitored packages, you will be shown a detailed list of all status updates along with a map view of history and current location. ParcelTrack is free to use. However, to unlock features like push notifications, cross-platform sync, barcode scanner, and more, you need to do a $ 3 one-time unlock.
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's clipboard, it will automatically appear in the Add Tracking Package form. There are push notifications, as well as a widget for quick control of parcels in transit.
While this may sound insignificant, Deliveries codes delivery by color depending on the carrier brand. You can immediately understand what is coming from China Post, UPS or other carrier. By the way, more than 300 postal services are supported, including Russian ones: Russian Post, EMC, Boxberry, CDEK, Business Lines and many others.
If you give Deliveries access to the Calendar app, the expected delivery dates will be added as an event. There is also a Mac version, so you can track packages from all devices (including Apple Watch). But the application is paid and costs 379 rubles.
Available for iPhone only .
Parcel
The Parcel app works on the freemium business model, where everything is free, but you have to pay $ 2 per year to track more than 3 packages at the same time, and also remove ads.
If you receive an email from the seller that your package has been sent and a tracking number is provided, Parcel will automatically add it for tracking. Each parcel will have a special icon with which you can quickly find out its status ("in transit" or "delivered").
You can also manually enter tracking numbers, which will be auto-filled 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 limitations.
Available for iPhone and macOS only
AfterShip Package Tracker
AfterShip Package Tracker is another free tracking app that runs on Android and iOS. It has a large number of features, support for many delivery services, modern design and pop-up notifications. And there is also 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 are shipping or about to receive a package, AfterShip Package Tracker can track each package to the point of delivery. All you need to do is add the tracking number and the name of the courier service.
Available for Android and iPhone .
Arrive
Arrive is a very nicely designed package tracking application for iPhone. For Gmail users, the best way to get started is to sign in to the Arrive app with their email account. When you log in, Arrive will automatically see active tracking numbers from your email.
If you'd rather not give Arrive access to your email history, you can simply copy and paste the tracking numbers into the app and it does the rest. 400 delivery services are supported. A real-time map update will show the current status of the package as well as the estimated arrival time.
Available for iPhone only .
Slice
Slice is an entire shopping ecosystem. It tracks packages, reports price drops, and shows product reviews. Supports email sync to automatically retrieve track numbers. When you connect to your email account, the app will find your entire purchase history, not just the current ones. It's amazing to see things that you bought a few years ago (I don't even remember some).
Sounds great in theory, but it's dangerous to give a company access to their email even though they have a clear privacy policy. There is OAuth support for Gmail, but with iCloud, you'll have to tell them your password. If it is important for you to keep track of what you spent your money on and you keep electronic receipts, try Slice.
Available for Android and iPhone .
Deliveries Package Tracker
Deliveries Package Tracker, not to be confused with Deliveries for iOS, supports dozens of shipping and push notification services. Like its iPhone counterpart, Deliveries on Android is a leading-in-class package tracking application. It copies the same capabilities as a similar application on the iPhone.
There are widgets that, without launching the application, can show where your package is now, as well as the approximate delivery date. Additional tracking of the package via Google Maps is as cool as it is functional: you can see where the package is at the moment and where it will be tomorrow. With every update of the delivery status - a push notification is sent.
Available for Android only .