Package delivery tracking app for iPhone & Mac
June 26, 2023 9:31 AM Subscribe
Sadly, my favorite app for tracking package deliveries on both Mac & iPhone, called Deliveries, is hanging by a thread. Can you recommend any alternatives? Thank you!
TBH, I don't even know if it's even possible for any viable alternatives to exist, since the creator of Deliveries says that the shipping companies are limiting access to shipment data. But maybe some other developers have found work-arounds? In any event, one thing I really liked about Deliveries is that it has both Mac and iPhone versions that sync well with one another. So I'd love an alternative that offers both!
TBH, I don't even know if it's even possible for any viable alternatives to exist, since the creator of Deliveries says that the shipping companies are limiting access to shipment data. But maybe some other developers have found work-arounds? In any event, one thing I really liked about Deliveries is that it has both Mac and iPhone versions that sync well with one another. So I'd love an alternative that offers both!
I like Parcel a lot. You can authorize your Amazon account and see those packages automatically. It doesn't ask for access to your email (and I like that it doesn't) so you have to enter non-amazon packages manually, but it has some tricks that make that easier.
posted by thatone at 10:46 AM on June 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by thatone at 10:46 AM on June 26, 2023 [2 favorites]
I've been using Parcel as well and haven't heard anything about it having problems with the delivery companies. It looks like there's a Mac version in addition to the iPhone and iPad versions, but I haven't tried it.
As thatone said, it can automatically sync your Amazon shipments, and even better, it can be set to automatically switch to a different shipping company if Amazon ships the package out on one of those.
posted by Ampersand692 at 10:59 AM on June 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
As thatone said, it can automatically sync your Amazon shipments, and even better, it can be set to automatically switch to a different shipping company if Amazon ships the package out on one of those.
posted by Ampersand692 at 10:59 AM on June 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
I also use Parcel and I’m happy with it.
posted by maleficent at 11:44 AM on June 26, 2023
posted by maleficent at 11:44 AM on June 26, 2023
Shop app only tracks stuff shipped out by Shopify, but it can read other app's deliveries if you give it permission, like those from Amazon, by going through the other app's notifications, similar to Parcel.
posted by kschang at 7:42 AM on June 27, 2023
posted by kschang at 7:42 AM on June 27, 2023
I also use Parcel and it's great. I've used it for years. Sometimes it doesn't do great with the express delivery companies but for regular shipping from almost anywhere in the world it does well.
posted by urbanlenny at 7:45 AM on June 27, 2023
posted by urbanlenny at 7:45 AM on June 27, 2023
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Looking at it, you might dismiss it as another shopping discount app (and I guess it is that too) but by linking it to my email, it also tracks my orders through various carriers, even if the orders weren't placed vis Shop.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:40 AM on June 26, 2023 [1 favorite]