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Deliveries, an iPhone and iPad app, makes tracking packages simple, mobile and fun. Deliveries tracks packages shipped worldwide on dozens of carriers and shows you on a map exactly where your package is.
With Deliveries, you don’t have to wait for an email from the seller with the tracking information. If you order from a major retailer such as Amazon, Apple, or one that uses Google Checkout, Deliveries will get the tracking information directly from the retailer. You enter your order number into the app after you have completed your purchase, along with your account information, and Deliveries will take it from there.
If you order from a different retailer, you can still use Deliveries. You can enter your tracking number from over 30 international carriers and Deliveries will track the package. Carriers include FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL, Royal Post, City Link, Posten, and many others. Check here to see which carriers are supported: Supported carriers.
After you enter your purchase information, you will see a map that shows where the package is (green pin) and where the package is headed (blue pin). The app also lets you know the target delivery date and gives you a countdown of the days until your package arrives.
Unfortunately, Deliveries doesn’t use Notifications features so you won’t get an alert when your package is delivered or your delivery date changes. You must open the app to get your tracking information.
If you sign up for a free account with the developer, June Cloud, you can sync delivery information between your devices.
In addition to being useful, the app is extremely accurate. When tracking packages Delivery is often quicker to update than the online websites of delivery companies. I have used this app for years, in the US and in the UK, and have consistently been impressed with the accuracy of the information.
Deliveries was especially handy for me when I was living in the UK. I had purchased an iPad on eBay for my husband as an anniversary present. The scoundrel seller had listed the item as being in Wales. When he sent me the tracking number after I purchased the iPad, I entered the information into my Deliveries app. My iPhone gave me the startling news that the iPad wasn’t in Wales but in Shanghai. I immediately filed a complaint with eBay and was given a full refund.
The app is available in the iTunes App Store for $4.99 and works on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch: Deliveries in the iTunes App Store. A free widget is also available for Mac computers running Mac OS X 10.5 or later: Deliveries Mac Widget.
Do you track your packages after you have made an online purchase? Do you like to know where your packages are and when they will be delivered? Let us know in the Comments section below!
Technology is just making everything for us easier isn’t it Carolyn? I also say, what will they come up with next. Whatever it is, you’ll be the first to report it to us so I never have to worry.
Yet another cool app. I don’t order a lot of stuff so it’s not something I would run out and get but it’s good to know that when that time comes, I know how to keep better track of my packages.
Thanks Carolyn!
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne, Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I will try to keep you informed about as much great tech as I can! This app is one of my favorites. It helped me keep track of my iPhone 4S when it was delivered.
It’s funny because when you follow a package, you might think, “My package is thousands of miles away, how can it arrive tomorrow?” But sure enough it does!
I was quite pleased to see that Canada Post was one of the supported carriers – we often get ripped off up here in the North! Adrienne is right – it’s really quite remarkable how dramatically technology has changed our life. Soon enough, there will be an app that writes all of our blog posts for us! (Does that already exist Carolyn?)
Hi Ruth, this app is definitely international! You can follow packages on carriers from around the globe.
I don’t know of an app that will write blog posts, but if I did know of one, I wouldn’t use it. Writing blog posts is too much fun to delegate to an app!
But there are apps to help you write blog posts if you are away from your computer. That’s a bit different from what you’re asking about!
I think my new iPhone 4s is keeping track of it’s delivery and it will let me know when it is here. Some have already started to arrive and our IT guy has been playing with it but they won’t distribute until they are all in which will be after Thanksgiving. I.can’t.wait.
To be continued……
Hi Bill, Very exciting that your iPhone 4S is coming very soon! I can understand your IT guy wanting to distribute them all at once, but I would have a very hard time waiting. I hope it’s soon for you, Bill! 🙂
It’s on like Donkey Kong; I was able to be an ‘early’ adapter. I was ‘playing’ with it all last night and this morning as well. It is so sweet………..
Cool app… though not for me, its for users who use shipping a lot. Or if I switch to Amazon Prime (as I am thinking about), then I may get this …
Technology is making things way too wasy for us, as Adrienne said, I need to work out to lose some weight. Else I can just sit at one place, get by my life just n my fingertips.
Hi iRewardChart, Well the good thing about Deliveries is that you can check your packages when you’re on the go! No need to sit around waiting for a package if you see that it’s not going to be delivered today.
You’re right, though, getting out and about is key. 🙂
That’s a very cool app. I will download it in my iPhone. Coolest app ever. Now I don’t have to worry about tracking my documents.
Frank @ solar power for the home
Hi Frank, Yes, you will love this app, it’s so useful and handy. The map is especially easy to see on the iPad.
I personally think it is a powerful tool that will make it easy for the government to track our movements in public, I dont like it and I think all Americans should be super mad at the thought of using this kind of tracking technology on us.
Hi BMW Parts, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech. Deliveries doesn’t provide a higher lever of tracking than already exists. Instead, Deliveries presents the information in a very helpful and handy way.
I have had so many problems with ebay deliveries over the years. It is not ebay that is the problem, but the various budget firms that are available now. This app looks great and worth the cost just for one delivery. I am not much of a techy so the easy to use functionality suits me perfectly. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hi Matt, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m sorry you’ve had difficulties with eBay deliveries. If a package is trackable, you should be able use the Deliveries app to keep track of your packages. I think you’ll find this app very useful! 🙂