With Cyber Monday coming up, a lot of us shop online, as opposed to going out to the store. It would be nice if there was an easy way to track all of your packages. Of course you could set up mail rules to filter any emails that contain the words, “the tracking number,” but all that does is put all of your emails into a folder without notifying you of any changes in the status of your package. After initially receiving the email most forget about it and never track their packages, which happens all the time to me causing me to not pick up my packages for weeks. Or you can be the type of person that can obsessively track your package by constantly pressing the refresh button hoping that there’s an update to no avail. Well there’s an app that can track your tracking numbers and keep you updated about the status of your order. Deliveries is powerful, handy and easily notifies you of your packages.
Deliveries can track packages that are shipped from UPS, FedEx, US Postal Service, DHL and many others. For big companies like Amazon and Apple, it can even track orders before they ship. Updates include orders been received, preparing for shipment, to shipped and finally delivered.
Deliveries is available for both Mac and iOS devices. It syncs the data between the Mac and iOS version using iCloud without any setup, which makes it very easy to use. The Mac and iOS version function nearly the same way. When first opening it up, it displays a brief summary of your shipments and displays a count down of when you should be receiving your package. Selecting one of the packages shows you where the package is on the map, view the company’s website and allows you to share your shipment information via AirDrop, iMessage or email.
Deliveries takes advantage of Today Widgets in Notification Center in both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. On the Mac, you can even add another delivery to be tracked right from there.
Other methods on the Mac to add packages to track include pressing the plus sign and type or copy/paste the tracking information into the field or use the share button in Safari and select Add to Deliveries. The same methods apply for adding deliveries to be tracked on the iOS version.
Deliveries also supports 1Password‘s extension, making it easier to retrieve stored passwords. Also, it can add estimated delivery dates to your calendar.
As an avid online shopper, I have been benefiting from using this app to track my packages and gifts for the holidays. Deliveries is available for the Mac and iOS for $4.99 each. If you are just starting your holiday shopping make sure to follow 9to5Toys for the latest discounts and savings.
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Doesn’t work with the 3 french postal services. The developer reffuse since 1 year to specify it on the Store and doesn’t update the API (Colissimo, Chronopost and Coliposte). Many French customers are buying the application for nothing…
Try Parcel, Deliveries hardly works outside of the US.
I have the Deliveries widget on my Mac and LOVE it. I also have the Deliveries app on my iPhone and iPad and my deliveries all sync together. That trifecta works beautifully. However, the app they just released for Notification Center blows. I rarely updates correctly and deliveries which are showing in my widget and apps sometimes don’t appear in the Notification Center app. The share option in Safari is pretty cool but I usually add deliveries from my iPhone so it’s not a game changer for me. The Mac app needs to improve though.
i have this for iPad..been using this since 2 years…great app…to me imo…it’s very accurate.
Love the App!! Works great for the deliveries I have had the past few months.
Or save the five bucks, go to the usps, ups, or fedex website and sign up for free text alerts. It gives faster results and doesn’t cost anything.
Holy app sprawl Batman. Let me save some springboard space for all of you.
Deliveries is the sexy solution. If $$$ means more to you than sexy then run don’t walk to the app
store and download Slice – Your smart shopping assistant
You can thank me later (it’s awesome)
I’ve tried a couple of these delivery apps and Deliveries is by far the best.
There’s a competing app called Posted that I would not at all recommend. The developer apparently stopped updating in 2013, and push notifications do not work in iOS7 and iOS8. I’m waiting for Deliveries to go on sale (which it does from time to time) and then fully ditch Posted.
Is the Deliveries app similar to Slice? The latter works well for me.
I setup it up manually through UPS and FedEx on their websites and I automatically get texted and reminder texts when packages are being delivered. I dont have to have an app to do this for me.
I’ve been using the Delivery Status widget by the same developers for years. It’s always worked flawlessly and when I upgrade to Yosemite I’ll switch to Deliveries.
Do i have to pay $5 on each device (iPhone & Mac) or is it a one time fee for both devices?