Parcel is a delivery tracking app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, made by Ivan Pavlov. It is free to download, but its App Store listing states that "push notifications and tracking more than 3 deliveries are limited to premium subscribers" at "$6.99 per year", a price it says "may vary from country to country". People searching for alternatives to Parcel usually want one of three things: a tracker that works on Android, a free tracker without the three-delivery limit, or an app that finds orders on its own instead of needing a tracking number typed in. This page compares eight apps on exactly those points, using only each app's own website or App Store listing, all read on 11 November 2026.
Short answer: The closest like-for-like alternative to Parcel on Apple devices is Deliveries by Junecloud (iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, free with a $4.99 yearly or $0.99 monthly subscription). For Android, 17TRACK, AfterShip, Shop and Route all have Google Play listings. AfterShip's listing promises free tracking and "free push notifications for 8 major order delivery statuses". Shop and Route track orders by reading your email. 17TRACK covers the most carriers (its listing says "over 2500"). If almost all your parcels come with one carrier, that carrier's own free app (USPS Mobile, UPS, FedEx Mobile) gives the most detail.
What Parcel does and costs
From Parcel's own site and its App Store listing, read on 11 November 2026:
- Carriers: "more than 300 carriers around the world, including DHL, FedEx, UPS, USPS, Royal Mail, DPD, Amazon and many others". Amazon orders are added automatically after you sign in, and Parcel states "your credentials will never leave your device".
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision and Apple Watch, plus Web Access at web.parcelapp.net for use on a PC. The website offers downloads "for iOS, macOS". No Android app is offered on Parcel's site.
- Price: free download, and the premium subscription is "$6.99 per year". Without it, you get no push notifications and a limit of three deliveries.
- Extras: barcode scanner, carrier recognition, map view, widgets, and notifications sent "only from 8am to 10 pm according to your timezone" unless you change the setting.
That makes Parcel cheap and tidy, but Apple-only, and its free tier is a trial-sized tracker. Those are the gaps the alternatives below fill.
Parcel alternatives at a glance
| App | Platforms (own listing) | What it tracks | Price (own listing, 11 Nov 2026) | App Store rating (11 Nov 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel (for reference) | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, web | "more than 300 carriers", Amazon orders | Free, premium $6.99 a year | 4.8 from 23K ratings |
| Deliveries | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | "dozens of services", Amazon and Apple orders | Free, $4.99 yearly or $0.99 monthly subscription | 4.6 from 34K ratings |
| 17TRACK | iPhone, iPad, Android | "over 2500 worldwide carriers" | Free with ads, $2.99 or $4.99 a month memberships | 4.8 from 21K ratings |
| AfterShip Package Tracker | iPhone, iPad, Android | "700+ carriers", Amazon, Etsy and Walmart orders | Free (contains ads) | 4.7 from 164K ratings |
| Shop (Shopify) | iPhone, Android | Orders from "every store", found in your email | Free | 4.8 from 7.2M ratings |
| Route | iPhone, iPad, Android | "over 600 shipping carriers", orders found in your email | Free | 4.8 from 521K ratings |
| USPS Mobile | iPhone only | USPS shipments | Free | 4.8 from 1.8M ratings |
| UPS | iPhone, iPad | UPS packages | Free | 4.6 from 1.3M ratings |
| FedEx Mobile | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | FedEx packages | Free | 4.6 from 400K ratings |
Ratings and review counts are as shown on each app's US App Store page on 11 November 2026 and change daily. Android availability is from each app's Google Play listing, checked the same day.
1. Deliveries: the closest Apple alternative
Deliveries, from Junecloud, is the app most like Parcel: it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, syncs "with iCloud or our own Junecloud sync", counts down the days to each delivery, shows the parcel on a map and can "add estimated delivery dates to your calendar". It "supports dozens of services, including US Postal Service, DHL, TNT, Canada Post", and can track Amazon and Apple orders "even before they ship". For a parcel from a service it does not support, you pick "Other" and enter a date and web address so it still sits in the list. The listing shows a free download with a Yearly Subscription at $4.99 and a Monthly Subscription at $0.99. It does not say on the listing which features the subscription adds. The listing names Apple platforms only.
2. 17TRACK: the most carriers, and Android
17TRACK is "the official app of 17TRACK.net" and its listing claims "over 2500 worldwide carriers", including postal services and the Chinese e-commerce carriers (Yanwen, YunExpress, S.F. Express) that marketplace orders often travel with. It auto-detects carriers, scans barcodes, translates tracking text into other languages and sends push notifications. The memberships are stated plainly: Standard Member "$2.99/month" with "100 tracking quota per month", and Premium Member "$4.99/month" with "200 tracking quota per month". The listing does not state the free tier's quota, and it shows the app contains advertising and a shopping section of deals. It has a Google Play listing.
3. AfterShip Package Tracker: free notifications
AfterShip's consumer app is the best answer to "a free Parcel alternative with notifications". Its listing promises "free shipment tracking" and "free push notifications for 8 major order delivery statuses", covering "700+ carriers" with automatic courier detection. It can auto-import Amazon, Etsy and Walmart orders and sync with Gmail. No in-app purchases are listed, and the app contains advertising. It runs on iPhone and iPad and has a Google Play listing.
4. Shop: tracking that finds your orders
Shop is Shopify's shopping app, and tracking is one part of it: "Track every order from every store, all in one spot", with a map of where each package is, and the app "can even scan your email for new order info". It is free, runs on iPhone and has a Google Play listing. It is also a shopping app with deals and a wallet, so expect more than a tracker.
5. Route: tracking plus order problems
Route says it "connects with millions of online stores and over 600 shipping carriers worldwide, including Amazon, FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL", and tracks orders "automatically by connecting your emails to Route". Its distinctive feature is "One-click Order Resolution": for a lost, stolen or damaged package you can "file a claim in one click from one of our 11,000+ merchant partners". It is free, runs on iPhone and iPad, and has a Google Play listing. Like Shop, it adds product discovery.
6, 7 and 8. The carrier apps: USPS Mobile, UPS and FedEx Mobile
When most of your parcels come with one carrier, its own app sees things a multi-carrier tracker cannot. USPS Mobile (iPhone only, free) checks shipment status and links to Informed Delivery to "track packages and digitally preview your household's incoming mail". The UPS app (iPhone and iPad, free) gives "an unrivalled view into your package's status". FedEx Mobile (iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, free) adds FedEx Delivery Manager, holds at a nearby location, delivery instructions and "photo proof of delivery or missed attempts", several of them marked "available in select regions". None of them tracks the other carriers' parcels.
Which Parcel alternative fits which person
- On iPhone and Mac and you liked Parcel's design: Deliveries.
- On Android: 17TRACK, AfterShip, Shop or Route.
- Want it free with notifications: AfterShip, Shop or Route, none of which lists a paid tier.
- Hate typing tracking numbers: Shop or Route (they read your email), or AfterShip with Gmail sync.
- Lots of AliExpress, Temu or Shein parcels: 17TRACK, for its carrier coverage.
- Mostly one carrier: that carrier's own app.
Reading the tracking statuses, whichever app you use
Every one of these apps shows the carrier's own status wording, so the same confusing lines turn up whichever tracker you install: "label created", "in transit", "arrived at facility", "exception". Paste any status line into the tracking status decoder to see what it means and whether you need to do anything, or browse the carrier-by-carrier guides in carrier tracking statuses. Two cases cause most worry: a parcel that has not moved for days, covered in why is my package stuck in transit, and the last-day status explained in out for delivery meaning. A tracking app cannot speed a parcel up. It can only show the scans the carrier sends, so a quiet stretch in the app is usually a quiet stretch at the carrier too.
For merchants
Every shopper who installs a tracking app is telling you your own tracking emails were not enough. Pango, an AI-native, agentic operating system for e-commerce logistics, runs branded tracking pages on your own domain with proactive notifications when a parcel is shipped, delayed or delivered, normalising carrier statuses across more than 100 carriers through prebuilt connectors. The merchant tracking apps are compared in best order tracking apps for Shopify.
The bottom line
Parcel is a good, cheap Apple-only tracker with a small free tier. If you want the same thing on Apple devices, Deliveries is the nearest match. If you are on Android or want notifications free, AfterShip, Shop, Route and 17TRACK are the alternatives, with Shop and Route finding orders in your email for you. Whatever you install, the statuses are still the carrier's, and the tracking status decoder explains them.
