Is there a good app for get delivery and shipping notifications?
Prime Gap: 33 apps already serve this, and 90 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed September 28, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to get delivery and shipping notifications, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| notification delivery | reliability | 2 | App is no longer sending notifications |
| shipping updates never shown | reliability | 2 | This app never displayed any shipping updates. |
| notification delivery latency | reliability | 2 | Don't get notifications until the item has already been out there for at least 6 to 11 minutes |
| delivery status accuracy | bug | 2 | Says delivered. But it was not delivered |
| delivery-status accuracy | bug | 2 | order is not delivered to me but the status say delivered |
| delivery status not updating | reliability | 2 | half of my orders that were real just never updated, and are just sitting there saying “arriving today!” |
| delivery notifications | missing-feature | 1 | I asked for notifications. I received none |
| SMS delivery notifications | missing-feature | 1 | I wish I could receive delivery updates via text messages |
| email delivery status notifications | missing-feature | 1 | Advise when emails are being sent and not received |
| no shipping/delivery notifications | reliability | 1 | I had no idea when shipped and coming |
| order update notifications | missing-feature | 1 | unless you give them access to your e-mail, you don't get updates |
| delivery notifications not sent | reliability | 1 | it didn’t notify my delivery twice, no updates come through |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deliveries Package Tracker | 3.3 | 73,169 | Free |
| Deliveries Package Tracker | 4.8 | 11,543 | Free |
| Parcel - Delivery Tracking | 4.8 | 22,707 | Free |
| My Package Delivery Tracker | 4.4 | 10,804 | Free |
| Posted – Live Package Tracker | 4.5 | 249 | Free |
| Informed Delivery® Mobile | 4.9 | 73,214 | Free |
| Package Tracker: Parcels | 5.0 | 2 | Free |
| Dealerts: Alerts for eBay | 4.8 | 63 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 85 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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