UPS
For individual package recipients, business shippers, and internal logistics personnel requiring real-time delivery oversight.
UPS
Snapshot
Who is UPS?
Streamlining global logistics through real-time tracking and digital delivery management. Providing visibility for individual and enterprise shippers.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 4Last updated
UPS
v10.28.1
5mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines UPS?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Logistics and supply chain management tools
Scale
indie
Target audience
Individual package recipients, business shippers, and internal logistics personnel requiring real-time delivery oversight.
Signature Patterns
- •Strict focus on business-to-consumer and internal logistics utility
- •Consistent free-to-use pricing model across all applications
- •Integration of real-time tracking and operational workflow management
- •High-frequency update cadence for core logistics infrastructure
Portfolio momentum
Released 10 updates across 3 apps in the last 6 months with all titles updated within the last 30 days, indicating active development.
Portfolio
What does UPS ship?
Apps
4 apps analysed
Proactive international compliance guidance reduces high-value shipping support costs
- Tracking accuracy for incoming shipments provides reliable visibility for the majority of daily users
- Post-update technical failures including login loops and authentication errors prevent basic account access
Integration with proprietary UPS driver delivery workflows
- Integration with UPS logistics network
- Scanning failures and UI regressions
UPS GPD is used by UPS employees & contractors to deliver and pickup packages
Distributed across 17 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 2 of 4 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (3)
- United States2 / 2
- Brazil1 / 2
- Mexico1 / 2
Europe (9)
- France1 / 2
- Germany1 / 2
- Italy1 / 2
- Netherlands1 / 2
- Portugal1 / 2
›+4 more europe markets
- Spain1 / 2
- Sweden1 / 2
- Turkey1 / 2
- United Kingdom1 / 2
Asia-Pacific (5)
- Australia1 / 2
- India1 / 2
- Singapore1 / 2
- South Korea1 / 2
- Vietnam1 / 2
Core markets (2/2 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
0
Positive apps
1
Neutral / mixed
1
Negative apps
40/100
Avg sentiment score
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Who does UPS compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(2)
This app competes for the same business-oriented user base by offering high-utility document digitization tools that overlap with the administrative needs of logistics personnel.
Operates as the primary postal management tool for USPS, which often handles the final mile for UPS SurePost shipments.
Contenders(12)
The rival competes by offering a universal tracking aggregator for over 700 carriers, directly challenging the UPS app as the primary interface for users managing shipments across multiple logistics providers.
Both apps target frequent shoppers needing package tracking, but Package Tracker captures users who avoid the friction of the account registration and authentication loops currently impacting the UPS app.
Both apps target frequent shoppers needing package tracking, with the rival offering a multi-carrier dashboard that competes directly with the UPS tracking utility.
known for
This app competes for the attention of mobile users managing device utility and system maintenance, overlapping with the operational management focus of the target app.
Both apps serve the same logistics and package tracking audience, competing directly on the utility of shipment management and service point location.
Both apps serve the same residential and business audience for package tracking and delivery management, competing directly on mobile utility and logistics reliability.
This app targets the same mobile-first professional audience, competing for device storage and management efficiency.
Both apps target users managing package arrivals, with the rival acting as a multi-carrier aggregator that competes for the user's daily tracking attention.
Both applications target frequent shoppers requiring parcel visibility, creating direct competition for users managing international and domestic delivery status updates.
ShipWiz targets the same individual and small business shipping audience as UPS by providing a centralized platform for rate comparison and label generation across 85 carriers.
Package Tracker competes by aggregating tracking data from 3,350 carriers into a single dashboard, directly addressing the user need for visibility across multiple logistics providers that the UPS app fails to provide.
I'd Ship That competes for the same individual and small business shipping segment by offering label creation and tracking services that overlap with core UPS functionality.
Same space(23)
Functions as a direct tracking substitute for UPS by parsing email notifications to provide a consolidated delivery view.
Provides a universal dashboard for monitoring UPS shipments alongside other carriers, serving as a neutral alternative to the UPS app.
Acts as a third-party aggregator for UPS tracking numbers, competing for the same user attention as the native UPS tracking interface.
Targets the same international shipping audience as UPS, providing a global tracking utility for cross-border logistics.
This app shares the business-utility space by focusing on document output and printer connectivity, which is essential for logistics locations.
This app competes for user engagement within the social and utility space, offering media management tools.
This app occupies the same utility-focused category, providing file management and download capabilities for specialized hardware.
Acts as a free, centralized tracking aggregator for Android users who need to monitor UPS shipments alongside other carriers.
Manages the financial side of shipping for SMBs that use UPS, capturing the business workflow before the physical logistics step.
Offers an Apple-centric tracking experience that aggregates UPS data, serving as a high-fidelity alternative to the native UPS app.
Provides a dedicated tracking interface for Apple users that monitors UPS shipments alongside other courier services.
Provides last-mile logistics tools for businesses, overlapping with the B2B shipping management segment of UPS.
Generates shipping labels for e-commerce, directly competing with the UPS mobile shipping feature set.
Provides a centralized tracking interface that monitors UPS shipments, competing for the user's primary tracking app status.
Aggregates tracking data from e-commerce platforms where UPS is a common carrier, simplifying the user's post-purchase experience.
Provides a tracking utility that includes specific UPS delivery forecast data, directly overlapping with UPS My Choice features.
Manages postal and parcel services in Nordic regions, often serving as a regional logistics peer to UPS.
Aggregates UPS tracking data into a neutral dashboard, competing for the user's daily tracking habit.
Handles food delivery logistics that may rely on UPS for supply chain inputs, though it focuses on the courier workflow.
Functions as a last-mile delivery partner that competes with UPS for delivery transparency and instruction control.
This app competes for the same mobile utility market, focusing on device optimization and storage management.
Serves as the primary communication channel for SMBs that use UPS for shipping, acting as the business-side interface for customer support.
Automates tracking for UPS shipments via email, serving as a passive utility for users who avoid manual entry.
New entrants(2)
This newcomer enters the productivity space with specialized bulk processing tools that could appeal to high-volume business users.
This app enters the tools category, providing media management and browser-based utility for mobile users.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on UPS
Bottom line
UPS maintains a dominant position in the logistics utility space by tethering its mobile ecosystem to its global physical network. The high volume of engagement on their flagship app demonstrates strong product-market fit for essential shipment tracking.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 3
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 3
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- yes