ShipShow Package Tracker vs Vital Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShipShow Package Tracker
Effortlessly track packages from over 1,000 carriers worldwide for free. Connect your Amazon account for automatic order updates and receive real-time alerts on package status. Customize commentary for a personalized tracking experience.
- Unlimited package tracking
- 1,000+ carrier support
- Real-time alerts
- Amazon account integration
- Customizable commentary
- Scan labels with camera
- Sync across devices
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Now on iPhone, Mac, the web, and in Claude and ChatGPT. Track unlimited packages across 1,000+ carriers, free for personal use. Connect Amazon once and your orders show up on their own, with everything that ships in one box shown as one package. And when the wait gets long, ShipShow can roast your 2 a.m. impulse buys. Only if you let it. Most tracking apps cap how many packages you can follow and lock notifications behind a subscription. ShipShow doesn't. Add as many shipments as you want, track them across 1,000+ carriers worldwide, and get an alert the moment something moves. That part costs nothing. FREE, ACTUALLY FREE - Unlimited packages for personal use across 1,000+ carriers: local, regional, international, freight. - Real-time alerts when a package ships, moves, stalls, or lands on your doorstep. - Folders for orders, gifts, returns, and "why did I buy this." - Attach a photo to any package so you remember what's actually coming. - Add tracking numbers by typing, pasting from the clipboard, or scanning the label with your camera. AMAZON ON AUTOPILOT Connect your Amazon account and your orders appear on their own. No hunting through emails for tracking numbers. - Ordered five things that shipped in one box? You see one package. Other trackers list all five separately until your list is a mess. - Endless product titles get trimmed to something you can read in a second, with product images as thumbnails. - Works across 22 regions, including amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, and amazon.co.jp. - Your login never leaves your device. We can't see it. ASK CLAUDE OR CHATGPT WHERE IT IS Connect ShipShow to Claude, ChatGPT, or any app that can talk to an MCP server, and ask in plain words. "What's arriving this week?" "Where's the lamp?" A TRACKER WITH OPINIONS ShipShow comments on your packages. You decide how much attitude it gets. - Slide the humor from dry and cold up to a full roast. - Optional profanity, off by default. - Prefer silence? Turn the commentary off and you have a fast, polite tracker. SHIPSHOW PRO (7-day free trial) Stop typing tracking numbers entirely. - Forward an order confirmation email and the tracking number appears in ShipShow on its own. - Share a screenshot or photo of a label and ShipShow reads it for you. - Smart Folders that fill themselves from the filters you pick. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - Keep your entire package history forever. - API access to feed your tracking data into your own apps and workflows. - Let Claude or ChatGPT add packages and sort them into folders for you. - Beta builds and new features first. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Phone, Mac, browser, and Claude or ChatGPT. Your packages stay in sync across all of them, so it doesn't matter which one you grab. Go download it. Your packages aren't going to mock themselves. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.shipshow.net/privacy
Vital Widgets
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Every tracker. One widget. Vital turns your Apple Health data into beautiful, fully customizable Home Screen widgets - no matter which device you wear. If your tracker syncs to Apple Health, Vital works with it. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Build a widget in seconds: pick a metric, choose how it looks, drop it on your Home Screen. • 24 health metrics - steps, sleep, heart rate, HRV, active energy, distance, VO₂ max, workouts and more • 9 chart styles - number, area, bars, ring, gauge, sparkline, stacked, dual and streak • 3 sizes - Small, Medium and Large • Today, 7-day or 30-day views • Optional accent colours and custom goals WORKS WITH ANY TRACKER Garmin, Whoop, Oura, Fitbit, Polar, Coros, Apple Watch - if it writes to Apple Health, Vital reads it. One consistent look across every brand you've ever owned. A SLEEP SCORE FOR EVERYONE Vital computes a clean 0–100 sleep score from Apple Health's sleep stages - so you get a recovery-style number even if your device doesn't provide one. BUILT FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Save as many designs as you like and mix and match • Widgets refresh automatically in the background • Full-colour mode that survives iOS's tinted Home Screen theme • A clean, monochrome design language that's readable at a glance YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Vital reads Apple Health on your device and never sends your health data anywhere. No account. No cloud. No tracking. VITAL PRO Vital is free to use. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited widgets, every size, all 24 metrics, all 9 chart styles, weekly and monthly trends, accent colours and custom goals — as a yearly plan with a free trial, monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Make your health data actually yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vitalwidgets.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ShipShow Package Tracker at 3 against Vital Widgets's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ShipShow Package Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Vital Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShipShow Package Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Vital Widgets weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipShow Package Tracker | Vital Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bellshare Inc | Jarren Worrell |
In-app purchases
ShipShow Package Tracker
- Month-to-Month Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Year-to-Year Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Vital Widgets
- Vital Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Vital Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Vital Widgets Lifetime$29.99
Questions
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