Comparison

Funeral/Obits vs Informed Delivery® Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Funeral/Obits

Receive automatic notifications for new obituaries posted in your chosen cities. Browse obituaries directly from funeral home websites, eliminating the need to search multiple sources.

Highlights
  • Obituary notifications
  • Select multiple cities
  • Browse obituaries by city
  • Direct links to funeral homes
  • Free to use
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TheFuneralApp notifies you of the posting of any obituaries from your selected list of cities. You can receive alerts for obituaries in the city where you grew up, went to school, worked or currently reside -- as many cities as you wish to follow. Once you download the Funeral App, select as many cities as you want, and you choose whether or not to be notified automatically of any new obituary posted to any funeral home’s website in that community. You can also quickly and easily browse the obituaries in any U.S. city with a single click on your phone. This app links you directly to the appropriate funeral homes’ website for the full obituary and funeral details. No longer do you have to subscribe to multiple newspapers, search the web for death notices in multiple cities or search out funeral home websites to find the obits that are important to you. Many of us rely on obituaries to let us know when a distant family member or friend has passed. Obituaries are sometimes the only way we learn of fallen soldiers that are so near and dear to our hearts. The same is true for those we care about in our community. This app is free to you and to funeral homes. Contact the funeral homes in your area and encourage them to sign up. It’s easy, it’s free and it’s truly valuable to all.

About

Informed Delivery® Mobile

Preview your mail and packages before they arrive with daily notifications. See grayscale images of letter-sized mail and get USPS tracking updates for packages. Interact with digital content linked to your mail.

Highlights
  • Mail and package preview
  • Daily digest notifications
  • Grayscale mail images
  • Digital content interaction
  • USPS package tracking
  • Delivery status updates
Features
Currently charting
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The Informed Delivery® Mobile application allows you to start your mornings with a preview of your day’s USPS mail and packages. This free app let's you see photos of your mail before it arrives and receive USPS tracking updates. You can use the app to: • Create your account or sign-in with an existing account. • Get daily digest notifications to preview your mail and packages scheduled to arrive soon. • See grayscale images of your mail before it arrives*. Images are of the exterior, address side only of letter sized mail. • Interact with mailer-provided digital content associated with your mail (e.g. - special offers, related links). • Scan eligible tracking numbers or label barcodes to track the status of your inbound or outbound USPS packages. • Get delivery status updates directly to your smartphone. *Images are only provided for letter-sized mailpieces that are processed through USPS’s automated equipment. Mail and packages may not arrive the same day you get a notification – please allow several days for delivery.

Screenshots

Funeral/Obits4 screens
Informed Delivery® Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Informed Delivery® Mobile at 4.9 against Funeral/Obits's 2.5. Informed Delivery® Mobile also leads on ratings volume (136K vs 12) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). Funeral/Obits's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Informed Delivery® Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Informed Delivery® Mobile has 136K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Funeral/Obits's written reviews are positive against 64% of Informed Delivery® Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funeral/Obits ships an update monthly, Informed Delivery® Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Funeral/Obits versus Informed Delivery® Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFuneral/ObitsInformed Delivery® Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (12 ratings)4.9 (136K ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews63.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12136K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#16 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFOAPP LLCUnited States Postal Service

Customer experience

Funeral/Obits

All ratings12 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.9%

Informed Delivery® Mobile

All ratings104,118 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews683 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative27.8%

Bugs and requests

Funeral/Obits

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Informed Delivery® Mobile

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Address validation issues
  • Ineligibility for Informed Delivery despite USPS website access

Requested features

1 request
  • Restore missing 'Report Missing Mail' feature

In-app purchases

None

Funeral/Obits

No in-app purchases

None

Informed Delivery® Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Funeral/Obits free?
Funeral/Obits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Informed Delivery® Mobile free?
Informed Delivery® Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Funeral/Obits or Informed Delivery® Mobile?
Informed Delivery® Mobile is rated higher. Funeral/Obits averages 2.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Informed Delivery® Mobile averages 4.9 from 136K ratings.
Do Funeral/Obits or Informed Delivery® Mobile have ads?
Neither Funeral/Obits nor Informed Delivery® Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funeral/Obits or Informed Delivery® Mobile?
Funeral/Obits ships an update monthly, and Informed Delivery® Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Funeral/Obits was updated on November 6, 2026 and Informed Delivery® Mobile on November 8, 2026.

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