USPS® AR vs UPS Access Point
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USPS® AR
This app uses augmented reality to bring your mail to life. Simply scan a special icon on your mail to unlock interactive content and a new way to experience your correspondence.
- Augmented reality mail scanning
- Interactive mail content
- Mail comes to life
- Scan special icons
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USPS® AR reinvents the act of opening your mail. When you see this icon on a piece of mail, just launch the app and align the image within the viewfinder to scan. Then watch as your mail comes to life.
UPS Access Point
This app enables authorized UPS Access Point locations to manage package deliveries, customer pickups, and drop-offs. It also facilitates inventory management for onsite packages, providing customers with real-time status updates.
- Driver Delivery
- Customer Pickup
- Customer Drop Off
- Inventory Management
- Package Status Visibility
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The UPS Access Point™ application provides the technology for registered and authorized UPS Access Point™ locations to perform the following four main services of a UPS Access Point™ location; · Driver Delivery · Customer Pickup · Customer Drop Off · Inventory Management This UPS Access Point™ application also allows UPS Access Point™ location attendants to manage their onsite package inventory. Accurate and timely scans allow customers to have accurate and up to date visibility to their package’s status. The application is supported on iOS Mobile devices with iOS 13 or later installed. For an optimal experience, please provide permission for the UPS Access Point™ application to access your: · Camera · Location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: USPS® AR at 32% against UPS Access Point's 2%. USPS® AR also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). UPS Access Point's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and rating (2.7 vs 2.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UPS Access Point holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 50 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of USPS® AR's written reviews are positive against 2% of UPS Access Point's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
USPS® AR ships an update every 10 months, UPS Access Point every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USPS® AR | UPS Access Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (34 ratings) | 2.7 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.7% of reviews — better | 1.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 401 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United States Postal Service | UPS |
Customer experience
USPS® AR
UPS Access Point
In-app purchases
USPS® AR
No in-app purchases
UPS Access Point
No in-app purchases
