17track alternatives

Being discussed incidentaly on this 17track seems that has made breaking changes · Issue #146634 · home-assistant/core · GitHub Github bug report.

People are suggesting parcelapps.com integration. Myself I am testing it, and it’s pretty good, the problem is that there is a limit of 10 parcels per month, which for me is low. The next tiers are really expensive. Would like to know experiences. Spent quite a bit of time setting 17track with cards, and then was the deprecation of important sensors, which required adjustments and invested time. So I would like a sustainable solution. Don’t mind to pay something reasonable even.

Ideas?

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I’m having a fiddle with the app at https://parcelapp.net/ and if satisfied, might go with this one: GitHub - jmdevita/parcel-ha: Unofficial ParcelApp integration with Home Assistant. It seems it’s 5 bucks a year to use it but so-far it looks promising but needs to prove itself first! :slight_smile:

EDIT: It appears that this system is only Apple-based for the app itself. I can’t see how that would affect the integration once registered and in premium mode for the $5/yr. Can update if I purchase it after testing.

It took me a sec to realize you were both talking about two different websites and integrations “parcelsapp” vs “parcelapp”

Parcelapp says you have to have a premium subscription started on the app to even use the website. So for someone like me with no apple products I don’t think I can even start using parcel lol

It does seem closer to what I want from 17 track. I can’t ever remember what number goes to what and a delivery estimate. $5 a year isn’t awful

ParcelsApp seems fine but 10 a month is low. I’m sure to hit that on occasion and $9 a month for 100 is wild lol.

Pls note that the integration I suggested (GitHub - storm1er/ha_integration_parcelsapp: Easily track all your delivery in Home Assistant, uses https://parcelsapp.com/ API) refers to this site Parcels App Dashboard and there is no app

https://parcelapp.net/ is another one…

I spotted that Apple only 5$/year, I think I am going to look how to try it. It’s a nuisance that you can only subscribe with an Apple system.

I wonder how come there is a gap in the market for this. Testing 17track vs parcelsapp it’s clear that 17track got worse with tracking with statuses being very delayed, sometimes not finding the packages for longer. For example parcelsapp is pretty good, 10 shipments free per month is low I would say for some family homes. Maybe most of the months would be ok, not in my case. The next tier is more expensive than Netflix, which is a no-go. Then the other parcelsapp, has API, reasonable pricing… but only for Mac.

Totally feel you—investing time only to hit limits or face breaking changes is frustrating. I’ve also tried ParcelApps; solid interface but the pricing jump is steep.

I would pay even 20$/year for at least 30 packages per month on parcelsapp.com. But the 9$/month doesn’t even show to me on the dashboard, it’s 19$/month, any of the two ammounts I can understand for a B2B but for a home user, sorry no.

While testing this on a week I reached 4 parcels. So almost 50% of the quota, don’t want to invest time in new notifications, cards when this is going to fall short. My wife has a Mac, I think I am going to try the other parcelsapp, but what a nuisance to have to manage the subscription like that.