How to Track Multiple Packages at Once — Best Free Tools
If you’re juggling five tracking numbers across four different carriers, this is the guide you actually needed before you opened your sixth browser tab.
Here’s a situation most online shoppers know well: it’s the week after a big SHEIN sale, you’ve got a Temu order on the way, something from AliExpress that’s been in customs for a week, and an Amazon order that was supposed to arrive yesterday. Four packages. Four different carriers. Four different websites. Four sets of login credentials you’re definitely not going to remember.
This guide covers the tools that actually work in 2026, what each one is genuinely good at, and the honest trade-offs you won’t see on the tools’ own marketing pages.
Why Carrier Apps Alone Don’t Cut It
Before getting into the tools, it’s worth being honest about why the obvious solution — just use each carrier’s own app — doesn’t work in practice.
UPS has an app. USPS has an app. FedEx has an app. Amazon has an app. SpeedX has a tracking portal. Cainiao has an app. Between SHEIN, Temu, AliExpress, and Amazon alone, a typical shopper can be dealing with five or six different tracking systems simultaneously — none of which talk to each other, and most of which require you to create an account and remember a password.
The deeper problem is that most packages pass through multiple carriers on a single journey. Your SHEIN order might start with SpeedPAK in China, get handed to SpeedX in the US, and your Temu order goes from Cainiao to USPS. Tracking each carrier separately means you’re seeing individual legs of the journey in isolation rather than the complete picture.
Universal trackers solve this by connecting to hundreds of carriers through a single interface. Here’s what’s actually worth using.
1. 17TRACK — The Best Overall for International Shoppers
Free. No account required for basic tracking. Supports 3,000+ carriers.
If you order from SHEIN, Temu, or AliExpress regularly, 17TRACK is probably the most useful tool on this list. It’s been around long enough that it has solid carrier integrations — including SpeedX, Cainiao, YunExpress, Yanwen, and essentially every Chinese cross-border carrier you’ll encounter on those platforms.
The experience is simple: go to 17track.net, paste up to 40 tracking numbers at once into the search box, and it shows you the status of every one of them across carriers. No account needed for that. The results show the complete tracking history in chronological order — including handoffs between carriers — which is genuinely useful when your package has moved from a Chinese carrier to SpeedX and you want to see the full journey in one place.
Where 17TRACK really stands out is international shipments. It pulls data from carriers in 220+ countries and handles the carrier-switching that happens on cross-border orders better than any other free tool. It also supports 41 languages, which matters less to most readers of this site but speaks to how seriously it takes international coverage.
The trade-offs: the interface is functional rather than beautiful. It looks like it was designed by engineers for engineers — not by a UX team trying to make it feel like an app. It also occasionally lags on US domestic carriers like USPS compared to how well it handles international ones. But for anyone tracking multiple SHEIN or Temu orders simultaneously, it’s the most capable free tool available.
Best for: International orders, SHEIN/Temu/AliExpress/Cainiao shipments, bulk tracking of many packages at once.
2. AfterShip — Best Interface, Best Notifications
Free for personal use. Account required to save packages. Supports 1,200+ carriers.
AfterShip is what 17TRACK would look like if a product team redesigned it from scratch with user experience as the priority. It’s clean, it’s fast, and the mobile app (available for both iOS and Android) is genuinely pleasant to use — which matters when you’re checking tracking status multiple times a day.
The standout feature is notifications. AfterShip sends push notifications and emails at every meaningful status change — not just “delivered,” but “out for delivery,” “in transit,” “exception,” and any other status update. For anyone who doesn’t want to actively check tracking every few hours, this is the most useful feature in the category. You just add packages and wait to be told what’s happening.
The trade-off compared to 17TRACK is carrier coverage depth, particularly on niche international carriers. AfterShip covers 1,200+ carriers, which sounds like a lot — and is — but 17TRACK’s 3,000+ carrier integrations means it handles more of the obscure Chinese cross-border carriers that SHEIN and AliExpress sometimes use. For standard carriers (USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, SpeedX, Amazon), AfterShip is excellent. For the long tail of cross-border carriers, 17TRACK has the edge.
You need a free account to save and manage packages over time, which adds friction compared to 17TRACK’s no-login option. But if you’re going to track packages regularly rather than occasionally, the saved package list and notification features are worth the two-minute signup.
Best for: Anyone who wants notifications without checking manually, clean mobile experience, standard US and international carriers.
3. USPS Informed Delivery — Underrated and Completely Free
Free. Requires USPS account (free to create). US mail and packages only.
This one is different from the others on this list — it’s not a universal tracker, it only covers USPS. But it does something no other tool does: it shows you photos of the mail pieces and packages scheduled to arrive at your address that day, emailed to you every morning before they’ve been delivered.
If a significant portion of your packages come through USPS — which is true for many SHEIN and AliExpress orders in areas SpeedX doesn’t cover — Informed Delivery is genuinely useful. You know exactly what’s coming before it arrives, which means no more wondering whether a delivery notification is real or spam, and no more checking the porch hoping something showed up.
The limitation is obvious: it only works for USPS. The moment a package is with SpeedX, Amazon, UPS, or any non-USPS carrier, Informed Delivery has no information. But used alongside a universal tracker for non-USPS packages, it fills a specific gap very well.
Sign up at informeddelivery.usps.com. You’ll need to verify your address, which takes a few days if you’re doing it by mail, or can be done faster through online identity verification.
Best for: Anyone who receives regular USPS mail and packages, as a complement to a universal tracker rather than a replacement.
4. ParcelsApp — Clean, No Nonsense, Works Without an Account
Free. No account required. Supports 1,000+ carriers.
ParcelsApp is the simplest tool on this list and that’s its biggest selling point. There’s no account, no email signup, no notifications setup — you paste a tracking number, it tells you where your package is. Fast, clean, done.
It has solid carrier coverage for standard US and international carriers and handles SpeedX, USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and Amazon without issues. The mobile apps for iOS and Android are well-designed — better than the mobile experience of most carrier websites — and allow you to save packages locally on your device without creating an account.
Where it falls short: it doesn’t have the depth of 17TRACK for obscure cross-border carriers, and without an account you can’t get email or push notifications across devices. But if your tracking needs are relatively straightforward — a handful of packages across common carriers — and you don’t want the friction of creating yet another account, ParcelsApp is the fastest path to a clean tracking overview.
Best for: Casual shoppers who want something simple and fast with no sign-up required.
5. Gmail / Outlook Automatic Package Detection — You Might Already Have This
Free. Built into Gmail (on Android) and some Outlook setups.
This one surprises people. If you use Gmail on Android, the Gmail app automatically detects tracking numbers in your email confirmations and adds a package tracking widget to your phone’s Google feed — no setup required, it just happens. When you get a shipping confirmation from SHEIN, Temu, or Amazon, Gmail recognizes the tracking number and starts monitoring it automatically.
It’s not as feature-rich as a dedicated tracker — it doesn’t support manual entry of tracking numbers, and coverage is limited to carriers Google has integrated — but for packages you ordered through a standard retailer email confirmation, it works without you doing anything at all. Worth knowing about if you use Gmail on Android and haven’t noticed it yet.
The Honest Reality: No Single Tool Does Everything Perfectly
After using all of these tools, here’s the real-world conclusion: none of them is perfect across every scenario.
For SHEIN, Temu, and AliExpress orders — especially ones moving through Chinese carriers and then into SpeedX — 17TRACK is the most reliable, simply because of the carrier coverage depth. It’s not the prettiest tool but it handles the handoffs between Cainiao, SpeedX, Yanwen, YunExpress, and USPS better than anything else that’s free.
For standard US domestic orders across USPS, UPS, FedEx, and Amazon — AfterShip is the most pleasant experience, especially if you want notifications so you’re not constantly checking.
For quick one-off checks with no sign-up — ParcelsApp or 17TRACK without an account are the fastest options.
For USPS-heavy households — USPS Informed Delivery alongside any of the above covers the gap that universal trackers sometimes miss on standard mail.
The most practical setup for a regular online shopper in 2026: use 17TRACK as your primary tracker for international and cross-border orders, AfterShip for notification alerts on packages you care about most, and Informed Delivery if you receive a lot of USPS mail.
A Note on SpeedX Specifically
SpeedX tracking numbers (starting with SPX or SX) work in both 17TRACK and AfterShip — you can paste your SPX number into either tool and get tracking results without going to speedx.io directly. This is useful when you want to see a SHEIN order’s complete journey — from Cainiao in China through to SpeedX in the US — in a single timeline rather than switching between tracking systems.
That said, for SpeedX packages specifically, the most current and reliable status always comes directly from SpeedX’s official tracking system. Third-party tools sometimes lag by a few hours on status updates, which matters when you’re waiting for a same-day “Out for Delivery” update.
Quick Reference
| Tool | Best For | Account Needed | Carrier Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17TRACK | International / SHEIN / Temu / bulk tracking | Optional | 3,000+ |
| AfterShip | Notifications, clean UI, standard carriers | Yes (free) | 1,200+ |
| USPS Informed Delivery | USPS mail and packages only | Yes (free) | USPS only |
| ParcelsApp | Quick no-login checks, mobile | No | 1,000+ |
| Gmail auto-detection | Gmail Android users, zero setup | Gmail account | Limited |
Track Your SpeedX Package Directly
For the most current SpeedX status — especially on the day of delivery — checking directly through the official system is always the most reliable option.
