Job application tracker · Free with any account · No card required
Free Job Application Tracker
Track every application in one place — company, role, status, ATS match score, and follow-up reminders. Free with any account, and new accounts get a 7-day Pro trial with unlimited applications, no card required.
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Quick answer
A job application tracker is a single place to log every application — company, role, status, dates, and follow-ups — so nothing falls through the cracks during a job search. Most people start in a spreadsheet, and it works — until roughly application ten. Past that point, statuses go stale, follow-ups get forgotten, and you can no longer answer "where do I actually stand?" at a glance. A dedicated online tracker handles status changes, overdue-follow-up flags, and pipeline stats automatically, and ours adds one thing spreadsheets can't: an ATS match score per application, so you know how strong your resume was for each role you applied to.
How it works
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Add an application in seconds
Company, job title, posting link, date applied, and status. Optionally paste the ATS match score from a resume check or optimize run so you know how strong that application was.
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Update statuses as things move
One click moves an application between Applied, Interviewing, Offered, Rejected, and Withdrawn. Filter by stage and watch your pipeline stats — total, interviewing, offers — update live.
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Never miss a follow-up
Set a follow-up date on any application and the tracker flags it in orange the moment it goes overdue. Most offers are won by candidates who follow up; most spreadsheets never remind you to.
Spreadsheet, Teal, or this tracker?
Honest answer: a spreadsheet is the right tool for some people. If you're applying to a handful of roles and enjoy owning your own system, copy our free job application tracker template and you're set. Spreadsheets break down when volume grows: every status change is manual typing, nothing reminds you a follow-up is overdue, and pipeline stats mean writing formulas. A dedicated tracker app does all of that for you.
Among dedicated trackers, Teal deserves a mention — they have a great free job tracker with a browser extension, and plenty of people are happy with it. The reason to pick ours instead is workflow, not features-for-features'-sake: this tracker is built into the same tool where you check and optimize your resume. Run the free resume checker or the resume optimizer against a posting, log the ATS match score on that application, and your tracker becomes more than a to-do list — it shows which applications went out with a strong resume and which are worth re-optimizing before the follow-up.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the job application tracker free?
- Yes. Every account can use the tracker — free accounts track up to 3 applications, and new accounts start with a 7-day Pro trial (no credit card) that unlocks unlimited applications. After the trial, Pro keeps tracking unlimited; the free plan keeps your 3 slots working forever.
- What should I track for each job application?
- At minimum: company, job title, a link to the posting, the date you applied, and the current status (applied, interviewing, offered, rejected, or withdrawn). The two fields most people skip — and that matter most — are a follow-up date so applications never silently go stale, and how well your resume actually matched that posting, which is what an ATS score per application gives you.
- Job application tracker vs spreadsheet — which is better?
- A spreadsheet works fine for your first handful of applications. A dedicated tracker wins once volume grows: one-click status changes, automatic overdue-follow-up flags, filters by stage, and stats across your whole pipeline — none of which a spreadsheet does without you building and maintaining formulas. If you prefer the DIY route, we publish a free spreadsheet template you can copy.
- How is this different from Teal's job tracker?
- Teal has a genuinely good free job tracker, and if you only want tracking it's a fine choice. Ours is different in one specific way: it's built into a resume-optimization workflow. You check or optimize your resume against a posting, get an ATS match score, and log that score on the application — so your tracker shows not just where each application stands, but how strong your resume was when you sent it.
- Can I use the tracker without optimizing my resume?
- Yes. The tracker works standalone — add applications, update statuses, and set follow-up dates without ever touching the resume tools. The ATS score field is optional; it just becomes powerful when you pair it with the free resume checker or the optimizer.