The best job application trackers in 2026, compared
Xiang (Arnold) Shang · · 5 min read
Short answer: a spreadsheet is enough for many people. Pick Huntr for a visual board, Teal if your resume is the main job, Simplify if filling forms is what slows you down, and ApplyKoala if you want Claude Code, Codex, Claude or ChatGPT to find, research and track jobs for you.
We make ApplyKoala, so read this with that in mind. Everything about the others is from their own websites and help pages, read between 20 and 26 October 2026. Prices change; check before you pay.
At a glance
| Tracker | Best for | Free plan | Paid plan from | Works with your AI (MCP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet | Anyone, to start | Free | — | No |
| Huntr | A kanban board, contacts and job search metrics | Up to 100 jobs | US$40 a month | None we could find |
| Teal | Building and tailoring your resume | Unlimited tracking | US$13 a week | None we could find |
| Simplify | Autofilling and auto-applying on career sites | Tracker and basic autofill | US$19.99 a week | Not published, it says |
| Careerflow | An all-in-one set of AI career tools | Limited tracker | US$23.99 a month | None we could find |
| Jobscan | Matching your resume to each posting | Free tracker | Price page did not load for us | None we could find |
| ApplyKoala | Letting your AI do the search and keep the records | Unlimited, no account | US$3.99 a month for sync | Yes |
A spreadsheet
The honest default. It is free, it sorts and filters, and you already know how to use it. It struggles with two things: there is nowhere comfortable to keep a long posting, so people save the link and the posting disappears; and columns drift until nobody fills them in. Our free tracker template keeps the columns that matter.
Huntr
A job search CRM built around a kanban board: you drag each job across columns as it moves through your search. It also keeps contacts and interviews, shows metrics and a map, tailors resumes with AI and autofills forms. The free plan tracks up to 100 jobs; Pro is US$40 a month, or less if you pay for three or six months. ApplyKoala vs Huntr goes into detail.
Teal
A career platform centred on its resume builder: several versions of your resume, matched against job descriptions, with AI credits for bullet points and cover letters. Its job tracker is free and unlimited, with a Chrome extension to save postings. Teal+ starts at US$13 a week. See ApplyKoala vs Teal.
Simplify
Built to make applying faster. Its free Copilot extension autofills applications on many company career sites, including Greenhouse, Workday, Lever and Ashby, and its tracker has board and list views with CSV import and export. Simplify+ (US$19.99 a week or US$39.99 a month) adds AI writing and Autopilot, which submits applications for you without a review step. See ApplyKoala vs Simplify.
Careerflow
A set of AI career tools: a job tracker with contacts, notes, labels, follow-up emails and deadline reminders, plus resume, cover letter and LinkedIn tools. The free plan’s tracker and autofill are marked “limited” without a number. Premium is US$23.99 a month; Premium Plus, with AI mock interviews, is US$44.99 a month.
Jobscan
Best known for scoring how well your resume matches a posting. Its free job tracker is a board you move jobs across, and its Chrome extension saves jobs from LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor and shows your match rate. Its pricing page needs JavaScript and did not load for us, so check it yourself.
ApplyKoala
A job tracker your AI can work in. Connect Claude Code, Codex, Claude or ChatGPT to its MCP server and ask: “find backend jobs in Singapore that fit my resume and save the good ones.” It saves each posting word for word, researches the company with sources (ratings, visa sponsorship, funding, news), judges your fit by quoting your own resume, and records each application. You can also do all of it by hand in the browser. A free Chrome extension fills application forms; you press Submit.
There is no kanban board and no resume builder: your AI writes with you, and ApplyKoala keeps the result. Tracking is free with no account, and your data stays in your browser. Sync, which the MCP server needs, is US$3.99 a month or US$29 a year.
How to choose
- Not sure yet? Start with a spreadsheet. Move when you notice what it cannot do for you.
- You think in boards: Huntr or Jobscan.
- The resume is the hard part: Teal or Careerflow.
- Filling forms is the hard part: Simplify.
- You already use an AI tool every day: ApplyKoala.
Whichever you pick, check two things before you put a hundred applications into it: whether you can export your data, and where it is stored.
Questions
What is the best free job application tracker? A spreadsheet if you want no new tool. Among apps, Teal and ApplyKoala track an unlimited number of jobs for free; Huntr’s free plan stops at 100 jobs.
Which job tracker works with ChatGPT or Claude? ApplyKoala has a remote MCP server that Claude Code, Codex, Claude and ChatGPT can connect to. We could not find an official MCP server for Huntr, Teal, Careerflow or Jobscan, and Simplify says it has not published one (October 2026).
Which job tracker applies to jobs for you? Simplify’s Autopilot, on Simplify+, fills and submits applications without a review step. Simplify’s free Copilot and ApplyKoala’s extension fill forms and leave the Submit button to you.
Do I need a job tracker at all? Not for the first ten applications. Somewhere after fifteen, memory stops working; this guide covers the smallest system that holds up.
Everything here works on paper. If you would rather not keep the paper,the app does this bit — paste a posting and it fills in the details, and it all stays on your own computer.