A free job application tracker that tells you what to do next
Five stages, notes on every card, a nudge when an application has gone 14 days without a follow-up, and reply rates once there are enough applications to mean something. Free, and kept on your account rather than in a spreadsheet.
The board
Every application in one place, in the order things happen
Add a job by hand, or save one from Jobs for you or the job matcher. Drag a card to the next stage, or use its menu, which works the same on a phone and from a keyboard.
Free
The board, notes, reminders, the insights panel and the offer table cost nothing.
On your account
Sign in on another device and the same board is there.
No AI needed
The insights are arithmetic on your own cards, worked out in your browser.
Stages
Five columns, and what each one is for
Wishlist
Roles you are thinking about. Nothing has been sent yet, so nothing here counts as an application in the numbers.
Applied
The application is in. After 14 days with no follow-up the card says so, and after 60 days the board asks whether it is still open.
Interview
Any conversation with the employer. Notes on the card are a good place for who you spoke to and what they asked.
Offer
Record the base pay, currency and the rest of the terms, and every offer appears side by side above the board.
Closed
Rejected, withdrawn or no reply. It is called Closed rather than Rejected because silence ends more applications than a no does.
Follow-ups
Reminders you turn on, and a note you can actually send
The board marks any card that has sat in Applied for 14 days without a follow-up. Open it and you get a short note to copy: the date you applied, a plain question about the timeline, and an offer of references or a work sample. It is written by a template, not a model, so there is nothing in it you did not give it. When you have sent it, press I sent it and the nudge goes away.
Email reminders are off until you switch them on, under the board. Once on, you get at most one email a week, only to a confirmed address, listing applications due a follow-up and ones that have gone quiet. Every email has a link that stops them.
After 60 days with no reply, the board asks whether the application is still open. One click moves it to Closed as no reply, so the Applied column shows what is genuinely still in play.
Subject: Checking in on the Data analyst application
Hi [name or team], I applied for the Data analyst role at Tiller Analytics on 2 October. I wanted to ask whether there is an update on the timeline, and to offer anything else that would help, such as references or a work sample. Thanks, [Your name]
The note the tracker writes for a Data analyst role applied for on 2 October. The company is invented; the wording is exactly what the template produces.
Worked example
Twelve applications, and what the insights panel says about them
Run through the same function the tracker uses. The employers are invented; every number below is computed, not typed.
| Stage | Cards | Match score 76 or higher |
|---|---|---|
| Applied | 6 | 2 |
| Interview | 2 | 2 |
| Offer | 1 | 1 |
| Closed (rejected) | 3 | 2 |
The panel counts 12 applications. 6 heard back in some form (an interview, an offer or a rejection all count as an answer), so it shows Heard back as 6 of 12 (50%). Interviews read 3 of 12 (25%), because the offer went through an interview first. Offers: 1.
Because every card carries a match score from the job matcher, the panel also splits replies by score:
- Match score 76 or higher: 5 of 7 (71%) heard back
- Match score below 76: 1 of 5 (20%) heard back
That gap is the useful part. It does not prove anything about this person's market, but it is a reason to spend the next week on roles that fit rather than on volume. With 4 applications instead of twelve, the panel would show the counts and no percentages at all: below 5, one reply moves a rate too far to act on, so the tracker does not print one. A score split also needs at least 5 applications on each side before it appears.
Before you apply
Can I apply? on every posting you paste
Paste the job description when you add a job and the tracker reads it for lines about who may take the role: citizenship, permanent residency, an existing right to work, visa sponsorship, security clearance, a required language or a background check. Each finding quotes the posting's own sentence, so you can see in a second whether the rule read it right.
A card gets a Blocked chip when the posting rules you out given the right-to-work answers you saved, and a Check chip when there is a line worth reading first. These are rules, not a model, so they are free and run as you paste. They read the posting, not your situation: none of it is immigration advice.
For anyone on a clock this matters more than a tidy board. US students on post-completion OPT, for example, can be unemployed for a total of 90 days, according to the Study in the States (DHS), F-1 optional practical training page (checked 31 October 2026). Skipping a posting that needs citizenship on day one is time you get back. If you are on OPT, the F-1 OPT take-home pay page explains why your first paycheck may be larger than a colleague's.
Offers
When it works out: offers side by side
Move a card to Offer and record what you were offered: base pay with its currency and period, then bonus, equity, start date, location, way of working and notice, in your own words. The offers then sit in one table above the board. The highest base is marked only when every offer is in the same currency and has a yearly figure, and the table says it is base pay only. The guide to comparing job offers walks through what it will and will not rank.
Limits
What the tracker does not do
- It does not apply to jobs for you, and it never sends an email to an employer. Every note and draft is yours to copy and send.
- It does not read your inbox. A card moves when you move it, so the numbers are only as current as your board.
- It does not tell you why an employer said no. The insights panel counts outcomes; it cannot see the reasons behind them.
- It does not import from a spreadsheet or from job sites. You add jobs by hand, or save them from Jobs for you or the job matcher.
- Drafting a LinkedIn note, a follow-up or a thank-you from your resume, and the offer negotiation script, use AI and need a pass. Everything else on this page is free.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Put your next application on the board
Sign in, add the jobs you have already applied to, and switch on reminders if you want them. Then find more with Jobs for you, or check your resume first.
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