Job application trackers: free and paid options, compared from official pages.
When a tracker is worth paying for, what the paid tiers actually add, and a free spreadsheet setup that works for most searches.
A job application tracker keeps every application, contact and follow-up date in one place. For most searches a free tier or a spreadsheet is enough; paid tiers mainly add AI writing and resume tailoring on top of tracking. Compare what the free plan includes before paying, using the official terms below.
Trackers and toolkits
Data
| Product | First listed US price | Free option | Refund or trial terms, as stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntr | $40/month | yes | 'There is no free trial'; 'You can cancel your subscription at any time.' No refund wording found. |
| Teal | $13 every 7 days | yes | Refund requests are considered only within your plan's eligibility timeframe; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing pe |
| TryHired free tools | Free | yes | no sign-up for the free tools |
From each company's official pages, accessed Nov 2, 2026. First listed price is not always the cheapest plan; each review lists every plan.
A spreadsheet tracker in ten minutes
Advice
| Column | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Company and role | So you can tailor and follow up |
| Date applied | Follow up after about a week |
| Contact | Who you can message |
| Status | Applied, screen, interview, offer, closed |
| Next action and date | The column that actually gets you replies |
Paid tracker or not?
Advice
- Pay if you are applying to dozens of roles a week and want resume tailoring built in.
- Stay free if you apply selectively; the bottleneck is quality, not tracking.
- Either way, the habit that matters is a dated next action for every application.
Disclosure: TryHired makes HIRED, a paid job-search program, so we have a conflict of interest whenever we compare it with coaching or other products. We show free options first and tell you when you probably do not need to pay anyone.
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How this page is built
Written by Maid Dizdarevic, a career coach and 8x LinkedIn Top Voice. Everything here is practical advice or a description of how coaching and services usually work; it is labelled as advice, not data. We do not publish success rates, prices we have not verified, or ratings.
- Whether a specific coach or service is good: only references, a trial session and your own judgement can tell you that.
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- Outcomes: no coach, service or program can promise you a job, and you should be wary of any that does.
- TryHired editorial guidance, Nov 2, 2026.
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- National Career Development Association (career-services credentials): ncda.org.