Thirty applications in, and no idea which ones worked
A job search runs on a spreadsheet that nobody updates after week three, and by then you cannot remember whether the agency ever replied or which version of the CV went to whom. Keep one entry per application and move its stage along as things happen. The stages count themselves into a funnel, and the source field answers the only strategic question a job search has: which of these channels is worth another month.
Opens Log App and adds this log with example entries. You can clear the examples anytime.
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Company, where you found it, how far it got, and the time it took to send.
Also called a job search tracker, application log, job hunt spreadsheet or interview tracker.
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693min
Sum Effort · 12 entries
4 / 4 this week
Fri 23 Oct
Rothbauer Systems
31 min Effort
Thu 22 Oct
Halbmond Systems
21 min Effort
Wed 21 Oct
Kern Systems
24 min Effort
Tue 20 Oct
Nordwind Systems
27 min Effort
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What you’ll track
The Job applications log, out of the box
One entry per session, with the timer and location always available. Add or rename variables any time in log settings.
Variable
Type
Stats shown
Stage
Choice · tracked individually
Own stats per value
Company
Text
Recorded, not aggregated
Source
Choice · Job board, Referral, Company site, Recruiter, Network
Share of each option
Effort · min
Number
Sum, Average
Timer
Built in
Total time, per entry duration
Location
Built in
Pin or place, shown on the log map
Notes, photos, sketches, voice memos
Built in
Attached to any entry
693min
Sum Effort
57.8min
Average Effort
How it works
From install to first entry in a minute
1
Pick “Job applications” during setup
The log is created with the variables above and a few example entries so you can see how it works. Clear them with one tap.
2
Log as you go
Tap plus, fill in what you have, save. Timer, location, notes and photos are there when you want them, hidden when you don’t.
3
Let the stats accumulate
Sum effort sits on the log card, with the rest one tap away. Set a goal if you want a nudge.
Why this log
Built for the way you actually do it
Your funnel, counted for you
Mark "Stage" as tracked individually and each one gets its own count: twenty applied, seven screening calls, three interviews, one offer. That is the shape of your search, and it is the only honest way to judge a bad fortnight.
Which source actually replies
Filter by Source and compare the funnels. Nearly everyone finds the job boards take the most effort and produce the fewest replies, while the two applications that went through someone they know both got an answer the same week.
The hours the search is costing you
Effort in minutes adds up across the log. Four hours on one unpaid take-home task next to fifteen minutes on a referral is an argument for changing how you spend the week, made with a number instead of a feeling.
Everything else in the app
Not just a form. A logbook that thinks with you.
The Job applications log is one log among many you can keep. Every one of them gets the same tools.
💡AI analysis
AI reads the pattern for you
Tap the bulb on Job applications and get a plain-language read of your trends, what changed recently, and a suggested next goal, built only from your own entries.
🎯Goals
Goals, streaks and reminders
Set a target like three times a week, watch the rolling progress bar, keep a streak, and get a reminder at the time you actually log. The app learns that time from you.
📅Calendar
A calendar heatmap per log
Every log has its own month view showing which days you logged. Gaps are obvious, consistency is visible, and one tap opens that day's entries.
🔁Rounds
Several stages in one entry
One entry can hold a round per stage, each with its own values, and the stats break them out separately.
📷Attachments
Photos, sketches, voice memos
Attach a photo, draw a quick sketch, or record a voice note on any entry. They stay with that entry and come back on every device you sign in on.
🗺️Map
Every entry on a map
Drop a pin or search for the place. Each log has a map view of everywhere you logged, and saved places open directly in Google Maps.
🔍Search
Search across everything
Find an entry by title, note or value across every log, filter by date or location, and jump straight to it.
🔒Privacy
Yours, offline first
Entries save on your phone first and sync when you sign in. No account needed to start, no feed, no one else sees your data.
Who keeps a job application log
People made redundant, who go from nought to forty applications in six weeks and need the sequence in one place when three companies suddenly reply at once. People searching quietly while employed, whose applications go out in the evening and who cannot risk losing the thread. And career changers, for whom the funnel is the real information: the industry where nine in ten applications vanish, and the one where half get a call.
It also suits anyone repeating a search. The log from the last time you looked is worth more than any advice — which companies ghosted, how long each stage took, what you were paid attention for — and it is worth two minutes an application to have it next time.
What a month of applications shows
The funnel is the first thing to read, and it usually reframes the problem. Plenty of applications and no screening calls is a CV problem; plenty of screening calls and no interviews is a positioning problem; interviews that stop at the final round is something else again. The count per stage points at exactly one of those, which is more than a stack of rejection emails ever does.
The source split is the second, and the one that changes behaviour. When the job board column shows twenty applications, nine hundred minutes and two replies, and the network column shows four applications, ninety minutes and three replies, the next month plans itself. The unpaid take-home tasks are worth their own look too: the log adds up what they cost you, and it is often a working week you did not intend to give away.
Questions
Frequently asked
Should each application be one entry or one per step?
One per application. Open it and change the Stage when something happens — the entry keeps its original date, so the log still shows when you applied, and the stage counts stay a live picture of where everything stands.
How do I keep track of what I sent them?
Attach the CV version as a photo or put the filename in the notes, and paste the job ad text there too. Ads disappear from the internet the moment you get an interview, and global search will find it by the company name.
What counts as "Applied" if a recruiter contacted me?
Log it as Screening with Source "Recruiter" and put the date they got in touch as the entry date. The funnel is about where things are, not about who started it.
Is four applications a week the right target?
It is a pace you can keep up with tailored applications rather than copies, and it is a rolling seven-day count, so a quiet Monday does not break anything. Change the goal to whatever matches your week — a search while employed looks nothing like a full-time one.
