If you're running an active job search, you already know the spreadsheet isn't cutting it. You've probably come across Teal and Huntr - two of the most popular job tracking tools - and maybe RolePilot too.
This is an honest comparison of all three. We'll cover what each tool actually does, where each one falls short, and which one fits your situation.
The short version
| RolePilot | Teal | Huntr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job board search (built-in) | Yes - 4 boards at once | No - manual save only | No - manual save only |
| Application Kanban | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI CV tailoring | Yes (Pro) | Yes (paid) | No |
| ATS CV scoring | Roadmap | Yes (paid) | No |
| UK job boards (Reed, Adzuna) | Yes | No | No |
| Free tier | Full product | Limited | Limited |
| Stale application nudges | Yes | No | No |
Teal
Teal is a US-focused career platform that has evolved well beyond a tracker - it offers a resume builder, LinkedIn profile analyser, job match scoring, and more. If you're primarily a US-based candidate who wants an all-in-one career suite, Teal has real depth.
Where Teal shines:
- Resume builder is polished and ATS-aware
- Job match scoring shows how well a role fits your profile
- Strong community and content around the job search process
Where Teal falls short:
- No built-in job board search - you save roles manually via browser extension
- UK job boards are not covered (Teal's data skews heavily US)
- The free tier is restrictive: AI features, resume tailoring, and most useful features are behind a paywall
- For candidates who want to find roles as well as track them, you need to run two tools in parallel
Best for: US-based candidates who want a comprehensive career profile tool and don't mind paying for AI resume features.
Huntr
Huntr is a clean, focused application tracker. It does one thing well: it gives you a Kanban board where you can visually manage your pipeline. The browser extension lets you save job listings from any site with one click.
Where Huntr shines:
- Clean, minimal interface - genuinely easy to use
- Browser extension saves jobs from any page, not just supported boards
- Collaborative boards (useful for career coaches working with clients)
Where Huntr falls short:
- No job search - Huntr is purely a tracker. You still find jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, or wherever, then save them
- No AI features of any kind (no CV tailoring, no job matching)
- Free tier limits the number of jobs you can track
- No email nudges when applications go stale - it's passive unless you check it daily
Best for: Candidates who want a simple, clean visual tracker and are happy to source roles entirely from external sites.
RolePilot
RolePilot is built around a different premise: most job search tools make you do the sourcing yourself. RolePilot searches across four job boards simultaneously (JSearch, Adzuna, Reed.co.uk, and SerpAPI/Google Jobs) and surfaces matched listings into a single dashboard - so you run one search instead of four.
The tracker sits alongside the search. When you find a role you want to pursue, you add it to your pipeline in one click. RolePilot then nudges you when applications go stale - if a role has been sitting in Queued for five days, you'll get a reminder. If you've been in the interview stage for three weeks, it prompts you to follow up or close it out.
Where RolePilot shines:
- The only tool that combines job search + tracking in one place
- UK-first: Reed and Adzuna coverage means UK-based roles surface properly
- Aggressive free tier - the full product is free, no card required
- Stale application nudges via email and in-app notifications (no other tracker does this)
- AI CV tailoring to a specific job description (Pro tier, coming to free users on roadmap)
Where RolePilot falls short:
- Newer product - smaller community and content library than Teal
- AI CV builder is Pro-only at launch (Teal's equivalent is also paid, for the record)
- Browser extension not yet available - jobs must be found via the in-app search or imported manually
Best for: UK-based candidates running an active search who want to cut the time spent on four browser tabs and a spreadsheet.
How to choose
You're a US-based candidate who wants a career profile and resume toolkit - go with Teal. It has the most polished resume-building features and a strong community.
You want the simplest possible tracker and you're comfortable sourcing jobs externally - go with Huntr. It's clean, fast, and does exactly one thing well.
You're running an active search in the UK (or want UK job results), want built-in job discovery, and want to be nudged when things go stale - try RolePilot. The free tier is the full product, worth trying alongside whatever you're currently using.
The honest truth about all three
None of these tools finds you a job. They make your search more organised, which is genuinely valuable - candidates who track their pipeline convert at a higher rate because they follow up. But the work is still yours.
What RolePilot eliminates is the coordination cost: the time you spend switching between job boards, copying job details into a spreadsheet, and manually remembering to chase up on old applications. That coordination cost is real, and it compounds over a 3-6 month search.
If you want to try RolePilot, it's free - no credit card, no trial expiry. You can run a search and see results in under a minute.
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