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simplytk vs Trackr: an honest comparison for applicants
What each tracker gives a student applying for spring weeks, internships and graduate schemes: price, alert channels, per-firm filters, confirmation timestamps, stage counts by desk, prep attached to each opening, markets covered, and the things Trackr does that we do not.
Checked against Trackr's public pages on 4 October 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us from the listing policy page and we will fix it.
| Feature | simplytk | Trackr |
|---|---|---|
| Price for instant alerts | Free | £30 per opportunity type per tracker (US $50, EU €30), per cycle |
| Alert channels | Email, browser and phone push, weekly digest, calendar feed | WhatsApp channel (Europe, manual approval), email (US) |
| Alerts filtered to the firms you pickTrackr alerts are per tracker and opportunity type. | ||
| Reopenings flagged | Premium feature | |
| When each listing was last confirmed live, and from what source | ||
| Stage now | Counted student reports by desk, with the latest time; the feed's stage shown beside it | One staff-set stage per programme, no division, count or time |
| Process steps and materials per programmeTrackr compiles these; we import them and attach the matching free drill to each stage. | ||
| Prep attached to each opening | OA drills, HireVue-style mock, firm interview rehearsal, case maths, all free | Affiliate test prep and a paid academy (£80 to £1,450) |
| Expected opening dates per firm | Per firm and programme, from last cycle's date, with a heads-up alert a week before | Monthly timeline blog post, marked as estimates |
| Visa sponsorship | Per opening where stated, firm-level answer, and the Home Office sponsor register matched nightly | One firm-level yes or no |
| Public corrections log and listing policy | ||
| Season statistics | Live season report from tracked applications, counts shown, plus per-firm funnels | Annual survey PDF from a few hundred self-selected answers |
| Markets | UK, US, India, Switzerland, Gulf | UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong |
| Industries | Finance, tech, consulting, law, engineering, startups | Finance, tech, law, engineering |
| Community group chatsTrackr's chats are bigger and better organised. We are not pretending otherwise. | One WhatsApp community | Large moderated chats per tracker, free |
| Human CV review | AI rating and tailoring free, human review as a paid credit | £34.99 to £49.99 |
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