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simplytk vs LucidTrack: an honest comparison for applicants
What each gives a student tracking spring weeks, internships, placements and graduate schemes: rounds per application, deadlines, statistics, friends, the CV library, saving a role from any page, the grades tracker, alerts, calendar sync, what costs money, and the things LucidTrack does that we do not.
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| Feature | simplytk | LucidTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | The tracker, rounds, deadlines, statistics, friends, the CV library, the extension, the grades tracker, alerts and the calendar feed are free for good. The pass is for unlimited AI runs and ranked drill runs | Tracker, deadlines, statistics and friends free. Pro at £30 a year for calendar sync, the AI CV suite, AI cover letters, the research assistant, matched roles, job alerts and the grades tracker |
| Rounds per applicationLucidTrack's custom status names and colours are a nice touch we do not have. Ours name the round and keep the statuses fixed so the statistics can count them. | Online assessment, video, telephone, technical, assessment centre, final interview or your own name; status, date or slot, test provider; the status rolls up from the trail | The same trail, with statuses in your own colours (Final round, Waiting on feedback) that roll up to applied, in progress, offer or rejected |
| Deadlines, tests and interviews in one list | Overdue, today, this week, later; red inside two days, amber inside five; done rounds on a toggle; mark a round done from the list | This week and later; red two days out, amber within five; done rounds on a toggle |
| Calendar sync | Free: one subscription for Apple, Google or Outlook, every deadline, round and reminder | Pro |
| Reminders before a deadline | Email and push a week, two days and a day before, plus a reminder on a day you pick | None by email; your calendar's alerts once you sync (Pro) |
| StatisticsLevel. LucidTrack also shows median days between rounds, which we do not yet. | Per season against the simplytk average, this week against last, applications over time, ghosted and no-reply counted, rejections by round, pass rate by test provider, CV performance, badges, one insight pointing at the drill to do | Per season against the LucidTrack average, weekly summary, charts, rejections by round, pass rate by provider, CV performance, badges, an insight with a guide link |
| Friends | Two-way sharing by username, side-by-side comparison, their applications with filters and search, clone, pin up to six | The same |
| Which CV each firm read | Up to ten versions, picked per application, funnel per version in the statistics, plus the CV Rater and the CV locker's score history | Up to ten versions, picked per application, funnel per version |
| Save a role from any pageLucidTrack's is on the Web Store today and ours is not yet. That is a real difference until the review comes through. | Chrome extension (load unpacked until the Web Store listing is live) and a bookmarklet for Safari, Firefox and phones; the description is kept | Chrome extension on the Web Store; the description is kept |
| Grades tracker | Free: year weights, modules, weighted assessments, the classification you are on track for and what you need across the rest | Pro: the same |
| Job alerts | Free, on the two-minute scrape tick: email, browser and phone push, the Sunday digest, an Add to tracker button on every opening | Pro: email within minutes, an Add to Tracker button on every posting |
| The board, set up around youLucidTrack shows a salary where the posting states one. We do not. | For me: your sectors and programme types, closest deadline first, plus visa, cover letter, verified deadline and licensed sponsor filters | Job type and sector, with visa, rolling, no cover letter and salary filters |
| Did you apply? | Asked when you come back from a firm's portal; a yes marks it applied | The same, with the details filled in |
| AI toolsLucidTrack's research assistant is a chat about a firm. Firm Prep is our nearest thing and it is a rehearsal, not a chat. | CV Rater against the firm, Tailored CV, Cover Letter AI, Cold Email AI, Firm Prep, HireVue Prep, the Quant Interviewer: one full-depth run a day each, free | Pro: CV scanner against a posting, cover letters and emails, a research assistant, matched roles scored against your CV |
| Markets | UK, US, India, Switzerland, the Gulf, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore and Hong Kong, plus the pre-university tracker | UK |
| What the crowd knows | Stage reports per opening by desk, per-firm outcome funnels and timing from debriefs, the live season report | |
| Test and interview prep | 34 OA drills with worked solutions, leaderboards, the weekly league and 1v1s, the daily challenge, the interview course, the mock video interview, all free | |
| Society partnerships | Free: a society page and join code, the live tracker on your site, openings in your Discord or Telegram, season passes for the committee | Pro free for the committee, up to half off for members, events funded as members go Pro |
| Apps | iOS and Android apps with native push | The browser on your phone |
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