Queue options opens every time
The gear at the edge of your queue's toolbar now always opens Queue options, so choosing List or Cards, refreshing the queue and changing any queue setting are one click away.
Product updates
What’s new on November 3, 2026
The 65 updates to Applystead that went live for every member on .
Interview Assistant for Windows and Linux
Applystead Assistant now runs on Windows 10 and 11 and on 64-bit Linux as well as Mac. Download it from Interviews › Assistant, connect it with the code it shows, and choose Record when your interview begins: it turns speech into text on your own computer and answers your questions during the call. To update it later, download it again from the same page.
Behind the scenes: membership and trial figures that match our payments
Our team now sees memberships and free trials exactly as our payment provider records them, so we plan with accurate numbers. Nothing changes in your account.
Tailored resumes keep normal capitals and finished sentences
Every line we rewrite when tailoring your resume for a job is now checked before it's used. A rewritten line with capital letters in odd places, a sentence that stops short, a repeated or run-together word, or a month your role's dates don't support keeps your own wording instead.
LinkedIn suggestions that only move your score up
Your LinkedIn tab's About drafts now meet the same length and skill checks your score uses, so applying one raises your score instead of lowering it. If you change your profile on LinkedIn yourself, Settings now lets you paste your profile text to refresh your score, with no PDF export needed.
More automated employer surveys stay out of your Mailbox
Applystead now recognizes more of the automated surveys employers send about your application experience, and more voluntary diversity surveys, including ones already in your Mailbox, and keeps them out of view. Employer tests and questionnaires you need to take still reach you, and messages from real people are never held back.
Clearer steps for saving your LinkedIn profile as a PDF
The LinkedIn tab now says where to find Save to PDF: open your profile and choose More (or Resources). It works on a computer, not LinkedIn's app, and the file downloads to your device, ready to upload.
Count your jobs from a photo of your résumé or by saying what you want
The job count now takes a photo: snap your paper résumé or choose a picture of it, and see how many open jobs match and what they pay. You can also tap Use your voice and say the job you want and where, like a nurse in Austin, and your count comes as soon as you stop talking. What you say is never kept.
The Mac app now updates itself
From version 1.3.0, the Applystead Assistant Mac app keeps itself up to date once it is in your Applications folder: it checks for new versions, downloads them and installs them when it quits or when you choose Restart to update. You can also check from its menu. With your Mac connected, Interviews › Assistant still lets you download the app again.
Every Premium free trial continues at $200 a month
Every Premium free trial now continues at $200 a month when it ends, including a trial you cancelled and then turn back on before it ends. There's nothing you need to do.
Behind the scenes: fewer closed jobs, and forms get your name and state right
Two large employers moved their career sites, and we took about 12,300 of their closed jobs out of the jobs we match you with. More employer application forms now fill in your name and your state or province the way each form asks for them.
See where the job is on an interview invitation
When an employer invites you to interview, the invitation card in your Mailbox and the interview alert now name the job's location whenever we know it, so you can tell straight away whether the role is somewhere you'd move for.
Behind the scenes: our homepage now counts interview invitations
The dated figures at the top of our homepage now show how many interview invitations employers have sent our members, in place of the number of applications sent. They count invitations from employers, not the job alerts and recruiting campaigns we filter out, and update every few hours.
Back closes the job you are looking at and keeps your place
Opening a job from your queue used to take your browser's Back button to the page before the queue. Now Back closes the job and leaves you on the queue exactly where you were, and Forward opens the job again. A job you close stays closed when you go back and forward.
Your calendar lists each meeting once
A meeting we tracked from an interview invitation no longer appears twice in your Mailbox's upcoming list or on your Calendar. It now shows as one entry, and taking it off your calendar takes the meeting off. A repeating entry you keep on your own calendar stays as you set it.
Mailbox folder tabs stay readable in a narrow window
On a tall, narrow window the Mailbox's folder tabs could squeeze into each other. Each tab now keeps its label and the row scrolls sideways, so every folder stays easy to tap.
Your About section now comes through when you import
When you import a profile export or a résumé, an About or Summary section is now kept as your experience summary instead of being dropped. Your review shows what you actually wrote, and your applications can use it. If a source keeps that section but the first read misses it, the review now tells you so instead of quietly leaving it out.
Guides, salaries and privacy pages open in a new tab
Opening the guides, salary pages or privacy details from your workspace menu now keeps your dashboard open in its own tab, so you stay signed in and pick up exactly where you left off.
Your job count no longer pauses when we refresh the job market
The number of jobs you can apply to stays on your queue page while the newest count is worked out, with a short note that it is updating, instead of pausing until the refresh finishes.
Answers about work authorization and pay follow what you told us
When an application asks about work authorization, your answers now follow the status you gave us exactly: if you told us you are a US citizen, we never pick a temporary or visa option, and a question about your work authorization status is answered in your own words instead of a bare Yes or No. Pay questions use the posted range's minimum when it is above your number, unless you turned that off.
Grok, Gemini and Kimi join the website builder's model menu
The website builder now offers Grok, Gemini and Kimi alongside the Claude and GPT models. Every model appears once in the menu, so the name you pick is the one that builds your site.
The Applystead API is now included with your plan
Searching jobs, reading your applications, adding jobs to your queue and webhooks through the Applystead API are now included with your plan, just like connecting ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant. There is no credit to buy and no balance to watch: create a key under Agents & API to get started.
Skip jobs that use one-way video interviews or employee monitoring
Queue options now has two switches, both off unless you turn them on. One leaves out jobs whose posting says the role uses one-way recorded video interviews. The other leaves out jobs whose posting says the employer requires employee-monitoring software. You choose them like any other Queue option, and you can turn either off whenever you like.
One Assistant for interview briefings and calls
Briefings and calls now live together in Interviews › Assistant. It leads with your next interview, names the interview each question is about and shows what each answer used. The Mac app shows which interview it is recording, with a timer and Stop, keeps recording when you hide its panel, and keeps your notes apart from the transcript. Get the latest Mac app from the Assistant page.
Behind the scenes: fresher comparisons and easier ways to find us
We re-checked every tool comparison against each company's own pages on November 2, so the prices and plans you read there are current. Search engines now hear about new and changed salary pages sooner, and every page's footer links to searching jobs from ChatGPT or Claude with Applystead.
Interviews: briefings, calls and the Mac app in one Assistant section
Briefings and calls are now one Assistant section in Interviews. Your next interview comes first with what the assistant will use, and each answer says what it used. Link a saved call to its interview in one step. On Mac, the panel shows which interview it is recording, a clock and Stop recording; hiding the panel no longer stops a recording.
Mac Assistant: Return sends, it can read your screen, and Record always starts
In the Mac Assistant, Return now sends your question (Shift+Return adds a line). Turn on Screen and each question also reads the text on your screen. Record always starts: with no audio source chosen it records both sides, and a missing permission no longer stops it. Transcripts are punctuated and show who said what. Download the latest Mac Assistant from your Assistant page.
Reply emails after your plan ends say what's waiting
If your plan has ended and an employer invites you to interview, asks you something or replies with good news, our email now says whether it's an interview request or another reply, so you know what's waiting. Sign in and choose a plan to see who wrote and read it.
Behind the scenes: steadier preparation and better job details
We stopped repeating preparation steps that could not succeed yet, so your applications are prepared more steadily, and we started reading more job postings for whether the work is remote, hybrid or on-site.
Interviews now counts only real interview invitations
Your Interviews page now counts invitations from employers to schedule or attend an interview. Automated outreach, such as recruiting agency campaigns, job alerts and one-way video screening requests, no longer starts an interview there, and a round counts once it has a time.
Behind the scenes: jobs in your queue open sooner
Opening a job in your queue now does less work before its resume appears, so the page is ready sooner. What the page shows, and the checks that keep your application current before you apply, work as before.
Clearer job details when a posting doesn't say where the work is
When an employer's posting doesn't state whether a job is remote, hybrid or on-site, the job's details now say exactly that, instead of suggesting the job isn't remote.
Turning off Remote only now widens your search right away
When you switch Remote only off, the cities and regions in your search now open to on-site and hybrid jobs at once, so more of the jobs that match you can reach your queue. Places you excluded stay excluded.
Applications skip roles your own answers rule out
We no longer send an application whose form asks for something your answers say no to: working from an office, commuting or relocating when your search is remote only, or a requirement the question itself states, such as years of experience, a licence, travel or a shift. Your applications go to roles you can actually take.
Show your website on the domain you already use for email
If you've connected your own domain for email, your Applystead website can live there too. Open Website, then Settings, and choose Connect under Custom domain. We list the exact records to add at your domain provider, each with a Copy button, and check them every few minutes. Your site switches over once they're in place, and www goes there too. Disconnecting changes nothing else on your domain.
Draft a reply to any email, and auto-reply to recruiters and agencies
Replying to any email now offers Draft a reply: Applystead writes a reply from your own details and puts it in the message, where you can change anything before you press Send. A new Mailbox switch, Auto-reply to recruiters and staffing agencies, answers their own messages for you when your plan includes Full auto. It is off until you turn it on, and automated mail and declines wait for you.
Automated hiring forms stay out of your Mailbox
Employer surveys about your application experience, voluntary diversity and equal opportunity forms, and tax-credit forms no longer land in your Mailbox or send you notifications. These forms are optional, and skipping them never affects your applications. Forms you already received are cleared out as well. Messages from real people, and anything that needs you, still reach you as before.
One plan: Premium, now $200 a month
Applystead now has one plan: Premium, with every feature included, for $200 USD a month. Members on Standard now have Premium at the same price, and new members can still start with a 7-day free trial.
Behind the scenes: fixes and improvements reach you sooner
Every update to Applystead goes through a large set of automated checks before it ships. We made those checks steadier when our build machines are busy, so checks that fail for no real reason hold up updates less often.
From people now means a person wrote to you
Your Inbox's From people section now holds only messages a person wrote to you. Automated emails that ask you to act, like booking a call or finishing an assessment, have their own Next steps section, soonest due first. Updates has clearer filters, Applications marks the ones that need your action, and you can mark a From people conversation as not from a person, or undo that.
Your LinkedIn location no longer reads as missing
If your LinkedIn profile's PDF doesn't include your location, the location check now uses the city on your Applystead profile. A location you have already set no longer shows as missing, so your LinkedIn search score reflects your profile as it is.
Otto answers instead of repeating himself
If a reply can't be shown, Otto now tries once more before answering, instead of sending the same short line again. He also explains the resume tailored for each application, and you can see the one sent with any application under Applications.
Your resume, front and center on every job
When you open a job in your queue or one of your applications, its resume now leads the page, with your match and the job description beside it on larger screens and a tab away on phones. In your queue, the cover letter, answers and your details are a tab away and every resume option is in one menu. Your resume now also shows in Safari, and jobs open faster.
Your queue shows every job we matched you with
Your queue now lists every job your searches match, not only the ones you could already act on: each matched job appears as an ordinary queue job, so you can see everything we found for you. Adding a job takes several links at once and answers each one, and nothing you have already applied to changes.
A clearer LinkedIn skills list
The LinkedIn tab now says where each skill stands: on your résumé, already on your LinkedIn, or still to add. A profile PDF only carries your top skills, so the page no longer calls a skill missing when it cannot see your full list, and it shows how a LinkedIn data export compares all of them.
Mark an application Not interested, and filter your applications by it
Every application now has a Not interested button, in its row and on the application itself, so you can set aside jobs you would not have chosen; pressing it again takes the mark off. A new Interest filter shows only the ones you marked, or leaves them out, and while marking you can also skip that company's other postings. Nothing is sent or withdrawn and nothing already applied disappears.
Your review of Applystead stays on screen while you write it
The review card no longer closes the moment you save. After you save, your review stays on the card with what you wrote in it, says whether it is published, and tells you what a public review still needs. If you choose not to publish, it says so right there, and you can change your mind any time.
Scrolling through your settings no longer closes them
A fast scroll through one of your settings panels, and the tap that stopped it, could close the panel and drop you back to the page. Now a tap that ends a scroll leaves the panel open where it was, and a panel closes only when you deliberately tap outside it.
We'll email you about a next step after your plan ends
If your plan has ended and a recruiter or hiring manager writes to you about a next step, like a call, an interview or an assessment, or replies in a thread you already have going, we now email you about it even when we can't match their message to one of your applications. Sign in and choose a plan to read it and reply.
Behind the scenes: your Résumé studio page opens sooner
Opening your Résumé studio straight from a link or a bookmark now loads its code beside the rest of your workspace instead of after it, and readies the first tiles it draws, so the studio is ready sooner. Opening it from inside your workspace, and everything you see there, work as before.
Let me review my strongest matches
A new switch beside Auto apply lets you look over your strongest matches yourself. Turn on Let me review my strongest matches, pick the score from 50% to 95% (75% unless you change it), and every job scoring that high or higher shows up in your queue for you to look over and send, or pass, while Auto keeps applying to everything else. It stays off unless you turn it on.
A bigger website preview, more models and more points in the builder
A new Expand button beside Phone, Tablet and Desktop gives your website preview more room: the chat narrows and, on wide screens, the app's sidebar folds to its icons; on phones the preview fills the screen. Exit or Escape brings it back. The model menu lists more GPT models, best quality first, and Premium members get 5,000 points a month instead of 1,000 (free trials keep 250).
Ask Otto about your calls, and call any number from your line
Otto now answers questions about your recruiter line: who called or texted, when, how each call went and what was said, read from your own line. In Mailbox, Calls & texts, you can now call any US or Canadian number from your line: your own phone rings first and you press 1 to talk. You can also ask Otto to call; it dials only after you confirm.
Behind the scenes: your queue keeps filling while some matches wait on you
Matches that still need something from you before they can be sent, such as an answer only you can give, no longer stop the rest of your queue from filling. Applystead keeps finding and getting matches ready for you, and those matches stay in your list and stay yours. Anything already ready, applied to or sent is unchanged.
Your interviews stay accurate
Signing up for a paid survey, research panel or focus group no longer adds an offer or an interview to your list. When a calendar or meeting follow-up arrives for an interview you already have, it stays with that interview instead of appearing as a second one. Anything already on your list is left as it is.
Reviewing your setup no longer asks for your job titles again
If the review step of your setup had left out the job titles you already saved, approving it stopped and asked you to choose at least one. It now approves with the titles you already saved and keeps the rest of your changes, so you can finish setting up and start seeing matches.
Back and Forward work between your screens
Your browser's Back button now returns to the screen you were on inside Applystead — your Queue, Applications, Membership and the rest — instead of leaving the site, and it puts you back where you had scrolled. Forward moves you ahead the same way.
More models to build your website
Your website builder now offers an OpenRouter model alongside the existing choices. Its points come from OpenRouter's own live prices, and each message shows how many points it used before you send it.
Your LinkedIn About now reads from your profile PDF
Importing your LinkedIn profile PDF now keeps your About section as you wrote it, so the LinkedIn tab's About checks and search score see your own words. If you already imported your profile, press Update score on the LinkedIn tab to read it again.
Behind the scenes: less wasted work in our database
The database behind your workspace now keeps far more of its sorting in memory, so it writes far fewer temporary files to disk and does much less disk work. We also stopped storing a second copy of routine system logs and now collect some background statistics less often where nothing you use relies on them. Everything you see works as before.
Behind the scenes: more applications reach employers
We can now send your applications through a group of employer application forms we could not complete before, and those forms now take your phone number in more formats. We check each of these applications against the employer's own confirmation.
Behind the scenes: passing on a job no longer quiets the rest of your day
When you pass on a job before applying, Applystead moves straight on to the next one, so the rest of your day keeps bringing you new matches instead of going quiet. Nothing you have already applied to changes.
Behind the scenes: your own number on applications, on request
If you have a recruiter line, we can now move your applications back to your own phone number when you ask, without giving you a new line. The line you already have keeps working for employers who have it. Nothing changes unless you ask us to.
Application search finds words however you type them
Searching your applications no longer depends on how a company or job title is written. A name with an accent, a letter like ß or İ, or punctuation now matches whether you type it plainly, in capitals, or with its accents.
Record calls in this browser on any computer
On a Linux, Windows or ChromeOS computer, your Calls page now offers Record a call first, in Chrome, Edge or Brave, and says where a call in another app can be added from its saved transcript. The Applystead Assistant app stays for Macs.