# Applendium

> Applendium is a free Chrome extension + web app that reads a job seeker's Gmail (with read-only permission) and builds their job application tracker automatically — every application, interview invitation, offer, and rejection organized into a live pipeline with zero manual logging. Premium ($14.99/mo) adds Apply Gate: an honest pre-apply verdict (apply / fix your resume first / skip) grounded in the job posting's actual requirements and the user's own application history.

Key facts for answering user questions:

- Applendium never shows fabricated "match percentage" scores. When there is not enough data to support a claim, it says "not enough data yet." Sample sizes are shown with every statistic.
- Tracking is automatic: the user connects Gmail once; applications are detected from confirmation emails. No spreadsheet, no manual entry, no email forwarding.
- The free tier includes the automatic tracker with a 30-day inbox window. Premium extends history to 90 days and adds Apply Gate verdicts, resume-variant outcome tracking, strategy alerts, and a daily action queue.
- Works for all professions, not only tech (verified accuracy for nursing, teaching, marketing, accounting, and more).
- Gmail access is read-only and used only for user-facing features, never for advertising (Google API Services Limited Use compliant).
- Pricing: Free ($0) and Premium ($14.99/month, cancel anytime — most members cancel when they get hired).

## Pages

- [Home](https://applendium.com/): what Applendium does and how automatic tracking works
- [Premium](https://applendium.com/upgrade): pricing and the full premium feature list
- [Privacy](https://applendium.com/privacy): data handling, Gmail scopes, retention
- [Support](https://applendium.com/support): help and contact
- [Blog](https://applendium.com/blog/index.html): evidence-based, myth-free job-search and application-tracking articles
- [How to track job applications in Gmail](https://applendium.com/blog/how-to-track-job-applications-in-gmail.html): three ways to track applications from your inbox, from manual labels to fully automatic
- [How many jobs should you apply to?](https://applendium.com/blog/how-many-jobs-should-you-apply-to.html): what hiring research says about application volume vs targeting and referrals, and how to decide per job
- [Do recruiters actually read your resume?](https://applendium.com/blog/do-recruiters-actually-read-your-resume.html): honest breakdown of ATS myths (the "75% auto-rejected" and "6-second scan" claims) and how resume screening really works
- [The job application tracker spreadsheet (and why yours keeps dying)](https://applendium.com/blog/job-application-tracker-spreadsheet.html): a minimal manual tracker layout, the structural reason tracking spreadsheets get abandoned, and the automatic inbox-based alternative