Looking for a Teal alternative?
Teal is the best-known job tracker with AI resume features layered on top. Track & Crack approaches the same problem from the other end: a structured career profile first, tailored CVs as the output. Here’s where they overlap and where they don’t.
TL;DR
Teal is the strongest option if your main problem is organising a high-volume job search — the Chrome extension, tracker, and unlimited free resume storage are genuinely useful. Track & Crack is the stronger option if your main problem is the application itself: it builds a structured profile of your evidence and generates a tailored CV per role from that profile, rather than rewriting text against a JD.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Track & Crack | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| Structured career profile | Yes — the applicant soul | No (free-text resume versions) |
| Per-job CV tailoring | Automatic, from profile | AI rewrite of current text |
| Job tracker | Built-in (in-app) | Core feature, best-in-class |
| Chrome extension | No | Yes (pulls job details) |
| Fit score against JD | Yes, with evidence | Yes (match score) |
| ATS optimisation | Built-in by design | Included in Teal+ |
| Cover letters | Yes | Yes |
| AI interview practice | No | Yes (Teal+) |
| Free tier | Yes (5 analyses/mo) | Yes (10 AI credits total) |
| Cheapest paid plan | €9.99/mo quarterly | $29/mo or $13/week |
| Annual option | Quarterly only | $179/yr (~$15/mo) |
| Billing transparency | Clear | Mixed (post-cancel charges reported) |
Tracker-first or tailoring-first?
Teal was built around the job tracker. The Chrome extension pulls roles from LinkedIn, Indeed, and company sites into a clean Kanban board. The AI resume features came later and sit on top of that workflow: you keep multiple resume versions, rewrite bullets, score a match, apply.
Track & Crack was built around the applicant. You spend fifteen minutes once building a structured profile of your experience, achievements, and evidence. Every tailored CV is generated from that profile, not from the text of your current resume. When you find a new role, the tool selects which of your actual experiences are relevant, scores your fit honestly, and flags gaps.
Both approaches work. The difference shows up over time. Teal is fast if you already have a good CV and want to tweak it across applications. Track & Crack compounds: every time you enrich your profile, every future application gets sharper without you rewriting anything.
Where Teal genuinely wins
The job tracker itself is excellent. The Chrome extension is the single most-loved feature in Teal’s reviews — one click on a job posting and it’s in your pipeline with the salary, description, and company details already populated. Track & Crack has nothing equivalent today.
The free tier for tracking is the most generous in the space. Unlimited saved jobs, unlimited resume versions, unlimited downloads — all free forever. If you want a clean board to manage 50+ open applications without paying anything, Teal is hard to beat.
Teal+ also includes AI interview practice and autofill for applications. Neither is core to Track & Crack’s focus, and if interview prep is something you’d pay for separately, it’s worth factoring in.
Where Track & Crack pulls ahead
The quality of the tailored output. A common thread in Teal reviews is that the AI-generated bullets feel generic, over-stuff metrics without context, or occasionally invent skills from the job description. That’s the predictable outcome of rewriting text against text — the model has no idea which of your real experiences it’s rewriting.
Track & Crack avoids this by design. The AI works from structured evidence — a specific project, a specific outcome, a specific skill with proof — not from ambient resume prose. If you don’t have evidence for a claim, the tool doesn’t generate it.
Pricing is the other real difference. Teal’s $13/week option looks cheap in isolation but is expensive annually, and the monthly jumps to $29. Track & Crack’s Pro plan is €9.99/mo on the quarterly option, with no weekly-trap tier.
Pricing
Track & Crack
- Free5 analyses/mo
- Pro€9.99/mo quarterly
- Unlimited€13.33/mo quarterly
Teal
- Free10 AI credits total
- Weekly$13/week
- Monthly$29/mo
- Quarterly$79 ($26/mo)
- Annual$179 ($15/mo)
Teal’s free tier is strong for job tracking but AI features run out fast (10 credits covers roughly one tailored application). Track & Crack’s free tier gives you five full tailored analyses per month, no credit card required. On paid plans, Track & Crack is meaningfully cheaper unless you lock into Teal’s annual plan upfront.
Who each is for
Track & Crack if you...
- Want each application genuinely tailored, not rewritten
- Have varied experience across roles or industries
- Care more about output quality than tracker UX
- Want a real free tier and transparent EUR pricing
Teal if you...
- Are running a high-volume job search and need a tracker
- Want a Chrome extension to save jobs in one click
- Already have a strong CV and want AI tweaks per role
- Value AI interview practice as part of the bundle
Track & Crack
One profile. Every application tailored automatically.
Upload your CV once. We handle the tailoring from there. Free to start, no credit card, no weekly-trap pricing.
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