Company review

Simplify Review

An honest look at Simplify's pricing, autofill and free resume builder, and what ResumeFox does differently.

Published 2026-09-23Pricing verified 2026-09-23Reviewed by Steve Marcum
Pricing

What each one actually costs over twelve months

Simplify's core tools, autofill, tracking, job matching, AI mock interviews and a basic resume builder, are free forever by its own account, so the honest comparison starts there. Simplify+ then runs its own shape: no public pricing page (simplify.jobs/pricing returns a 404), three short recurring terms (weekly, monthly, every 90 days), and no confirmed annual option. ResumeFox is one plan: 7 days free, then $79 a month, and that price buys the same resume work plus a career professional you can write to.

Simplify
Simplify Jobs, Inc.; co-founders Michael Yan, Rushil Srivastava, Ethan Horoschak
$0Free plan (autofill, tracker, job matches, resume builder)
Simplify+ adds AI tailoring, cover letters and networking outreach at $39.99 a month.
Monthly, uncancelled
≈ $480
12 charges of $39.99 a year, if paid monthly the whole time
Every 90 days, uncancelled
≈ $360
4 charges of $89.99 a year, the cheaper way to pay; no annual plan found
  • Autofill, job tracker, job matching and the resume builder are free forever, per Simplify's own FAQ
  • Non-refundable once activated; only a 24-hour window covers an accidental renewal charge
OUR PICK
ResumeFox
TopStack Resume
7 daysfree, then $79 a month
One plan at $79 a month, with a career coach of your own included.
12 months, uncancelled
$948
12 charges of $79, after the 7 free days
30-minute phone call with your coach
$20
Whenever you want one; written messages are unlimited and included
  • A career coach of your own, a career professional in the US from TopStack.com
  • Standards from 80,000+ resumes written by real US career writers, plus a 6 month job offer guarantee

Simplify's prices are read from its own help center; simplify.jobs/pricing itself returns a 404 and prices otherwise only appear inside the app. There is no confirmed annual plan. ResumeFox charges nothing during its 7 free days. Confirm the exact price and terms on the checkout screen before entering a card.

Feature by feature

The full side-by-side comparison

Grouped by what actually matters: where the writing comes from, whether the file survives the software, whether the resume gets aimed at the job you want, and what it costs to keep using.

Compared on
Simplify
Simplify Jobs, Inc.; co-founders Michael Yan, Rushil Srivastava, Ethan Horoschak
ResumeFox
TopStack Resume
(this site)
Built on real resume-writing experience
Where the writing standards come from
An AI trained on resume data isn't the same as someone who has actually done this.
No. AI resume and cover-letter suggestions inside an all-in-one job-search agent; no staffed writing team or writing credentials are named on its site
Yes. Standards drawn from 80,000+ resumes written by hand by 100+ CPRW-certified US writers and recruiters
Rewrites the resume you already have
Not importing it: rewriting it.
Partly. Import an existing resume or start from your Simplify profile; the free plan scores and formats it, but AI rewriting of bullets and summaries is a Simplify+ feature
Yes. Upload it and the AI rebuilds it section by section, against the same standards above
ATS readability check
What actually gets checked, not just a number.
No. Free ATS Readiness Score is a number (85, 95 and similar in its own product demo); its own FAQ does add that the score is "not an employer's ATS score, a guarantee... or a prediction," a more careful disclaimer than most competitors attach to a score
Yes. 12 named problems checked against real parsing behavior, not a score out of 100
Templates that actually parse
Templates with sidebars, photos or skill graphics
The three things that break a parse.
Partly. 4 templates marketed on its own site as "Clean... Designed for ATS Readability"; individual designs did not render in this automated browsing session, so layouts were not confirmed one by one
Yes. None. No sidebar, no photo, no skills chart, anywhere
Number of templates
Partly. 4 free templates; one (Modern) exports to PDF only, not DOCX
Yes. 10 designs plus a US federal layout, all exportable
Targeting the job, not just building the resume
Tailoring to a specific job posting
One resume per application, without rebuilding it.
Partly. The free plan shows which keywords from a job description are covered or missing; AI-written, job-specific rewrites of your bullets and summary are a Simplify+ feature
Yes. Targeted version per posting; master resume stays untouched, every change reported
Cover letter for that same posting
Partly. A Cover Letter Generator exists, but AI-generated cover letters and application-question answers are both listed under Simplify+, not the free plan
Yes. Drafted from the posting and your targeted resume, with the reasoning behind it shown
Finding jobs to apply to
A live feed, not a save-what-you-find clipper.
Yes. Free AI job matching against live postings scraped continuously from company career pages, Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, LinkedIn EasyApply and Indeed
Yes. Live postings from the major boards, with a fit check against your master resume; a stretch role is labeled a reach
Application autofill
A real strength Simplify has that ResumeFox doesn't.
Yes. Free Copilot extension autofills applications on 100+ ATS platforms and job boards (Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Taleo, Avature, Lever, SmartRecruiters and more); no limit on the number of applications
No. No application autofill or one-click apply; every application is submitted on the employer's own site
Interview preparation
Company-specific research, or general knowledge of a company.
Partly. Free, unlimited AI mock interviews tailored to a target company and role; its own FAQ describes tailoring to "that company's known interview style" rather than a fresh search, and doesn't state whether sessions use video or how any recording is handled
Yes. Prep built from live research on the company and role, plus a browser mock interview; video never leaves your machine
LinkedIn optimization
No. No LinkedIn profile rewrite tool found on Simplify's site or in its sitemap
Yes. Headline, About and experience rewritten from your master resume
Networking and referrals
A tool ResumeFox doesn't have at all.
Yes. Networking feature maps alumni, former colleagues and employees at target companies and drafts personalized outreach messages; the core version is free, with deeper personalization noted as a Simplify+ feature
No. No networking or referral-finding tool
Application tracker
One record per job, everything hanging off it.
Yes. Every application submitted through Copilot is saved automatically with status, contacts and follow-up reminders; free forever
Yes. An application tracker with one record per job, linking the targeted resume, cover letter, prep and offer notes
Billing and support
What it renews at
The number nobody puts in headline size.
No. $19.99/week, $39.99/month, or $89.99 every 90 days; no annual plan found, and no public pricing page
Partly. $79 a month after the 7 free days, with the coach included. Nothing is charged during the trial
Refunds
No. Non-refundable once a subscription is activated, per its own Refund Policy (effective August 2026); the only exceptions are a 24-hour window for an accidental renewal charge and a verified extended outage
Yes. Nothing is charged in the free trial, and a 6 month job offer guarantee: If you have paid for our service for 6 consecutive months, and you have not received a job offer, we'll continue to work with you for 6 additional months at no cost.
Support
Partly. Email and an in-app help widget; several 2025–2026 Trustpilot reviews describe slow replies and refund requests being refused
Yes. A career coach of your own, a career professional in the US from TopStack.com, included: unlimited written messages, and $20 for a 30-minute phone call
Try it free

A half-filled circle means the feature exists but with a real limitation, described in the cell.

Templates & ATS

More templates is not the same as more good templates

A large share of the designs these builders promote use two columns, a headshot slot, or skills drawn as dots and bars. Those choices are the reason a resume arrives shredded: the sidebar gets read straight across into the middle of your job history, and a skills graphic says nothing once the picture is gone.

ResumeFox ships 10 templates plus a US federal layout. Not one has a sidebar, a photo or a chart. They differ in typography and emphasis, never in whether they parse.

Single column, top to bottomContact details as plain textHeadings a parser recognizes
Check which of these your file trips over
12
deterministic readability checks, run free on your own file
  • Whether a parser reads your name, email, phone and dates
  • Whether anything is trapped in a table, column or image
  • Named problems, not a grade out of 100
Deep dive

What each one is genuinely good and bad at

Simplify
3.2★ / 18
Simplify Jobs, Inc. · San Francisco, CA · Y Combinator (W21)

The most feature-complete free tier of any job-tracker-first product on this site: free autofill with no application cap, free continuous job matching, a free 4-template resume builder, and even a free, unlimited AI mock interview. Its independent Trustpilot rating (3.2★/18) sits well below the 4.9★ it states on its own homepage, and several reviews describe the same non-refundable policy published on its own site.

Strengths
  • Free forever, by its own account: autofill (no application limit), job tracker, AI job matching, and a 4-template resume builder with a free ATS score
  • Free, unlimited AI mock interviews tailored to a target company and role
  • A genuine networking tool that maps contacts and drafts outreach at target companies
  • Autofill covers 100+ ATS platforms and job boards, described on its own site as reaching 100,000+ company career sites
Watch out for
  • Non-refundable once a subscription is activated, with only a 24-hour window for an accidental renewal charge
  • 3.2★ on Trustpilot from 18 reviews, well below the 4.9★ Simplify states on its own homepage
  • Resume score is a number (85, 95 and similar), not a named list of fixes, though its own FAQ does disclaim what the score is not
  • No public pricing page; prices only show up inside the app or its help center
ResumeFox
4.8★ / 2.5k+
TopStack Resume · US writers, founded 2018

Built by a resume-writing firm rather than a tracking-and-autofill agent, and sold as one plan with a career coach included. The standards come from real work, not an algorithm, and every finding is a named problem or a band, never a score to chase.

Strengths
  • A career coach of your own, a career professional in the US from TopStack.com, with unlimited written messages and a $20 30-minute call whenever you want one
  • Standards drawn from 80,000+ hand-written resumes by 100+ CPRW-certified US writers and recruiters
  • 6 month job offer guarantee: If you have paid for our service for 6 consecutive months, and you have not received a job offer, we'll continue to work with you for 6 additional months at no cost.
  • Interview prep is built from live research on the specific company
Watch out for
  • $79 a month, several times what a builder subscription costs, and Simplify's core tools are free
  • No application autofill; Simplify's free Copilot fills forms across 100+ ATS platforms
  • No networking or referral-finding tool
  • Coaching is written messages; a phone call is a $20 add-on rather than part of the price
Built by a resume-writing firm

See your resume rebuilt against standards from 80,000+ real resumes

Upload the resume you already have. We rewrite it against the standards our writers built over 80,000 resumes, then help you target it, application by application, instead of leaving you with just a document.

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7 days free, then $79 a month · 6 month job offer guarantee
FAQ

Questions people ask before they pick one

Still stuck? Email a human: someone answers, usually within one business day.

Is Simplify legit?

Yes, it's operated by Simplify Jobs, Inc., co-founded by Michael Yan (CEO) and backed by Y Combinator and Craft Ventures. Its own homepage states a 4.9★ rating; independently, Trustpilot shows 3.2★ from 18 reviews on an unclaimed profile, and several reviews describe the same non-refundable policy Simplify publishes on its own site.

How much does Simplify cost?

Simplify's autofill, job tracker, job matching, AI mock interviews and 4-template resume builder are free forever, per its own FAQ. Simplify+ adds AI-written tailoring, cover letters, application-question answers and networking outreach for $19.99/week, $39.99/month, or $89.99 every 90 days; there is no public pricing page and no confirmed annual plan.

Is ResumeFox cheaper than Simplify?

No. Simplify's core tools are free forever by its own account, and Simplify+'s cheapest confirmed option is about $360 a year (every 90 days at $89.99). A year of ResumeFox is $948, twelve charges of $79 after the 7 free days. What that buys is the same resume work plus a career coach in the US you can write to as often as you like, a targeted resume and cover letter for each job, job sourcing, the tracker and the 6 month job offer guarantee.

Does Simplify really autofill 100,000+ job sites for free?

Its homepage says so; its own FAQ is more specific — the Copilot extension autofills on over 100 ATS platforms and job boards (Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Taleo, Avature, Lever, SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn, Indeed and more), which collectively cover many individual employer career pages. It's free either way, with no cap on the number of applications.

Does Simplify give a resume score?

Yes: a free ATS Readiness Score, shown as a number in its own product demo (85, 95 and similar). To its credit, Simplify's own FAQ states the score is "not an employer's ATS score, a guarantee... or a prediction." ResumeFox never scores either half: named problems on readability, bands only on fit to a posting.

Does Simplify record my mock interviews?

Simplify doesn't say. Its AI Interviewer page describes free, unlimited practice tailored to a company and role, but doesn't state whether sessions use video or audio, or what happens to any recording. ResumeFox's mock interview only ever sends the transcript to its AI; the video itself never leaves your browser and is not stored.

What happens if I don't like it?

Simplify's Refund Policy (effective August 2026) states that once a subscription is activated, all payments are non-refundable, with narrow exceptions for an accidental renewal charge (24 hours) or a verified extended outage. Multiple Trustpilot reviews describe refund requests being refused under this policy. ResumeFox charges nothing during its 7 free days, so cancelling inside them costs you nothing, and it carries a 6 month job offer guarantee: If you have paid for our service for 6 consecutive months, and you have not received a job offer, we'll continue to work with you for 6 additional months at no cost.

How we compared these

Pricing is read from each provider's own checkout or pricing page. Feature claims are checked against each product's live interface. Where we could not confirm something ourselves, it is not on this page.

Where numbers disagree

Entry prices in this category differ across landing pages and promotions. Where that happens we give the observed range rather than one figure, and say so.

Our disclosure

This page is published by ResumeFox, one of the products compared. We have an obvious interest in your choosing it. That is why every claim about a competitor is one you can check on their own site, and why we name the rows they win.

Published 2026-09-23Pricing verified 2026-09-23Next review 2027-01-15Review scores shown for ResumeFox are TopStack Resume's
Sources

ResumeFox Full Access is $79 a month, and your first 7 days are free. We take your card to start the trial; cancel before it ends and you are not charged. A 30-minute call with your coach is $20 whenever you want one. Cancel anytime.