Apex (v1.0.0). A private, local job application tracker for Windows.
A quiet, powerful app for your entire job search.
Built for job seekers applying to dozens of roles, but with simplicity and privacy in mind.
It's local, polished, and a pleasure to use.
Windows 10 / 11 · Free
Add
Log a new application in seconds
A focused form captures company, role, URL, location, and stage, then drops the card straight into your pipeline. No mandatory fields.
- Company, role, URL, and location in one step
- Choose stage and assign tags at creation
- Paste the job description so it’s ready for interviews
Detail
The full picture, right beside your board
Expand any application to a side pane without leaving the board. Notes, documents, and the original job description are one click away.
- Timestamped notes after every interview or call
- Click any note to edit it in place
- Attached resume and cover letter per role
Safety
Back up everything with one click
A full zip backup captures your database and every attached document. Export to a human-readable folder structure when a search wraps up.
- Full zip saves database and all documents together
- Export as one subfolder per company, clearly named
- Restore from any previous backup at any time
Settings
Configure without the clutter
Trash retention, theme, and data location. All in one place. Nothing buried.
- Set trash retention to 3, 7, 14, or 30 days
- Switch themes without restarting the app
- See and change your data folder in one click
Filter
Cut through the noise with tags
Color-code roles with custom tags like ‘Referral’, ‘Dream Company’, or ‘Follow Up’, then filter your board or table to see only the cards that matter right now.
- Create any tag with any color
- Multiple tags per application
- Filter board and table view by any tag combination
Search
Find any role as you type
Search across company names, roles, notes, and tags in real time. Results narrow the current view with no separate page and no context switch.
- Full-text search across all fields
- Results update with every keystroke
- Works in both Board and Table view
Appearance
Light and dark mode
Switch themes to match your environment. The preference is stored locally and persists across restarts.
- Clean light theme for bright environments
- Deep dark theme for focus sessions
- Toggle instantly from the settings panel
Privacy
Private by design, not by policy.
Most job tracking tools are SaaS products that store your career data on someone else's server. Apex makes the opposite choice. Your database lives in your Windows AppData folder and it never touches a network. There is no server to breach, no subscription to cancel, and no company that can shut down and take your data with it. When you uninstall Apex, your data is still there.