FreeApply 1.0.5

Released 2026-10-28. App, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Disclosures and Recruiter Terms: version 1.0.5.

FreeApply now keeps applying on its own once setup is done, with Start and Stop at the top of the dashboard and what it's working on right now. New employer emails show up within 15 minutes, the dashboard updates live, and Needs you speaks plain English.

New

• Start and Stop at the top of every dashboard page, next to what FreeApply is doing right now ("Running · Applying to IT Support at Acme"), so you can see at a glance that it's working.
• FreeApply starts applying on its own as soon as setup is complete, and keeps going while your AI app is open. If it stops (nothing new to apply to, or your AI app paused), it starts again by itself within the hour. Press Stop anytime; press Start again and it picks up within seconds while your AI app is open.
• With your email connected, FreeApply checks for new emails from employers every 15 minutes and shows them in Replies right away; your AI app sorts them at its next reply check. "Check email now" in Replies looks right away.
• The dashboard updates by itself within a few seconds when anything changes: new jobs, applications, replies and questions appear as they come in.

Changed

• A run no longer stops after 50 minutes: it keeps applying until there's nothing new to apply to. You can still set limits per run in Settings → Advanced.
• Needs you speaks plainly: notes your AI assistant wrote for itself no longer show up as questions to answer. Those jobs are listed under "Stuck" with what the site wants in plain words (a document FreeApply doesn't have, or a question only you can answer). "Blocked" is now "Stuck" and "Accounts to create" is "Accounts to make".
• The sponsored card sits right under the menu on Home.

Fixed

• When setup opens at the email step after an update, connecting your email or choosing to enter all passwords yourself now takes you to setup's first page so you can check your other answers, instead of skipping to the end.

Legal
The Disclosures now describe how email is checked: your AI assistant every 4 hours through a connector or your saved email login, and, with a saved login, FreeApply itself every 15 minutes, keeping only the sender, subject and date until your assistant sorts them.

Upgrading
Open the dashboard and accept the updated Terms. If you finished setup before this version, FreeApply doesn't start on its own: press Start at the top of the dashboard when you want it to.