Nobody needs ten apps. You need one tracker with the right features. Ten features worth comparing, spreadsheet or dedicated app.
- Per-school profiles: each school gets its own space with deadlines, fees, waiver status. One lumped list turns to mush by school six. - Deadline reminders that actually remind. Test them before you trust them. A silent reminder is decoration. - Document checklists: transcripts, scores, recommendations, essays, each with a status. Prevents the 11 p.m. panic the night before. - Fee and waiver tracking: cost per school, asked or not, granted or not. Money deserves its own column. - A notes field per school: why this school, what the essay needs, who you emailed. - Sync across devices: you research on the phone, write on the laptop. - Offline access, simplicity, longevity: internet dies at the worst moments, complexity is the enemy here.
FeeFinder feeds the money column: 20 waiver-friendly universities with criteria and templates, $19.99 one-time.