If your desk already runs on a spreadsheet, you should not need a second system just to remember who you owe a reply.
FollowSheet keeps candidates and hiring-manager threads in a Google Sheet you own. It reads Gmail to fill last contacted and who wrote last, then flags Needs reply, overdue follow-ups and gone-cold rows. On Pro it can email you a morning list.
Pain this is built for
- Double-emailing a candidate because the inbox and the tracker disagree.
- Going quiet for a week on someone who replied “sure, free Thursday?”
- A desk that already lives in Sheets (roles, stages, owners) but has no reliable “last touch from Gmail”.
- Shared inboxes where nobody owns the next action.
Honest limits (read this)
- No LinkedIn sync. FollowSheet does not import InMail, Easy Apply, or LinkedIn activity. If LinkedIn is your system of record, use an ATS that integrates — or keep LinkedIn separate and use FollowSheet for Gmail threads only.
- Not a full ATS. No careers page, no scorecards, no offer letters, no compliance vault.
- No email open tracking and no mail-merge sequences.
- Gmail quotas apply; consumer accounts have tighter daily limits than Workspace.
If you need LinkedIn + Gmail in one product, FollowSheet is the wrong tool. We would rather you pick something else than churn angrily in a month.
What you get
- Contacts sheet with Stage, Owner, Next follow-up, Last contacted, Last from (Them/Me), Status.
- Status labels: Needs reply · Overdue · Due today · Gone cold · OK · Closed.
- Free plan: manual Gmail sync of 25 contacts at a time.
- Pro ($7/mo or $59/yr): unlimited sync, daily morning email, auto follow-up dates, Gmail-label capture.
- Team ($149/yr): 5 Google accounts, per-owner digests.
- Your data stays in your Google account. FollowSheet has no server.
Recruiter review trial: 10 free Pro copies
We want feedback from people who actually run a recruiting desk. We are offering 10 free FollowSheet Pro copies (one year of Pro, issued as an offline licence key) in exchange for honest written feedback.
- Positive review not required. “This isn’t for me because …” is as useful as praise.
- Feedback can be private email; public review is optional and never a condition of the key.
- First come, first served while the 10 remain. One per person / desk.
- You still authorise the script in your own Google account (same as any user).
How to apply: email labskaruna@gmail.com with subject Recruiter review trial. Include: your name, desk type (agency / in-house / solo), roughly how many active candidates you track, and whether you use Workspace or personal Gmail.
We will reply with a key and a short feedback prompt. Keys are for FollowSheet Pro only (not the $79 done-for-you setup unless separately agreed).
Related free tools
- Who haven’t I replied to? — paste a thread list or run a free Apps Script.
- FollowSheet vs Streak — honest comparison.