§ The result
LandEarly leads LockedIn AI on all 7 criteria.
Rubric js-v1.0 puts 35 points between LandEarly (Auto-apply) and LockedIn AI (Live interview): 62 (D) for LandEarly, 27 (F) for LockedIn AI. LandEarly leads every one of the 7 criteria and 5 of them by 20 raw points or more, Application Honesty among them; LockedIn AI leads none. Application Honesty is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (LandEarly 68, LockedIn AI 12, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 32% of the weighted advantage LandEarly holds across the 7 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
LandEarly
LandEarly is an AI auto-apply platform that monitors job boards, generates role-tailored resumes and cover letters from a job seeker's real history, and submits applications through supported applicant tracking systems, with a review-before-submit step and an optional autopilot mode.
Vendor profile
LockedIn AI
LockedIn AI is a real-time interview copilot that listens to a job seeker's live interview, coding round or online assessment and displays AI-generated answers, code and coaching on their screen, alongside free resume, cover-letter and job-tracking tools.
§ The record
LandEarly is filed under Auto-apply tools, LockedIn AI under Live interview assistance. They also share 2 secondary categories: Tracker and Resume AI.
| Record | LandEarly | LockedIn AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | High |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2026 | 2024 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 32% of the movement so far
Application Honesty
LandEarly 68 · LockedIn AI 12
11.2 weighted points to LandEarly
15% weight · 53% of the movement so far
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
LandEarly 60 · LockedIn AI 10
7.5 weighted points to LandEarly
15% weight · 67% of the movement so far
User Control & Transparency
LandEarly 72 · LockedIn AI 40
4.8 weighted points to LandEarly
12% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Effectiveness Evidence
LandEarly 50 · LockedIn AI 10
4.8 weighted points to LandEarly
20% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Data & Credential Safety
LandEarly 66 · LockedIn AI 48
3.6 weighted points to LandEarly
10% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
LandEarly 63 · LockedIn AI 33
3.0 weighted points to LandEarly
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Support & Accountability
LandEarly 44 · LockedIn AI 40
0.3 weighted points to LandEarly
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +35.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 35.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +35 beside that +35.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is LandEarly minus LockedIn AI.
| Category | Weight | LandEarly | LockedIn AI | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 68 | 12 | +56 | +11.2 |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 66 | 48 | +18 | +3.6 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 72 | 40 | +32 | +4.8 |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 60 | 10 | +50 | +7.5 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 50 | 10 | +40 | +4.8 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 63 | 33 | +30 | +3.0 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 44 | 40 | +4 | +0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 62 (D) | 27 (F) | +35 | +35.2 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | LandEarly | LockedIn AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 10 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 26 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
LandEarly has 16 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; LockedIn AI has 30 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 26 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for LockedIn AI sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 46 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 16 for LandEarly, across 1 distinct source domain, and 30 for LockedIn AI, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- LandEarly last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- LockedIn AI last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next