§ The result
1 point separates Resume Worded and Simplify (Simplify Jobs).
Resume Worded (Resume AI) edges Simplify (Simplify Jobs) (Tracker) by 1 point under rubric js-v1.0, 60 (D) to 59 (F). Resume Worded and Simplify (Simplify Jobs) each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Resume Worded holds (headed by Data & Credential Safety) adds up to more weighted points. Data & Credential Safety is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Resume Worded 64, Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 53 — and at a 20% weight it carries 66% of the weighted advantage Resume Worded holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Resume Worded
Resume Worded scores an uploaded resume or LinkedIn profile PDF out of 100 against its own recruiter-derived checklist and returns line-by-line feedback, AI rewrite suggestions and job-description keyword matching, but does not search for or submit job applications.
Vendor profile
Simplify (Simplify Jobs)
Simplify is a job-seeker platform built around the Copilot browser extension that auto-fills applications across 100+ ATS portals, matches users to jobs, drafts AI resume/cover-letter and essay answers, and tracks every application in one dashboard.
§ The record
Resume Worded is filed under Resume & profile AI, Simplify (Simplify Jobs) under Application trackers. They record no secondary category in common.
| Record | Resume Worded | Simplify (Simplify Jobs) |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | GB | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 2020 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Data & Credential Safety
Resume Worded 64 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 53
2.2 weighted points to Resume Worded
15% weight · 61% of the movement so far
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
Resume Worded 75 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 68
1.1 weighted points to Resume Worded
12% weight · 80% of the movement so far
Effectiveness Evidence
Resume Worded 34 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 42
1.0 weighted points to Simplify (Simplify Jobs)
10% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
Resume Worded 42 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 48
0.6 weighted points to Simplify (Simplify Jobs)
20% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Application Honesty
Resume Worded 58 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 60
0.4 weighted points to Simplify (Simplify Jobs)
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Support & Accountability
Resume Worded 66 · Simplify (Simplify Jobs) 65
0.1 weighted points to Resume Worded
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +1.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 5.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +1.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Resume Worded minus Simplify (Simplify Jobs).
| Category | Weight | Resume Worded | Simplify (Simplify Jobs) | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 58 | 60 | -2 | -0.4 |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 64 | 53 | +11 | +2.2 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 72 | 72 | - | - |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 75 | 68 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 34 | 42 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 42 | 48 | -6 | -0.6 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 66 | 65 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 60 (D) | 59 (F) | +1 | +1.4 |
§ 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 | Resume Worded | Simplify (Simplify Jobs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 16 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Resume Worded has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Simplify (Simplify Jobs) has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Simplify (Simplify Jobs) sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 53 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 33 for Resume Worded, across 6 distinct source domains, and 20 for Simplify (Simplify Jobs), across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- Resume Worded last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Simplify (Simplify Jobs) last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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