The short answer
Barista is Guap’s Chrome extension, on the Chrome Web Store since October 2026. It fills job application forms from a profile you set up once, then stops: you press submit, every time. Its AI drafts are paid one at a time from credit that does not expire, instead of a subscription, and it sits next to a job board for students and early-career people in Europe.
Simplify Copilot fills forms from a profile too, and is the older and much larger tool: it names more applicant tracking systems, has an iPhone app and a Firefox version, and sells a subscription, Simplify+, that adds AI writing and an agent that applies for you.
Side by side
What each one does, as of 13 October 2026.
| What is compared | Barista | Simplify Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Installing, filling forms and tracking applications are free. AI drafts are paid per use from credit you buy once, which never expires. Nothing renews. | Autofill, the tracker, job matches and a basic resume builder are free. Simplify+ costs $19.99 a week, $39.99 a month or $89.99 for three months, and renews automatically. Source |
| Filling a form | Fills the form when you click, then you check it and press submit yourself. | Fills the form; Simplify’s help centre tells you to review it and submit it yourself. Source |
| Applying for you | Never. Barista has no auto-apply and never presses submit. | Autopilot, included with Simplify+, is an agent that applies to jobs on your behalf. Source |
| Application systems | Any https careers page it reads as an application form. Tested on Greenhouse and Ashby forms captured from live job posts; recognises Workday, Lever, SmartRecruiters and others by their address. | Over 100 job boards and application portals, naming Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Taleo, Avature, Lever and SmartRecruiters. Source |
| AI answers and cover letters | Drafts open answers and cover letters against the job post when you ask, paid per use. The first AI answers on each account are free. | AI answers to essay questions and cover letters inside Copilot are Simplify+ features. Source |
| Browsers | Chrome, and Edge, Brave, Arc and Opera from the same store listing. No Firefox or Safari. | Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and other Chromium browsers, and Firefox in beta. Source |
| Phone | No phone app yet. | An iPhone app with Copilot as a Safari extension; Android is in the works. Source |
| Jobs | Guap lists jobs and internships for students and early-career people in Europe, from employers who verified their company email and from company careers sites. | Job listings in ten countries: the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Source |
| Tracking | Each application it fills is saved with its date and marked sent when you submit, with interview reminders. | Applications submitted with Copilot are saved to your Simplify dashboard automatically. Source |
Where Barista is better
- No subscription. You pay for the drafts you use, from credit that does not expire. If you are applying to five roles this month and none next month, nothing renews in between. The pricing page lists each price. Simplify+ renews automatically, weekly, monthly or every three months.
- AI answers without a plan. The first AI answers on each account are free, then each draft is paid on its own. On Simplify, AI answers to essay questions and cover letters are Simplify+ features.
- You always press submit. Barista has no auto-apply mode, so nothing goes to an employer that you have not read.
- Careful with uncertain answers. When no option clearly matches your profile, Barista leaves the field empty and tells you, rather than choosing the closest one. The Greenhouse and Ashby pages show how.
- Built around European students. Barista comes with Guap, a job platform for students and early-career people in Europe, and free tools such as an ATS CV checker that needs no account.
Where Simplify differs
- A longer track record. On 13 October 2026 its Chrome Web Store listing showed a 4.9 rating from about 3,800 ratings and 600,000 users (store listing). Barista went live on the store in October 2026.
- More systems named. Simplify lists Workday, iCIMS and Taleo among the portals it fills. Barista recognises those by address and runs its general filler on them, but it has only been tested on captured Greenhouse and Ashby forms, so for a list that is mostly Workday, Simplify has the stronger claim today.
- More places to use it. Firefox (in beta) and an iPhone app, where Barista has neither.
- An agent that applies for you. Autopilot, part of Simplify+, sends applications on your behalf; Barista leaves submit to you on purpose.
- AI in one price. If you write many AI answers every week, a subscription can cost less than paying per draft. Work out how many you need before you choose.
Which one to pick
Pick Barista if you are a student or graduate applying in Europe, if you want to read every application before it goes, or if you would rather pay for AI drafts when you use them than keep a subscription running.
Pick Simplify if you apply mostly to US roles, if Workday or iCIMS forms make up much of your list, if you use Firefox or want to apply from an iPhone, or if you want an agent to send applications for you.
How we compared
Guap makes Barista and wrote this page, so read it knowing that. We read Simplify’s own pages, its help centre and its Chrome Web Store listing on 13 October 2026, and every claim about Simplify links to the page that makes it. What this page says about Barista is what its code does on that date. Prices, features and store numbers change; if something here is out of date, tell us at friend@guap.work and we will correct it.
