Looking for a Toggl Hire alternative? Meet Appli.
Toggl is retiring Toggl Hire from recruitment,[1] so teams that ran skills assessments there need a new home. Appli is built around automated work trials — a deeper read on a candidate than a skills quiz — with AI resume screening, interviews, and a startup-friendly ATS in one place.
Toggl Hire is retiring from recruitment
Toggl has said that Toggl Hire is retiring from recruitment. Its own page states as much: new signups are closed, and existing customers are being offboarded — with data export available so teams can take their information with them. Toggl has described the change as part of refocusing on its other products.[1]
If Toggl Hire was where you ran candidate assessments, that means finding a new home for that part of your hiring. It's also a natural moment to ask a bigger question: is a standalone skills quiz the strongest signal you can get on a candidate — or can you do better?
An alternative built around automated work trials
Appli replaces a single assessment step with a fuller picture of the candidate — and brings screening, interviews, and tracking into one place.
Automated work trials
Realistic job simulations that capture a real sample of a candidate's work and how they behave in a team. See work trials.
Instant resume screening
AI ranks every applicant against your criteria automatically, so the shortlist builds itself. Resume screening.
AI-automated interviews
Structured interviews that analyze communication and consistency, saving weeks of live rounds. AI interviews.
Startup-friendly ATS
A simple, ranked candidate list — no complex setup to wrestle with. See the ATS.
of new-hire failures trace back to attitude and behaviour — coachability, temperament, motivation — not a lack of technical skill. A skills quiz measures the other 11%; a work trial is built to surface the rest.
Leadership IQ, “Why New Hires Fail” — a study of 20,000+ new hires. SourceHow Appli works
Paste one link. Appli handles sourcing, the work trial, and the scoring — and hands you a ranked shortlist.
Paste your job link
Drop your Appli job link into any job board — LinkedIn, Indeed, or wherever you post the role.
Candidates complete a work trial
Applicants go through a realistic, role-specific simulation that captures a real sample of their work and behaviour.
You get a ranked shortlist
Appli's behavioural AI scores every candidate against your criteria and returns the strongest, ready to review.
Toggl Hire and Appli, side by side
Two different approaches to the same goal — a confident hiring decision. Here's how they line up, fairly.
| Approach | Toggl Hire | Appli |
|---|---|---|
| Primary method | Skills assessments and quizzes | Automated work trials |
| What it captures | Performance on defined skills tests | A real sample of work plus team behaviour |
| Behavioural signal | Skills-focused scoring | Dozens of traits incl. leadership, commitment, intelligence |
| Resume screening | — | ✓ Instant, ranked |
| AI-automated interviews | — | ✓ |
| Applicant tracking (ATS) | — | ✓ Startup-friendly |
| New-customer signups | Closed — winding down | Open |
Moving on from Toggl Hire
Winding down a tool you relied on is never fun, but the switch is lighter than it looks — and there's no need to recreate your old setup.
Export your data
Toggl has said data export is available while it offboards existing Toggl Hire customers, so you can keep your historical assessment data.[1]
Start from one link
There's nothing to rebuild. Appli launches from a single job link, so you can be up and running without porting a complex configuration.
Go beyond skills tests
Swap a standalone quiz for a work trial that shows real work and behaviour. New to the idea? Read the blog.
Toggl Hire alternative FAQ
Is Toggl Hire shutting down?
Toggl is retiring Toggl Hire from recruitment. According to Toggl, new signups are closed and existing customers are being offboarded, with data export available so they can take their information with them. Toggl has described this as part of refocusing on its other products. If you relied on Toggl Hire, that means finding a new home for that part of your hiring — which is why teams are evaluating alternatives such as Appli.
What's a good Toggl Hire alternative?
The right alternative depends on what you used Toggl Hire for. If it was skills testing, Appli goes a step further with automated work trials — realistic job simulations that capture a real sample of a candidate's work and team behaviour, not just a score on a quiz. Appli also adds instant AI resume screening, AI-automated interviews, and a startup-friendly ATS, so a single tool covers sourcing through shortlist.
How is Appli different from Toggl Hire's skills tests?
A skills test measures specific competencies through quizzes and assessments. An Appli work trial is a realistic simulation of the actual job: it produces a real sample of the candidate's work and shows how they behave in a team, and Appli's behavioural AI model predicts dozens of traits tied to performance — including leadership, commitment, and intelligence. It is a broader, more job-relevant signal than a single skills quiz, and it runs automatically from one job link.