Honest answers.

All three. TimeBaQ is a native desktop app built on Tauri (not Electron) — it runs natively on each platform with the same UI and a small memory footprint. No browser extension, no web app, no server-side dependency to keep your applications running.

Browser autofill drops your name and email into form fields. TimeBaQ goes further: it drafts a tailored cover letter from the listing, answers screening questions using your Q&A library, solves CAPTCHAs in the background, and submits the application. The desktop app does the work of an afternoon in about fifteen minutes.

Yes. Your resume, profile, application history, and Q&A library all live on your machine in a local SQLite database — never on our servers. The only things that touch our infrastructure are your license key (for activation) and AI requests for cover-letter generation, which we proxy through Cloudflare AI Gateway with logging disabled. We don't see your applications, your screening answers, or your search criteria.

TimeBaQ runs unattended — set your search criteria, configure your profile, and the desktop app submits matching applications without per-job confirmation. You can pause or stop a run anytime. We deliberately keep the cap modest at lower tiers so you can adjust your search before applying broadly. (A per-application review mode is on our post-launch roadmap.)

Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor, Dice, Wellfound, and CareerBuilder at launch. New platforms get added based on what users actually ask for — email feedback@timebaq.app and your vote shapes the queue.

TimeBaQ runs in a single browser tab per platform with human-shaped pacing — bezier mouse paths, variable typing delays, conservative speed defaults. It's the safest setup we know how to build, but no automation tool can promise zero risk. Start on "slow" with a small daily cap; tighten or loosen from there. If a platform restricts your account, deactivate it in Settings and email support@timebaq.app — we monitor for detection changes and patch quickly.

Yes, this is a real risk and we don't want to pretend otherwise. ATS systems do flag identical-looking applications and low match-scores. The mitigation is what TimeBaQ does on top of bulk-apply: AI-personalized cover letters per job, profile-tuned answers from your Q&A library, and rate-limited submissions so you're not spamming the same employer. The honest answer: this gets you through the door faster, but a human-tailored application to your top 5 dream jobs will always outperform automation. Use both.

Platforms shift their HTML constantly — it's the cost of doing business. When a selector breaks, the app surfaces the failure clearly (no silent "completed" lies). Email support@timebaq.app with the platform name; our turnaround target is 24–72 hours for selector patches, shipped via the next desktop update — your app picks them up automatically.

Built-in. CapSolver runs server-side through TimeBaQ — no API key for you to manage, no CapSolver account to set up. Each plan includes a monthly solve quota (Free: 50, Starter: 500, Pro: 2,000, Power: 10,000). For most users that's well above what a normal job-search week burns.

Yes. Per-job AI generation pulls from your saved profile, the listing, and any tone notes you've written. You can edit the prompt and add your own banned phrases ("As a passionate…") so drafts come back closer to how you actually write.

Power tier lets you plug in your own OpenAI or Gemini API key for cover-letter generation. You pay the AI provider directly — typically 30%+ less than the bundled inference cost — and you control which model TimeBaQ uses. For high-volume users this can make Power cheaper to operate than Pro despite the higher base price. You can also tune the model selection per cover letter (a fast cheap model for quick drafts, a strong one for important roles).

4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended. The app launches a single browser instance per active platform — same memory footprint as having 1–2 Chrome tabs open per platform. Modern laptops from the last 5 years handle it easily.

Not yet. Interview prep — mock questions, company research summaries, scheduling — is on the post-launch roadmap. The goal for now is to give you back the hours you used to spend on forms so you can spend them preparing.

Not officially supported. The desktop app expects a local user session and a window manager. Power users have run it on a Linux box with Xvfb but we don't test that path. For most users, "leave the laptop running on a side desk" is the simplest setup.

Visit timebaq.app/recover, enter the email you signed up with, and we'll send a magic link to your inbox. Click it, and your license key is shown on screen plus re-attached to the desktop app on next launch. The whole flow is one email round-trip; we don't need you to email support unless your inbox is also lost. If your email itself is lost or compromised, contact support@timebaq.app from any address you control and include your Stripe receipt or last-4 of the card you paid with — we can verify and re-issue from there.