Meet CertDay — Never lose a benefit week

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Never lose a benefit week

What CertDay does

Miss your weekly certification and that benefit check is gone — most states will not pay a week you forgot to certify, and two missed weeks in a row can deactivate your entire claim. Fail a random work-search audit and you can be ordered to repay every dollar you received, with penalties on top. CertDay is the private, offline companion that keeps both from ever happening.

Start with the ritual. Tell CertDay your state and certification day once, and it reminds you every week before the window closes — timed to your schedule, not a generic alarm you learn to ignore. Each week gets its own card: certified or not, activities logged or still short of your state's minimum, so you always know where you stand before the deadline.

Then the evidence. States require you to keep your own work-search records — employer names, addresses, phone numbers, contact method, and result — and to produce them on request. CertDay's log captures every field auditors verify, groups activities by claim week the way audit letters ask for them, and attaches the confirmation screenshot that proves each application happened. When the audit letter arrives, one tap turns your claim history into a clean, dated PDF in the per-week format your state wants.

Working gig hours while claiming? The earnings log keeps a dated record of every shift and dollar so your weekly answers are consistent, never guessed from memory.

Everything stays on your phone. No account, no cloud, no bank connection. At the end of each week, CertDay stamps an audit-ready card — week certified, activities counted, records complete — that you can save or share, because finishing every week intact deserves proof.

CertDay is an independent personal record-keeping tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any state workforce agency or the U.S. Department of Labor, and it does not file certifications or provide legal or benefits advice. You always certify through your state's official system — CertDay just makes sure you never forget to, and that your records are ready if anyone asks.

• Weekly certification-day reminders tuned to your state and schedule • Work-search log with every field auditors verify • Screenshot proof attached to each activity, organized by claim week • One-tap audit-format PDF export of any week or your entire claim • Earnings log for gig work while claiming • Audit-ready weekly card you can save or share • Fully offline — no account, no cloud, no tracking

A look inside

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What's inside

• Cert-Day Reminder — Set your state and certification day once; CertDay schedules recurring local notifications before every weekly window closes, with a snooze-safe follow-up on the day itself, so no benefit week is ever forfeited to forgetting.
• Weekly Work-Search Log — Log each activity with the exact fields auditors verify — employer name, address, phone, position, contact method, date, and result — automatically grouped into claim weeks with a live count against your state's minimum.
• Proof Vault — Attach application-confirmation screenshots and photos to any activity; proof stays out of the camera roll, organized by claim week, and rides along in every export.
• Audit-Ready Card — Every completed week stamps a bold, shareable card — 'Week 14 certified, 42 activities logged, export ready' — saved as an image for audit-panic threads and your own peace of mind. The screenshot-able proof that you're covered.
• Audit PDF Export — One tap renders any week or your entire claim into a dated, per-week PDF matching the state work-search-record format — employer details, contact method, result, and attached proof — ready to send the day the audit letter arrives.
• Earnings Log — A dated record of gig and part-time hours and gross pay while claiming, grouped by claim week, so weekly earnings answers are consistent and defensible instead of reconstructed from memory.

Why we built it

UI claimants must certify on the right day every week (a missed week is forfeited; two misses deactivate the claim) and keep their own audit-ready log of 3-5 work-search activities per week with employer names, addresses, phones, contact method, and result. States audit randomly via the BAM program; no producible log…

What makes it different

State paper/PDF logs (NJ, TX, IL, MA) have no reminders, no proof attachments, and no export — they get lost exactly when the audit letter arrives. WorkSearchLog.com, the only dedicated competitor, is a Texas-only subscription web app; CertDay is cross-state, one-time, and offline. Teal and Huntr track applications fo…

Who it's for

Freelancers, contractors, and small-business owners who want their numbers right at tax time without renting a SaaS to do it.

In one line: Never lose a benefit week

Try it

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