Best tools for tracking applications? - 5 weeks in

I am tracking my applications in a notebook and want something better. Any experience at all would help. A spreadsheet with dates and follow-ups worked a little. Are there tools to avoid?

Use a plain one-column résumé with standard headings. Mine got more replies after I simplified it.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 8 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.