SLPcentralThe best CF hours tracker for SLPs: an honest comparison
Four ways to track your 1,260 hours, compared by an SLP grad student who built one of them, plus a free paper option.
The short answer
The best CF hours tracker depends on what you need besides the hours. CF Track is a dedicated CF tracker with CFSI skill ratings and mentor sign-off links, free for your first 100 hours and $79 once after that (CF Track (opens in a new tab)). Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker is the simplest daily log, at $19.99 with a free companion iPhone app (shop (opens in a new tab)). CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship is built around you and your mentor, with a $99 introductory fee and no cost to mentors (CALIPSO (opens in a new tab)). SLPcentral fits if you want your CF hours in the same app as your caseload, session data and notes: Clinical Fellows get the whole app for $74.99 for the first year. And paper costs nothing. Prices were checked October 26, 2026.
Hi, I’m Ryan. I’m an SLP grad student heading into my own CF, my fiancée is in hers right now, and I built SLPcentral. So I have a horse in this race, and I’ll say where the others are stronger. Every fact about another tracker comes from its own public page, linked, and the full list is under Sources at the end.
Side-by-side comparison
| CF Track | CF Hours Tracker (Michelle Diaz) | CALIPSO for CF | SLPcentral | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | A dedicated CF tracker with CFSI ratings and mentor sign-off | The simplest daily hours log | You and your mentor working in one system | CF hours plus your caseload, session data and notes |
| Price | $79 once for your whole CF | $19.99 (was $24.99); the iPhone app is free | $99 introductory fee; no cost to mentors | $74.99 for your first year as a CF, then $149.99/yr |
| Try it | Free for your first 100 hours, no card | See her site | Sign up on its page to be told when it opens | 14-day free trial |
| Platform | Web app; its page lists a mobile app | Web (built for phones) + iPhone app | Web | iPhone app + web |
| Hours, weeks, 80% | Qualifying weeks, the 80/20 split, a projected finish date and warnings | Total hours, % toward 1,260 and weeks with 5+ hours; the app adds the 80% gauge and a projected finish | Hours by type and your direct share against 80% | A ring toward 1,260, weeks with 5+ hours toward 36, and a gauge against the 80% line |
| Mentor and CFSI | Supervision hours with deadline warnings; mentors rate the 21 CFSI skills from an emailed link (paid tier) | The iPhone app logs mentor observation minutes | CFSI evaluations across 21 skills, for you and your mentor(s) | Log observations, monitoring and each segment’s CFSI by segment; no mentor login or skill-by-skill ratings |
| Export | ASHA segment export (paid tier) | Excel and PDF (web); PDF and CSV (iPhone) | An experience record for your CCC application | A print or PDF log with a signature block for your mentor |
| Beyond CF hours | CF only | CF only | CF only | Caseload, live session data, goals, and Ollie drafting your SOAP notes and progress reports for you to review |
What every CF tracker has to count
Whatever you pick, it has to track ASHA’s rules: at least 36 weeks and 1,260 hours, weeks under 5 hours don’t count, at least 80% direct clinical contact, and three segments, each with at least 6 hours of direct observation and 6 hours of indirect supervision from your mentor and a CFSI rating (ASHA (opens in a new tab)). Tracking your weekly hours is your job, not your mentor’s. Our guide on how to track CF hours covers what counts as direct contact and a weekly routine.
CF Track: a dedicated CF tracker
CF Track does one thing, the CF, and goes deep on it. It tracks qualifying weeks and your 80/20 split, projects your finish date, and warns you before a week fails or a deadline passes. The paid tier adds supervision tracking, ratings for the 21 CFSI skills, emailed links your mentor can use without an account, and an ASHA segment export (CF Track (opens in a new tab)).
- Where it’s stronger than SLPcentral: a projected finish date, skill-by-skill CFSI ratings, and mentor links. If those matter to you, it’s a strong pick.
- Price: free for your first 100 hours with no card, then $79 once for your whole CF.
- Keep in mind: it’s a CF tracker only, so your caseload, session data and notes live somewhere else.
Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker: the simplest log
Michelle Diaz, a CCC-SLP, sells a daily-entry tracker: one entry a day with your hours and a note, a dashboard with your total, your progress toward 1,260 and your weeks with 5+ hours, and Excel and PDF exports (tracker (opens in a new tab)). It’s $19.99 in her shop (shop (opens in a new tab)). Her free iPhone app (opens in a new tab) syncs with the web tracker and adds direct vs. indirect time, the 80% gauge, a projected finish date, mentor observation minutes, and PDF and CSV export.
- Where it’s stronger than SLPcentral: price and simplicity. If you only want a clean hours log, it’s the cheapest paid tracker here.
- Keep in mind: the web tracker’s page doesn’t mention the 80% rule or the CFSI, so check that the version you buy tracks what your mentor needs.
CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship: you and your mentor together
CALIPSO’s CF tool is web-based and built for the fellow and the mentor together. It tracks your hours by type and your direct share against 80%, runs CFSI evaluations across 21 skills, and puts together an experience record for your CCC application. It lists a $99 introductory fee, with no cost to mentors (CALIPSO (opens in a new tab)).
- Where it’s stronger than SLPcentral: your mentor works in the same system and does the CFSI there.
- Keep in mind: when we checked, the page invited you to sign up to be told when it opens, so confirm it’s available before you plan around it. There’s no iPhone app mentioned.
SLPcentral: CF hours in the app you use for your caseload
Full disclosure again: this is mine. SLPcentral isn’t a CF tracker with a caseload bolted on; it’s a caseload app for school SLPs with a CF tracker inside, so the app you take session data in is the one you log your hours in:
- Two-tap logging. Choose direct contact or other duties and tap 1, 2, 4 or 8 hours for today, or add a full entry with the date, setting, mentor and a note.
- Your progress at a glance. A ring toward 1,260 hours, your weeks with 5 or more hours toward 36, and a gauge against the 80% line.
- Mentor activities by segment. Log on-site observations, monitoring and each segment’s CFSI, and see what each segment still needs.
- A log your mentor can sign. Print or save a PDF with your totals and a signature block. ASHA verification itself happens online.
- The rest of your CF job. Your caseload, live session data on your iPhone, goals, and Ollie, who drafts your SOAP notes and progress reports from that data for you to review.
Where it’s weaker: it doesn’t project your finish date, rate the CFSI skill by skill, or give your mentor a login. Price: a 14-day free trial, then $74.99 for your first year as a Clinical Fellow, then $149.99 a year: get the CF price. If you stop paying, your caseload tools go view-only, but logging CF hours stays open and you can always view and export your log.
The free option: paper
You don’t need an app. ASHA has a free template for tracking supervisory activities (opens in a new tab), and we made a free printable CF hours log (PDF): one page per segment, with weekly hours, your running total and your mentor’s activities. The trade-off is doing the math yourself every Friday.
How to choose
- You want the most CF-specific features for one payment: CF Track.
- You want the simplest, cheapest log: Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker.
- Your mentor wants to do the CFSI in the same system: CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship, once it’s open.
- You want one app for your hours and your caseload, data and notes: SLPcentral.
- You’d rather not pay at all: ASHA’s template plus a printable log.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best app to track CF hours?
It depends on what else you need. CF Track is a dedicated CF tracker with CFSI ratings and mentor links ($79 once, free for the first 100 hours). Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker is the simplest log ($19.99, free iPhone app). CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship puts you and your mentor in one system ($99 introductory fee). SLPcentral puts CF hours in the same app as your caseload, session data and notes.
Is there a free way to track CF hours?
Yes. ASHA offers a free template for tracking supervisory activities, and SLPcentral has a free printable CF hours log. CF Track is also free for your first 100 hours.
What does a CF hours tracker need to count?
At least 1,260 hours over at least 36 weeks, only weeks with 5 or more hours, your direct contact share against ASHA’s 80% minimum, and your mentor’s observations, supervision and CFSI ratings in each of the three segments.
How much does a CF hours tracker cost?
As checked on October 26, 2026: CF Track is $79 once after your first 100 free hours, Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker is $19.99, CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship lists a $99 introductory fee, and SLPcentral is $74.99 for a Clinical Fellow’s first year with your caseload and notes included. Paper is free.
Does my mentor need an account?
It depends on the tracker. CF Track sends mentors a link that needs no account, and CALIPSO is built for mentors at no cost to them. With SLPcentral or a paper log, you print your log and your mentor signs it. Either way, your mentor verifies your CF in their ASHA account after you apply.
Sources
- CF Track: slpcf.com (opens in a new tab) (price, free first 100 hours, features by tier)
- Michelle Diaz’s CF Hours Tracker: tracker page (opens in a new tab), shop (opens in a new tab) (price) and the iPhone app (opens in a new tab) on the App Store
- CALIPSO for Clinical Fellowship: calipsoclient.com/cf (opens in a new tab) (price, features, availability)
- ASHA, A Guide to the ASHA Clinical Fellowship Experience (opens in a new tab) (hours, weeks, 80%, segments, mentoring, CFSI)
- ASHA, Template for tracking supervisory activities (opens in a new tab) (PDF)
Prices and features checked October 26, 2026. They change, so check each site before you buy.
Drafted with AI help from the sources listed, then reviewed and edited by Ryan Lillard. He built SLPcentral. No client information is used in this article. ASHA sets the CF requirements; SLPcentral isn’t affiliated with ASHA or with any tracker named here.
