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Time management for teams of knowledge workers

RescueTime Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

RescueTime FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does RescueTime offer?

RescueTime has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $6.50/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available

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Q. Who are the typical users of RescueTime?

RescueTime has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business


Q. What languages does RescueTime support?

RescueTime supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does RescueTime support mobile devices?

RescueTime supports the following devices:
Android


Q. Does RescueTime offer an API?

No, RescueTime does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does RescueTime offer?

RescueTime offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat

RescueTime product overview

Price starts from

6.50

Per month

Flat Rate

What is RescueTime?

RescueTime is a time management and analytics tool that enables knowledge workers to better understand their daily habits, helping them become more efficient and productive with their work. The solution unobtrusively tracks time spent on different applications, documents, and websites, giving users an accurate picture of their day with detailed reports based on their activity.

Key benefits of using RescueTime

  • RescueTime gives individuals an understanding of how they use their time, while encouraging them to be pro-active about self-management.

  • Managers can get a high-level overview of how the entire team is spending their time, and
    understand which tools are being used effectively.

  • Users can set goals and alerts to stay focused and keep on track of work for improved productivity, as well as view their progress via the dashboard and detailed reports.

  • RescueTime helps spot any inefficiencies throughout the working day and enables users to block out distractions to help better manage their time.

  • Weekly email reports summarize activities and provide a productivity score to help individuals plan smarter for the coming week.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    FAQs/Forum
    Email/Help Desk
    Phone Support
    Knowledge Base
    Chat

    Training options

    Documentation
    Webinars
    Videos

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    Value for money

    4.5

    /5

    139

    Starting from

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    RescueTime features

    Functionality

    4.5

    /5

    139

    Total features

    17

    3 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Activity Dashboard
    Alerts/Notifications
    Access Controls/Permissions
    Reporting/Analytics
    Activity Tracking
    Reporting & Statistics
    Milestone Tracking
    Automatic Time Capture

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    RescueTime users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.6

    /5

    139

    Positive reviews

    96

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.8/10
    Rating distribution

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    4

    3

    2

    1

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    45

    5

    1

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    Pros
    Please do, invest in design, the product is good and affordable, a good UI/UX project can bring a great perception of value.
    Strong time management and productivity software that helps with personal and professional accountability and growth.
    I love that RescueTime is both easy to use, requiring very little setup, and also infinitely customizable, meaning that over time you can mold it to exactly what you want it to be doing.
    Cons
    Lack of detail in reporting (RescueTime is not a replacement for time tracking for contractors). Always on nature of recording can pose a privacy risk.
    I can get details in Timeline view, opening each item one by one... but this is really odd.
    The interface is ugly and outdated, but the use is so simple that maybe not the focus of development team.

    Overall rating contenders

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    Lilian M.

    Sales Consultant

    Automotive, 501-1,000 employees

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    Overall Rating

    Time Management

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    Transcript

    Lillian M.: Hello, my name is Lillian. I am a digital marketing executive, and I'll give RescueTime five...

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    Eero L.

    Manager

    Consumer Electronics, 1-10 employees

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    Overall Rating

    The best time-tracking tool. Period.

    Reviewed 3 years ago

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    Eero: My name is Eero. I'm a digital entrepreneur, and I rate RescueTime five out of five. More reviews...

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    Fernando R.

    Computer Software, 11-50 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    Overall Rating
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    Great tool to time tracking

    Reviewed 2 years ago

    I use daily rescuetime to track my time. It categorize the time by software you are log in. It shows me how I use my time

    Pros

    The time tracking is easy. It has a good UI and categorize automatically the tools used in the PC

    Cons

    More reports in free plan. Better app from mobile devices

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    Angelica B.

    Pharmaceuticals, 501-1,000 employees

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Unleash Your Potential with RescueTime's Powerful Time Tracking

    Reviewed a year ago

    RescueTime became a crucial tool for time management during my internship in the pharmaceutical product development and research division. The software's automatic time tracking offered insightful information about my work habits and assisted me in locating time wasters and potential improvement areas. I was inspired to stay focused and complete my tasks by RescueTime's productivity rankings. I was able to reduce distractions and keep up a high level of work by setting individualized notifications and focus time intervals. Overall, RescueTime made a big difference in my ability to effectively manage my time and be productive in a rigorous research atmosphere.

    Pros

    RescueTime can help you find and get rid of distractions to increase productivity by giving you insightful information about how you spend your time. The program automatically keeps tabs on your usage across numerous websites and applications and generates thorough time usage reports. You can establish objectives and track development using RescueTime's productivity scores and goal-setting options. RescueTime enables you to retain focus on key tasks with its customized warnings and concentrate time settings. Users are empowered to make knowledgeable decisions about their time management by the software's user-friendly interface and clear reports, which increase productivity and work-life balance.

    Cons

    One drawback of RescueTime is that its automatic time tracking might not fully record all offline activities, which could result in inaccurate results. RescueTime's free edition has a limited feature set, and upgrading is necessary to access more sophisticated functions. Some users could find the comprehensive reports to be too much to handle or think that the productivity ratings are arbitrary. RescueTime offers information, but it doesn't actively push users to modify their behavior; instead, it relies on users' willpower to do so.

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    Kaila C.

    Real Estate, 11-50 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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    Not the best time managment software but not bad either

    Reviewed 6 years ago
    Pros

    Its a simple software to use, that keeps track of how and where you use your time on the computer, it´s really helpful to see at the end of the day how much time you spent doing what and to complete the goals you set for your self and it helps a lot knowing really how much "working" time you spend not being productive

    Cons

    Since i work on different projects but on the same software or webpage it became hard to track how much of thet time was actually spent on the different programs, so it didnt really work for me

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    Collin B.

    Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    Simple to use, takes a little bit of setup, but worth it

    Reviewed 6 years ago

    Good weekly reporting of time usage, with decent granularity. It's totally out of the way and does everything without me thinking about it now that I have all of my apps and regular websites categorized.

    Pros

    It's really easy to use and once you go through setting things up it takes no thought or effort. It just runs in the background and reports weekly. Knowing that it's running helps me stay on task.

    Cons

    The auto-categorization works okay, but I needed to spend a good chunk of time custom categorizing various apps and websites because it was throwing off my reporting. (But I AM glad that they at least allow you that option)

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    Christian M.

    Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    RescueTime is a sanity saver!

    Reviewed 6 years ago

    Being a salaried employee working remotely, it’s hard to track your time when your workload is constantly heavy and changing. Tracking how long I spend on certain applications and getting rid of distractions is so easy with RescueTime. It’s not expensive at all for Premium and is worth every penny!

    Pros

    I love the dashboard and how I can categorize each application to accurately track my time. I get an IFTTT e-mail every night telling me how long I worked.

    Cons

    There’s nothing I don’t like the least about the software.

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