RescueTime 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

RescueTime

4.6

(141)

Pricing

Starting at $6.50 per month

About RescueTime

RescueTime is a recognized productivity measurement and time management application that monitors computer use to calculate the number of hours employees work. It can easily track computer activities, visited websites, active windows and programs used. It also helps in measuring the number of phone calls, meetings and breaks employees take in between tasks. The system caters to all industries.

RescueTime offers the option to view extracted information through a summarized overview. It also graphs the data derived from daily monitoring, so that all users can view individual and group productivity. It has on-screen reminders and a website blocking feature to help users stay focused on tasks.

The primary purpose of the application is to help users understand working habits and identify where improvements need to be made. It helps managers analyze and track the productivity of the team, making sure that no one is sitting idle or wasting time. It has tools that also help users to maintain focus on daily deliverables, like task-tracking attributes and goal-setting functionality. Activity alarms can also be set on this to gauge the amount of time that it takes to complete a task...

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RescueTime Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $6.50 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

RescueTime

$6.50

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Alerts
Better Habits
Daily Focus Work Goals
Daily Reports
Focus Sessions
Remove Distractions
Track of Your Work
Work With Real-Time Data

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RescueTime Features

Popular features found in Time Tracking
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
Automatic Time Capture
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Clock In/Out
Employee Database
Employee Scheduling
Overtime Calculation
Project Time Tracking
Real-Time Updates
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
More features of RescueTime
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Email Alerts
Historical Reporting
Idle Time Monitoring
Milestone Tracking
Mobile Access
Online Time Tracking
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Screen Activity Recording
Timesheet Management
Time Tracking

RescueTime User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

64%

32%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Insight into how you spend your time

It is helpful for some insight and for team accountability.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

I like how you can use it across devices. It helps to keep track of how I spend my time. My boss and I used it and shared our reports, it worked well.

Cons:

As a marketer, spending time on Facebook or Youtube looks like time-wasted, but it is actually often work. I wonder if there is a way to configure it to be more useful to marketers.

Kevin F.

Verified reviewer

Construction

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Identify & highlight distractions

I had experienced a drop in my income as a self-employed consultant. I felt that I was always busy, but was billing less, and this software made it clear to me that I was indeed busy all day, but on many distractions that were not contributing to income or projects, but were costing time and my energy. RescueTime put me back on track, and I have stayed there for the past two years. Savings/earnings are of the order per annum, I kid you not.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

This software helped me to objectively and quantitatively identify which distractions were doing most damage to my daily income. By seeing it in front of me and putting against it, I was able to instantly cut those activities out completely or minimise them.

Cons:

No cons, really. The software is unobtrusive, not pushy, it just does its thing well.

Kudzai C.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

The tool of champions!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

RescueTime is an absolutely brilliant time tracking tool. It has given me a very simple but accurate tool for tracking exactly how much time I spend on projects. It's brilliant because it tracks time by app but also by websites visited. So I can include research time and reading time into the time I spend on projects. It tracks multiple devices which is great because I tend to switch between devices when working on projects. It's non intrusive and runs completely silently in the background with a simple weekly email and all data available via the mobile app.

Cons:

It would be great to set up project and task tracking within the app so we can group our activities.

Fernando R.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Great tool to time tracking

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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

Iris H.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2018

The stats will surprise you

Definitely worth it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Rescuetime has mostly helped me whittle down little time sinks that I was unaware of. For example, it turned out I spent 30 minutes a day selecting songs on iTunes; now I have a playlist on shuffle and do not actively use iTunes anymore to select my music during the work day. Rescuetime has often surprised me by showing stats being very different from how I perceived them. It can also be motivated to see a highly productive day unfolding and feeling competitive with yourself.

Cons:

Currently Rescuetime cannot distinguish browser tabs in Firefox. Other apps like Timedoctor can, so I'm sure Rescuetime could fix this if they'd commit to it.

Sebastian W.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Great automatic activity tracker, with only the limitations of that approach

RescueTime is a very well-designed solution for automatic activity tracking; I am just no longer really convinced that this is the right approach (for me). The focus on applications (not projects) makes the collected data of limited value (for me). I still use it, since it is free and doesn't hurt, but I am not relying on the collected data for analyzing my working patterns anymore

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Tracks what you work one completely automatically, reliably records all applications used, gives automatic ratings how “productive” certain applications are

Cons:

Updating the Linux client could be smoother / better automated.

Ulrich N.

Verified reviewer

Medical Practice

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Excellent Rescue Time!

Rescue Time is excellent for efficient time management, organizing and backing up your activities. Offering users other language options besides English would make it perfect.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love this software. With it, I plan my work, I organize my time, I control the duration of use of websites and block those that distract me. And I can also save my activities every day, unbelievable!

Cons:

This great software seems to be designed only for English speakers, since there's no option to switch languages.

Jorgen P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Great for staying accountable

RescueTime brings insights into how you use your time, whether it's in a productive way or not. Can shed light on just how much time you spend on your computer.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Automatic tracking of how you use your time Easy to use dashboard Great way to stay accountable with your Goals

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

Mitch B.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Keeps me honest with screen time

I've been a Rescuetime user for years and don't see myself stopping anytime soon.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Each week I take the report and show it to my accountability group, with the goal of decreasing my computer time week by week. Rescuetime makes it very easy to track and spot trends.

Cons:

No cons that I can think of. Once I had categorized all of my different applications and activities it works well.

Stephen S.

Verified reviewer

Law Practice

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Affordable, Easy-to-Use Productivity and Time Tracking Solution

RescueTime allows me to keep tabs on my self essentially. I can see what I've been doing and how long I was doing it. Specifically, it allows me to see how much time I wasted on Facebook and how much time I spent working on a project.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

RescueTime requires little to no configuration or attention. You simply install it on your computer and/or install the various browser plugins and let it do its thing - tracking your activities and time.

Cons:

As an analytics nerd, I would like to see RescueTime have even more tracking features and abilities. The one con that I will mention is having to specifically allow RescueTime to specifically track what is being done in certain websites/applications.

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