Geoffrey T.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Rescue time has evolved a lot over the years. Along the way, their support and focus on making my workday more efficient have been consistent and outstanding. Lately, my favorite features are - * New hosted Guided Focus Sessions * Quick friendly Support * Ease of use * Helps block distractions on my laptop and mobile

What do you dislike about the product?
There is not a lot that I disclike about Rescue Time. That said, some areas for improvement could be - * Better analytics (the previous platform had more analytics which was better and more interesting but was sacrificed for more flexibility and self-accountability. So really, not all that bad. * Would like to see better integration between the mobile app and the Windows app, for example, focus times could force the same Android actions automagically. May be a bit much to ask and probably violates 3,001 security protocals.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rescue Time serves to help me focus on the things that are important. A bit self-learning and a lot taught by my habits, Rescue Time offers a myriad of ways to focus my efforts by blocking distractions, reminding me to get it done, and see how I'm doing with all of that.

Jamruddin S.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I am a computer and mobile lover and use this device for 2 or 3 three hours of continuous use but with the help of Rescue Time I can track my time in every app and that also category what type of software I am using and set a target for a week. Every weekend I get a proper mail regarding how I utilized my time in the previous week and give tips for the next week.

What do you dislike about the product?
I think if you need to track all your device then please install your software on all your device other wise they don't give proper reports.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me see how much time I spend in the app and software with proper categories that help me to increase my productivity. Much easier to see my weekly progress. How many times do I spend on which device is best think for me. I easily track my usage and try to overcome unwanted apps or software usage with help of the this software.

Pedro U.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Hace años buscando como mejorar mi productividad me encontre con RescueTime, al principio solo tuve que ir clasificando mis actividades y los sitios que visitaba, y cuando mi el primer reporte mensual me encanto descrubir como usaba mi tiempo, por eso para mi lo más valioso de RescueTime son su reportes.

What do you dislike about the product?
La interfaz tiene algunos aspectos de mejora y además seria genia disponer de varios idiomás ya que la herramienta solo se encuentra en ingles, y aunque no es mi caso muchos usuarios hecharan de menos disponer del idioma Español

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Llevar un control de tiempo de las actvidades, aplicaciones y sitios web que usando tanto en una computadora como en otros dispositivos moviles, con lo cual se puede hacer seguimiento del tiempo usado.

JC M.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I've been using Rescuetime for ten years now, and it has been an essential tool for tracking my productivity. The software itself doesn't really ask much from the user (save for the occasional maintenance of "uncategorized" apps and websites - especially if you're in the technology field). Otherwise, the reports have been satisfactory.

What do you dislike about the product?
There haven't been much substantial product updates in the past few years, maybe by design. But I'd love to see more reports and faster loading times for longer time horizons.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have to track how much time I spend at work and the apps that I use. This data has been instrumental in justifying past and upcoming SaaS investments for us. Productivity tracking is also a given and setting limits around distracting activity has been helpful.

Tom V.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I have been using rescue time for more than six years, and it is a good companion for me to keep track of me. It has iPhone and Mac applications; installing them will give you an accurate picture of your time-spending habits. It tracks and categorises your browsing history and application usage time. You can observe your products and practices through the dashboard. It also has a focus session, which blocks distractive websites for some time. Zapier integrations with RescueTime can do a lot of things too.

What do you dislike about the product?
It collects all the data and sends storage to its server. I often worry about the data privacy issues with this software, Have to evaluate the tradeoff.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps you track and monitor how you spent time on laptop and mobile phones

Verified User in Accounting
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Its the best app which helps me to set goals and also in time tracking. It has the feature of automatic time tracking which helps us to understand the hours we worked.

What do you dislike about the product?
I didnt have much to share about the dislike, as it has been a great platform where i can have an amazing summary of time and work on weekly basis which ensures i have a great work life balance.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This app makes sure to give accurate summary of the work and time we involved which makes us to be aware of the work and time we incur for each work and also helps us to grow.

Suraj N.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
Time tracker with specific data on the usage of where time went. This helps in staying productive and goal bound. It initially helped in correcting by identifying.

What do you dislike about the product?
It used to run out of self ruining menu and had to be initiated. Sometimes the data would show no data recorded then you need to check as to what went wrong to fix this.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rescuetime is more of time management tool. It shows passively where you are losing time. Like browsing web passively. This can then be used to take corrective actions in improving time quality.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
It gives us the exact data of time where is it all spend and was is on work , entertainment or Social.

What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface when i used at the time was old school and was not that good, but I believe they have updated the app and improved the ui.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The feature which gave me the time spend on all the app and respective sector of the app. on each of our organization system.

Keri F.
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
I liked how it tracks what apps or websites you are on. Even Emails Help's you to keep focused

What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it will log you off the site and there is no work recorded

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rescue Time helped our team keep on task. It showed them if they were focusing on emails to long.

Verified User in Education Management
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
Easy time-tracking Nice reporting Available across devices

What do you dislike about the product?
Takes a bit of a learning curve A bit pricey compared to other Time-tracking offline could be a hassle

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Simple, light-weight time tracking across devices

Xavier C.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
It's so easy, you don't have to do anything. Just work and it will track your activity. It is 0 annoying, as they only notify you of really relevant events.

What do you dislike about the product?
The dashboard could be updated, but other than that, I love it,

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Productivity: You can't improve what you don't rrack, and that's what Rescume time does

Sam K.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
By far, the best part of RescueTime is how streamlined and easy it is to use. Painless. Install it, install the browser extensions, then it runs quietly in the background, tracking and capturing data.

What do you dislike about the product?
Not so much dislike as room for improvement: If RescueTime added in geolocation and/or device tracking, that would provide for more insights into productivity choices.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do think through your goals for using RescueTime and do check in periodically; a measurement tool is only as good as the user checking it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used RescueTime for several years now for a couple of purposes: First, simply tracking working/productive hours. It is easier for me to look retrospectively using RescueTime's reports to figure out my hours then to try to keep up with it in real-time. Secondly, I use RescueTime to get insights into actual productivity during time blocked work sessions. This is very helpful for helping me improve my focus and performance.

Elizabeth S.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
My favorite thing is that it has a very useful browser widget. I can't afford to have a million apps open that I don't need, because I already have a lot that I do, so the fact that I can easily access information, set alerts/timers, reports, etc all from the widget is super helpful.

What do you dislike about the product?
I do wish it had some sort of ability to better determine whether work you are doing in certain places is productive time or unproductive time, i.e. if you could designate certain words in email for example to indicate unproductive time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime helped me to realized things like what time of day I am most productive, what programs steal more of my time than I realize, and generally how to better understand when and how to achieve more productive time while carving out more free time.

Lauren T.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I liked that I learned a lot about where my time goes. I can often get distracted when I'm researching something, and end up on a totally unrelated task. FocusTime definitely made me more aware of when I started wandering.

What do you dislike about the product?
It could have connected to more apps that I use, like email clients, or messaging software, in order to help analyze which ones were important and which ones were just in need of a rescue.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
RescueTime definitely was a learning experience. I learned a lot about myself and that I waste a ton of time when I think that I'm being productive. It was a very eye-opening experience, but it made me more productive as a whole.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime definitely made me much more aware of when I was getting distracted and calling it "working." It enabled me to become more productive by pointing out the occasions when I was just wasting time.

Liz F.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
It tracks all my computer usage in work hours not just internet history. You can specific apps/sites that relate to focus work, other work and personal

What do you dislike about the product?
The online interface isn't that inituative and there are definitely some reports I'd like that don't exist

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Really helps you to understand exactly what you're doing at your computer each day.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm not great at estimating/tracking client work so the focus work time gives me a sense check on my estimates. I can also use the time I spent on each app/site to further improve my billing

Kaley W.
Star Rating: 1

What do you like best about the product?
It tracks active time, not just time that the computer is open to work stuff.

What do you dislike about the product?
There is no free plan. (The two-week free trial doesn't count.)

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As an exempt employee, RescueTime helps me work exactly eight hours a day, excluding breaks.

Zahabiya K.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
It precisely shows your productivity in each area, be it development, entertainment, or any other task. Just start your timer when you are on to work and end it when its over. It will show the exact amount of timw you spent on each and every task and based on that, it evaluates your average productivity rate.

What do you dislike about the product?
The only flaw is that, some work require you to shift on to an ecommerce site or spend time on entertainment sites. This lowers down the overall productivitu rate which should not happen.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rescue Time solves most of employees' performance evaluation problems and let them grow and balance their work life.

Karthik R.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Absolutely easy to automate tracking 100%. Just configure it once and forget about it. RescueTime can track the titles of the documents in every app (if you choose to enable it) -- so much so, that you can ignore a particular Twitter page, but mark another as productive, and another as distracting. I went Pro several years ago, and continue to use it every day. Gives me the surest way to benchmark my productivity. Automatic triggers can help you save time from distractions (e.g. shut down social media for an hour, after spending more than 10 mins). Daily goals are also nice (Get x hours of writing done, not more than y hours on emails, etc.). RescueTime has way more features, and use cases than I describe here. So do check it out!

What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, the customisation of categories can be a little restrictive, but there are some tricks to make it work. Deleting time is faster on some pages than others --- a minor quip. Some apps don't play well with RescueTime -- while it's not RT's fault, it's an issue. For instance, I used to be able to log my phone calls before, and separate out work-related and personal calls. Now, I can't do it, thanks to an Android security feature.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime helps you _exactly_ pinpoint where your time goes! How much time is spent on news, social media, email, serious work, meetings, etc. etc. I use it personally, but I can imagine using it in a team might be fantastic. I haven't explored the features, but I imagine it can be very helpful for managers, even if there is a simplified report of employee productivity (but I imagine employees may not opt in).

Verified User in Human Resources
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
usability and ease of navigating for users on both ends

What do you dislike about the product?
regular updates to ux/ui would be more helpful

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
good for remote workers tracking time AND is quick to set up and start

Marcus Eduardo d.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
It is simple and straightforward: install it, and start to work. Let it track your activities, and then go to the dashboard and categorize them as you see it, from very productive to very unproductive. It sets some challenges to keep you on track with you time. There is the possibility to set focus time to better productivity, and you can define when will it track your activity on screen, be it on desktop or mobile, and more recently, even space to include your offline activities, when you are away from screen. There is an intersting integration with Google Calendar.

What do you dislike about the product?
Something that I didn't like was the exportation feature: there are not too many options, and the report comes lacking parts of the information.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tracking activities. It helps to see what software do you really need to purchase, based on the time you use them. Enables you to see how long you are spending on social media, for example, and based on gamification, set goals for better use of your time.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Star Rating: 3

What do you like best about the product?
Rescuetime is a simple to use tool. Does not have a lot of features compared to other applications in the space but more isn't always better.

What do you dislike about the product?
When I first started managing teams online Rescuetime was a solution that just worked. As customers required more accountability, rescuetime did not include those security features. Specifically desktop snapshots.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
This is a simple time tracking tool that helps with managing remote staff. A nice feature is the ability to associate hours with a specific project. You may or may not need a desktop tracking system to ensure the quality of work. It was helpful to have an HR experienced person maintain the application.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rescuetime is a simple timetracker for a new contractor to start using. The time spent having to onboard was minimal.

Joseph M.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime is great for time tracking and noticing your productivity issues and how to change them. I like that it doesn't disturb me while working and it just tracks time quietly. It comes with personalization features so you can get the most out of it and I'm able to change them whenever my schedule does. The alarms work well too and it keeps me motivated to finish longer tasks.

What do you dislike about the product?
The interface feels too old and outdated for me. But the features do an amazing job, so I'm not complaining.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're one of the many people struggling with tasks deadlines, productivity and responsibility, I recommend trying RescueTime - it will keep you on your toes.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I think that RescueTime has helped me to be more focused on my work instead of social media (the thought of it recording your time is, well, kind of intimidating). The weekly reports have definitely helped me achieve my goals as I can plan what I'll do the following week to increase my productivity and meet every deadline.

Devrim K.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Multi-platform tracking option for all platforms

What do you dislike about the product?
Due to lack of artificial intelligence benchmark has limited

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time and energy expenditure with detailed analysis of digital consumption

Peter D.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Rescue Time offers forever FREE TRIAL plan which allows you to use the software for free on both Desktop and Mobile devices. I like it that I can track both my activities on phone an on PC at the same time which has afforded me the opportunity to measure and manage how and what I spent my time on.

What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there can be some improvement on the mobile app to prevent it from crashing/closing itself when not in use. I would like it to be running always

Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a simple utility tool to better measure and manage the efficient usage of your time, ResucueTime is a great tool for you to check out

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There is a popular saying that "What you don't measure, you can't improve", RescueTime is a great utility tool which has helped me in measuring and managing my time, which has led to the effective usage of my time. With RescueTime, I know which activity is taking most of my time

Ian W.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime helps me critique my own time management skills and get deep insights into your habits and how they all combine to affect how productive your time is.

What do you dislike about the product?
Not anything to dislike- its not intrusive, and it gives you all the data you could possibly want, and much more.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime helps keep me on my toes with time tracking and productivity. You don't have to obsess over it to get useful data that helps to curb some of those habits (especially social media) that are eating up your hours.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I like how you can customize the software to align with your own definition of what is productive or not productive. There are some defaults that are helpful but for example, if you work on social media, you can refactor the categorization of it to be 'productive' time spent. I also love how it is very hands-off in that once it is set up it tracks all your time so you don't need to manually log anything. The insights are very helpful and often surprising.

What do you dislike about the product?
Of course, there are some limitations - the software doesn't know if you are inactive as far as I know so there may be some inaccuracies in the final result.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Trying to see if the majority of my time online is being spent in a productive way and seeing what other restrictions I can put in place to help me work smarter. The data is very helpful to get a real sense of that.

Matt L.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime is a very comprehensive software if you'd like to be mindful about how you spend your working time. Though the free version is adequate, the paid version allows you to log offline time (e.g. meetings.) in which you were working but not actually spending time at your computer. The Productivity Score is also useful- and very easy to navigate.

What do you dislike about the product?
By no means a deal breaker, but RescueTime's ability to track Phone usage on Iphone isn't complete- so you're mostly limited to computer use.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having used RescueTime for 4+ years, it has made me quite mindful about how I spend my time. I've been able to identify patterns in my own workday when I'm super productive or very unproductive (blue and red scores respectively) that make it easy to diagnose my bad habits and improve my good ones.

Dante P.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Great personal analytics service that shows me how I spend my time and helps me be more productive.

What do you dislike about the product?
Constant updates need to be done and sometimes the app does not record time as desired.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Helpful app for time management and tracking of activities. Both personal and for team members.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Personal productivity tracking. Time spending and helps with timesheets.

Pattar and Co. C.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
It is a trusty, quiet app that never fails to work. A lot of new features and APIs are being introduced, allowing for BIG extensibility of your data!

What do you dislike about the product?
Logging time outside of RescueTime can be a little annoying, but that's really no fault of the app itself!

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do not fall prey to deleting all of the unproductive time. Try to go with the ratings and categories that they provide, rather than customizing everything to the micro detail.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The 8 hours throughout the normal business day are absolutely vital for me. I want to make sure that I am spending time doing things which are either increasing knowledge, realizing revenue, and being productive. Because Lord knows there far too many distractions in today's tech-obsessed culture.

Yaniv G.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime allows me to get an in-depth report on the amount and time of use of the various sites and software installed on my computer automatically. The software gives the motivation to work on software / productive sites and less on software/sites that waste time. The report allows me to give more accurate working time to my clients.

What do you dislike about the product?
Some area of the report is locked in the free version, there is no plugin that allows you to actively lower your stay time on the various sites.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't waste your time, install RescueTime!

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Despite the drawbacks, the motivation that comes with it does help me reduce the time I spend on unproductive sites and wasteful software.

Nicolet G.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
Since I started using RescueTime I became more productive only because it provides an excellent overview of how I spend my time online on my computer and offline work. I am much more conscious about my social media behavior, I must have cut my time spent on Facebook and Instagram at least by 75% resulting in more productive and focussed time during working hours.

What do you dislike about the product?
The interface is a bit outdated, but it works, and that's the most important thing. And it would be great if RescueTime would integrate with software like Toggle of Harvest to track time spent on client work.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you don't have a clue on how much time you spend on both productive and distractive things during working hours, RescueTime gives insight you need. Even the free tier is sufficient to provide you with insights enough to become more conscious and in the end, more productive.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime helps me concentrate by cutting off distractive websites and apps after a set amount of time and, it gives me insight into how I spend my hours.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
The best feature of this app is that it sends you a weekly summary report each Sunday so you can know what adjustments (if any) need to be made for the following week.

What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have anything negative to say about them. I've been using them for years and never had any problems.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you feel like you're not being productive at work or want to maximize the time you spend on your computer RescueTime is for you.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime allows me to make more of my time. Also, being able to set goals for multiple things is very beneficial. So, as how much time you want to spend on distractions and how much time you want to spend on the business.

Verified User in Construction
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
The integrations were amazing. I particularly benefitted from automatically logging my git commits (Github integration) and my emails (Gmail integration).

What do you dislike about the product?
The Bitbucket / MS Outlook integrations are lacking. I loved auto logging emails sent, meetings, and commits made with other services (Github / Gmail).

Recommendations to others considering the product:
This was a lifeline as a freelancer / remote worker. At the end of the day, I had a quick outline of all my work for the day which could be quickly shared with my clients / employers.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used this program to create detailed logs of my daily work activities. It is significantly easier to consult my activity and integrated logs for client billing versus timers mixed with manual logging.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Star Rating: 3

What do you like best about the product?
I like the concise data reporting and presentation.

What do you dislike about the product?
The software should be more customisable and offer more features ie more specific/enhanced website/software time breakdowns.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you configure things properly from the start; you'll have more robust data and the software will work better if you ensure things are optimally configured.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The software keeps me accountable to myself and others when working on projects which are difficult to log time for.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
The time tracking is very good, tracks everything: laptop, mobile, web and apps. The categories and the productivity grades are fantastic.

What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes under Linux OS, it gets stuck, so it needs to be restarted. Other than that, There is literally nothing I dislike in this tool, it has everything I need, even the smallest features, and all that for free.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it, I can bet you'll like it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm becoming more productive cause it reminds me not to waste time. My time management has also improved. Also I can understand precisely how I'm spending my time, so I can cut down somewhere in order to improve something else.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
There are lots and lots of different reports, and a number of ways to customize and parse and filter all of the data to find the statistics you're looking for. You can customize the categories and productivity level of any activity. You can also create your own categories, and enter your own activities (manually or with the API). The information is very accurate, and it is also possible to obtain the file names of the files you've been working on (in Word or Excel, for example).

What do you dislike about the product?
There is an Android app to track your productivity on your mobile devices, but none for iOS. This is a restriction on Apple's side, and it would be really nice to see an integration of Apple's Screen Time data in RescueTime in the future. Simply be aware that this is currently a limitation.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Even if RescueTime costs me some money, it allows me to bill time to my clients that I would have forgotten or underestimated if I didn't use it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows me to stay productive during the day, and prevents me from wasting too much time on issues and move on to other things to clear my head. It's also very useful to know how much time you spent on various tasks in order to do your timesheets and bill your clients accordingly! Turning work into a game allows me to do more in less time, and not staying up late at work!

Verified User in Legal Services
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime lets me know where my time is going, especially on days where it feels like it has flown by. It helps me pay attention to where I can make the most out of my day.

What do you dislike about the product?
I don't really dislike anything, per se, but I would appreciate if more common websites were recognized as productive, when they are business-related (e.g. the Secretary of State) or etc.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've realized how much time I was spending on distracting social media sites while at work, and RescueTime has really taught me how to better manage the time that I do have during the day, to make the most of it. I take less work home because of this.

Verified User in Gambling & Casinos
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Everything. It tracks all PC and phone usage, it separates into productivity levels and categories. It is really good to see if you are wasting too much time and it gives you the push you need to get better.

What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes under Ubuntu, it gets stuck, so you need to restart it. But it doesn't happen very often.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've become more productive bu procrastinating less. I better understand how I spend my time.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I love the dashboard and the ability to label sites as productive and non-productive. You can really monitor and measure everything you're doing.

What do you dislike about the product?
That I can't plant trees in this app, that would be really motivating.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time management mainly, and being able to show your focus daily to management.

Stephen S.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
I love the detailed reporting that RescueTime offers with regard to my computer and non-computer activities. It tracks everything I do from emails, to websites, to even what I do on my Android phone with the RescueTime Android app. It's very affordable for all the great features that you get. It helps you understand where your time goes and where you can make improvements.

What do you dislike about the product?
I really do not dislike anything about RescueTime. It's great!

Recommendations to others considering the product:
RescueTime has you covered for tracking your time on everything - computer to phone to non-electronic activities.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime helps me be more efficient in my business affairs.

Grace M.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I have been using Rescue Time for a couple of years. I like how the icon itself is discreet, but it keeps me honest about how I am using my time. It does a pretty good job organizing the types of sites and apps I visit, and it's easy to recategorize when something on my weekly report looks wrong.

What do you dislike about the product?
The only real issue I have with Rescue Time is that it occasionally mis-characterizes sites I visit in a strange way. The longer I use it, though, the less frequently that seems to happen.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
I have recommended Rescue Time to several friends and colleagues. Of the time tracking tools I've used, it has been the easiest and most stable. I'd give it a try.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Rescue Time to keep myself on task and keep track of how i am spending my work hours. It's a productivity tool.

Verified User in Higher Education
Star Rating: 3

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime worked in the background and was able to quantify my time using different computer software.

What do you dislike about the product?
There were a lot of emails sent by the company that filled up my mailbox.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
I think the program could be less clunky and they could send fewer emails. I think more pop-ups or progress bars like the Timebar app or some pomodoro-style collaborations would be good.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Better accountability of work time spent.

Agnė .
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
I like this tool because it helps me count where I am spending my time while working. I like summarized weekly emails.

What do you dislike about the product?
I think that sometimes desktop app isn't working properly.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping to manage my time and helps with my goal to be more productive every week.

Anne A.
Star Rating: 2.5

What do you like best about the product?
Rescue Time works on a variety of devices from phones/tablets to computers. It has easy to install add-ons for Browsers as well. All of those things make it easy and efficient to track how you spend your time.

What do you dislike about the product?
I found that the tracking was not always reliable, and given that I am relying on RescueTime to track my usage, this is a major drawback. For example, it only recorded me as using Powerpoint for 40 minutes when I was giving a 3-hour presentation. This may be because I wasn't actively modifying the presentation or perhaps because my presentation was on more than one screen, but it made me doubt how accurate Rescuetime is.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try RescueTime out for a few weeks while also tracking your time more generally. Verify that it is accurately measuring your time and determine how best you plan to use its Metrics. While the metrics are detailed and valuable, some companies may try to use it to micromanage employees. That could lead to low morale or workarounds.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many jobs today require rapid multi-tasking and it can be difficult to understand how we spend our time. By tracking the amount of time we spend on email, various websites, etc., RescueTime makes it possible to figure out how to become MORE efficient. It is MOST useful for entrepreneurs or individuals working independently to track the amount of time they spend on productive vs. non productive websites and programs.

Ben M.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
Discrete tool that runs on your machine, monitoring your production during working hours. Set your productive tasks and goals and see how you do in meeting your targets.

What do you dislike about the product?
Design of the website is a bit dated. Mac program could should daily stats from the menubar.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great tool to use for self motivation and focus for productivity.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Self motivation and monitoring of work productivity.

Verified User in Higher Education
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
Rescuetime runs in the background with minimal unnecessary interactions. It keeps track of what windows I'm working in, including what sites I visit. It gives me feedback whenever I want it to keep track of my productivity or to identify where I'm wasting time. It's customizable in terms of categories and how things are assigned to categories--e.g., for me, a certain program that would normally be considered a distraction is classified as physical exercise because I only use it while riding my bike.

What do you dislike about the product?
It's minimally useful for keeping track of things offline / off computer. You can enter offline time manually, but there's no seamless integration.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the free version to see how well it measures your on-computer time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows me to identify what I spend my time on; helps with efficiency. I used it while writing my dissertation to help me keep on track and ensure that I spent at least 6 hours per day in the writing/research category.

Katherine F.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I would not have finished my dissertation without RescueTime. Everything about it is essential. It automatically tracks my on-computer time, gives me the option of tracking off-computer time, and sends me stats each week. With the paid version you also have the ability to block applications/ websites that drain your productivity.

What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much that I dislike about RescueTime. Maybe that it's possible to get bogged down in settings on the dashboard... or that I had a hard time coming up with meaningful categories for my offline time. The one tricky thing is that some of my research (my work) is based on social media, and RescueTime automatically blocks that, but that was easy to change as I needed (most of the time I left it though, because social media is a total drain).

Recommendations to others considering the product:
RescueTime works best for people who do most of their work on the computer, and less so for those who work primarily face-to-face. I'd also recommend it most for self-directed workers, whether you work from home or in an office. I found the offline categories to be the least useful aspect of the software, unless you have very structured offline time (perhaps again, in an office or other face-to-face setting).

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used RescueTime to track my productivity while working from home on a PhD dissertation. It was the only way I kept myself on track while working independently. I think it is essential for anyone with a flexible, self-directed schedule... grad students, academics, freelancers, self-employed, creatives, etc. It's particularly useful for people who spend a lot of time on their computer, less-so for people who do mostly offline work.

Verified User in E-Learning
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Great way to keep yourself honest! I try to clock 20 hours on the weekend doing my own projects and this helps me do it

What do you dislike about the product?
Needs smarter activity detection. Sometimes I'll be using a program and RT won't detect it as 'productive' time

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am teaching myself software development, this requires many hours on nights and weekends when it's easy to get distracted. Rescue time automatically listens to what websites and programs I am using and then breaks that down for me on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. This is a huge advantage for me because it makes me actually WANT to work, because I can see the hours I've worked and brag about it to myself, also it's good to realize you've been spending 3 hours every Saturday on Facebook

Amy H.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
The fact it's free to use and the intelligence of the Chrome extension to recognise the type of application or website you're using, meaning less time is spent altering. It also recognises when you're using non-web based apps too such as Word/Excel which is very useful.

What do you dislike about the product?
It would be nice to be able to be set time limits for individual websites without having to go pro.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Increased productivity by being made aware of where my distractions are and have learned to structure my time in a more economical way.

Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
On the paid version I can see right down to which part of each website I'm using. I can categorise different websites - as time wasters, productive or neutral.

What do you dislike about the product?
It's difficult to use the basic reports when some websites can be both time wasters as well as productive business time (Facebook for example).

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being conscious and accountable for where I spend my time.

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Helps you keep track of how you spend your time online so if bad habits develop you can be aware of it. Also useful for tax purposes

What do you dislike about the product?
Runs in the background, can slow down computer function, and sometimes not enough information about which sites I'm using. Would be great to differentiate between browser tabs -- for example the Chrome tab where I'm signed in for work email vs chrome tab for personal email

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Spend some time.setting it up to get the best results

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting distracted on non vital projects or websites. Easier to estimate taxes, how much time spent on work on a personal computer

Brooke W.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I love that I can see where my time goes with this app. It is invaluable information, and helps me to better understand where I need to cut back my time on and where I am spending my time the least.

What do you dislike about the product?
The interface of the app for the lite version is very minimalist, which is okay if you want to take the minimalist approach. However, I would love to see my dashboard with where my time goes inside of the app itself.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is often difficult to know where my time goes as a writer/blogger. This app has helped me to realize where my time goes so that I can focus on cutting out time wasters.

Verified User in Higher Education
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
Produces good reports that show what software programs and websites take up my screen time throughout the week.

What do you dislike about the product?
Initial set-up of catagorizing takes some time but can be done on the fly and the time pays off later in the accuracy of the reports.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take some time occasionally to update your settings, categorizing your websites and software programs so that RescueTime can accurately identify your work patterns.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Accountability of time spent at work: "productive" vs "non-productive" time and confronting good vs best use of time in using my time efficiently.

Jennifer M.
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I like that Rescue Time tracks my computer usage throughout my work day. It tells me how long I spent on various websites, how long I spent typing in my Word files, how much time I waste on social media, etc. I also really like that they calculate your productivity score and display your stats in easy-to-read graphs.

What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of websites are automatically classified as "uncategorized" and need to be manually changed to productive or very productive. When a lot of sites are uncategorized, I don't always bother fixing them because it takes too much time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've been much more productive since I started using Rescue Time. Before tracking my computer activity, I didn't realize how much time I was wasting throughout the day.

Verified User in Computer Software
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I like that it sums up my laptop usage on a daily and weekly basis. The email summaries are great.

What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike how it categorizes some websites. For example, I often use LinkedIn for productive means but it classifies LinkedIn under Social Media (unproductive).

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Utilize the "GetFocused" feature.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am increasing my productivity at work.

Brandon Z.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
RescueTime does an excellent job of keeping track of all your activities computer/web/phone activity thus giving you insight into how productive you've been. Probably my favorite feature is the weekly email showing me how many hours I worked, and how many of those hours were productive. There are reasons why these numbers aren't completely reliable, but they provide a lot of insight.

What do you dislike about the product?
This criticism isn't unique to RescueTime, but: Lots of times I'm working on a project and end up visiting many sites I've never been to before. Typically this is all counted as neither "distraction" nor "productive". Having a huge part of my week categorized as "neutral" isn't insightful. This doesn't always happen, but when it does there's really not an easy fix.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
I'd highly recommend tracking as much as you can, i.e.: Get the computer app, the browser extension, and the phone app. Completely immerse yourself tracking your time. It's not going to be a hassle once everything's setup, and you'll find out a lot about how you're using your time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Staying focused and managing my time. When you're aware of how much time you spend going various distracting things (netflix, amazon, mobile game) it's makes you reconsider how you should spend your time in the coming week.

Kyle W.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
I love how comprehensive RescueTime is. It tracks my time in all the programs, not just browser software, but it has a nice browser extension for chrome that provides all kinds of stats and lets me really understand where my time is going with great visuals.

What do you dislike about the product?
How often it pushes updates. I just don't feel great about software that is constantly downloading a new version of itself to work. Outside of that, I don't think it's got many pitfalls. Sometimes it misclassifies things, for instance - I spend a lot of time on UPS sites as part of my job, but it was marking these as 'online shopping' - a "slightly distracting" category of pages, so until I discovered that, it skewed my actual results some. Correcting that type of thing is really simple though.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
DO IT! This is excellent software. It changes the way you think about your time online.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used to be less efficient with my time, but RescueTime helps me understand it better which leads me to manage it better. It also shows where I can make improvements to streamline the processes I'm involved with. If something is requiring more time than I expected, maybe it's worth looking to replace or work around so that I can use my time more effectively. There are days where I slack off still, but understanding more about my workload and workflow has really helped me develop professionally.

Jackie S.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
It's great to see the actual numbers. There's a clear increase in productivity.

What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the category is off. You can categorize but that takes more time. Also, anytime I spend Marketing on Facebook is automatically deemed unproductive.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wrong or no categories.

Verified User in Publishing
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
The ability to see where my time is being spent.

What do you dislike about the product?
Does not alert me when I am for some reason not tracking time, due to updates, etc.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely, use it. Don't just let it track time, look at your Dashboard and make decisions on how you spend your time based on the data. I was able to see I was spending way too much time on little things, rather than focusing my effort on the big projects.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving my problem of spending too much time on small stuff. I have been able to shift my time into the projects that are more important overall.

Verified User in Higher Education
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
We started using RescueTime to help us understand how much time we were spending on certain tasks using different applications. We liked how automatic it was to track your time spent and the ease of using reports by user.

What do you dislike about the product?
For our purposes, it would have been great to combine our individual reports into a team report, although that may be a feature of a premium product.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
To really get the most out of this product, I think you have to determine which sites/activities you really want to track and how. After we started our initial trial, we had to go back to calibrate our team so that the results were uniform against the data we were trying to collect.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were using RescueTime to see how much time we were spending on certain tasks throughout the day. We were able to justify having more support resources on our team to handle more the of rote applications, freeing us up to do more consultative work.

Christian R.
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
It gives me situational awareness and makes me want to keep focused on what's important and avoid the distractions. The reports and ability to determine what's important and to what degree they're important is super helpful and I can always change as the situation warrants.

What do you dislike about the product?
The UI takes some getting used to, or rather the onboarding could be a little better. It took me a while to figure it out but I'm pretty happy with it once I did.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try and be patient with it. Habits are hard to break so don't let the "bad news" from Rescue time throw you off. As your habits improve you'll be much happier for it!

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's way too easy to get distracted nowadays so RescueTime is helping me to stay on track.

Jakub C.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
The best thing here is that you can't cheat it. This program says truth and only truth about what I am doing in front of my computer and it was surprisingly powerful experience as finally I was able to see in real numbers how much time am I wasting using social media or other things during the time I should work. It was much easier to get more productive simply by setting up a goal to have productivity pulse over 75% every week. It's a great motivator.

What do you dislike about the product?
I don't really like design and interface - colors seems to be a bit muddy and not visually attractive. It's not a big deal though as this program is suppose to work in background and you see it's interface for short time only. Interface is also not fully functional, it's hard to easly skip between categories while checking detailed time spent on them. I also think that this program might not be that useful for people who for example do blogging, simply because Rescue Time has it's own system of qualifying sites as distracting or productive. If your job is about reading and writing blogs or something like that it would mean that you have to edit distraction level for each site to see real producitvity pulse. I'm using free version of this program though and I'm not sure if these problems exist in premium version.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend you to try this program if you have problem with your productivity. At first I didn't believe that simple time tracker would help me at all but it's a surprisingly great tool.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Suprisingly simple time tracker had a great influence on my productivity. It's one of few other tools I use to measure and organize my time.

Derek T.
Star Rating: 1.5

What do you like best about the product?
I liked that I could track what I was doing automatically using the app (on Mac). The reports on how effective I was being on a day to day basis was one of the things that stood out to me and I actually quite liked! It was incredible to me that an application like this could work in the background and would report to me unbiased. I cannot imagine if I had to report about this on my own. I would lie about time spent and it would not be an honest representation of where my hours were going.

What do you dislike about the product?
I found myself spending a lot of time reading through the analytics. This further left using up time during my day to self-analyze where I'd been spending my time via apps, social media, etcetera. I could have done this after-hours I realize, but when I'm done with work, I don't want to think about work any more! I found the timesheets a bit cumbersome and got fed up years ago. I'm sure it's better now though! I didn't really use this feature at all after the initial try.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend only checking your analytics on weekends once a week or perhaps bi-monthly. You can get lost in reading through your hours and waste valuable company time!

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used RescueTime when I was a freelance editor, motion graphics artist, office assistant, and administrative assistant. I was trying to solve the problem of time-lost due to in-efficiencies in my own work flow and work ethic. I was losing money due to distractions online and offline and I wanted to see where I was falling short. I realized that I was on social media a lot. Something that does not help me achieve the tasks at hand for my professional career.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
The clarity and depth of the data is really useful; it's easy to get all the information I need to form my own useful conclusions without it being too predigested and indecipherable.

What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, there isn't much I can think of. The interface on the part where one fixes categorization of URLs, that's sorta clunky on the chrome extension settings I guess.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
RescueTime is significantly altering how I use and manage time, including giving me valuable ways to adjust settings on other time management aids I use.

Nathan H.
Star Rating: 3

What do you like best about the product?
I can see how I'm dong week over week! It's a "set it and forget it" kind of program that still delivers useful insights via email so I can get an idea of what my real work habits are like.

What do you dislike about the product?
I do a lot of work on phone as well. I really wish I could get stats on my iphone usage and combine those with my regular computer usage to see a more accurate overall picture.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
The free product is great.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I want to make sure I am reaching my productivity goals and get a better sense of what I am accomplishing in a set amount of time.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I like how RescueTime works in the background without me having to think about it. It also sends me a weekly report of where my time went. When it needs updating I just press a button. It's completely automated.

What do you dislike about the product?
There really isn't anything I don't like. I use the free version. The paid version has more ability to look back in time, which is helpful.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out and see if it works for you then expand to the paid version.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it for personal use, but it could be used to track time worked on specific programs for business.

Verified User in Publishing
Star Rating: 4

What do you like best about the product?
I'm a paid subscriber to Rescue Time, because a paid subscription also unlocks "Get Focused", which allows you to block set distractions for a set period of time. This takes away that impulse to check email, social media, the internet when I'm supposed to be focusing on writing up strategy, doing scheduling or working on edits. Also, I appreciate seeing my weekly round-up of where I've spent my time and knowing I've actually been productive!

What do you dislike about the product?
I'm not a huge fan of the mobile version of Rescue Time, so that's probably my only one minor dislike.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do the trial for the paid version and give "Get Focused" a try. It will amaze you how automatic switching away from your work is and just how often you're being distracted by the internet and social media.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've increased my productivity and better been able to account for my time!

Verified User in Education Management
Star Rating: 2.5

What do you like best about the product?
I liked the way it was easy to set up and to use.

What do you dislike about the product?
Unfortunately, because my work with special needs advocacy and sharing information to various groups involves social media and internet research, my main work distractor is also the nature of social media and browsing educational websites. Keeping personal separate from work was my reason for choosing RescueTime, and I found that the software could not pick up on whether or not my time was really productive. If I took more time to tailor it more specifically, it may be designed to do that, I don't know.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solved problems were temporary and minimal, benefits were at least that I did receive a report now and then that said my time was a certain percentage productive. I don't feel I gave it enough of a chance to work, but I have since found that a simple app on my phone called MyWorkClock is actually more effective for me.

Verified User in Design
Star Rating: 1

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to read charts in updates delivered via email. Looks like the application has matured since I first started up with it. Understand I am not likely using most of it's benefits. Would like to update knowledge/learn more, but not much time to self-tutor.

What do you dislike about the product?
Not as intuitive to understand as I hoped it would be. Have not found a way to split categorization of some websites that can be both distracting and productive, depending on use.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Better for in-office computer than home/office scenario.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tracking hoe office time spent productively. Made me more aware of how I am spending time.

Verified User in Religious Institutions
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
I like that it compares this week to last and tells me what percentage of time I am spending on each website or platform.

What do you dislike about the product?
I would love to have an app for my iPhone that does this same thing with time spent on Apps. I would love a feature to lock out certain websites on the computer or apps on phone.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helping me to be more productive. I was unaware how much time I spent on FaceBook!

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Tracks your daily productivity and allows you to see how you actually spend your time

What do you dislike about the product?
There's no way to distinguish between mindless email and email that is actually productive

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Increased productivity is a benefit

Dan F.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
Over the years I've logged 7384 hours... this is truly an app that you "set and forget". It's always running, learning and looking at your habits. There are weekly emails that summarize how you've done that week and whether you've beaten or missed your goals. There's a "premium" version but I've never really felt the need to upgrade. The free version gives a load of great data for free, including a dashboard with charts and graphs.

What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally "work" things get misclassified as "distracting" and vice-versa, though over the years this has gotten much much better.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's a great little program and managers might be enticed to use it to "track" their team members. I strongly recommend against doing so!

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This app sits in your Windows task manager and watches you work, analyzing how much time you are "productive" and how much you are "distracted". At the end of the week you get a report that shows you how well you did, with the idea to improve personally. Unfortunately, cutting the amount of time you spend on Facebook requires more than just a program, it requires determination, of which I am sorely lacking. :(

Matej M.
Star Rating: 5

What do you like best about the product?
Improves my concentration and helps me to identify time wastes

What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to have more statistics and some exporting features

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
public procurement and electronic auctions software

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
Star Rating: 3.5

What do you like best about the product?
Rescue time helps keep me aware of how I'm using my internet time at work.

What do you dislike about the product?
It works just fine - it's the fact that it's an add-on that makes it more likely I use it only incrementally.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It keeps me focused - especially on the schedule "work days" where my office door is closed.

Wiljan S.
Star Rating: 4.5

What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it is, I had it installed in a few minutes and have it running ever since. Occasionally I check how my productivity is going on certain days. I started using it when I noticed my productivity being quite low, during the day I procrastinated a lot by going to things like news sites.

What do you dislike about the product?
It's really easy to setup, but it is running in the background. That could be a plus, but I noticed that after a few weeks I stopped checking my productivity. That is just because I forgot it was running. One option could be to send notifications when my productivity is really low, or just a report. I also noticed that I never read the weekly email report, this is because of the time it's sent. This is during the work day, I have no time to read it, and forget about it.

Recommendations to others considering the product:
Certainly start using it, but keep in mind to check the data occasionally. Not only to check for your productivity but also to categorise some of the apps and sites being used. I noticed that some sites couldn't be properly categorised and being put under non-productive time when it was for work.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My personal productivity was very low in my opinion. I noticed that I was procrastinating. In the past I've used a lot of quantified self tools to track things like movement. So I searched for tools that work just like those tools but for work.