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I liked how it tracks what apps or websites you are on. Even Emails Help's you to keep focused Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it will log you off the site and there is no work recorded Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy time-tracking

Nice reporting

Available across devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Takes a bit of a learning curve

A bit pricey compared to other

Time-tracking offline could be a hassle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The dashboard could be updated, but other than that, I love it, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The online interface isn't that inituative and there are definitely some reports I'd like that don't exist Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It tracks active time, not just time that the computer is open to work stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no free plan. (The two-week free trial doesn't count.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.