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Rescuetime has been used for 13+ years by 2million+ users. A built in application to the toolbar to monitor application uses. Assists in tracking productivity and focus on work-related tasks.

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reliable review 4.6/5

Very useful in accountability and time management
13 years old and will certainly be here for longer until we don't use laptops etc

$78 a year

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What Is RescueTime?

Web-based time management and analytics tool for workers who want to be more efficient and productive. Prevents distractions and possibilities of becoming scattered in your digital life. RescueTime helps you understand daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. It runs securely in the background on your computer while keeping track of time spent on applications and websites giving you a clear depiction of your day.

Who Uses RescueTime?

Companies of all sizes looking to increase their employee productivity and manage time well.

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"The only time management app that helps me take control of my time"

Comments: I've spent significantly less time on social media since I implemented RescueTime in my system and, I now have a very detailed insight on how much time I spend on productive time. RescueTime helps me focus. I cannot recommend RescueTime enough.​

Pros: Even though it is not a time tracker in the sense of providing info to clients, I've chosen RescueTime over all other time management software. Why? Because it helps me focus, and it gives me a clear insight into how I spend my time, both online and offline. The best part: I hardly need to fill in anything, the app provides all the details of sites and apps I use on my computer and, my phone. It takes some time, in the beginning, to set things up; you have to teach the app what you consider very productive, productive, neutral, distractive, or very distractive. But, then, it gives a clear overview of your productivity on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. As a pro-subscriber, I can also fill in time I did not spend on my computer. ​ Besides: In RescueTime,​ I can set focus time; After spending more than one hour on distracting time during work hours, ​the app blocks all websites and apps I consider distracting.

Cons: The only thing I am missing is the possibility​ to assign work to projects and, clients. It would make it perfect!

"Bottom-Up Objectivity Yields No-brainer Accountability"

Comments: About 4 years into my business I took on outside investors. Both as a good-faith external gesture as well as internally-focused improvement, undertook a whole series of policy and operational changes to increase transparency and allow people to hold themselves accountable. One small part of these efforts was rescuetime, which 10 years later is ironically is the only single-decision that was 100% correct then and now. We use their data as inputs to all sorts of other business processes, both weekly and for year-end reviews. I recommend it constantly, it truly is a no-brainer because as long as you can install software and spend more than a couple hours a day on computers/phones, you will get value out of it... not just immediately but over time.

No brainer- install it with no configuration, and you instantly get personalized and valuable weekly reports. Pros:
Works on windows/mac/linux/android/iphone so can be used by anyone in company or any external team.
Excellent user-interface, very easy to customize to each user's specific goals if they choose to do so.

The phone-based apps didn't seem to automatically categorize calls w/known contacts. Cons:
Sometimes if a given site hosted applications with two different goals/intentions/categories, this at minimum much trickier to track properly and

"No more asking where your spend your time"

Pros: I really like that I can see where I spend - or waste - most of my time.

Cons: I would really appreciate if it was translated in a few other languages, like French. It would make it easier for me to recommend it to my French speaking friends.

"Slightly underwhelming"

Comments: I am currently trying to use rescue time for personal time trend awareness, but it seems to be more work and time spent to set up and maintain for my purposes than it saves me. I think this tool would be better if individual activities could be labelled as productive or otherwise, without needing to create a new category to apply it differently from similar tasks that are on the opposite end of the productivity spectrum. For instance, facebook should generally be a distraction, but if you use LinkedIn or other professional social media on a regular basis, it shouldn't require you to create a special setup just to have that one app or website treated as productive time without labeling facebook as the same importance. Seems like an oversight to me, but perhaps I just needed to use the category system more readily.

Pros: This software does pick up a lot of useful data, and allows you to quickly see what things you do on the computer and how the trends flow during your day or week. There is a lot of good information, simple to install and use generally, and overall a decent experience.

Cons: I dislike the fact that you can't really customize things without lots of tedium in the categories and other areas. Also, the ability to change tracked sections of the day or week are somewhat limited; there are only one or two generic filters for declaring which days and hours to run the tracking. I have noticed that the categories are geared mostly toward organizations more than individuals. I have realized that if I customize categories to make a certain activity productive time instead of distracted time, it won't let me change just that one activity to be productive without bringing the entire category along with it.

"Productivity Tracker for Remote workers"

Comments: I use Rescue Time to stay productive and track my billable hours.

Pros: It is easy to use. It has productivity reports at the end of the day. It helps me stay on track with my tasks daily. And it is invaluable for tracking billable hours.

Cons: Interface looks dated and a bit clunky. But it is a great software for tracking my productivity.

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It 'gamifies' staying focussed with little rewards. The ability to do what it says it does depends on how well responsive someone is to these rewards, i.e. whether or not they care for planting these imaginary trees

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Created in 2016.
Advantages:
Collaborative
Great for large projects with many moving parts.
Disadvantages:
Pricey
Would take a long time to set up.

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Zotero helps to organise and structure references for research. It’s free and open source, meaning it’s more accessible to a wider audience. It says that it can collect, organise, cite and share research and references, as well as help collaborate with colleagues on work and sync up to other work.

Zotero has reviewed fairly positively, with sites like g2 and TrustRadius rating it as high as 4.5 stars each. It’s existed since 2006 and will most likely be useful going into the future.

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Time tracking software that tracks use of time across multiple platforms. Analyses your use of time and gives suggestions to be more efficient and improve workflow.

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Function: Allows user to take notes and add images. Can be used offline
Was created in 2004  (some users have used for 7+ years.)
How can this be used productively? Allows users to take notes anywhere quickly. Is useful due to its PDF annotation.
Costs approx. $90 a year.
Basic subscription 2 devices 60 mb of upload on the free monthly version.
No access to notes offline in free version
Paid subsciption allows user to: Premium Evernote

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'StayFocusd only works with the Google Chrome web browser. Sometimes I use a different web browser for troubleshooting. Or I might use a different web browser to intentionally bypass StayFocusd. I would prefer an app that did not require the discipline not to do this.'

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BAD REVIEW 'you can just change the system time and it will let you through; you can delete the root extension and voila, it is done; or of course, you can use another browser (Edge is pretty much un-disable-able in Windows 10) to get online.'

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Gives you points to keep you motivated when you complete a task

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Builds a series of visual cues to remind you to act on your schedule

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Blocks particular websites and applications to promote productivity by making you stay on task.

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Helps identify and build a schedule to keep track of everyday interactions