RescueTime Alternatives and Similar Software

ActivityWatch

Log what you do on your computer. Simple (yet powerful), extensible, no third parties.

• There's automatic logging, just like in Recuetime. But unlike Rescuetime, your data is yours as the app is 100% open source, so IMO it is better suited for most corporate privacy policies and hence better for GDPR complience. Rescuetime is fine if you are a home user and don't care about privacy, but due to EU privacy law, it is not suited for the corporate environment in the EU. Guest • Aug 2018 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• The spirit and attempt is same - But ActivityWatch is more an alternative of ManicTime and not RescueTime. RescueTime uses crowd sourcing for tagging - and this is missing in ActivityWatch vikram_sjn • Mar 2019 Disagree   Agree
• Open source, really tracks lots of stuff, no hidden paid option once you're accustommed to it, huge efforts for making it work on Windows, Mac AND Linux, tracks stuff in web browser too Guest • Apr 2020 Disagree   Agree
• Automatic like RescueTime, but open source and extendable, with full and exclusive user control of data. Guest • Dec 2017 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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ManicTime

Track your computer usage and use collected data to accurately tag time. Auto tracking of computer usage (8 languages), during a day average user can switch back and forth between applications more than a 1000 times, which means ManicTime gathers a lot of data. Local storage, powerful statistics: see which applications you use the most or on which web sites you spend the most time.

• You have to host your own server in order to sync data across devices. Anon_J • Dec 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It works really well, and allows viewing the timeline in an interactive, visual way, and in even greater detail than RescueTime. waldir • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Project Hamster

Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.

• Project Hamster is for Linux. RescueTime is for PC and MAC CurrentWaretech • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 11 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Kimai

Kimai is a free open source timetracker. It tracks work time and prints out a summary of your activities on demand. Yearly, monthly, daily, by customer, by project, by action … It’s simplicity is its strength. Due to Kimai’s web browser based interface it runs cross-platform. Likewise you can install it as a web service or as a single-user program on your local workstation.

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ProcrastiTracker

ProcrastriTracker is a time tracking tool that automatically tracks what applications and documents you use, and allows you to view statistics on your usage in great detail. It is written to be small and non-intrusive. It is useful for: - Increasing your productivity: seeing long term stats on what really is costing you the most time can help shift priorities to work more optimally.

• This is the only listed alternative that has actually a full feature set Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree   Agree

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WakaTime

Analytics for programmers using open-source text editor plugins. The service itself is not open source, only the plugins.

• WakaTime only tracks your development time; RescueTime is about your whole time. Guest • Apr 2020 Disagree   Agree

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SaveMyTime

SaveMyTime logs online and offline activities. It takes advantage of nasty habit humans have – we unlock our phones about 120 times a day, every few minutes. SaveMyTime replaces standard lock screen and ask “What have you been doing since you last checked your phone?”, then it takes the input, analyzes and gives insights how you spend time.

• BrowseReporter is the best alternative to RescueTime Guest • Jun 2018 • 0 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Seemless time recording. Finally something that works. Excellent reporting. I get the insights I always wanted. muka • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Timing

Timing observes how you use your Mac and categorizes your activities. You see how you spent your time and how productive you were, and the timeline shows exactly when you worked. It even automatically recognizes blocks of time that belong together! Need to enter time manually? Timing supports that, too — with the added benefit of tracking when your productivity is highest. And if you need to bill clients or create timesheets, Timing lets you generate great reports.

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LeechBlock

LeechBlock is a simple free productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them. You can specify up to six sets of sites to block, with different times and days for each set. You can block sites within fixed time periods (e.g., between 9am and 5pm), after a time limit (e.g., 10 minutes in every hour), or with a combination of time periods and time limit (e.g.

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Harvest

Take the pulse of your business. Every business needs the ability to answer some essential questions: Where’s my time going? How much do my projects really cost? How much are they bringing in? Harvest harnesses the power of time tracking to make getting answers easier than ever. Track time and expenses. Time tracking can unlock key information about your business, but remembering to do it can be a challenge.

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