RescueTime User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience21.4% of reviews
Neutral3.6% of reviews
Negative experience75.0% of reviews

~ Based on 28 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Is RescueTime Legit?

RescueTime appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for RescueTime is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Taking my focus to the next level

The thing that sold me is that it does the three things I actually wanted in one place. I can set goals, block the apps that pull me off track, and it stays lined up with what I'm really doing on my desktop instead of guessing. So for the first time I've got all my screen time covered,not just my phone, not just the browser, the whole picture.

Setting a goal and knowing the blocker will back me up means I don't have to rely on willpower. (Which is nonexistent 😂)

Been looking for something that ties all of this together for a while. This is the first one that does.
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Very helpful

Very helpful for tracking time - especially when used with the desktop app.

Not useful app

It’s not about rescue your time. It’s about wasting your time. Don’t do it, pls

無料プランが選べない。

iOSではいると無料プランが選べない仕様になっていて残念。無料で使えるようにして欲しい。

This app will not track your app usage on ios.

I have paid $78 hoping to get a comprehensive app usage on my ipad/iphone, BUT this app failed to do so. It only gives you a lumsum ios total usage time and the activity is “ ios device “ without even helping you sorting ipad and iphone usages.

Please bring back desktop stats to the mobile app

The previous version allowed you to see desktop and mobile stats from the mobile app but now it feels like two different products. I really liked being able to check my desktop stats from the mobile app but now it only shows my mobile stats for the day. Why can’t we see weekly productivity scores just like the desktop app?
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New version is great!

Since they updated with screen time API, this app has been stellar. I’ve really enjoyed all the recent RescueTime updates.

Worthless App

This app has been free for years, I have had it on my PC for a long time. They now want $15 a month for TIME TRACKING, just get a netflix subscription with the money, there are 1000 apps that do what this does for free.

Basic

I tried RescueTime with the two-week trial, but it didn’t live up to expectations. The app only tracks time in a basic, non-automated way, forcing you to manually tag and enter time. It doesn’t provide the detailed app usage breakdowns I need, like timestamps or time spent per app at different hours. I expected more, especially for a paid version. Not worth it.
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Free version does not work with iPad

The free version does not work with iPad and from what I heard the paid version does not either because the iPad does not allow app tracking. So, F this app.

Appalling UI/UX

This app has great potential, but expecting users to pay for this is a scandal.

Worst app ever!

I pay for the desktop version and just wanted a quick way to check in to see my dashboard. This app has no connectivity with the actual desktop version so it’s completely useless.

Nope..

Cost is ridiculous. The iOS screen time integration didn’t do anything so that never showed in reports. The app isn’t very intuitive or engaging. Web portal is pretty poor, not flexible or intuitive. I could be willing to try and make it work a bit more, but there is no way I’m paying that price.

Not useful

This app is poorly implemented and doesn’t really cooperate with the desktop version; think about it, without the desktop version, why do I want to use this app?

Come on Rescue time

You actually have a fantastic shot at making the company ultra relevant again with the ability to use app focus time and yet there's not even a way to control which apps are blocked with Screen Time, this is an extremely mediocre app

Have to enter “free trial” mode

Nobody does this. It’s too risky to give an app that idk if I even like my credit card info where if I forget about it it’s going to charge me $70. No wonder this app is failing, no one’s even gonna try it if you create these barriers to the consumer.

Poor design lacking features

why can't I record an off-line activity that's already completed? Instead all I can do is set up a focus time which I don't want to do. There is some sort of bug with the seconds setting for a focus time that keeps causing the counter to reset.

Works

Works well, helps me focus, worth price.

You cannot use this app without paying

After you sign up for an account all you can see are two options for payment. There is no free version, it’s a scam. Do not download this.

The app finally works on IOS properly

Apple added the permissions for reading and controlling screen time and now the app works on iPhones, hallelujah