Timelines Time Tracking vs RescueTime

Timelines is an easy-to-use yet powerful time tracking app that helps you understand how you spend your day, improve your productivity, and build better habits. Track work, personal activities, health routines, and daily habits in one place, then visualize your time with an interactive timeline and charts to uncover patterns and make the most out of your time. I personally wasn't happy with the way I was spending my time, so I decided to build a tool to help myself and others figure out a way to become more efficient. Timelines has been enabling me and other users to understand where our time is actually going, helping us improve our routines, build better habits, increase productivity, and achieve more in our personal and professional lives. I sincerely believe it can do the same for you. – Lukas Petr, founder of Timelines Timelines has been featured by Apple (New Apps We Love, App of the Day), and reviewed on 9To5Mac, MacStories, Tech Crunch, The Verge, Wired, and more. ▶ WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? Timelines can help you track and understand how you spend time across all areas of your life: - Work tasks and projects - Personal activities and daily routines - Habits and self-improvement goals - Workouts, sleep, and health data - Study sessions and learning - Hobbies, side projects, and free time - Family and social activities - Anything you can imagine ▶ QUICK TIME TRACKING - track time spent on work, habits, health, or any activity you want - control tracking with just 1 tap - grid mode of timers - track from Home Screen with powerful widgets - see your current activity on Lock Screen as a Live Activity - easily edit and add past events ▶ POWERFUL VISUALIZATIONS - see how you spend your time on an interactive timeline - playful statistics mode with pie chart - see trends over time using bar chart - subcategories - breakdown of your events - quickly filter categories ▶ SYNC BETWEEN DEVICES - have an always up-to-date backup of your data with Timelines Cloud - sync between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, in real-time - sign in using your email address or your Apple ID ▶ TIME-BASED GOALS - define daily, weekly, and monthly time-based goals - see your progress and stay on track - periodic reports with rich notifications - get rewarded for reaching a goal with confetti ▶ AUTOMATIONS - build workflows with Siri Shortcuts - use Siri to start and stop timers - import workouts, sleep, and meditation from Apple Health ▶ AND MORE - detailed PDF and CSV exports - timely and customizable reminders - archive unused categories - lots of possible customizations ▶ APPLE WATCH APP - watch face complication for quick access - haptic feedback on start and stop of timers - set event names using dictation or choose from recent - adjust start and end times using the digital crown - see active timer’s duration and category on watch face - real-time sync with iPhone and iPad using Timelines Cloud - see list of past past entries and edit them easily - daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly statistics ▶ WHAT IS FREE? - track up to 3 categories - basic exporting - pie chart - see events on a timeline - events log - reminders ▶ TIMELINES PRO - sync between devices - unlimited categories - bar chart - goals - detailed exports - import from Apple Health - subcategories - support development Timelines has been in active development for over 9 years now. Lots of effort, attention and care went into every detail of the app. Start taking control of your time today. In just a few days, you'll begin to understand your habits, improve your productivity, and make better decisions about how you spend your time. I love working on Timelines, and a big part of my vision is to listen closely to users and incorporate their feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to me at lukas@timelines.app. – Lukas Petr, founder of Timelines * Privacy policy: https://timelines.app/privacy/ * Terms of Use: https://timelines.app/terms/

RescueTime helps you track time, block distractions, manage goals, and understand your full workday across phone and desktop. Together this gives you a clear view of your habits and the tools to improve them. Understand where your time goes, stay focused when it matters, and build better workdays without extra effort. One subscription works across all your devices, syncing your data to give you a complete picture of your time on mobile and desktop. **Created For iOS** RescueTime for iOS brings powerful, simple focus tools to your phone: • Automatic app tracking: see app activity with productivity ratings and daily and weekly summaries (optional Screen Time permission). • Focus Sessions with optional app blocking: stay on task with time-boxing, optionally grant permission to block distractions in real time. • Project tracking: log time to specific projects and track progress across sessions and timers. • Offline time: add meetings, calls, and other offline activities to complete your day. • Reporting: View and manage your time across all your devices in the app. • Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Russian. **Focus Sessions** Start a Focus Session when you need uninterrupted time to work. RescueTime blocks distractions, tracks your progress, and delivers a summary when you're done. Use timers for time boxing or to track open-ended tasks. Sessions and timers can be linked to projects, so your focused time always counts toward something meaningful. **Full Workday Perspective** Install RescueTime on your desktop to see the full picture. Your activity, focus sessions, and progress sync seamlessly across devices. Please note that RescueTime for desktop is only available in English. **Goals And Insights** Set daily goals for focused work, screen-free time, or better online habits. RescueTime tracks your progress automatically and shows how your behavior aligns with your goals. Weekly summaries highlight trends over time, so you can see what's working and what's not. **Permissions** Several optional features require elevated permissions. Reporting: tracking phone app activity requires Screen Time permission, and you can choose to use this feature or not. Focus Sessions: using the optional app blocking part of sessions requires Screen Time permission in order to offer real-time intervention. **Plans** Solo Focus includes automatic tracking with full history, Focus Sessions with real-time app blocking, offline activity logging, goals with daily targets, alerts and automations, advanced filtering, and integrations. Solo+ includes everything in Solo Focus, plus automated project and task tracking with RescueTime Timesheets. Link activities and timers to projects to automatically generate timesheets or track progress across work and personal goals. Free includes automatic basic tracking, daily and weekly reports, the Productivity Pulse, and two weeks of activity history. Offline time logging, project tracking, and distraction blocking require a subscription. **For Teams** RescueTime also offers team plans with shared projects, team dashboards, manager insights, and centralized settings. Team plans are only available at rescuetime.com. **Privacy** RescueTime does not record keystrokes, capture screenshots, or read message and website content. You control what is tracked, can pause tracking at any time, and can export or delete your data whenever you choose.