Comparison

Toggl Plan vs RescueTime

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Toggl Plan

Effortlessly plan, track, and deliver team projects on schedule. This intuitive tool simplifies project management, offering clear visibility into team workloads and task progress. Get started quickly and keep your team updated on all project developments.

Highlights
  • Team project planning
  • Time estimates for deadlines
  • Workload management
  • Task assignment
  • Progress tracking
  • Task status updates
  • Team notifications
Features
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Plan, track and deliver team projects on time with the Toggl Plan mobile and desktop apps. Excel is clunky and most project software is so complex, it takes weeks of training to get started. Plus, keeping your team updated on changing plans and tasks is a hassle. With Toggl Plan, you can get started in minutes. And it takes even less time to keep your team up to date on tasks and project delivery. Use Toggl Plan's time estimates to set realistic project deadlines. See your team's workloads and assign tasks without over or underworking team members. Track project progress through task status updates and notifications. Most importantly, bring clarity to your team's work.

About

RescueTime

Understand and manage your time automatically. This app helps you block distractions, track activities on your mobile and desktop, and set productivity goals. Gain insights into your workday and improve focus.

Highlights
  • Automatic time tracking
  • Distraction blocking (Focus Sessions)
  • Activity categorization
  • Task timers
  • Offline activity logging
  • Home screen widgets
  • Productivity goals and alerts
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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.

Screenshots

Toggl Plan4 screens
RescueTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RescueTime at 4.3 against Toggl Plan's 1.9. Toggl Plan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (36 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RescueTime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. Toggl Plan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RescueTime holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toggl Plan has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Toggl Plan's written reviews are positive against 21% of RescueTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toggl Plan ships an update every 3 weeks, RescueTime monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Toggl Plan versus RescueTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToggl PlanRescueTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (36 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.0% of reviews21.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToggl OÜRescueTime

Customer experience

Toggl Plan

All ratings36 ratings
Positive13.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive14.0%
Neutral12.3%
Negative73.7%

RescueTime

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Toggl Plan

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

RescueTime

Subscriptions4
  • Solo Monthly14 Days trial$9.001 Month
  • Solo+ Monthly14 Days trial$15.001 Month
  • Solo Yearly14 Days trial$84.001 Year
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  • Solo+ Yearly14 Days trial$143.991 Year

Questions

Is Toggl Plan free?
Toggl Plan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RescueTime free?
RescueTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Toggl Plan or RescueTime?
RescueTime is rated higher. Toggl Plan averages 1.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while RescueTime averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Toggl Plan or RescueTime have ads?
Neither Toggl Plan nor RescueTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toggl Plan or RescueTime?
Toggl Plan ships an update every 3 weeks, and RescueTime monthly. Most recently, Toggl Plan was updated on October 4, 2026 and RescueTime on October 10, 2026.

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