Comparison

RescueTime vs Tracktim

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

Head to head
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.

About

Tracktim

Features
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Tracktim is a simple time tracker built to help you record work sessions, manage tasks, and stay consistent day by day. Key benefits: - Start and stop time sessions instantly - Log time per task with optional notes - Edit or delete past entries anytime - Navigate records easily by date - Organize tasks with names, descriptions, and color labels - View total tracked time at a glance - See time distribution per task - Review progress bars, percentages, and session counts Designed to stay clean and distraction-free, Tracktim helps you keep accurate records without unnecessary complexity. Tasks and sessions stay easy to review, while summaries give you a clear overview when you need it. Whether you’re working, studying, or tracking personal routines, Tracktim provides a reliable way to stay aware of how your time is spent. A focused time tracker that balances simple logging with clear summaries. Track your time with confidence using Tracktim, a lightweight time tracker for everyday use.

Screenshots

RescueTime4 screens
Tracktim3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RescueTime at Free against Tracktim's $9.99. Tracktim's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

RescueTime is free to download; Tracktim costs $9.99 up front. RescueTime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month and Tracktim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RescueTime versus Tracktim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescueTimeTracktim
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRescueTimeKAINDRA RIZQ SACHIO

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
1 purchases

Tracktim

One-time1
  • Tracktim Pro$4.99

Questions

Is RescueTime free?
RescueTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tracktim free?
Tracktim costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do RescueTime or Tracktim have ads?
Neither RescueTime nor Tracktim shows ads.

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