Comparison

RescueTime vs D.off

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

D.off

Features
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Spending more time on your phone than you'd like? D.off is a digital detox app built around self-control. It's more than a simple blocker — when you go past the limits you set for yourself, D.off locks the apps, and to unlock you type out meaningful quotes, letter by letter. Friction by design. Built with intent — designed to actually work. Self-imposed limits, enforced automatically - You set the limits, D.off keeps them - Daily limits, by category or per app - 24-hour asymmetric cooldown to soften impulsive changes Unlock by transcribing - On the shield screen, transcribe quotes to unlock - Not instant. Brief, deliberate typing, letter by letter - The feeling shifts from helplessness to ownership Masterpieces on the shield screen - The shield screen shows a framed public-domain masterpiece - Each time, a work is picked at random, skipping ones you've seen in the last 24 hours where possible Sleep protection (Premium) - Auto-lock during the sleep hours you set - Set a start and end time, then pick the days it applies to - A gentle digital break Emergency 30 minutes (included with Free) - For genuine urgency: one release per calendar week, 30 minutes - Once used, it's available again from next Monday Why D.off? - Transcription friction is something a simple timer can't offer Premium subscription (optional, auto-renewable) - For the first 7 days after you create your account, Premium features are available without a subscription; after that the app switches to Free with no automatic charge - First-time subscribers get a 7-day free trial, then $3.99/month or $29.99/year (about 37% less than monthly) - The paid subscription starts automatically when the subscription's free trial ends - It renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription - One account per device is recommended Privacy - Raw screen time data never leaves your device - Family Controls applies only to the apps you select - No advertising identifiers, no location tracking Languages 한국어, English, 日本語, 简体中文, Español, Français, ภาษาไทย This is a self-control wellness app. It is not a parental control app for monitoring others. ---- Support: chrislee.krh@gmail.com Terms: https://doff-elpis.web.app/terms.html Privacy: https://doff-elpis.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

RescueTime4 screens
D.off4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: D.off at 5.0 against RescueTime's 4.3. D.off also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks). RescueTime's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. RescueTime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month and D.off sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

D.off holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RescueTime ships an update every 4 weeks, D.off every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RescueTime versus D.off: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescueTimeD.off
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRescueTimeJangchun Lee

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
3 purchases

D.off

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$79.99

Questions

Is RescueTime free?
RescueTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is D.off free?
D.off is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RescueTime or D.off?
D.off is rated higher. RescueTime averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while D.off averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RescueTime or D.off have ads?
Neither RescueTime nor D.off shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RescueTime or D.off?
RescueTime ships an update every 4 weeks, and D.off every 8 days. Most recently, RescueTime was updated on November 7, 2026 and D.off on November 10, 2026.

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