Comparison

RescueTime vs Workplace Evidence Log

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

Workplace Evidence Log

Features
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Workplace Evidence Log helps you turn scattered memories of workplace incidents into clear, factual records, with related evidence and follow-up details in one place. Start with a few words, use an optional AI conversation to help organize the details, or fill in Quick Table yourself. You do not need to remember the whole story at once. Review suggestions and decide what becomes part of your record. Key features: • Optional AI conversations to help organize fragments of your account • Saved conversations and drafts you can return to later • Quick Table for recording people, places, approximate times, witnesses, responses, and effects on your work • Evidence organization for screenshots, emails, files, and notes • Insights that surface possible connections between records for you to review • Local data exports, with PDF reports available through Premium • App lock with Face ID or passcode • Local-first storage with no app account required Choose how AI processes your words: • Qwen is included in the app and runs on supported iPhones, with no additional model download. • Apple Private Cloud Compute (PCC) offers optional processing by Apple. It requires iOS 27 or later, a compatible iPhone with Apple Intelligence enabled, network access, and available Apple usage allowance. Your saved records and drafts stay on your device unless you choose to share or export them. If you choose PCC, the conversation or note you submit and relevant draft context are sent to Apple after your consent. Other records and attachments are not sent. Manual recording remains available without AI. AI suggestions need your review. The app does not verify evidence, decide whether conduct is unlawful, or provide legal or medical advice. You decide what to confirm, save, share, or discuss with a qualified professional. Premium unlocks unlimited records, unlimited attachments, and PDF reports. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RescueTime4 screens
Workplace Evidence Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RescueTime at every 4 weeks against Workplace Evidence Log's every 3 months. 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 Workplace Evidence Log sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RescueTime ships an update every 4 weeks, Workplace Evidence Log every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RescueTime versus Workplace Evidence Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescueTimeWorkplace Evidence Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB2.9 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRescueTimeYize Sun

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

Workplace Evidence Log

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month

Questions

Is RescueTime free?
RescueTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workplace Evidence Log free?
Workplace Evidence Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RescueTime or Workplace Evidence Log have ads?
Neither RescueTime nor Workplace Evidence Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RescueTime or Workplace Evidence Log?
RescueTime ships an update every 4 weeks, and Workplace Evidence Log every 3 months. Most recently, RescueTime was updated on October 25, 2026 and Workplace Evidence Log on October 5, 2026.

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