Comparison

Tracking Time PRO vs RescueTime

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

Head to head
About

Tracking Time PRO

This app helps you manage your time and projects efficiently. Track your work, create custom reports, and improve productivity on the go. It syncs with a desktop version for comprehensive project oversight.

Highlights
  • Time tracking
  • Project management
  • Customizable reports
  • To-do lists as subtasks
  • Team activity monitoring
  • Light/dark theme options
Features
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Tracking Time combines time tracking and project management in an easy to use app. Increase your productivity while improving your time management skills anywhere you go. Sync with your Tracking Time desktop app to get timesheets, create custom reports and more. Prioritize and flag tasks and projects. Easily add new tasks, time entries or projects. A fixed bar allows you to start tracking right away. Top Features: · Choose a light or dark theme · Set due dates, and billing information · Time tracking · Create to-do lists as subtasks · Add comments and notes visible for your team · Set due dates, and billing information. · Organize your projects by setting priorities and deadlines · See your team's activity · Set language and currency preferences · Seamlessly sync with TrackingTime for desktop

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

Tracking Time PRO4 screens
RescueTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RescueTime at 4.3 against Tracking Time PRO's 3.0. Tracking Time PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (49% vs 21%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tracking Time PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RescueTime holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tracking Time PRO has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Tracking Time PRO's written reviews are positive against 21% of RescueTime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tracking Time PRO ships an update every 3 weeks, RescueTime every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tracking Time PRO versus RescueTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracking Time PRORescueTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (23 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.2% of reviews — better21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrackingTime, LLCRescueTime

Customer experience

Tracking Time PRO

All ratings23 ratings
Positive43.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative47.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive49.2%
Neutral14.8%
Negative36.1%

RescueTime

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

In-app purchases

None

Tracking Time PRO

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 Tracking Time PRO free?
Tracking Time PRO 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, Tracking Time PRO or RescueTime?
RescueTime is rated higher. Tracking Time PRO averages 3.0 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while RescueTime averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Tracking Time PRO or RescueTime have ads?
Neither Tracking Time PRO nor RescueTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tracking Time PRO or RescueTime?
Tracking Time PRO ships an update every 3 weeks, and RescueTime every 4 weeks. Most recently, Tracking Time PRO was updated on November 1, 2026 and RescueTime on November 3, 2026.

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