RescueTime vs. Time Doctor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RescueTime
Score 7.9 out of 10
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RescueTime, from the company of the same name in Seattle, is a platform for understanding attention and time spent on digital devices, with the goal of helping knowledge workers to understand the ever-increasing time they spend staring at a screen, and be able to take steps to optimize their work days for maximum efficiency, balance and happiness. RescueTime tracks exactly how a user spends time on digital devices, automatically categorizing activity so users can see the time spent on specific…N/A
Time Doctor
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Time Doctor offers in-depth productivity analytics, giving business owners insight on how to improve performance and scale. Going beyond tracking and monitoring, Time Doctor’s suite of tools put data-driven improvement front and center, helping to ensure that teams of all sizes are actively working on the right things while also offering actionable insights to maximize performance and efficiency. Time Doctor tracks the collective hours a team puts in. But it also provides a…
$7
per month per user
Pricing
RescueTimeTime Doctor
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$7
per month per user
Basic
$7
per month per user
Standard
$14
per month
Standard
$14
per month per user
Premium
$20
per month
Premium
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RescueTimeTime Doctor
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$9.99 per user
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
RescueTimeTime Doctor
User Ratings
RescueTimeTime Doctor
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
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Usability
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
-
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5.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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10.0
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User Testimonials
RescueTimeTime Doctor
Likelihood to Recommend
To understand where you are wasting too much time, and what you have to cut out in order to stop losing attention to what really matters in a day's work. It's a good app to categorize your day-to-day work and report your productivity level, and also how focused you are on what really matters from 9 to 5.
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Time Doctor is great if you need to time how long you spend on different projects throughout the day. I am editing multiple books at once and I need to keep track of how long I spend on each one. It is not worth it if you don't need to keep track of how long you spend on a large project. I find it too cumbersome to time individual tasks and not useful enough to time just one project.
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Pros
  • Understand how I'm spending work time.
  • Maps everything that I do.
  • Easy to deploy and use.
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  • One click to choose projects and tasks you've already created so that you can quickly choose what you're working on and basically set it and forget it.
  • Automatic screenshots so that I can always reference back to what I was working on.
  • The reports! There are reports for every project and time use. Helps me see exactly where my time is going and how I can better maximize it.
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Cons
  • User experience could improve.
  • Price.
  • Need to edit/categorize some activities manually.
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  • When checking/viewing Web and App Usage, I wish there's an option on this page to update or change the app's rating without going to settings page. It will be a lot easier for us to update the ratings on the Web and App Usage.
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Likelihood to Renew
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This is user friendly and can be tailored to our business' needs
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Usability
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I use this daily and it is very simple to use. The setup is very easy and customizing the fields is simple enough. Editing it is also very easy to do.
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Support Rating
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The support was terrible! They never responded in sufficient time and their assistance was always super vague. I never felt like they had an actual solution to my concerns. They were nice, but I don't feel like they were trained in their own system. It felt like I was talking to a wall.
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Implementation Rating
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Other than we are happy with the way Time Doctor works for us, no key insights.
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Alternatives Considered
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We previously used the time tracking component within Kanbanflow.com. However, it was confined to a specific task and we needed something more holistic. Enter Time Doctor! The difference between the two was night and day. I know there are other similar time tracking apps that exist that we could have investigated. We started with Time Doctor Lite and that gave us enough of a taste to upgrade to Pro.
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Return on Investment
  • Prioritize the most important jobs.
  • To set a limited time for less important work.
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  • It helps me to use my time more effectively.
  • For a small amount each month I believe I get a huge return on investment in form of traceability of my hours spent. The major factor that made me choose Time Doctor was the price and the value. I don't think I would still be interested if it was more expensive.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of the Time Doctor web app and usage reportScreenshot of a timeline reportScreenshot of Time Doctor's realtime dashboardsScreenshot of an attendance reportScreenshot of a real-time email notificationScreenshot of the interactive desktop app