RescueTimeReviews of rescuetime.com

My two cents here. Rescuetime is not an "app blocking" app. This is not what it's made for. It's an app that can help you in understanding how you spend your time and makes you find time to do some "deep focus". Overall: it's used to improve your productivity. In addition, they have tools like the one that blocks distracting website. Unfortunately I had to request a refund because currently they don't track correctly subdomains, and this is a crucial feature for me. However, I appreciated the responsiveness, clarity and availability of their customer service. And the app itself is very nice: you install it, configure your job shift, integrate your calendar, and it works out of the box. Absolutely recommended.

If you are subscribing to RescueTime's free trial, be aware that they will charge you once your trial ends without any prior reminders or warnings. They also have not sent me the terms and conditions of my subscription, so I was unaware that I am on a subscription plan and how much it costs. I don't know if this information was given to me when I was providing my payment details or not. Fortunately, upon contacting the company, I was refunded, and I appreciate their attitude.

The paid for service to block distracting websites simply doesn't work. Just press the back button a few times and I can continue to browse distracting websites. I've installed both the desktop client and browser plugin (which was last updated 3 years ago?!) On a Mac the free and open source alternative 'SelfControl' works far better.

I'm one of those people who loves data. My first favorite job was as a database Administrator at Guardian Life Insurance in New York in my late twenties. I loved being able to manipulate data to find actionable information. I'm no different in my own life. Who doesn't have a Fitbit or other health device strapped on some part of the body? The thing is, how do we make that information actionable? I've been using RescueTime for 2 years now. I KNOW when I'm most productive, I KNOW where I really spend my time. During the pandemic I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder. I've also lived with chronic insomnia since I was a kid. So between manic incidents with bipolar disorder and being awake with chronic insomnia at times, I wanted to know exactly what it was I was doing when I'm "thinking" I'm busy. Well, I have the receipts, as Wendy Williams would say! I was stressing to get my website content into play and now when I say, I spent DAYS working on it, I know I did. You can't argue with the data. Having RescueTime has helped me navigate my most productive hours, and it halts me when I am being distracted by sites like... well, social media platforms that I shouldn't be on when I'm focusing. I consider RescueTime a cost of living application. I can't see not using it at any point any time soon. It's valuable information for me to be my most productive professional self. If you've never tracked your time or progress before with another application, your first time setup instructions may be daunting. Don't worry! It's easy to set up and once you do it, RescueTime intuitively knows what sites are your productive sites and which ones help you slack off. *I read a review here on Trustpilot saying that there's an issue with RescueTime not blocking APPS. That's not RescueTime's fault; it's the permissions of the apps. Don't blame RescueTime for the data it can't access. That's just not fair.

This is a deceptive business. On their website it states that you can "set daily limits on websites AND apps". I bought the premium version and it is clear that you CANNOT block apps. I spoke to a customer service agent and her words exactly: "Our distraction blocker prevents you from accessing distracting websites, but not apps yet." This review is to warn other customers of their false advertising and lack of transparency. I would not trust this company with your data nor do business with them.

RescueTime is an awesome product that helped me to get my number. Where I spent time? Time was productive or not? This is the must recommended app for time management.