RescueTime Alternatives

ActivityWatch

Log what you do on your computer. Simple (yet powerful), extensible, no third parties.

Features:

• Automatic time tracking
• Privacy focused
• Automated usage tracking
• Open API
• Task time tracking
• Decentralized storage
• Life Logging & Quantified Self
• Real-time tracking
• Ability to add more watchers
• AFK detection
• Google Chrome Extensions
• Development API
• Firefox Extensions
• Local based GUI
• Works Offline
• Productivity analysis
• Real-time dashboard
• Sync between devices
• Track Activities
• Tracks used applications

ManicTime

Track your computer usage and use collected data to accurately tag time. Auto tracking of computer usage (8 languages), during a day average user can switch back and forth between applications more than a 1000 times, which means ManicTime gathers a lot of data. Local storage, powerful statistics: see which applications you use the most or on which web sites you spend the most time.

Features:

• Automatic Tagging
• Charts
• Real-time tracking
• Track Activities
• Visual Graphing
• Automatic time tracking
• Material design
• Portable
• Visual timeline

Project Hamster

Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.

Features:

• Add earlier activity
• Sits in the System Tray
• Tag based

Harvest

Take the pulse of your business. Every business needs the ability to answer some essential questions: Where’s my time going? How much do my projects really cost? How much are they bringing in? Harvest harnesses the power of time tracking to make getting answers easier than ever. Track time and expenses. Time tracking can unlock key information about your business, but remembering to do it can be a challenge.

Features:

• Expense Tracking
• Task time tracking
• IFTTT integration
• Reporting
• Zapier integration

WakaTime

Analytics for programmers using open-source text editor plugins. The service itself is not open source, only the plugins.

Features:

• Automatic time tracking
• Statistics and Reports
• Usage statistics
• Google Chrome Extensions
• Ide integration
• Timer

Kimai

Kimai is a free open source timetracker. It tracks work time and prints out a summary of your activities on demand. Yearly, monthly, daily, by customer, by project, by action … It’s simplicity is its strength. Due to Kimai’s web browser based interface it runs cross-platform. Likewise you can install it as a web service or as a single-user program on your local workstation.

Features:

• Multiple languages
• Multiple teams
• Export to PDF
• Web-Based

LeechBlock

LeechBlock is a simple free productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them. You can specify up to six sets of sites to block, with different times and days for each set. You can block sites within fixed time periods (e.g., between 9am and 5pm), after a time limit (e.g., 10 minutes in every hour), or with a combination of time periods and time limit (e.g.

Features:

• Block apps
• Scheduling
• Anti Procrastination
• Block Facebook
• Website blocking
• Browser extension
• Google Chrome Extensions
• Customizable
• Firefox Extensions
• Distraction-free UI

ProcrastiTracker

ProcrastriTracker is a time tracking tool that automatically tracks what applications and documents you use, and allows you to view statistics on your usage in great detail. It is written to be small and non-intrusive. It is useful for: - Increasing your productivity: seeing long term stats on what really is costing you the most time can help shift priorities to work more optimally.

Features:

• Filtering
• Grouping
• Time billing

Timing

Timing observes how you use your Mac and categorizes your activities. You see how you spent your time and how productive you were, and the timeline shows exactly when you worked. It even automatically recognizes blocks of time that belong together! Need to enter time manually? Timing supports that, too — with the added benefit of tracking when your productivity is highest. And if you need to bill clients or create timesheets, Timing lets you generate great reports.

SaveMyTime

SaveMyTime logs online and offline activities. It takes advantage of nasty habit humans have – we unlock our phones about 120 times a day, every few minutes. SaveMyTime replaces standard lock screen and ask “What have you been doing since you last checked your phone?”, then it takes the input, analyzes and gives insights how you spend time.

Features:

• Daily summary email
• Lock screen controls
• Lockscreen Widget
• Timer