Flexible time tracking
TMetric, as a free alternative to RescueTime, offers both automatic and manual time tracking, while RescueTime provides only automatic tracking. A timer and manual entries help capture meetings, calls, and offline work.
Best RescueTime Alternative
Choose TMetric software over RescueTime for comprehensive time tracking and invoicing.
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When to choose TMetric vs RescueTime
Choose RescueTime if you need:
- Automatic tracking for personal use
- Focus and habit insights for yourself
- Productivity stats without billing features
Choose TMetric if you need:
- Profitability reports by project and client
- Project budgets and labor cost tracking
- Revenue and cost visibility in real time
Why TMetric is the ideal RescueTime alternative
TMetric is one of the best RescueTime alternatives for freelancers and businesses seeking greater control and detailed project insights. Unlike time tracking apps and productivity apps focused on personal use, it combines manual and automatic tracking with project time tracking, team time tracking, and invoicing.
TMetric vs RescueTime
| Comparing TMetric vs RescueTime |
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|---|---|---|
| Minimal price of a paid plan | $5.83 | $7 |
| Time tracking | $ | |
| Profitability reports | $ | |
| Task management | ||
| Team management | ||
| Integrations with 50+ web apps | ||
| Unlimited projects and clients | ||
| Budgeting for projects | $ | |
| Time tracking permissions | $ | |
| Billable rates and money tracking | $ | |
| Invoicing | $ | |
| Activity levels for employees | $ | |
| Apps and sites usage reports | $ | |
| Screenshots capturing | $ | |
| Client logins for access to reports | $ | |
| Paid time off tracking | $ | |
| Payroll for employees | $ |
What makes TMetric different from RescueTime?
Team and project management
TMetric supports team time tracking and project time tracking, while RescueTime focuses on individual productivity with limited team features and no project tracking.
Deep productivity analytics
TMetric is a free alternative to RescueTime that gives managers app usage and team activity insights, while RescueTime is suited for personal productivity.
Invoicing and billing
TMetric, an alternative to RescueTime, includes billable rates and customizable invoicing features, while RescueTime offers no billing or invoicing support.
Success Stories
TMetric helps us to track and manage our work time on different projects. It has provided us with a comprehensive overview of how our time is allocated across various tasks. Its reporting features have been particularly helpful in providing us with valuable insights into our work patterns, which has resulted in increased efficiency and productivity.
Linda Förster, project manager at Medudy
We’ve found TMetric to be both user friendly and robust. It was easy to setup which allowed us to begin leveraging the tool immediately. It also provides multiple layers of reporting which provides value to our organization on a number of different levels.
Brian Reilly, BankBound
TMetric is faster, more convenient and cheaper, the support is responsive and they fixed some bugs quickly.
Swen Roethlisberger, Floowedit
Works for me!
I recently transitioned from full-time employee to ‘consultant’. Needed an app to track projects, tasks and generate billing based on our agreement. TMetric handles this elegantly and I can access from my iPhone, iPad or PC- awesome!
Jim Rolph, Manufacturer's Representative at Gorman Company
After five months we are very happy with the app and will gladly renew the service. We are still finding new uses for it within our organization and it’s been pivotal for helping us gather better decision-making information, grow our topline and reduce our bottomline.
Galeno Chua, The Idea Founding Principal
There are plenty of available applications to monitor working time. We chose TMetric because of the suitable price and compatibility with Trello and Google Documents, which we use every day in our company.
Patryk Hoffmann, MyLead
TMetric vs RescueTime: what’s right for you?
Team dashboard
TMetric’s Team Dashboard offers real-time tracking of team activity, hours worked, and task progress, making it ideal for managing projects and ensuring accountability. In contrast, RescueTime provides limited team features focused mainly on individual productivity insights without detailed team dashboards or real-time monitoring.
Project and task management
TMetric offers flexible project and task management, allowing users to create projects, assign tasks, track time, and set billable rates. RescueTime, however, lacks true project or task management and focuses mainly on tracking overall time spent on apps and websites for personal productivity insights.
Productivity tracking
TMetric uses both manual and automatic tracking to monitor productivity, emphasizing project management and billing with detailed time and activity reports. Meanwhile, RescueTime relies on automatic tracking to help individuals improve focus by analyzing their app and website usage.
Billing, invoicing, and expenses
With TMetric, users can handle billing and invoicing alongside time tracking, whereas RescueTime focuses exclusively on productivity without financial management tools. TMetric also synchronizes with platforms like Jira, Asana, Trello, and QuickBooks to streamline time and financial tracking.
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