What are the differences between Premium and Lite accounts?
RescueTime premium gives you enhanced reporting and additional features—like Focus Sessions—that proactively promote productivity. RescueTime offers two premium plans: Focus and Focus+, both with features you can't access with a free lite account.
Advanced Reporting
Premium reports contain specific details about files and web pages within the programs you use and the websites you visit. For example, you'll be able to see which emails you wrote and how long you spent on each one. This is a great feature for anyone who needs to know exactly how much time they're spending on files within a particular app.
Using the Summary tab, you can edit an activity, delete sub-activities, and categorize your sub-activities. As an example, you can categorize some YouTube videos as distracting and others as work-related, depending on their content.
Premium users can also create custom sub-categories. If you need to create a customized report, you can put all the activities in a custom sub-category and generate a report containing only the information you need.
Premium accounts have access to all their historical account data and can generate yearly activity reports, while free accounts are limited to two weeks of data. For Premium subscribers, you can keep your historical data for as long as you keep your subscription.
RescueTime Timesheets
If you choose a Focus+ premium plan, you can keep track of projects, tasks, clients, and billable hours with RescueTime Timesheets.
Free lite accounts do not have access to Timesheets.
Focus Sessions with Website & App Blocking
Focus Sessions block access to distracting websites and apps so you can focus on more productive activities. Only RescueTime premium users (both Focus and Focus+ plans) have access to this feature. Premium users can also block distractions on iOS.
Goals & Alerts
Premium accounts also have access to unlimited Goals and Alerts. Set multiple goals for more time on productive activities or less time on distracting activities. Free accounts are limited to one active goal.
Alerts are a premium-only feature that allows you to trigger Focus Sessions based on your computer habits.
You'll receive notifications in the Assistant when you've reached a goal or met the conditions of an alert.
Offline Time Entry
Premium accounts may enter details for offline activities manually on the RescueTime website or through the Offline Time pop-up.
You can also enter offline time with the automated offline time pop-up. Just make sure this is enabled in your offline activity settings.
Offline time can be ranked as Focus Work, Other Work, Neutral, Personal, or Distracting, just like your online activities.
Advanced Filters
Premium accounts can create time filters to screen your data by time period and to set custom ranges for goals and alerts.
To choose a Focus or Focus+ premium plan, upgrade here.