DeskTime review

DeskTime ranks fifth and is the easiest tool here to roll out to a small remote team. The desktop app for Windows and Mac tracks time automatically, records idle time, and can also track meetings, video calls and offline tasks so they do not count as idle. Pro covers URL and app tracking, document title tracking, productivity calculations and calendar integrations, while Premium adds screenshots, the API and integrations with tools such as Jira, Asana and Zapier, plus shift scheduling and an absence calendar. An AI Summary turns each day's activity into a short text description, and an IP location view shows who is working from the office or remotely. Private time and break reminders give employees some control, which helps when introducing monitoring. Its pricing page showed euros when we checked from our location, so the USD price is pending. It does not offer keystroke logging or screen recording, which most productivity programs will not miss.

Who it is for

Small and growing hybrid teams that want simple automatic time tracking with productivity calculations.

Price

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US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Automatic time tracking with desktop apps for Windows and Mac
• URL, app and document title tracking with productivity calculations
• Idle time, offline time and meeting and video time tracking
• Screenshots, shift scheduling and an absence calendar on Premium
• AI Summary with text descriptions of daily work activity

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Private time lets employees switch off tracking for off-the-clock computer use
• Strength: Mobile time tracking on Android and iOS
• Strength: Integrations with Google Calendar, Outlook, Jira, Asana and Zapier
• Weakness: Screenshots and shift scheduling are not in the Pro plan
• Weakness: No keystroke or screen recording features for teams that need deeper monitoring
• Weakness: Enterprise plan is for 200+ users and priced on request

Key facts

• Plans: Pro, Premium and Enterprise
• Free trial: 14 days
• Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and a web timer
• Wellbeing features: Break time reminders and private time

Where it ranks

DeskTime is No. 5 in our Best Employee Monitoring Software verdict.