DeskTime review
A desktop-first tracker with broad activity monitoring, scheduling, and reporting.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
DeskTime is employee time-tracking and productivity-monitoring software for startups, small and medium-sized businesses, agencies, and distributed teams. It records activity across applications and websites, tracks attendance and project time, and supports productivity calculations, reports, dashboards, scheduling, absence management, and optional periodic screenshots with blurring. Employees can also add offline time through web or mobile apps. Its desktop-first approach makes it a fit for organizations that need visibility into computer-based work rather than location-based field activity.
According to the vendor's annual pricing page, the Pro plan costs $6.42 per user per month and includes document title tracking, productivity calculations, and calendar integrations. Premium costs $9.17 per user per month and adds screenshots, integrations and API, and shift scheduling. Enterprise includes a custom API on request, an account manager, and employee training. A 14-day free trial is available, while the product does not offer a free plan. DeskTime runs on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and connects with Google Calendar, Outlook, Jira, Asana, Trello, GitLab, and Zapier.
The product's strongest distinction is the breadth of its activity picture: automatic and manual tracking, application and website monitoring, document-title tracking, project timing, attendance, absence management, screenshots, productivity reports, and AI activity summaries sit within one system. That scope suits managers who need desktop work patterns and billable time visibility across distributed teams. Organizations that require GPS tracking or a verified approval workflow should choose an alternative built around those requirements. DeskTime is a stronger match for computer-based productivity oversight than for mobile workforce location management.
DeskTime pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Automatic and offline tracking across desktop and mobile apps
- Application, website, document-title, project, and attendance tracking
- Screenshots, scheduling, AI summaries, integrations, and API connectivity
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- No GPS tracking for location-based workforce management
- No verified approval workflow is listed
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