Hey, thanks for the interest! For now, I launched RemotePulse Pro as an MVP (minimum viable product), and it’s 100% free at the moment. The current features include:

- You can create tasks, start a timer, pause it, and stop it. The app calculates the elapsed time between start and stop, minus any pauses, and stores the session of time spent on that task.

- There’s also an inactivity detection feature: if a task is running but there’s no activity for 5 minutes, it automatically pauses.

- You can set dependencies between tasks to ensure that certain tasks are completed in the correct order.

- Once you've completed a task and tracked the time sessions, you can mark it as "done." This moves it to your task history, where you can see the sessions you spent on it, and it also unlocks any dependent tasks.

Let me know if you have more questions !

Try https://activitywatch.net/. Free, open-source.

Plus extensions for Chrome and VSCode: https://docs.activitywatch.net/en/latest/watchers.html

It tracks how much time you spend per oppenned file, URL, window, etc.

Generates daily stats.

Hey, thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. You're absolutely right—there isn't much information upfront before the sign-up page, and that's something I need to improve.

To give you a quick overview, the tool focuses on simple time tracking for tasks with some automation, like detecting inactivity and allowing task dependencies to ensure tasks are completed in the right order. It’s still in the MVP stage, so there’s definitely room for adding more details and differentiation from other tools in the space.

I'll be working on making the landing page more informative soon. Thanks again for pointing this out!

Hey, thanks for your question! My goal is to keep the app as flexible as possible for the user. Right now, users have complete freedom to create their own tasks, manage them how they want, and organize their workflow in a way that suits them best. I don't plan on imposing rigid structures or methods—it's all about giving users control over how they track their time and complete their tasks.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Personally I, on the worker side of this relationship, enjoy the tracker - but I seem to be part of a tiny minority.

That being said, I've been involved with the hiring side of IT contracting before, and I can say without nuance that it would be a train wreck without some form of tracker.

Is the above just a personal squeak of disapproval or do you know of a way to avoid it while hiring strangers from around the world?

Hey, I totally understand your perspective, and I get that time tracking isn’t for everyone. For me and my company, for example, they don’t even require me to track my hours. It’s really more of a tool that I’ll personally use to see how much time I spend on each task or ticket. It’s mostly for my own personal organization, not something imposed by anyone else.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!