FeaturesL.02Activity MonitoringApp Usage Tracking
Understand how applications are actually used.
Every application is detected, classified and measured automatically — productive, neutral or distracted — with the same view for managers and the people they manage.
- Workforce
- Beta
- Enterprise
- Coming soon
- Rymot Local
- Available
- Detection
- Foreground app, real time
- Precision
- 1-minute
- Classes
- Productive · Neutral · Distracted
- Rules
- Per team or role
WorkforceActivityApplications
Today · 7h 12m tracked
- productive
- 74%
- neutral
- 22%
- distracted
- 4%
Top applications
- 1VS Code4h 21m
- 2Figma1h 48m
- 3Chrome1h 34m
- 4Slack1h 12m
01How it works
Four steps from an active window to a workforce-wide insight.
01
Detect active application
The Rymot agent identifies the foreground application the moment it becomes active.
02
Classify application category
Each app is categorized as productive, neutral, or distracted based on configurable rules.
03
Measure usage duration
Time in each application is measured precisely, down to the minute.
04
Generate workforce insights
Individual and team-level insights are ready continuously, not once a quarter.
02Classification
Every category is yours to configure.
- ProductiveVS Code · GitHub · Figma · Postman
- NeutralSlack · Teams · Zoom
- DistractedYouTube · Netflix · Games
WorkforceMonitoring & SecurityClassification
Activity rules
Engineering · change a category and the team's time is re-classified instantly
| App / domain | This week | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 20h 40m | |
| 10h 10m | |
| 9h 00m | |
| 6h 20m | |
| 2h 30m | ||
| 1h 35m | ||
| 1h 10m |
Domains only — no full URLs, page content or keystrokes.
03Capabilities
Every application, understood.
A.01
Productivity classification
Every application is automatically classified as productive, neutral, or distracted — no manual tagging.
A.02
Application categories
Apps are grouped into categories your team already thinks in — dev tools, comms, design, and more.
A.03
Usage trends
See adoption climb or drop over time — not just a single day's snapshot.
A.04
Top applications
A real leaderboard of what your team actually spends time in, every single day.
- 1VS Code · 4h 21m
- 2Chrome · 2h 15m
- 3Figma · 1h 48m
A.05
Team benchmarks
Compare application usage across departments on the same fair metric.
A.06
Work pattern detection
Reveal how application usage actually shapes a workday — not what anyone assumes it looks like.
41 switches · longest run 1h 46m
Figures shown are sample data
04Top applications
What your team actually spends time in.
Top applications · this week
| # | Application | Team | Class | Time | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Engineering | productive | 4h 21m | +8% |
| 2 | | All teams | neutral | 2h 15m | +2% |
| 3 | | Design | productive | 1h 48m | +14% |
| 4 | | All teams | neutral | 1h 12m | -3% |
| 5 |  | Engineering | productive | 42m | +5% |
| 6 | All teams | distracted | 18m | -6% |
05What it fixes
Why app usage stays invisible — until now.
- No visibility into application usageManagers know output happened somewhere, but have no idea which tools actually did the work.Every application, measured
- Productivity assumptionsWithout data, “busy” and “productive” get treated as the same thing.Real productivity classification
- Tool adoption uncertaintyYou bought the tool — nobody actually knows if the team is using it.Real adoption data
- Shadow softwareUnapproved apps spread quietly, with no visibility until there's a security question.Every application, visible
- Inefficient workflowsConstant switching between tools quietly erodes output, and nobody can point to why.Work pattern detection
06Nothing hidden
No hidden app monitoring. Same data, both sides.
Tracked
- Which application is in focus
- How long it stays in focus
- Its classification and category
Never tracked
- Window content
- Keystrokes
- Screen contents (outside the separate Screenshots policy)
Who sees it
- The employee — always
- Their manager — the same view
- Nobody else by default
Integrations · planned
- Slack usage alerts
GitHub dev tool signal
Jira work context
Linear project sync
Google Workspace calendar sync
08Questions
Asked often.
How does app tracking work?
The Rymot agent detects the active application in real time and logs usage duration automatically — no manual timers, no self-reporting.
Can classifications be customized?
Yes. Productive, neutral, and distracted classifications are fully configurable per team or role, so an engineer's tools aren't judged the same way as a designer's.
Can employees see their own app usage?
Yes. Every employee can see their own application usage and classification — the exact same data visible to their manager.
Does app tracking capture what's inside an application?
No. Rymot tracks which application is active and for how long, not window content, keystrokes, or screen contents.
Can this detect shadow software?
Yes. Any application that's actively used shows up in usage data automatically, including tools that were never formally approved.
Is app tracking accurate for remote teams?
Yes. Classification and usage measurement work identically for remote, hybrid, and in-office employees.
See where the time goes. Then decide what to change.
Employee-visible by design · No keystrokes or content