Privacy-First Time Tracking: Your Data Stays Yours

Time Tracking Shouldn't Feel Like Surveillance

Let's be honest: time tracking apps can feel creepy. Many popular tools upload everything you do to their servers—every website visited, every app used, every document title. Your entire digital life, stored on someone else's computer.

What if your employer uses the same tool? What if the company gets hacked? What if they sell your data to advertisers? These aren't theoretical concerns—they've all happened.

TrackTop was built differently from the ground up. Privacy isn't a feature—it's the foundation.

How TrackTop Protects Your Privacy

1. Local-First Storage

All your tracking data is stored locally on your device, encrypted with military-grade AES-256 encryption. Your activity data never touches our servers unless you explicitly choose to sync across devices.

This means:

• TrackTop works 100% offline
• No one can access your data—not even us
• No risk of data breaches exposing your activity
• Your data never gets sold or shared

2. End-to-End Encryption for Sync (Optional)

Want to access your data across multiple devices? Enable optional cloud sync with end-to-end encryption. Here's how it works:

• Your data is encrypted on your device before uploading
• Only you have the decryption key
• Our servers only see encrypted blobs—not your actual data
• Even if our servers were compromised, your data stays safe

3. No Screenshots or Keystroke Logging

Some time tracking tools take random screenshots of your screen or log your keystrokes. TrackTop never does this. We only track:

• Which applications are active
• Website domains (not full URLs or page content)
• Window titles (which you can disable)

We don't care what you're typing or what you're viewing—just how you're allocating your time.

4. Zero Analytics or Tracking

Most apps are filled with analytics trackers and telemetry. TrackTop has none. We don't track:

• How you use the app
• Which features you click
• Your behavior patterns
• Device information beyond what's necessary

You Control Your Data

TrackTop gives you complete control over your data:

• Export everything as CSV or JSON anytime
• Delete individual activities or entire days
• Pause tracking whenever you want
• Choose what apps and websites to exclude from tracking
• Permanently delete your account and all data with one click

Open Source Coming Soon

Want to verify our privacy claims yourself? We're working toward open-sourcing the TrackTop desktop client. You'll be able to:

• Review the entire codebase
• Verify no data is sent to external servers
• Build and run your own version
• Contribute privacy improvements

Don't just take our word for it—see the code yourself.

Privacy-First vs. The Competition

Here's how TrackTop compares to popular alternatives:

• RescueTime: Uploads all activity data to their servers. No local-only option.
• Toggl Track: Requires cloud account. All data stored on their servers.
• Time Doctor: Takes screenshots and sends them to managers. Invasive.
• TrackTop: Local-first, encrypted, optional sync, zero surveillance.

Privacy Without Compromise

You shouldn't have to choose between powerful time tracking and privacy. TrackTop proves you can have both.

Your productivity data is sensitive. It reveals your work habits, your projects, your struggles, your successes. That data deserves to be treated with respect—and kept completely private.

Try TrackTop Risk-Free

Download TrackTop and experience privacy-first time tracking. No account required to start. Your data stays on your device from day one.