Início rápido
Este guia abrange todas as funcionalidades do Time Doctor:
- Começando — Create your account and set up the desktop app
- Como usar as análises de produtividade — See which apps and sites drain focus during work hours
- Como usar o monitoramento de funcionários — Capture screenshots and keyboard activity at set intervals
- Como usar a análise da força de trabalho — Roll team metrics into executive dashboards for leadership
- Como usar o gerenciamento de força de trabalho distribuída — Keep remote and hybrid teams accountable across time zones
- Como usar o gerenciamento de projetos e o orçamento — Tie tracked hours to projects, tasks, and client budgets
- Como usar métricas de equilíbrio entre vida profissional e pessoal — Spot overwork and burnout risk before people burn out
- Como usar os alertas de distração — Nudge people back on task with gentle inactivity popups
- Como usar o sistema de gestão de folha de pagamento — Pay people straight from approved timesheets each cycle
Tempo necessário: 5 minutos por filme
Neste guia também: Dicas profissionais | Erros comuns | Solução de problemas | Preços | Alternativas
Por que confiar neste guia?
I have run Time Doctor across two remote teams for three years and tested every feature below. Three years ago I set it up badly, so the mistakes here are mine.
Time Doctor is one of the most widely used time tracking and employee monitoring apps for remote teams.
Most managers only ever hit play and look at total hours.
Most tutorial videos stop right there too.
That misses the reports that actually change how a team works.
This guide walks through every screen, step by step.
Tutorial do Doutor Tempo
This How to Use Time Doctor tutorial covers setup, the eight core Time Doctor features, and the settings most people get wrong.
Doutor do Tempo
See where your team’s hours actually go. Time Doctor tracks work time, flags distractions, and turns raw hours into productivity insights managers can act on. Free 14-day trial, no credit card needed.
Primeiros passos com o Time Doctor
Before any feature works, finish this one-time setup.
Leva cerca de três minutos.
Passo 1: Crie sua conta
Go to the Time Doctor website and click Start Free Trial.
Sign up with your work email, then complete the onboarding steps to access your account.
You get a free 14-day trial with no card required.
✓ Ponto de verificação: A confirmation email lands in your caixa de entrada.
Step 2: Install the Desktop App
Download and install the Time Doctor app on your computer to track your workday.
Log in with the account you just created.
Here is what that first run looks like:
✓ Ponto de verificação: The timer widget sits in your taskbar or menu bar.
Step 3: Set Up Groups and Invite People
Set up Groups by department, job type, or your own unique team layout.
Then invite team members as a mix of managers and end users.
✅ Concluído: You can now start tracking time and open any feature below.
Como usar as análises de produtividade do Time Doctor
Análise de Produtividade lets you see exactly which apps and sites eat your team’s focus every day.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Open the Analytics Menu
Click Analytics in the left sidebar of the web app.
Pick the Productivity report from the dropdown.
Passo 2: Escolha o intervalo de datas
Set the range to last week, then filter by a single department.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: A colour-coded bar chart appears for every employee.
Step 3: Assign Productivity Ratings
Tag each app as productive, unproductive, or neutral.
✅ Resultado: You now have productivity insights broken down by person and by hour.
💡 Dica profissional: Rate your top 20 apps first. Time Doctor scores everything else as neutral until you set it, which quietly skews team productivity numbers.
Como usar o Time Doctor para monitoramento de funcionários
Monitoramento de funcionários lets you capture screenshots and activity levels while people work.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Passo 1: Abra as Configurações da Empresa
Go to Settings, then Screencasts, inside your admin account.
Only owners and admins can change this.
Step 2: Set the Screenshot Interval
O Time Doctor captura screenshots em intervalos definidos durante a gravação da tela.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: Thumbnails load beside each tracked block of time.
Step 3: Review the Timeline
Open any employee’s day and scrub through the captures.
✅ Resultado: Managers can verify work without asking for status updates.
💡 Dica profissional: Blur screenshots for teams handling client data. You still get proof of work without exposing passwords or private messages to other managers.
Como usar o Time Doctor Workforce Analytics
Análise da Força de Trabalho lets you roll every metric up into executive dashboards leadership actually reads.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Open Executive Dashboards
Premium accounts see this option under the Reports menu.
Step 2: Pick Your Widgets
Add attendance, top performers, and total employee time widgets.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: The dashboard refreshes with live data from the last 30 days.
Etapa 3: Exportar o relatório
Time Doctor allows users to create custom reports and export them to PDF, XLS, and CSV formats.
✅ Resultado: Leadership gets actionable insights without opening the tool themselves.
💡 Dica profissional: Schedule the export to land in your inbox every Monday. Weekly reports get read. Monthly reports get ignored by almost every company I have worked with.
How to Use Time Doctor Distributed Workforce Manager
Gestão de Força de Trabalho Distribuída lets you keep remote and hybrid teams accountable across time zones.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Create Your Groups
Set up Groups by department, job type, or your own team layout.
Passo 2: Convide sua equipe
Send invites to a mix of managers and end users for better insights.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: Each group shows its own attendance and hours summary.
Step 3: Check Offline Coverage
O Time Doctor consegue medir o tempo mesmo sem conexão com a internet.
✅ Resultado: Your whole distributed team reports into one clean structure.
💡 Dica profissional: Give team leads manager access, not admin access. They see their own group only, which keeps salary and payroll data private across departments.
How to Use Time Doctor Project Manager & Budgeting
Gestão de Projetos e Orçamento lets you tie tracked hours to projects, tasks, and client budgets.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Passo 1: Criar um projeto
Open Projects and Tasks, then add a project named after the client.
Step 2: Add Your Tasks
Break the project into tasks people will recognise imediatamente.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: A budget bar appears showing hours used against the cap.
Step 3: Set a Budget
Add a cost or hours cap so overruns trigger an alert.
✅ Resultado: Every hour now maps to a project you can invoice or defend.
💡 Dica profissional: Keep task names under five words. Long names get truncated in the desktop app, and people pick the wrong task when they switch mid-day.
Como usar as métricas de equilíbrio entre vida profissional e pessoal do Time Doctor
Métricas de equilíbrio entre vida profissional e pessoal lets you spot burnout before your best people quit.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Open the Work-Life Balance Report
Find it under Reports, then Work-Life Balance.
Step 2: Set Expected Hours
Tell Time Doctor what a normal week looks like at your company.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: Overworked staff appear at the top of the list.
Step 3: Review the Flags
Anyone working past their limit gets marked automatically.
✅ Resultado: You can improve employee engagement before burnout costs you a hire.
💡 Dica profissional: Share this report with employees, not just managers. Staff who see their own after-hours numbers cut them faster than any policy memo ever will.
Como usar os alertas de distração do Time Doctor
Alertas de distração lets you nudge people back on task without a manager hovering.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Open Productivity Settings
Go to Settings, then Productivity, in the web app.
Step 2: Choose an Idle Threshold
Three minutes works for most office roles.
Time Doctor automatically records time as idle when users aren’t actively using their mouse or keyboard.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: A test popup appears on your own device within minutes.
Step 3: Turn On the Popup
O Time Doctor fornece alertas de distração para notificar os funcionários quando eles estiverem inativos por muito tempo.
✅ Resultado: Idle time stops quietly inflating your billable hours.
💡 Dica profissional: Set a longer threshold for designers and writers. Deep work often looks idle to a tracker, and false alerts kill trust in the whole system fast.
How to Use Time Doctor Payroll Manager
Gestão de Folha de Pagamento lets you pay people straight from approved timesheets.
Veja aqui como usá-lo passo a passo.
Step 1: Add Pay Rates
Open Payroll and set an hourly or fixed rate per person.
Step 2: Choose a Pay Period
Weekly, twice monthly, or monthly all work here.
Eis como isso se parece:
✓ Ponto de verificação: The payroll table shows hours, rate, and total per employee.
Step 3: Approve and Pay
Review the totals, then push the batch to Wise or PayPal.
✅ Resultado: Payroll now runs from real tracked hours instead of guesswork.
💡 Dica profissional: Lock timesheets two days before payday. Late edits are the single biggest cause of payroll disputes in every remote company I have advised.
Dicas e Atalhos do Time Doctor Pro
After three years with Time Doctor, these are the tips I give every new manager.
Atalhos de teclado
| Ação | Atalho |
|---|---|
| Start or stop the timer | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Alternar tarefas | Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Abra o painel de controle | Ctrl + D |
| Hide the widget | Ctrl + H |
Características ocultas que a maioria das pessoas não percebe
- Offline tracking: Hours keep logging without internet, then sync when the connection returns.
- Relatório personalizado construtor: Build one report per department, then export to PDF, XLS, or CSV for payroll.
- Idle time prompts: Ask the app what you were doing during idle gaps instead of deleting the time.
Here are the results teams see most often:
Time Doctor: Erros comuns a evitar
Mistake #1: Rolling It Out With No Explanation
❌ Errado: Installing the app on every machine and telling nobody what it records.
✅ Direita: Hold one reunião, show the reports, and explain what managers can and cannot see.
Mistake #2: Forgetting to Switch Tasks
❌ Errado: Leaving one task running all day across three different projects.
✅ Direita: You need to switch tasks manually, since Time Doctor does not track task changes on its own.
Mistake #3: Judging People on Activity Percentage
❌ Errado: Treating a low activity score as proof someone is slacking.
✅ Direita: Read calls, meetings, and design reviews as low-activity work, then focus on output instead.
For example, a designer working in Figma barely touches the keyboard for an hour.
Solução de problemas do Time Doctor
Problem: Tracked Hours Look Too Low
Causa: Idle detection stripped minutes where nobody touched the mouse or keyboard.
Consertar: Raise the idle threshold in Settings, then enable the idle prompt so staff can reclaim that time.
Problem: Screenshots Are Not Appearing
Causa: The desktop app lacks screen recording permission, which is common on macOS.
Consertar: Open System Settings, grant Screen Recording access, then restart the app on that device.
Problem: The Mobile App Is Missing Reports
Causa: The mobile app provides basic time-tracking but lacks many advanced features.
Consertar: Open the web dashboard on a computer for full reports, analytics, and admin settings.
📌 Observação: If none of these fix your issue, contact Time Doctor support.
O que é o Doutor do Tempo?
Doutor do Tempo is a cloud-based time tracking and employee monitoring tool for remote teams and businesses.
Think of it like a fitness tracker for your workday.
It runs on any device with a web browser, plus a desktop app and a mobile app.
Watch full video below:
Inclui estas características principais:
- Análise de produtividade: Turns raw hours into productivity metrics you can act on.
- Monitoramento de funcionários: Screenshots, screen recording, and keyboard and mouse activity levels.
- Análise da força de trabalho: Executive dashboards that summarise hours, attendance, and output.
- Gestão de Força de Trabalho Distribuída: Groups, roles, and offline tracking built for distributed staff.
- Gestão de Projetos e Orçamento: Basic project and task structure with budget caps per client.
- Métricas de equilíbrio entre vida profissional e pessoal: Flags overwork, late nights, and unused break time.
- Alertas de distração: Popups that fire when someone drifts off task or goes idle.
- Gestão da folha de pagamento: Pay rates, pay periods, and payouts built on tracked hours.
It gives detailed insights about employee productivity, work hours, and overall project progress.
Teams use it to find time leakage, bring higher time awareness into the negócios, and report an average of over 20% more efficiency.
Employers get visibility, and staff get a defensible record of the hours they worked.
It does have gaps. It lacks advanced project and task management, and offers no GPS tracking.
Para obter uma análise completa, consulte nosso Análise do Time Doctor.
Preços do Time Doctor
Here is what Time Doctor costs in 2026, billed annually:
| Plano | Preço | Ideal para |
|---|---|---|
| Básico | $6.70 | Small teams needing time tracking and screenshots |
| Padrão | $11.70 | Growing teams that want productivity insights and attendance tools |
| Premium | $16.70 | Companies needing video capture and executive dashboards |
Teste grátis: Yes — 14 days, full features, no credit card.
Garantia de reembolso: No refund window is published, so cancel inside the trial.
Annual billing lowers the price. Month-to-month runs $8, $14, and $20 for the same three plans.
💰 Melhor custo-benefício: Standard at $11.70 — it adds the productivity metrics and attendance tools that make the whole tool worth running.
Médico do Tempo vs. Alternativas
How does Time Doctor compare against the other trackers teams shortlist?
| Ferramenta | Ideal para | Preço | Avaliação |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doutor do Tempo | Monitoring and analytics | US$ 6,70/mês | ⭐ 4,2 |
| Clockify | Free timesheets for small teams | US$ 5,49/mês | ⭐ 4,4 |
| Alternar | Rastreamento simples com um clique | US$ 9/mês | ⭐ 4,4 |
| Tempo para mim | Automatic passive capture | US$ 11/mês | ⭐ 4.1 |
| Tempo de rastreamento | Budget-friendly team tracking | US$ 3,75/mês | ⭐ 3,9 |
| Temporal | Physical tracking dice | $8.60/mo | ⭐ 4,5 |
| Colheita | Invoicing and client billing | US$ 11/mês | ⭐ 4,2 |
Escolhas rápidas:
- Melhor no geral: Time Doctor — deepest reports on work patterns and employee time
- Melhor orçamento: TrackingTime — solid tracking at under four dollars per user
- Ideal para iniciantes: Toggl — one button, almost no setup, no monitoring
- Best for client billing: Harvest — invoicing built straight onto tracked hours
🎯 Alternativas ao Time Doctor
Looking for Time Doctor alternatives? All of these offer free trials for testing:
- 🚀 Clockify: Generous free plan with unlimited users and timesheets, which Time Doctor does not offer at any tier.
- 💰 Toggl: Toggl Track is a simpler time tracker with fewer monitoring features, which suits teams that dislike surveillance.
- 🧠 Tempo para lembrar: Records everything you touch locally, then lets you assign it later. Nothing leaves your computer without approval.
- ⚡ Tempo de rastreamento: Cheapest paid option here, with solid attendance and project tracking for small teams on tight budgets.
- 🎯 Temporal: Pairs an eight-sided device with the app so you flip it to switch tasks instead of clicking.
- 💼 Colheita: Best-in-class invoicing built on top of tracked hours, ideal for agencies billing multiple clients monthly.
Para ver a lista completa, consulte nosso Alternativas ao Time Doctor guia.
⚔️ Comparação do Doutor do Tempo
Here is how Time Doctor stacks up head to head:
- Time Doctor vs Clockify: Clockify wins on price and free access. Time Doctor wins on employee monitoring, screenshots, and productivity insights.
- Time Doctor vs Toggl: Toggl is friendlier for freelancers. Time Doctor gives managers far deeper reports on work patterns and app usage.
- Time Doctor vs Memtime: Memtime is better for privacy-first offices. Time Doctor is better when leadership needs team productivity data.
- Time Doctor vs. TrackingTime: TrackingTime costs less per user. Time Doctor delivers stronger analytics, screenshots, and payroll handling.
- Doutor do Tempo vs. Temporal: Timeular suits solo professionals who forget to track. Time Doctor suits managers running distributed operations.
- Doutor do Tempo vs Colheita: Harvest wins on invoicing. Time Doctor wins on monitoring, distraction alerts, and executive dashboards.
Comece a usar o Time Doctor agora mesmo
You now know how to use Time Doctor end to end:
- ✅ Análise de Produtividade
- ✅ Monitoramento de funcionários
- ✅ Análise da Força de Trabalho
- ✅ Gestão de Força de Trabalho Distribuída
- ✅ Gestão de Projetos e Orçamento
- ✅ Métricas de equilíbrio entre vida profissional e pessoal
- ✅ Alertas de distração
- ✅ Gestão de Folha de Pagamento
Próximo passo: Pick one feature and set it up today.
Most managers start with Productivity Analytics.
Leva menos de cinco minutos.
Perguntas frequentes
Qual é a função do Doutor do Tempo?
Time Doctor helps teams track time, spot time leakage, and see real work patterns. Managers get productivity insights, and staff get a clear record of their hours.
O Time Doctor consegue ver sua tela?
Yes. Time Doctor captures screenshots at set intervals during tracking, and Premium accounts add screen recording. Admins choose the interval, and screenshots can be blurred for privacy.
O Time Doctor rastreia as teclas digitadas?
No. Time Doctor tracks keyboard and mouse activity levels, not the actual keys you press. It measures how often you type, never what you type.
Posso usar o Time Doctor gratuitamente?
No. Time Doctor does not offer a free plan. You get a free 14-day trial with full features, and no credit card is required to sign up.
O Time Doctor tem um aplicativo?
Yes. There is a desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux, plus a mobile app. The mobile app covers basic tracking but skips advanced features.
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