# Using RescueTime for Dating?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330 "2025-04-22T05:07:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330/1 "2025-04-22T05:07:41Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know how I could use Zapier & RescueTime to help make sure I spend 30 minutes or more per day using a particular dating app?

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**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330/2 "2025-04-23T12:28:30Z")

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I’d say just Rescuetime should be enough for that if you can still make custom categories on Rescuetime. 🤔 Make one of those, set Beeminder to track it, and you should be set.

I haven’t used Rescuetime in a looong while though, so not sure if that’s still possible!

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**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330/3 "2025-04-24T20:41:27Z")

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Hi Shanaqi,

Thank you for the info. I’ve been looking into this, and it doesn’t appear to be possible in RescueTime. I can only make custom subcategories, but not categories. Their CSV export feature is also broken.

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**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330/4 "2025-04-24T20:48:32Z")

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I think Beeminder can possibly track subcategories too (at least, I remember it being able to drill quite far down in what you can track). We have a direct integration, so it’d be worth a look.

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**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/using-rescuetime-for-dating/12330/5 "2025-04-24T21:18:35Z")

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Thank you for looking into this. I just looked again via the Beeminder integrations page. For it to work, per the attached screenshots, I’d need a way to edit one of the pre-existing categories or subcategories so that only Hinge was included in it while excluding all other apps & websites.

Would you know if there’s a way to do this?

Direct integration doesn’t give the option to use a subcategory that I created.

Sorry if I’m asking too many questions. I appreciate your help.

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