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Rize

Automatic time tracker that uses AI to categorize work sessions, flag context switching, and coach focus habits.

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Rize is an automatic time-tracking app that monitors application and website usage in the background and uses AI to categorize activity, detect context switching, and surface an efficiency score and daily/weekly summaries without manual timers. It offers session coaching, such as break reminders and focus-session nudges based on detected work patterns, along with team-level dashboards, client reporting, and automation rules for higher tiers. Pricing scales by an AI-credit allowance consumed for categorization and automation features rather than a flat per-seat fee, alongside a separate per-seat team plan. Rize is cloud-hosted with native desktop apps, and its main differentiator from RescueTime or ActivityWatch is the AI-driven categorization and coaching layer rather than manual rule-based category assignment.

At a glance

Vendor Rize
Pricing model Subscription
Free tier No
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Individuals and small teams who want AI-assisted categorization and focus coaching on top of automatic time tracking.

Pricing

Tiered individual plans differentiated mainly by monthly AI-credit allowance, plus a separate per-seat team plan and custom Enterprise pricing.

Plan Price Notes
Basic $9.99/month billed annually ($12.99/month billed monthly) 500 AI credits/month; automatic tracking, AI categorization, personal reports, data export
Pro $23.99/month billed annually ($29.99/month billed monthly) 1,000 AI credits/month; adds client reports, efficiency dashboard, AI automations, API access
Max $39.99/month billed annually ($49.99/month billed monthly) 3,000 AI credits/month; highest credit allotment, priority support
Team $29.99/seat/month billed annually ($39.99/seat/month billed monthly) per-seat team plan

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features

  • Automatic background time tracking
  • AI-based activity categorization
  • Context-switching and distraction detection
  • Focus-session coaching and break reminders
  • Efficiency score and trend dashboards
  • Client and team reporting (Pro/Team)
  • API access and automation rules (Pro and above)

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Alternatives

RescueTime Automatic time-tracking tool that logs app and website usage in the background to score focus and productivity trends. Timing Mac-native automatic time tracker that reconstructs a detailed activity timeline from app, file, and website usage. Toggl Track Manual and semi-automatic time-tracking tool with one-click timers, project reporting, and team billing features. ActivityWatch Free, open-source, self-hosted automatic time tracker that keeps all activity data on the user's own device.

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Terms to know

Quantified self The practice of using wearables, apps and personal logs to collect data about oneself in order to understand one's own habits. Time tracking Recording how time is spent across tasks or activities, used to analyze productivity, billing, and where hours go.

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