Rize

Automatic AI time tracking that categorizes your focus and work

Hand-reviewed by the Toolglade team·Updated Aug 2026

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Toolglade’s take

Rize hits a nice balance between automatic tracking and privacy by categorizing focus without screenshots or keystroke logging, which makes it easier to adopt than surveillance-style tools. Its AI categorization and focus reports are genuinely useful for understanding time drift. There is no permanent free tier, only a 7-day trial, which limits low-commitment evaluation. Team features are newer and lighter than dedicated workforce-analytics platforms.

About Rize

Rize is an AI automatic time tracker for macOS and Windows that categorizes focus and activity without screenshots or keystroke logging, providing focus insights and reports.

Rize tracks time automatically by reading which application or website is in focus, then uses AI to categorize activities into projects and work types, producing focus insights, reports, and habit nudges. Unlike surveillance-style trackers, it deliberately avoids screenshots, keystroke logging, and screen capture, positioning privacy as a feature. This makes it useful both for personal productivity and for teams that want aggregate time visibility without micromanagement. The app runs on macOS and Windows and integrates with calendars, project tools, and thousands of apps via Zapier. Pricing spans a Basic individual plan, a Pro tier with deeper insights, and a Team plan billed per seat. Rize suits knowledge workers, freelancers who bill by time, and teams wanting to recover billable hours and understand where time actually goes.

TL;DR

Rize is a privacy-first AI automatic time tracker that categorizes focus and activity on macOS and Windows without screenshots, best for knowledge workers and freelancers.

Company overview

Rize is a productivity software company focused on automatic time tracking and focus improvement. It differentiates through a privacy-first stance, avoiding the surveillance features common in employee-monitoring tools.

The product serves individuals and, increasingly, teams who want to understand and improve how time is spent without invasive monitoring.

Product features

Rize automatically tracks the active application and website, then uses AI to categorize time into projects and work types, generating focus insights, reports, and habit nudges. It explicitly avoids screenshots and keystroke logging.

It runs on macOS and Windows and integrates with calendars, project tools, and thousands of apps via Zapier. A Team plan adds aggregate visibility for groups.