What our customers say

“Rize has completely automated the "where did my day go?" problem. I use it as a silent audit for my zero-touch workflow, tracking minute-by-minute activity across Figma, Linear, Slack, and all of my design software. It’s helped me hit a consistent 90%+ daily focus rate by identifying exactly where my tool-switching overhead was killing momentum. If you’re a power user who needs hard data on your output without the manual logging headache, just get it. It’s non-negotiable for my setup. I am Dan, a Creative Director, and I live by a "zero-touch" workflow where every second of focus counts. I started using Rize to solve the black box of creative work—I needed to know exactly how much time was going into deep design versus the overhead of project management and tool-switching. What stood out about Rize is the total lack of friction. Unlike every other tracker I tried, Rize doesn't ask me to start a timer; it just understands my activity in real-time. It provides the high-fidelity data I need to keep my focus scores at 90%+ without ever getting in the way of the work itself.”

Daniel Beltran

Creative Director, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

“I use Rize for me and my entire team. The problem was always that I wanted to know what my team is working on, or even what I did the entire week, and I kind of never knew. Then, obviously, you can start tracking your time, but then you have to manually click each task. We all know that we sometimes get these randomized tasks that we don't create an actual task for, and then the week after you forget. Rize is kind of fixing all those things for me: I know what my team worked on, what I worked on, and also where I should focus more on. I would highly recommend it to everyone. The problem was always that I wanted to know what my team is working on, or even what I did the entire week, and I kind of never knew. Then, obviously, you can start tracking your time, but then you have to manually click each task. We all know that we sometimes get these randomized tasks that we don't create an actual task for, and then the week after you forget. Rize is kind of fixing all those things for me: I know what my team worked on, what I worked on, and also where I should focus more on. I would highly recommend it to everyone.”

Robin Criel

CEO, Lanello

“This app is honestly addictive… but in the best possible way 😄 It feels like the best colleague ever. It gives me so many insights as a business owner, helps me create clarity in my chaotic brain, keeps me motivated and actually helps me move towards my goals every single day. I get rewarded when I stay focused and called out when I don’t 😅 and that really works. It is very nice that you can customize everything very personally, like settings and goals. I expected an easy time tracking app… but it turned out to be a real coach. It genuinely exceeds my expectations. And the funniest part? We understand each other better with every day and every hour 😂 I honestly wouldn’t want to work without it anymore. Highly recommend! The demo, newsletters, reports, and the sense of personal contact with the founders are also great. Everything is awesome! I overwhelm my friends (to the point of annoyance) with positive things about this app. Don't hesitate, just download and start. The rest will happen automatically. I wanted a time tracking tool that could clearly understand what task I was doing without costing me extra time to set everything up, manually switch timers on or off, or categorize everything myself. What I really needed was insight. I work alone most of the time, and I wanted to become more aware of my routines and patterns so I could improve things, outsource smarter, change habits and work more intentionally instead of just “being busy.” That’s exactly why this works so well for me.”

“Rize earns its spot in my stack. It's loaded with genuinely useable features, but the reporting is what hooks me, I get a clean breakdown of exactly how much time I'm pouring into each client's project, which makes billing, scoping, and prioritizing a non-issue. Running a solo agency means every minute matters, and Rize keeps me honest about where mine are going. If you're on the fence, stop overthinking it and just run it for a week. You'll see the leaks in your day you didn't know you had. I needed a real answer to where my hours were disappearing across multiple client projects. Rize solved that without the fluff. What stood out vs other tools is the reporting, it actually tells a story about my day instead of dumping raw timers on me. Plenty of useable features, zero bloat, and it fits cleanly into how I already work as a solo agency owner.”

Michael Lynch

Full-Stack Web Experience Architect (UI/UX, Dev, SEO), 9R Designs

“It will change the way you work. The data is invaluable and has transformed how I tackle the day I was just trying to track my time better and since I run an AI automation agency why not leverage AI to track it for me. It was being used by a few friends and was highly recommended.”

Josiah Authier

Co-founder, Santa Barbara AI

“Rize is hands down the best time tracking app I've ever used. You can't optimize what you don't measure, and time is the one resource you never get back. My problem with time tracking has always been consistency. It's tedious to maintain. Rize solves this with a zero-friction approach that runs quietly in the background, handling everything for you. 100% worth it.😊 Rize is hands down the best time tracking app I've ever used. You can't optimize what you don't measure, and time is the one resource you never get back. The problem with time tracking has always been consistency — it's tedious to maintain. Rize solves this with a zero-friction approach that runs quietly in the background, handling everything for you. 100% worth it.😊”

Philippe Duvin

Founder, Animator NOW

“I use to think I spent my time productively, until Rize sent me my first report and I saw where and when I was getting distracted. Renewing my subscription every time is a no-brainer, especially because they keep adding features that are actually helpful. If you care about where you time goes, use Rize! I would get through a work week and look back and see all of the open space in my calendar where I could have been getting things done but I wasn't. I had tried automatic calendar scheduling software but that would only help me know where to spend my time. It wasn't until I tried Rize that it showed me where I was getting distracted, and that's been the biggest productivity boost I've gotten.”

Nathan Ladehoff

Director of Customer Success and Support, Striv Education

“I love the way it tracks in details what I'm doing. I'm a bug fan of the "hyper focus" work system, where you submit only to a task for a certain moment, and Rize has helped me in this way. the problem was that I was jumping from one task to the other. Rize helped me stay focus longer on the task on hand. The AI is pretty impressive in analysing what you are doing. Obviously it makes some mistakes, but I'm convinced , and with some help, it will quickly improve these mistakes”

“It helps us in two very important ways: by making us more aware of how we invest our time and by quantifying that investment of time, so that we can monetize it more equitably and optimally. We often invest money in work tools that are difficult to quantify the return on investment, but with RIZE that doesn't happen. You can measure the improvement day by day because it is a tool that allows you to measure your productivity and that of the tool you have purchased. For example, I purchase a license for program X. My team uses program X four times a month for 20 minutes. With RIZE, you will know this and you will also be able to measure how much more productive you have become with the acquisition of the new software. RAIZE is the best investment you can make. We needed to know where we were investing our timeI haven't considered any others; I doubt there's anything better. It's the application that we as developers would have built..”

Julian Ramos Marrero

CEO, Infinityloop Sistemas

“I've been using Rize for about four weeks now, and it has really transformed the way I manage my time. I’ve become much more aware of how I spend my workday, and that awareness alone has made me noticeably more focused and productive. Rize helps me identify patterns, stay in flow, and take meaningful breaks instead of just switching tasks mindlessly. It feels like having a gentle productivity coach that keeps me on track without adding pressure. For anyone on the fence about trying Rize — I’d say give it a week. You’ll quickly see how effortlessly it helps you work smarter, with more clarity and balance throughout your day. I'm a meditation teacher and course creator who’s always looking for ways to stay focused and use time intentionally. Before discovering Rize, I was trying to find a tool that could really help me understand my work habits without adding more complexity to my routine. What stood out to me about Rize was its simplicity and beautiful design — it just works quietly in the background and gives you meaningful insights that lead to real change. I love how it helps me find balance between deep work, creativity, and recovery throughout the day.”

Jan von Wille

Owner, Jan von Wille

“Because I often work very similar things for different projects, using Rize (especially now after some upgrades), allows me to not nitpick so much and waste time tracking the different projects. It also gives me a quick breakdown of the different apps and task breakdowns for when it is time to invoice my clients. Overall it has saved me a lot of time. If you often work with many clients, want to better yourself by noticing where you might be taking more time or need a time-tracking tool that is intuitive and makes life easier I would recommend you use Rize. I do many different things as part of my work. Because I also work with different partners it's extremely important that I'm able to accurately track my time. Rize helps this task feel like a breeze. I can stop worrying about time tracking and get to the things that matter feeling sure that Rize is already on it, freeing part of the mental bandwidth for the things I truly need to focus on! Rize stood out to me because of how intuitive, minimalistic and non-intrusive it is. ”

Miguel Costas

Graduate Researcher, University of Puerto Rico

“Immediately after downloading the app, Rize started tracking my work, breaks, etc., giving me granular information on how I was spending my time. It's rare that you use an app for the first time and it starts working usefully right away, effortlessly. Great app! To anyone considering using Rize, I would say simply download it and start working, and then check the app again after a few hours. You'll immediately see its potential. Immediately after downloading the app, Rize started tracking my work, breaks, etc., giving me granular information on how I was spending my time. It's rare that you use an app for the first time and it starts working usefully right away, effortlessly. Great app! To anyone considering using Rize, I would say simply download it and start working, and then check the app again after a few hours. You'll immediately see its potential.”

“Rize gives me better focus, less distraction, and clear data on my habits. It acts as an automated accountability partner that sits in my menu bar. You can't improve what you don't measure, and Rize makes measuring effortless. I'm Patrik, currently looking for my next opportunity. I struggled with maintaining structure and focus without a defined work schedule to guide me. Rize stood out because it’s fully automatic—unlike other tools where I’d forget to start the timer, Rize captures everything in the background so I can focus on the work, not the tracking.”

Patrik

Software Engineer, PatrikGustavsson

“With Rize I never need to ask myself where I'm spending my time. Instead, I can ask myself how I want to spend my time.”

Kevin Hsu

Co-Founder & Head of Product at Quaestor, Quaestor

“I always thought that I was being productive. Rize helped show me that I wasn't being nearly as productive as I thought I was. Being able to have it automatically track everything I do and get feedback on what I did and what I can do better is a GAMECHANGER. I think this is an absolute no-brainer if you're serious about your time! I'm a lot more intentional with how I use my time without having to stress over constantly entering and tracking my time I started using Rize because I needed some way to track my work across clients and various deliverables. But I also just wanted a system of accountability that I can't get around. It will track whatever I do, and if I am wasting time that will just bite me in the butt. I've used some other options before but they're very manual and just track data. Rize also gives you feedback and actually helps you make better use of your time, which is awesome! ”

Jarrich Grey

COO/Ghostwriter, Ghostbird

“Working on multiple writing and research projects at the same time has always left me with a feeling of guilty for the scatered work process. Rize has been an amazing tool as it shows me that there is pattern and system in my way of work, and helps me take the better advantage of it. Try to track my work steps felt always like another task I was not able to succefuly complete. But Rize has an autonomy that take this task from me and deliver the best results.”

Júlia Lucena

Writer, Freelancer

“Rize has helped me gain clear visibility into how I manage my time while working remotely. It provides valuable insights into where my time is being invested, helping me improve productivity, better estimate task durations, and identify opportunities to optimize workflows or delegate time consuming activities. I have used Rize for several years, and it has been an invaluable tool. More recently, integrating it with Claude and Linear has further improved my ability to track projects and understand how I allocate my time. What I value most about using Rize is that it eliminates the need to manually track my time. It automatically captures my work, quickly identifies projects and tasks, and provides concise summaries of what I accomplished. This allows me to review and understand how my time was spent efficiently, without investing additional effort.”

Rodrigo Wörner Torres

Solar Engineer, Wörner Solar

“Automatic tracking has been a total game-changer for me. With ADHD, manually tracking my work used to take a lot of time and mental energy. Now Rize runs quietly in the background and handles it all, so I can stay fully focused on what I’m doing without constantly thinking about a timer. It’s also helped me pinpoint when I’m most productive, which makes it much easier to plan my day. Beyond the software itself, the community is incredible. Any time I’ve run into a technical issue, someone has helped almost immediately. They even jumped on a meeting with me to see the problem firsthand and got it fixed in no time. That level of support is genuinely impressive.”

Ashikuzzaman H.

G2

“I've very much become aware of my time habits, e.g. spending more time in break zones than I thought. If you value your time at X, becoming aware of how you spend time relative to X is extremely valuable. You literally give it permissions and you're off to the races. ”

“This app is insane! It combines a dark, clean UI with powerful features and deep integrations across my favorite tools, giving me exactly what I needed to truly understand how I spend my time and delivering invaluable AI insights that help me optimize and better manage my productivity. I was looking for a smarter way to really understand how I spend my time and find where I could better manage my schedule. What stood out about Rize was its clean UI, super useful, features, many app integrations, and the AI insights to better manage my time.”

“Rize has been a no-brainer for me. It has been essential for me to optimize my deep work time when I sit down to work on my book.”

Ali Abdaal

YouTuber, Podcaster, Author, ex-Doctor

“Rize has helped me get more time to focus on coding and build better work habits around taking breaks.”

Justine De Caires

Software Engineer at Twitter, Twitter

“Rize quickly became a valuable part of my daily workflow. What I like the most is how automatic and effortless the tracking is — it runs in the background and gives me a clear picture of how I spend my time. The AI-generated descriptions are especially useful, as they help me understand my activities without having to manually log everything. It provides insights that I wouldn’t normally notice. The interface is clean, intuitive, and makes it very easy to review my day and identify where I can improve my focus and productivity.”

Adrian B.

G2

“Ever since I started using Rize, I have been more productive, I am able to tweak my performance at the right spots to have a competitive advantage in my studies. I was able to increase my focus time from 1 hr to 4-5 hrs at a stretch... And, I am able to study for 10-12 hrs everyday effectively I am a student, and I have been a Rize user from two years ago.... Last year actually, the website glitched I guess and I got it for a year for free. This year also it happened, but I decided to pay for it using my money... I am from India, in Class 11 preparing for the JEE Exam for my undergrad college. Rize has been a very important part of my journey and I would love to support it with a lump sum donation once I achieve my goals in a few years. Its a wonderful platform, I am still in awe as to how useful Rize is, for my studies and productivity.”

“One of the most progressive and user-friendly solutions for automatic time tracking — Rize. Looks like a perfect tool to build better work habits and improve focus.”

Productive Fish

“Rize is an app that automatically tracks and categorizes your work and presents it to you in a beautifully configured dashboard.”

Vagabond