RescueTime vs Rize

RescueTime

• People who want to see where computer time goes without running timers
• Blocking distracting sites and apps during set focus periods
• Freelancers who want timesheets filled in from tracked activity
• Teams that want aggregated reports on tools and focus trends

Rize

• Freelancers and agencies that bill by the hour and dislike manual timers
• Individuals who want to see where their time at the computer goes
• Teams that want client and project visibility without screenshots

RescueTime

• The free Lite plan keeps 2 weeks of history and 1 goal, with no Focus Sessions, alerts or offline time.
• The iOS app is not available on the Lite plan.
• Timesheets, clients, projects and billable rates need Solo+ or Team+.
• The supported systems list covers Windows, macOS, iOS and Android; Linux is not on it.

Rize

• There is no free plan; after the 7-day trial, plans start at $9.99 a month billed annually.
• The tracker is available for macOS 10.14.6 or later and Windows 10 or later; the pricing page says Linux support is coming soon.
• Team plans carry a 2-seat minimum at $29.99 per seat a month billed annually.
• API, webhook, Zapier and MCP access start on Pro, and a mobile app is listed only under Enterprise.

RescueTime

Automatic activity tracking

Logs time in apps and websites without timers. Idle detection prompts you to record offline work, and tracking can be paused or limited to a work schedule.

Focus Sessions

Blocks distracting sites and apps for a set period on paid plans. Connecting Slack mutes notifications during a session, and Spotify can start a focus playlist.

Goals and alerts

Set goals for how time is spent, a daily target for focused time, and alerts that fire as you work. Lite allows 1 goal and has no alerts.

Reports and productivity scores

Breaks time down by app, website and category with daily, weekly or monthly productivity scores. Paid plans keep unlimited history; Lite shows 2 weeks.

Timesheets

Solo+ and Team+ add a timeline with suggestions for which client, project or task each activity belongs to, plus billable rates, time rounding and CSV or Excel export.

Team reporting

Team plans add aggregated reports on chosen key tools, categories and daily patterns, with owner, admin, manager and member roles controlling who sees what.

Rize

Automatic time tracking

Captures time across apps and websites in the background, with no timers or manual entry, and uses AI to categorize and tag it.

Client and project time

Sorts tracked time by client and project for billable hours, timesheets and invoices. Client and scheduled reports in PDF or CSV start on Pro.

Focus tools

Focus detection, distraction blocking, focus music and break reminders sit alongside the tracker, with AI insights on productivity and focus.

Rize Agent and AI reports

Ask questions about your time, projects and clients in chat, and run reports on demand or on a schedule. Each plan includes a monthly AI credit allowance.

Team visibility and profitability

Team plans give managers dashboards by client and project. Profitability views show revenue, cost and margin by client, project and member.

API, webhooks and MCP

From Pro, time data can be reached through the Rize API, webhooks, Zapier and an MCP server for AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.

RescueTime

• Lite$0

  Automatic tracking, activity reports, weekly summaries and 1 goal, limited to 2 weeks of report history.

• Solo$7

  per month, billed annually ($84); $9 billed monthly

  Focus features for individuals: Focus Sessions, unlimited goals and alerts, offline time, detailed reports and unlimited history.

• Team$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($120); $12 billed monthly

  Focus features for teams, with team and individual reports, key tools, shared categories and role-based access.

• Solo+$12

  per month, billed annually ($144); $15 billed monthly

  Solo plus Timesheets for individuals: timeline, clients, projects and tasks, billable rates, project goals and exports.

• Team+$16

  per user / month, billed annually ($192); $18 billed monthly

  Team plus Timesheets: shared clients, projects and tasks, a team weekly calendar view and billable rates.

Rize

• Basic$9.99

  per month, billed annually ($12.99 billed monthly)

  Automatic app and website tracking, AI categorization, AI chat, focus music and smart breaks, personal reports, exports and 500 AI credits a month.

• Pro$23.99

  per month, billed annually ($28.99 billed monthly)

  Adds client and scheduled reports, AI automations and agents, MCP server access, API, webhooks and Zapier, and 1,000 AI credits a month.

• Max$39.99

  per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly)

  Everything in Pro with 3,000 AI credits a month and priority support.

• Team$29.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($39.99 monthly)

  Manager dashboards with per-client and per-project time breakdowns. 2-seat minimum.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Max plus a mobile app, SOC 2 compliance, SSO and SCIM provisioning, custom contracts and a dedicated account manager.

RescueTime

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate on annual plans

  Annual plans cost less per month than monthly ones: Solo is $84 a year ($7 a month) against $9 month to month, about 22% less, and Team+ is $16 against $18 per user.

Rize

• Annual discount

  Save up to 25% with annual billing

  Rize's pricing FAQ says annual billing saves up to 25% on Team plans and up to 23% on individual plans. The Basic card shows a saving of $36 a year.