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Insights and tips on productivity, time tracking, and building better work habits.

macgill davis · February 28, 2026

Track Time by Chrome Profile with Custom Keywords

The Rize Chrome extension now supports custom keywords per Chrome profile, enabling automatic time categorization across work, personal, and client contexts.

macgill davis · February 14, 2022

Releasing the new Weekly Productivity Assessment

Get actionable insights from our new Weekly Productivity Assessment.

macgill davis · December 22, 2021

Custom URL Categorization

Changelog 0.8.30 - Custom categorization rules for specific URLs, a new Activity Feed, improved Daily Report, and more.

macgill davis · October 4, 2021

Timeboxing in Rize with Pinned Calendars

Learn how to timebox in Rize with our new Pinned Calendar feature.

macgill davis · July 20, 2021

Weekly and Monthly Dashboard Updates

We shipped a new weekly view, monthly view, and a lot more!

macgill davis · June 17, 2021

Add, Edit, and Remove Workblocks

For changelog 0.7.9, we shipped manual creation of workblocks and improved the way we detect meetings.

macgill davis · April 22, 2021

Launching Rize Projects

In v0.7.0 we shipped Projects as well as a number of additional improvements.

macgill davis · March 17, 2021

Best Idle Detection in Time Tracking: 2026 Comparison

Compare idle detection features across 8 top time-tracking tools. Side-by-side breakdown of detection methods, timeouts, and platform support.

will goto · March 17, 2021

Introducing the Rize Productivity Blog

Our mission at Rize is to enable people to produce their best work and thrive in an increasingly competitive world.

macgill davis · March 9, 2021

New Onboarding + Rize Referral Program

We revamped our onboarding, added magic link authentication, launched our referral program, and more.

macgill davis · February 17, 2021

Rize Referral Program

Give your friends one free month of Rize!

macgill davis · February 5, 2021

Website Tracking Update (Action Required) - v0.4.3

We are longer supporting our Chrome Extension and adding all browser support to our Mac application.

macgill davis · February 4, 2021

How to Enable Website Categorization on Mac

A step by step breakdown of enabling Rize to categorize websites on Mac.

macgill davis · January 19, 2021

Dashboard Redesign & Break Timer - Changelog v0.4.0

We shipped a brand new dashboard, automatic tracking schedule, a break timer and more!

macgill davis · December 17, 2020

Vertical Timeline & Standalone Mac App

We launched a new dashboard redesign with a vertical timeline, focus time details, and more.

macgill davis · December 9, 2020

Weekly View & Google Calendar Integration

We released a weekly view, Google Calendar integration, calendar rules and more.

macgill davis · November 23, 2020

Revamped Scores + Smart Notifications - Changelog v0.2.0

We released smart notifications, a score details section, a revamped meeting score, and more.

macgill davis · November 14, 2020

Rize MacOS Performance Issues

A short explanation of the recent Rize macOS application performance issues.

macgill davis · November 14, 2020

Daily Notes Release - Changelog v0.1.0

We released Daily Notes, improved performance, profile photos, and more.

macgill davis · October 28, 2020

Changelog v0.0.12

A new daily email, improved categorization, bug fixes and more.

macgill davis · October 16, 2020

Scores Release - Changelog v0.0.10

We released Productivity Scores to help you understand and improve the way you work.