About Roomie Cafe
Roomie Cafe is a free focus timer you share with friends. Press start, do the work and see who else is focusing right now. It runs in the browser and on iPhone.
Why it exists
Focus comes easier when other people are quietly working nearby. That is why libraries and cafes fill up with people who could just as well work at home. Online, the choices were video calls with strangers, sessions you have to book ahead, or apps that turn focus into a scoreboard.
Roomie Cafe keeps the cafe feeling and drops the rest. There is no camera and nothing to book. You press start, you see who else is focusing, and when the timer ends you share where you got. There are no streaks to break, no leaderboards and no productivity scores. A missed day is just an empty square on your calendar.
The thinking behind it is in our manifesto.
Who makes it
Gulagha Gozalov
Founder of Roomie Cafe
Gulagha Gozalov is the founder of Roomie Cafe, the free focus timer you share with friends, and works on the web app, the iPhone app and the blog.
Roomie Cafe started in September 2023 as a side project for fun, built on ideas from a master's thesis. After two years of experimenting, it became a startup in December 2025. Today it is made by Roomie Technologies OÜ, a private limited company registered in Estonia (registry code 17444617).
Timeline
Roomie Cafe starts as a side project for fun, built on ideas from a master's thesis.
The side project becomes a startup, and Roomie Technologies OÜ is registered in Estonia.
The first public changelog entry: a short reflection after every session.
The feed goes live, so new sessions appear the moment someone shares them.
Following, weekly goals and public profiles at roomie.cafe/u/yourname.
Roomie Cafe passes 1,000 registered users.
Every release since then is in the changelog.
Get in touch
For help, press and partnerships, write to [email protected]. Account questions are covered on the support page, and what we learn about focus goes on the blog.