- Authors
- Name
- Kai Kang
- Role
- Staff Software Engineer @ Meta · Solo App Builder
Remote Café
Remote Café is a coffee-themed Pomodoro timer that brings you into immersive café scenes from cities around the world. Start a 25-minute focus session, play white noise, and settle into work or study with multi-layer parallax scenes in the background.
I use Remote Café while working in large open spaces, where the timer gives my attention a clear boundary and the ambient sound softens nearby distractions.
This was the first app I launched on the iOS App Store. Building it gave me a practical way to learn the complete submission and App Store Optimization process.
Update: Remote Café is now on the web
On August 8, 2026, I launched a browser-based version at remotecafe.app. It brings the focus timer, ambient sounds, and city-based café scenes to the desktop without requiring an installation.
Read the web launch announcement for the full story, or open Remote Café and start a session.