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A café that says yes to laptops, at times, by rules and with a number of spots it sets itself. You recognise it by the filled pin and the yellow “Co•fé Partner” badge. The app shows its laptop hours and how many spots are free right now.

Check in the app whether a spot is free. On site, pick a seat and check in with your laptop. The check-in comes from your Co•fé plan or is a single check-in. When you leave, check out, or let the app do it automatically.

No. A free spot in the app means: laptop welcome, not table reserved. Find a seat, check in, open your laptop.

The app shows it, and a laptop check-in isn't possible right then. You can still check in without a laptop, for free. Often a spot frees up soon.

A single check-in costs €5.99. With a Co•fé plan you get check-ins every month: S for €15.99 with 4, M for €39.99 with 10, L for €69.99 with 20. All prices include 19 % VAT. You buy in the app, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

Because laptops take up tables for hours over one coffee, many cafés say no. Your check-in pays the café a small fee. In return it says yes to laptops, and you order what you feel like, not what you owe.

Only if you allow it: then the café sees your first name and photo while you're checked in, and you don't have to show anything. Otherwise you appear blurred, and you show your check-in in the app.

Yes, unused check-ins from your plan expire at the end of the billing period. You get new ones the next month.

You can cancel monthly plans at any time, effective at the end of the current month, right in the app.

An app for everyone who works from cafés. Through Co•fé, partner cafés say yes to laptops, at their times, by their rules and with a set number of spots. For over 800 more cafés, the map shows laptop rules, wifi and power outlets. Plus check-ins that let friends see where you are, and the “Say Hi” ping for meeting new people. For iOS and Android.

The app is free: finding cafés, checking in, adding places and everything with friends. You only pay for working with a laptop in partner cafés, with a Co•fé plan or on its own. Filters are free if you add three new places a month, and included in every plan.

Download Co•fé from the App Store or Google Play. Sign up with your email, with Apple or Google. You'll be browsing cafés in under a minute.

The map is worldwide, with over 800 cafés in 44 countries, and it grows with the community. Partner cafés start in Cologne and Berlin. If your favourite café is missing, add it.

Browse the map or the list. The pins show at a glance whether it's a partner café, whether laptops are welcome, whether there are rules, or whether laptops aren't allowed. Use filters to look for wifi, power outlets, outdoor seating and more.

You can filter the map by partner cafés, “laptops welcome”, “open now” and the Co•fé rating, and by wifi, power outlets, outdoor area, vegan options and decaf. Also by cafés where friends are checked in right now or people who are open to meeting new people, and by your favourites.

Not for browsing: without location the map starts in Cologne and you can explore it freely. You do need it to check in, because that only works on site, just like adding and editing cafés. With location the app also shows cafés near you. If you like, turn on automatic check-out in the settings. For that the app also uses your location in the background, but only while you're checked in.

Yes, Co•fé is built by the community. Tap the plus on the map and add the café. Everyone sees it right away, marked as not yet verified until others in the community confirm the place is real. To prevent spam, you need to be on site to add or edit a café.

If you're at the café, you can change its details right in the app. Otherwise write to us at support@co-fe.de.

By default only your friends. If you're open to meeting new people when you check in, others at the same café who are too can see you. You decide anew with every check-in.

When you check in, you make yourself visible to others at the same café who are open too. It only works both ways: you only see people who switched it on as well.

A one-tap ping that shows someone at the same café you're open to a hello. Not a message, not a chat. The rest happens face to face, or it doesn't.

Groups are for people who meet at real places: regulars, study groups, meetups or just your friends. A group is either public, so anyone can find it and ask to join, or private, so only its members see it. You can invite people with a link or add friends directly.

Join the waitlist on the page for cafés. We're taking on partner cafés in small groups, starting in Cologne and Berlin, and we'll get in touch personally.

Co•fé is free for cafés: no setup fee, no running costs, no hardware. You get €2.00 for every paid check-in, on top of everything that's ordered. We pay out monthly.

Yes, as a beta: connect your POS in the Partner Dashboard, SumUp, Zettle or ready2order, with more to come. Co•fé then adjusts your laptop seats by itself, depending on how full the café is right now. It only reads the time and number of receipts, no amounts, card data or names. “It's full” always wins.

That's free and without obligation. You set your own laptop rules, including “no laptops”, so guests know them before they visit.

Check that Co•fé is allowed to use your location in your phone's settings.

Tap “Forgot password?” when signing in. We'll email you a link.

In your profile settings under “Delete account”. Your data is permanently removed within 30 days. If something goes wrong, write to support@co-fe.de.