AceSpace Review 2026: Legit or Waste of Money?
The AceSpace dating app is legit: it is a small, real community app for asexual and aromantic spectrum adults, run by a registered UK company, and messaging, likes and profiles are free. It is not a waste of money because you do not need to pay at all: Premium ($9.99 a month or $69.99 a year on the App Store) only adds cosmetic extras, advanced filters and higher daily limits. The catch is size and polish: about 10K+ Android downloads, and recent reviews complain about bugs and slow support.
What is AceSpace, and who runs it?
AceSpace describes itself as "a community built for asexual and aromantic spectrum people: a feed, a discover deck, and private messaging, designed around the idea that connection doesn't have to start with attraction" (App Store listing). It started as a website at acespace.love and now has apps for iPhone and Android. The iPhone app came out on July 23, 2025, and both apps were last updated on September 28, 2026.
The company behind it is AceSpace Limited, a UK private company registered in Mildenhall, Suffolk. Companies House shows it as active, incorporated on March 9, 2023 (first named AceSpace Digital Limited), with its last confirmation statement filed in March 2026. The store listings say the app is "built and run by a small team" and point members to an AceSpace Discord server and the in-app contact form for support. The Google Play listing gives contact@acespace.love as the support email.
One note on sources: AceSpace's website blocks automated readers, so this review relies on the app store listings, the company register and the reviews posted there, not on the website's own pages.
Who AceSpace is for (and who should skip it)
- Good fit: asexual, demisexual, gray-ace and aromantic adults who want friends, a partner, or just a space where nobody asks "so, no sex, like, ever?". The listing says some members come for friends, some for a partner, "and plenty just want to be around people who get it".
- Also a fit: people who like a social feed as much as a dating deck. AceSpace works like a mix of a small social network and a dating app.
- Poor fit: anyone outside a big city who needs lots of local matches fast, and anyone who wants verified profiles. The pool is small and the listings describe no photo or ID check.
- Not for: anyone under 18. The App Store rates the app 18+ and Google Play rates it Mature 17+.
How AceSpace dating app matching and messaging work
There is no swipe-only feed and no compatibility quiz. According to the store listings, you get four main tools:
- Discover: member cards you Like or Pass, "with no games and no countdowns". You can see who liked you and your matches for free.
- Filters built for aces: filters include romantic orientation and desire levels, plus distance and age; the September 2026 update added a "has kids" filter. More advanced discover filters are part of Premium.
- Community feed: posts with threaded comments, so you can meet people by talking about anything before you look at profiles.
- Private messaging: real-time chat, free, with settings for exactly who can message you.
Profiles have story sections, interests, badges, pronouns and labels, and a Preview button shows your profile the way others see it. That level of detail matters on an ace app: you can state your romantic orientation and how you feel about sex up front, before anyone starts a conversation.
Is AceSpace free? Free vs Premium
Yes, the parts that matter are free. The listing is blunt about it: "No paywall between you and a reply. No blurred-out list of people who were interested in you." Premium is an optional subscription that "supports the platform", and the listing says it "never buys access to other members".
| What you get | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Price (App Store, US) | $0 | $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year |
| Messaging, seeing who liked you, viewing profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Community feed and comments | Yes | Yes |
| Basic discover filters (orientation, desire level, distance, age) | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced discover filters | No | Yes |
| More photos and profile sections | No | Yes |
| Colorful display names, profile themes, Supporter badge | No | Yes |
| Daily limits on likes, posts and new conversations | Standard caps | Higher caps |
Prices checked October 2026 on the App Store listing; the feature split comes from the same listing and the Google Play listing. Google Play shows "in-app purchases" without listing prices, and I could not read the prices on the website, so check the price in your store before you tap.
If you do pay, the annual plan is the better deal: $69.99 a year works out to about $5.83 a month, against $119.88 for twelve monthly payments, a saving of $49.89. Prices have moved: an App Store reviewer wrote in April that Premium was "currently $8.99". The developer replied that the model was inspired by Discord Nitro, where you pay only for "little cosmetic things".
"Completely free" vs a paid tier: who is right?
Google's preview of AceSpace's sign-up page calls it "a completely free & open dating website", while the app stores sell a subscription. Both are fair once you read the details: everything you need to meet people is free, and Premium is a support tier with extras. Nothing in the listings suggests pay-to-chat tricks.
Safety, privacy and verification
The listing makes four specific moderation promises:
- Human review: "every report is reviewed by a human".
- One-tap block and report from profiles and messages.
- Messaging rules enforced on the servers: the limits you set on who can message you are applied by AceSpace's servers, "not just in the interface".
- Blurred sensitive content: it stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
What is missing: neither listing describes photo verification, ID checks or a verified badge, so you cannot tell from the app whether a profile is real. That is common for small community apps, but it means the usual rules apply: video call before you meet, meet in a public place, tell a friend where you are going, and never send money or gift cards to someone you met online, whatever the story.
On privacy, think before you fill in every field. Google Play's data safety page says the app may collect your name, email, phone number, approximate location and photos, plus optional fields such as sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and political or religious beliefs. It says data is encrypted in transit and that you can request deletion, and that crash logs and performance data may be shared with third parties for analytics. The App Store label lists "Sensitive Info" among the data linked to you. If you are not out, use a first name only and photos that do not show your face until you trust someone.
Complaints, fake profiles and app ratings
On the App Store, AceSpace has 4.3 stars from 38 ratings; on Google Play, 3.3 stars from 94 reviews and 10K+ downloads (October 2026). Those are small numbers, so a handful of reviews moves the average a lot. The written reviews explain the gap between the two stores:
- Praise: a welcoming community, "without a ridiculous massive paywall", and profiles that let people be clear about sex and romance. One Google Play reviewer says they made "a lot of friends".
- Bugs: photos not loading, slow reloads, messages sent twice, notifications doubling, chats that stop. The developer replied on September 26, 2026 that the servers slowed under a wave of new members and that it had made "a whole load of optimisations".
- Support: one App Store reviewer (September 2026) was logged out, never received password reset emails and says two support requests went unanswered for a month.
- Community friction: a 3-star Google Play review complains about hostile users in feed discussions.
None of the reviews shown on either store accuses AceSpace of fake profiles run by the company, bait messages or hidden charges, the patterns that make me flag a site as a pay-to-chat trap. The real risk here is a quiet local pool, not a scam.
Does ace dating actually work?
It can, but expect a slow pace. The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) says asexual people can form romantic relationships with each other and with allosexual partners, and that the challenge is finding a compatible partner "as there aren't many of us". An informal 2021 AVEN forum poll shows the problem: of 36 voters, 22 had never used an ace dating site, 7 had been on one for six months or more without talking to anyone, 5 had gone on dates and 2 had talked without dating. It is a tiny sample, not a study, but it matches what small niche apps look like outside big cities.
That is why AceSpace's design makes sense: the feed and the Discord give you friends and conversation even when there is nobody to date nearby. If dating is the goal, use it next to a larger app with good orientation options rather than instead of one.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Messaging, likes and profiles are free; no paywall on replies
- Built for ace and aro people: filters for romantic orientation and desire level
- Friendship and community, not only dating
- Human-reviewed reports and server-side messaging controls
- Run by a registered UK company, updated regularly
Cons
- Small user base: 10K+ Android downloads and few ratings
- No photo or ID verification described
- Recent reviews report bugs and slow support
- Premium price is not shown on Google Play
- Collects sensitive data if you fill in optional fields
How to cancel Premium and delete your account
Premium is billed by Apple or Google when you buy it in the app, so you cancel it in the store, not inside AceSpace. Deleting the app does not stop the billing.
- On iPhone: open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, pick AceSpace and tap Cancel Subscription (Apple's guide). Do it at least 24 hours before the renewal date to be safe.
- On Android: open the Play Store, go to Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions, select AceSpace and cancel. Google warns that uninstalling the app does not cancel the subscription.
- Refunds: for app store purchases, ask Apple or Google; AceSpace does not process those payments.
- Delete your data: Google Play's data safety page says the developer provides a way to request deletion. The listings do not spell out the steps, so look in the app's settings first, and if you cannot find it, email contact@acespace.love and ask for your account and data to be deleted.
AceSpace alternatives
If you are X, pick Y:
- You want the biggest queer community with an ace group: HER. On its asexual dating page, HER says it has 15M+ members and a dedicated asexual community. It was created by and for sapphic women and queer people. Read my HER review.
- You want a mainstream app that understands ace labels: OkCupid offers 20 orientations, including asexual, demisexual and grayasexual, and you can search by orientation. See my OkCupid review.
- You like words over selfies: Lex, a text-first app for queer, trans and non-binary people.
- You want dating and a social network in one LGBTQ+ app: Taimi.
For the full picture, see my LGBTQ+ dating sites rankings and the A to Z of dating site reviews.
How I rate it
I give AceSpace 3.5 out of 5. That rating is based on public pricing, features, safety tools, app store reputation and value, not on hands-on use. Value for money: 4.5 (everything needed to meet people is free, and Premium is optional extras). Safety and verification: 2.5 (human-reviewed reports and server-side message controls, but no verification described and support complaints). Evidence of an active user base: 2 (10K+ Android downloads and 132 ratings across both stores, though updates are frequent). Features for its audience: 4.5 (ace-specific filters, a community feed and friendship as a goal). Transparency: 3.5 (prices and Premium perks are spelled out and the company is on the public register, but the website blocks outside readers and there is no public help center).
Frequently asked questions
Is AceSpace legit?
Yes. AceSpace is run by AceSpace Limited, an active UK company registered since March 2023, and its apps are on the App Store and Google Play. Messaging, likes and profiles are free, and reviews describe bugs and slow support rather than scams.
Is AceSpace free?
The core is free: messaging, seeing who liked you, viewing profiles and the community feed. Premium costs $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year on the US App Store (October 2026) and adds cosmetic extras, advanced filters, more photos and higher daily limits.
Do ace people still date, and how do they find partners?
Many do. AVEN says asexual people can form romantic relationships with other aces or with allosexual partners. They meet through ace apps like AceSpace, ace groups inside bigger apps such as HER, and mainstream apps that list asexual orientations, like OkCupid; pools are small, so using more than one helps.
Can asexuals like kissing?
Yes, some do. AVEN says some asexual people enjoy kissing, cuddling or massages and others do not, so it is a personal boundary to talk about with a partner, like any other.
What does zedsexual mean?
Zedsexual is another word for allosexual: someone who does experience sexual attraction. In the ace community it is used as the opposite of asexual, without implying that sexual attraction is the default.
What is the 333 rule in dating apps?
It is informal dating advice, not an app feature, and people use it to mean different things, usually checkpoints at three days, three dates or three months. AceSpace has no such rule: go at the pace that suits you and the people you meet.