Ace Mate vs Bubble for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ace Mate
Find tennis partners and coaches in your area. Connect with other players through a built-in messaging tool and create a profile to get started. Enjoy meeting new people while playing your favorite sport.
- Find hitting partners
- Locate tennis coaches
- Built-in messaging
- User profiles with bio
- Connect with local players
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Interested in playing tennis with other people? Download Ace Mate! Ace Mate allows you to find casual hitting partners or coaches around you through the app's friend user interface. Use the built-in messaging tool to contact other people! Add in a profile picture and bio to get started! This is a great opportunity to meet new people while also enjoying a game of tennis!!!
Bubble for Mastodon
A lightweight, user-friendly Mastodon client designed for a seamless experience. It offers essential features like content filtering, multiple timelines, and a rich post composer, with optional enhancements for power users.
- Powerful content filter
- Multiple timeline views
- Rich post composer
- Grouped notifications
- Attachment saving (Bubble+)
- Multiple account support (Bubble+)
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Bubble is a very simple native lightweight Mastodon client, that is meant to look soft and easy-to-use. It integrates perfectly with your Mastodon account, and matches your vibe, while having Mastodon-only features. Bubble also includes a ton of features you know and love: - A powerful content filter - Report user content - All of your favorite timelines: Home, Trending, Local, and Federated - Trending hashtags - A rich post composer with polls, emojis, and attachments - Suggestions - Grouped Notifications - A restricted user list Bubble+ also allows you to get a handful of useful features such as attachment saving, more accounts... And there is so much more to see! ==================================================== Bubble+ Terms of Service: https://d.lumaa.fr/tosplus Bubble is not affiliated with Mastodon gGmbH.
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Verdict
Ace Mate and Bubble for Mastodon both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Ace Mate's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's. Ace Mate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). Bubble for Mastodon's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bubble for Mastodon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ace Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ace Mate against 5.0 for Bubble for Mastodon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Ace Mate's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's.
Ace Mate ships an update every 3 months, Bubble for Mastodon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ace Mate | Bubble for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alexander Choi | Philippe Bondevine |
Customer experience
Ace Mate
Bubble for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Ace Mate
No in-app purchases
Bubble for Mastodon
- Bubble+ • Monthly$1.991 Month
- Bubble+ • 3 Months$4.793 Months
- Bubble+ • Yearly$17.991 Year
Questions
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