Subspace

Freecomms LLC

About this app

Subspace lets phones talk to each other with nothing in between. No phone plan, no account, no sign up. Open the app, pick a name, and you can see and message every Subspace phone within range.

HOW IT WORKS
Subspace sends messages phone to phone over Bluetooth (about 30 feet) and over WiFi when phones share a network. Turn on Mesh and nearby phones repeat messages so they travel further. If you want to reach people farther away, turn on the optional Mobile data signal and messages go through the Subspace relay over the internet. You choose which signals are on, and in what order.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
- #open-air: a shared channel everyone nearby can read and post to.
- Direct messages: private, encrypted end to end between two phones.
- Group chats: pick up to 10 nearby people and start a private group.
- Channels: create a named channel that lives for 24 hours, find channels near you, or lock one with a password and share the 8 character code by text, email, or Subspace.
- Schedule a Meetup: make a meeting poll, share the link, and attach a channel for the meeting.
- Notifications for new messages, with separate switches for open channels and direct messages.
- Share Subspace: hand the app to a friend standing next to you, no store needed.

MADE FOR THE REAL WORLD
Concerts, campuses, camping trips, cruise ships, festivals, protests, power outages, and anywhere the signal is bad or the plan ran out. If two phones are within range, Subspace works.

BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND
- No accounts and no phone numbers.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking.
- Every message is signed so you know who really sent it.
- Private messages and group chats are encrypted end to end.
- Nothing leaves the phones in the room unless you turn on Mobile data.
- Optimize wipes everything the app remembers in three taps.

PARENTAL LOCK
Parents can set a passphrase and choose what needs it: new chats with strangers, #open-air, creating or finding channels. Keep Mobile data on, get an alert when another Subspace phone stays near the phone for hours, and receive hourly or daily email reports.

FOUR LOOKS
Traditional, Terminal, Cosmic, and Expat skins, with light and dark modes that can follow the phone automatically.

Subspace is free and made by Freecomms LLC. Our mission is simple: help people be together, without needing a phone plan, an account, or permission from anyone.

Questions: [e-mail]

What’s new

First release of Subspace. Talk to phones near you over Bluetooth or WiFi with no internet, no account, and no plan. Includes #open-air, private chats, group chats, channels, meeting polls, parental lock, and four skins.