By: Penmate
Find anyone incarcerated and send letters, photos, and more.
Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
- By:
- Penmate
- Downloads:
- 107,378 179
- Rating:
- 4.18 (1,108)
- Version:
- 0.0.51 Last updated: 2025-12-05
- Version code:
- 51
- Creation date:
- 2020-01-02
- Publisher country:
US
- Permissions:
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
- android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY Moderate risk
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
- android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
- android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
- android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE Low risk
- android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
- android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM Low risk
- android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC Low risk
- android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT Low risk
- android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
- Size:
- 54.51MB
- Email:
- he*****@penmateapp.com
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Google Play Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-07-01
- Compare stats and ranking:
- Penmate - Send Mail to Jail vs InmatePost
- Penmate - Send Mail to Jail vs Jailhouse Mail
- Penmate - Send Mail to Jail vs Pelipost: Photos-to-Prison
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User Reviews
Pros
- Helps maintain contact with incarcerated loved ones when other communication means are limited.
- Some users found the app easy to navigate and use after initial setup.
- Provides an option to send pictures along with letters, which some users appreciated.
- Customer support responded promptly to issues in some cases.
- Able to find and message inmates fairly easily according to some users.
Cons
- Extremely slow delivery; letters sometimes take over a week or more to arrive.
- High cost for sending messages compared to alternatives and regular mail.
- Lack of effective customer support; many users had refund requests ignored and no responses to inquiries.
- Glitches and crashes in the app, including problems with adding pictures, saving messages, and account registration.
- Misleading information about email vs. physical mail delivery; many thought messages were sent electronically but were mailed instead.
- Frequent forced logouts and issues with staying logged in.
- Multiple users reported lost messages or messages not being delivered to inmates.
Recent reviews
it much easier to write letters, post cards and e-messages to someone. You can do it wherever you are.
by
Ac*****, 2026-06-19
Highly disappointed. Have had to repeat my issue 4+ times and yet nothing is getting resolved. Customer service sounds great until you realize they aren't even looking into your issue and just asking the same question every e-mail. Issue started 6/6. now 6/17 and nothing has been resolved.
by
Am*****, 2026-06-17
How can I write messages to myself when I'm not there? Really feels like it's just an A.I. generated app.
by
Ke*****, 2026-06-13
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