ChatInbox: Email by Sender Apple

ChatInbox: Email by Sender

Chat-style mail, clean inbox

Overview

Features & Capabilities

In a traditional inbox, emails from the people who matter most get buried under everything else. ChatInbox puts people first — grouping every message by contact, so each person's conversation is always one tap away.

Tap a contact. See everything you've ever exchanged — messages, attachments, history — all in one clean, chat-style view. No more hunting through a chronological pile of unread mail to find that one message from your client, your accountant, or your kid's school.

If you've ever wished email worked like iMessage — but for every account, every provider, all in one place — ChatInbox is what you've been looking for.

CONTACT-CENTERED INBOX Every email is grouped by sender. Your contact list shows the most recent conversation first, each person appearing only once. Open a contact to see your full history, displayed as a natural back-and-forth conversation.

UNIFIED ACCOUNTS Connect Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, and any IMAP account. All your email, all your contacts, one inbox — synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

SMART CONTACT GROUPING ChatInbox automatically groups related contacts — airlines, hotels, online shopping, subscriptions — so you can manage entire categories of email at once.

CALENDAR EMAIL FILTER Browse your inbox by date using the built-in calendar view. Find any message from any day without searching.

VISUAL ORGANIZATION Tag and organize emails on a Kanban board. Track what needs attention, what's waiting for a reply, and what's done.

REMINDERS & NOTIFICATIONS Set custom reminders on any email. Get notified about messages that matter and let the rest wait.

MARKDOWN COMPOSER Write polished emails with built-in Markdown formatting. Style text clearly without wrestling with toolbars.

PRIVACY FIRST Your emails stay on your devices. ChatInbox connects directly to your mail servers — no third-party servers, no data mining, no tracking.

Previously used Unibox and miss email grouped by sender? ChatInbox carries that vision forward — rebuilt from the ground up for modern Apple platforms, with features Unibox never had.

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User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Innovatism LLC
Rating:
4.50
(27)
Version:
2026.13.2 Last updated: 2026-07-24
Version code:
888773092
Creation date:
2023-12-05
Compatible devices:
Size:
43.88MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-08-12
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Developed by:
Innovatism LLC
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatinbox-email-by-sender/id6462772788
Website:
https://chatinbox.app/

User Reviews

Users largely praise ChatInbox as a strong Unibox-like, sender-focused email app with a chat-style interface and bulk sender-based actions. They value the UI, layout, and developer responsiveness. However, recurring complaints center on missing core features (folders, headers, rules, shortcuts), a cumbersome workflow, several bugs, and privacy concerns. Some also view it as still early in development and not yet reliable enough for daily use, though it shows real potential as a Unibox replacement with ongoing improvements.
Pros
  • Strong sender-based organization with bulk actions by sender (e.g., bulk delete or unsubscribe).
  • Chat-style UI that serves as a solid Unibox replacement, with an option to switch to the traditional email layout.
  • Visually appealing, easy-to-use interface with clear thread/grouping by sender.
  • Responsive support and ongoing development feedback through Discord and other channels.
  • Cross-device consistency and good fit for users coming from Unibox looking for a similar workflow.
Cons
  • Missing core features like move-to-folder, mark-as-read, view headers, rules, and keyboard shortcuts.
  • Workflow can be cumbersome and not as intuitive due to many steps and gaps in common email actions.
  • Bugs and reliability issues (hangs, inconsistent notifications, unread state problems, settings glitches).
  • Privacy concerns / unaddressed privacy issues mentioned by some users.
  • Early alpha-stage feel with feature gaps and not yet fully ready for paying users.
Recent reviews
The overall user experience, including the interface and interaction methods, is quite good and meets my needs. I particularly like the aggregation of senders. However, the performance on macOS is extremely poor; all interfaces and interactions are laggy. After clicking "archive," it takes about a second to respond.
by Ri*****, 2026-07-31

After Unibox shut down, I was frantically looking for an alternative. Looks like this one done more than that !
by po*****, 2026-02-27
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