# ChatInbox: Email by Sender

> Chat-style mail, clean inbox

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6462772788](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6462772788)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6462772788`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Innovatism LLC
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.14.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2023-12-05
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatinbox-email-by-sender/id6462772788)
- **Website:** [https://chatinbox.app/](https://chatinbox.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://chatinbox.app/privacy-policy](https://chatinbox.app/privacy-policy)

## Description

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.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Rankings

- #221,416 — Overall

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6462772788)