ChatInbox: Email by Sender

ChatInbox: Email by Sender

Your inbox organized by people

29 ratings
35 reviews
Free
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Released
December 5, 2023
Updated
October 16, 2026

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This app reimagines your email by organizing it around people, not dates. View all conversations with a contact in a chat-style format, making it easy to find past messages and attachments. It supports multiple email accounts and devices, offering a streamlined inbox experience.

✓Contact-centered inbox
✓All accounts in one inbox
✓Smart contact grouping
✓Attachments by person
✓Calendar view
✓Email reminders
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What's New in ChatInbox

2027.1.3

October 16, 2026

New • Tracking pixels are removed from every email, so senders can't use them to see when you open it. Pictures now load through ChatInbox without cookies. In Settings › Privacy › Remote images, choose "Load images, block trackers" (the default), "Ask first" or "Load everything". Pictures in Spam and from blocked senders wait until you tap Load images. • Attachments are easier to spot. Choose whether files appear above or below an email in Settings › Preferences › Attachments. Threads, newsletter stacks and chat list rows now show when there are files, and the conversation filter has a new "With Files" option. • "Show my replies" adds your own replies when you filter a conversation to a folder. It appears as a chip on the filter banner, which now fits on one line. • Archiving a chat now asks whether to archive all of its emails or only the latest one. You can tell it to remember your answer. Notifications • Each new email gets its own notification with sound again. You can silence notifications from Feeds and new senders. • Notifications arrive more reliably when ChatInbox is in the background, and you're no longer notified about mail you already saw in the app. • Notifications show the email's subject and a preview, and the sender's initials when there's no photo. • Touch and hold a grouped notification to see every email in it, then tap one to open it. • The catch-up summary names each sender and subject. • Opening an email from a notification or from the Digest list now brings you back to that list. You can swipe to archive, delete or mark as read in the list. Improvements • The button that shows or hides quoted text now sits where the quoted text begins and stays in view while you read it, so you can hide it again without scrolling to the end. • Filter, search and Details always appear in a conversation's toolbar, whatever the contact's name. • Collapsed replies in a thread line up with the open email. Fixes • Fixed a crash at launch with some IMAP servers. • Archive no longer moves your sent emails or drafts. • Drafts no longer count as unread, and the Drafts folder stays in sync with your server. • Emails sent between your own accounts now appear in your chats. • Newsletters from a new sender go straight to Feeds. • The Undo message no longer covers the email's action buttons. • The bulk Trash confirmation now shows the correct number of emails. • After you clear a conversation filter, the filter button brings back the chat list's folder.

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User reviews

Needs work

I am trying to bulk delete iCloud emails and the my pop back up after they’ve been deleted. Super irritating after I’ve deleted the same 1,000 emails 5 times.

Response to developer on 10/131/26: I am already on version 2027.1.1 and it still happens so I’m not sure that it’s fixed.

Response from developer

We're sorry. That was a real bug and it's fixed: a sync that had read the folder before your delete could put the emails back. Since version 2027.1.1 on iPhone and iPad (2027.2 on Mac), deleted mail stays deleted, including bulk deletes of thousands of iCloud emails. Please update, and if anything comes back, write to admin@innovatism.app.

Needs work

I am trying to bulk delete iCloud emails and the my pop back up after they’ve been deleted. Super irritating after I’ve deleted the same 1,000 emails 5 times.

Nice ux., bad perfomance

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.
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Response from developer

Thank you, and you were right about the Mac. Version 2027.2 opens conversations much faster, scrolls the chat list smoothly and uses far less memory over long sessions. We'd love to hear how it feels now.

Slow

It’s so slow on my M1 MacBook Pro I can’t even get the e-mails to display. I end up opening Gmail on a Web browser instead.

Very useful, and impressive app that simplifies emails

This is the exact sort of app that can genuinely can help make emails much better and bring the idea of them into the modern day. How long have emails been around for, yet the user interface hasn’t been updated in decades. This is a great way to make things easier and treat emails like your messages or WhatsApp. Look forward to seeing what comes of this app in future updates!
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FAQ

What does ChatInbox do?

ChatInbox transforms your email experience by organizing all your messages around the people who sent them, rather than by date. It presents your email history with each contact as a continuous chat, making it simple to find past conversations and attachments.

What are the key features of ChatInbox?

Key features include a contact-centered inbox that groups all emails by sender, support for multiple email accounts (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, IMAP) in one place, smart grouping of related contacts, and the ability to view all attachments organized by person. It also offers a calendar view and reminders for emails.

Is ChatInbox free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available. Specific features or advanced functionalities may require a purchase.

What devices is ChatInbox compatible with?

ChatInbox is available and synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. This allows you to manage your email seamlessly across your Apple ecosystem.

How does ChatInbox help with email management?

It simplifies email management by eliminating the need to scroll through dated lists. By focusing on contacts, you can quickly access all communication history with a specific person, find attachments easily, and stay on top of your correspondence without feeling overwhelmed.