Inmate Inbox User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience16.1% of reviews
Neutral9.7% of reviews
Negative experience74.2% of reviews

~ Based on 31 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Inmate Inbox Safe?

Inmate Inbox has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Inmate Inbox is 63/100.

This assessment is based on 88 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.1/5.

Safety Analysis

46.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
8.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
45.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 88 App Store ratings for Inmate Inbox.

Is Inmate Inbox Legit?

Inmate Inbox appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Inmate Inbox is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

WTF IT CRASHED

I was making an account and it crashed everytime so fix your bugged app

Not very user friendly

The developers have gone out of their way to disable voice to text as well as copy and paste functionality in sending messages. Messages have to be typed out manually. It’s better to use this service on a regular computer where you can modify JavaScript settings in your browser and remove their weird restrictions
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Not working

App doesn’t work but we can use it online

Update not working 7/8/25 -

Please fix

Unreliable App

I have to uninstall this app at least twice a week because it buffers and will not send the messages and also my husband was transferred to another facility I had to create another account O was able to transfer the money but noe of the photos were transferred even though its the same inmate with the same company guess thats a way to spend more money to resend the same photos
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Frustration

the app continues to glitch upon opening the message and while messaging

Adding money for phone calls

I can message great -how can I add phone account
How can I make a money account for personal use there

Update error

Updated to the newest update and now I can’t get in the app. It kicks me off everytime. It worked perfectly fine before then.

Need fix

Not working after update fix it

App won’t open since update

The app won’t open since the last update.

Fix the glitch

I was ok with the app even though I had to wait for an email to tell me that the person responded. But since I updated it when I hit the app it kicks my out of the whole app with a black screen and how having to use the website which is very inconvenient bc I’m not good with remembering my password and having to login everytime I get a message so please fix the glitch
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Purchasing credit

You have to go to your browser and go to the inmate inbox from your web browser.you can’t yet purchase credits through the app .

App overall

It does not allow you to purchase more credit and you can not use apostrophe and sometime message just disappear

App fails

The app crashes and doesn’t send messages. You have to go online to do so. There’s some bugs that need to be fixed.

Communicates w loved ones

It kept us connected <3 Thankfuk for the app !

Create account via website before using app

Took me a while before I figured out I could create an account only through the website (inmateinbox.com), and only after I did that could I log in to the app and use it. Wish the “home page” of the app gave those instructions. Also, I wish I could use PayPal to buy credits. I am unwilling to enter my credit card information onto a website for an app that has only a few dozen reviews. So I have to wait until my loved one has earned enough credits to read my message. I’m thinking I need to open a new credit card account to use only for this app - something pre-paid with a very low limit - until I grow to trust that my info. will be safe. I do receive notifications, so the earlier reviews that complained about that seem to no longer apply. Seems the app was built for android users, so some of the advertised functionality (eg, ability to use PayPal) does not yet apply to iOS users.
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I. Can’t purchase funds whyyyyyyy no starz

No starz

Purchasing credits

Everything is great, except you can’t purchase credits through app. You have to go online, which takes you through the same log in process so it doesn’t make sense.

Stupid

It won’t let me create an account I can’t even log in it’s stupid

Purchase credits option

I’m not given an option to purchase credits in the app not even when I send a message.