[7] In his review for Pitchfork, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "these 11 songs may be meant to chronicle a pointedly personal inner voyage, yet he's wound up with a warm, collaborative record that feels like a balm for fear and loneliness".

[6] Mark Deming in his AllMusic review found that the album "deals with weighty themes in a modest, manageable way, and that's one of its greatest virtues; here, Andrew Bird is a mildly quirky regular guy with some thoughts to share and a fiddle to help carry them across, and self-analysis is rarely as fun and rewarding as this".

[2] Sharono Connell of Uncut wrote: "Inside Problems is a rather less meticulous and more spirited band set that examines the questions that keep him awake at night, in ear-snagging songs shot through with '70s country rock, chamber pop, Balkan and Appalachian folk and Tin Pan Alley eccentricity".

[11] Ray Finlayson of Beats Per Minute wrote: "like a lot of Andrew Bird albums of late, Inside Problems needs some time to reveal itself.

[5] Justin Vellucci of Spectrum Culture wrote: "Inside Problems is a decent collection to skim through on Spotify or your streaming platform of choice.