Birdsong? Ocean waves? Soft rain? Or maybe something completely personal?

Mudita Harmony is perfect for a mindful wake-up

Summer mornings have a different rhythm, and the sound you wake up to can make a surprisingly big difference.

We put together a few ideas for creating a gentler, more mindful summer wake-up with Mudita Harmony.

The Best Alarm Sounds to Wake Up to in the Summer

1 month in and I am absolutely blown away by how good the Mudita Kompakt is as a primary device. In this post I will describe how this device stacks up compared to other smartphone alternatives that I have tried, then I will describe how I specifically set up the device for my needs.

The result is truly life changing and I am super grateful to the team at Mudita for making this happen! ✌️ Love the e-paper screen!

Alternatives that I have tried in order:

1. Kyocera Dura XV - this was a great dumb phone, but to use Maps, Whatsapp, etc I still needed to have an android phone. What was nice was that I didn't need service and used this vice to to tether wifi to said android phone. It was effectively an on/off switch for everything on my smart phone. Main problem: T9 style texting really sucked and there was no text to speech.
2. Lightphone 2 - this is a great device, and I used it in a similar way to the Dura XV, except that the texting was better and there was voice to speech. Maps was still basically unusable and the lack of Whatsapp / Signal meant that I still needed a regular android phone for these things. Ultimately texting was still a pain in spite of it being better than on the Dura XV.
3. Google Pixel Phone with Olauncher - I used this setup for a while and installed all sorts of tools to prevent myself from getting sucked into the email and browser, but alas I succumbed to the temptation and found workarounds that resulted in wasting a lot of time on Youtube, reading news, email, etc. I tried this because I was sick of carrying two devices and wanted texting to just work.

In my setup of the Mudita Kompakt my goals were:

• No:
  • Browser
  • Email
  • Youtube
  • Social Media
• Yes:
  • Texting (with voice-to-text)
  • Maps (not perfect, but works in a pinch)
  • Whatsapp
  • Signal
  • Syncing Calendar

To achieve this I made the following customizations installed through a sideloaded F-droid and / or Aurora Store:

1. Proton Calendar, Signal, and Tidal. These all work very well out of the box! Amazing!!!
2. FUTO Keyboard works well and the text-to-speech is quite good.
3. Whatsapp was a bit more involved and still not perfect, but it is functional. The main issue here is that it was backing up to Google Drive and since there is no Google services I was having issues with history, contacts, and syncing with other devices. My workaround is to leave my old Android phone as the primary Whatsapp device, plugged in at home and use the Mudita as a "Linked Device". There are still issues with battery usage alerts and occasionally dropped calls. Contact syncing is still not perfect; basically for a contact to show up correctly I would need to add it to my Google Contacts and wait for the devices to sync.

I hope this helps other who are considering this more digitally minimalist lifestyle and again THANK YOU to the Mudita Team!!!

I'll try to answer any questions at some point, even if I don't get back to you immediately.

One of the most often asked questions on the Mudita Forum new Mudita Kompakt users ask is:

>What sideloaded apps work well on Mudita Kompakt?

So, we’ve created a dedicated Kompakt Community App Ranking section on the Mudita Forum where Kompakt users can share app recommendations, reviews, screenshots, compatibility feedback, and real-world experiences with apps running on the device.

If you’ve found apps that work especially well on Mudita Kompakt, we’d love for you to share them there, especially if they’re E Ink-friendly or built using the Mudita Mindful Design framework.

The goal is to create one organized, community-driven space where new and existing Mudita Kompakt users can easily discover what works, what doesn’t, and which apps people genuinely find useful in everyday life.

🔗 https://forum.mudita.com/c/sideloaded-apps-ranking

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