Mudita Kompakt after ~7 month: Thoughts and pain points

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@nilstzh

For me it is still work in progress, but one thing I’m sure about – I’m not getting back to a smartphone.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this all about, and, most importantly for sticking with Kompakt for 7 months.
I appreciate that you do point out the challenges you’re facing because, like it or not, it IS harder to be offline in an APP-ONLY world. LOL

Here is a tip for one of the pain points you mentioned:
I do recommend the CalmDirectory which one of our user created.

Custom Mudita Kompakt App- CalmDirectory

Since Mudita Kompakt was released a lot of people asked about a Directory Well… I’m excited to share something very cool created by one of our Mudita Kompakt users. A user @davidraywilson (I don’t think he’s on the FORUM) has developed a custom app called CalmDirectory using the Mudita Mindful Design framework, the toolkit for building distraction-free, privacy-respecting apps for Kompakt, which we shared last month. CalmDirectory is a simple, mindful file explorer designed s…

I used it while traveling & it did work well:

Custom Mudita Kompakt App- CalmDirectory

I’m really appreciating this app. I am currently traveling (with my Kompakt- of course) and it’s really coming in handy. [20251111_215557]

I also understand the comments about the camera- it’s just not what we’ve become used to in the smartphone world.
About the headphone jack- You mention that it’s BROKEN. Can you give me some more info about it? Have you contacted customer support if it’s broken? Or is it not working correctly with your headphones?

Thant said, thank you again for contributing such a balanced perspective, posts like this REALLY help the whole community navigate their own path with Kompakt.