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Does iMessage work on the Mudita Kompakt?

Only through OpenBubbles, installed unofficially; several owners report it working (reported).

Ways to keep iMessage with this phone

Cheapest first. Checked October 2026.

Check in when you're homeFree

Your texts wait on your iPhone until you're back.

Needs: Nothing. Catch: Nothing reaches you while you're out.

Move your number, keep iMessage on a Mac or iPadFree

Turn iMessage off, then keep it on a Mac or iPad with your Apple Account email.

Needs: A Mac or iPad. Catch: People have to message your email, not your number, and group chats need to add you again.

Light's steps

BlueBubblesFree

Real iMessage on an Android-based phone, through your own Mac.

Needs: A Mac that stays on. Catch: It doesn't handle regular texts, and some features need changes to your Mac's security settings.

BlueBubbles

OpenBubblesFree to set up yourself, or $16.99 a month hosted (currently full)

Real iMessage on an Android-based phone.

Needs: A Mac once to set up; an old iPhone left online to use your phone number. Catch: It signs in to Apple as a Mac, so it can stop working if Apple changes things.

OpenBubbles

A forwarding app on your iPhoneFwrd: free for 15 texts a month, then $4.99 a month. PhoneLeash: from $8.99 a month.

Forwards your texts from the iPhone at home to your second phone, one way.

Needs: Your iPhone at home and on, and a second line. Catch: You can't reply from the other phone.

Fwrd · PhoneLeash

Decaf · Made by us$20 once

A Mac app that relays important texts from your Mac at home to your second phone. Your replies go out from your own number.

Needs: A Mac that stays awake and online, your iPhone at home with Text Message Forwarding on, and a second line for the other phone.. Catch: Only the texts it judges important are sent, and they all arrive in one thread.

Decaf

Mudita Kompakt

E Ink touchscreen · offline tools

E Ink, offline maps, up to 6 days of battery, and a switch that cuts the microphones and radio.

Cost: $399, no subscription
Availability: In stock
Group chats: Group texts since a November 2025 update; no RCS. Owners report missed group texts after switching (reported).
Maps: Built-in offline maps.
WhatsApp & Signal: Only by installing apps from outside a store. Mudita warns apps that need Google services may not work well.
Typing: On-screen keyboard on a 4.3-inch E Ink screen.
Camera & photos: Has a camera.
Banking & payments: Bank apps only by installing them from outside a store, and they may not work. Carry a contactless card.
Music & podcasts: Not documented.
Tickets & QR codes: Not documented.
Uber / rideshare: Only by installing apps from outside a store; reliability unverified.
Sign-in codes (2FA): Codes by text. Authenticator apps have to be installed from outside a store.
Voice notes: Not documented.
Video calls: Not documented.
Work apps & email: Only by installing apps from outside a store.
Hotspot: Not documented.
Battery: Up to 6 days. A switch cuts the microphones and cellular radio.
Carriers: Tested on AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon (maker's claim).
Returns: 14 days.

Checked October 2026 · Maker's page