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Real-Time, Street-level Air Quality Index (AQI), Pollen & Fire Alerts Worldwide
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About Air Quality Index, Pollen & Fires - BreezoMeter
Reduce your exposure to bad air quality & pollen with BreezoMeter’s award-winning, top-rated air quality, pollen, weather, and fire alerts app. We use machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide the most accurate real-time, street-level air quality & pollen data.
Protect your family with our personalized, user-friendly air quality based health recommendations, plan your day with 5 hours forecast or check the real-time global air quality map. You can also see your local air quality index (available in 94 countries) and learn what pollutants you are breathing, their sources and effects.
Our main features:
• Real-time air quality maps - see how outdoor air quality looks like at street, block or country level.
• Fire alerts help you decide when to stay indoors, in order to reduce you and your loved ones’ exposure to smoke.
• Daily information for multiple types of pollen from trees, grass and weed.
• Daily weather forecast.
• Actionable, personalized health recommendations - know what you should do— whether you’re at home, looking for an exercise route, planning a trip or watching the kids.
• Notifications for changes in outdoor air quality - save your favorite locations and track their air quality 24/7.
Use BreezoMeter to track the ambient air quality around you and to minimize your exposure to outdoor air pollution. See the ambient air quality at the kids' kindergarten, plan the healthiest exercise route and make informed decisions about everyday life.
✓ Recommended by physicians for asthma, lung and heart patients.
✓ Must have for parents of small children and infants.
✓ Great solution for athletes, runners, cyclists and anyone doing outdoor sports activities.
Under the Hood
BreezoMeter’s secret sauce lies in the technology that utilizes big data infrastructure to continuously gather air quality, pollen, weather and fire measurements from literally thousands of sources, among them more than 7000 official air quality monitoring stations worldwide.
By using proprietary dispersion algorithms that calculate air quality in more than 300 million geographical data points every hour, we are able to understand how air quality moves and disperse. Therefore providing highly accurate ambient air quality data in real-time and at the highest resolution, alongside actionable insights.
App permissions information:
Location Permissions (user can choose not to approve location permissions):
While the app is in use (foreground) - This app collects location data to show you the air quality and pollen data at your location and to enable personal exposure to air quality, as long as the app is in use.
While the app is in the background - This app collects location data to enable air quality notifications, fire alerts, and personal exposure to air quality, even when the app is closed or not in use.
Write to external storage: Only for saving your favorite places so you could get notifications on air quality changes.
We use Flurry for usage analytics.
Data collected by Flurry includes:
Device ID
Product Interaction
Other Usage Data
Privacy policy:
https://breezometer.com/privacy-policy
Businesses:
Check out the world-leading Air Pollution API. Educate and engage customers by enriching your products with Forecast, Pollen & Air Quality Data. View our Real-Time Air Quality Map and join the list of clients who trust us, including Dyson, Veolia and WeatherBug Learn more!
www.breezometer.com
twitter.com
BreezoMeter (@BreezoMeter) | Twitter
The latest Tweets from BreezoMeter (@BreezoMeter).
Protect your family with our personalized, user-friendly air quality based health recommendations, plan your day with 5 hours forecast or check the real-time global air quality map. You can also see your local air quality index (available in 94 countries) and learn what pollutants you are breathing, their sources and effects.
Our main features:
• Real-time air quality maps - see how outdoor air quality looks like at street, block or country level.
• Fire alerts help you decide when to stay indoors, in order to reduce you and your loved ones’ exposure to smoke.
• Daily information for multiple types of pollen from trees, grass and weed.
• Daily weather forecast.
• Actionable, personalized health recommendations - know what you should do— whether you’re at home, looking for an exercise route, planning a trip or watching the kids.
• Notifications for changes in outdoor air quality - save your favorite locations and track their air quality 24/7.
Use BreezoMeter to track the ambient air quality around you and to minimize your exposure to outdoor air pollution. See the ambient air quality at the kids' kindergarten, plan the healthiest exercise route and make informed decisions about everyday life.
✓ Recommended by physicians for asthma, lung and heart patients.
✓ Must have for parents of small children and infants.
✓ Great solution for athletes, runners, cyclists and anyone doing outdoor sports activities.
Under the Hood
BreezoMeter’s secret sauce lies in the technology that utilizes big data infrastructure to continuously gather air quality, pollen, weather and fire measurements from literally thousands of sources, among them more than 7000 official air quality monitoring stations worldwide.
By using proprietary dispersion algorithms that calculate air quality in more than 300 million geographical data points every hour, we are able to understand how air quality moves and disperse. Therefore providing highly accurate ambient air quality data in real-time and at the highest resolution, alongside actionable insights.
App permissions information:
Location Permissions (user can choose not to approve location permissions):
While the app is in use (foreground) - This app collects location data to show you the air quality and pollen data at your location and to enable personal exposure to air quality, as long as the app is in use.
While the app is in the background - This app collects location data to enable air quality notifications, fire alerts, and personal exposure to air quality, even when the app is closed or not in use.
Write to external storage: Only for saving your favorite places so you could get notifications on air quality changes.
We use Flurry for usage analytics.
Data collected by Flurry includes:
Device ID
Product Interaction
Other Usage Data
Privacy policy:
https://breezometer.com/privacy-policy
Businesses:
Check out the world-leading Air Pollution API. Educate and engage customers by enriching your products with Forecast, Pollen & Air Quality Data. View our Real-Time Air Quality Map and join the list of clients who trust us, including Dyson, Veolia and WeatherBug Learn more!
www.breezometer.com
twitter.com
BreezoMeter (@BreezoMeter) | Twitter
The latest Tweets from BreezoMeter (@BreezoMeter).
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Super Helpful // A Daily App
Jul 12, 2018 Huge fan of this app. My wife and I are both outdoorsy people, often running or biking daily and camping on the weekends. This app has given us a tool to make better decisions on whether we should exercising inside or out, and what areas of our home state of Colorado have the best air quality when making weekend travel plans.more -
Nov 29, 2020 Looks really attractive and well designed. However, I live presently in such a clean-air location that it's difficult to judge its accuracy. So, I'll have to try it out longer and in different places before final verdict. -
Neet app - but not really accurate
Mar 8, 2017 This is a very nice app. Easy to use and very understandable! However, I want people to know this app may not display the most accurate air quality data (although is probably close enough for some personal decisions on outdoor activities) If your health depends on it, then you need to use the EPA's website - do not use this app!! Just read what the license agreement says: "information may appear in a delay and/or may be partial or inaccurate, and therefore we cannot and do not warrant that the content available on the App is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free."...more -
Oct 24, 2020 Latest update has it using 2 different scales, one "local" and one "global." Problem is that the local scale seems to be low number is better, and global scale is high number is better. -
Oct 2, 2020 Most accurate of the three I've tried. Attractive, intuitive interface, with weather, pollen and pollutants all in one place. This morning the app notified me when air quality worsened. Nice. I'd happily pay a one-time $5.99 fee to get rid of ads (banner only, so far), but I won't pay a monthly fee.more
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Highly questionable data
Aug 21, 2020 UPDATE: still dangerously inaccurate readings. We are adjacent to several wildfires and air quality is bad with a strong smoky odor and visible soot blocking the sun. AirNow, PurpleAir, and the county’s AQ monitoring agency are all saying the air is hazardous and not to go outside at all. The local authorities are saying not to be outside for more than a minute without a respirator. Meanwhile, Breezometer is is displaying a “green” status and telling me the air in my area is “Good” (67). This is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. Users’ health could be put at risk by Breezeometer’s bad data. I’m going to have to uninstall and update my rating to 1 star. - - - - - I want to like this app, but the data sources for its air quality readings do not seem to be very accurate. It is literally raining ashes outside right now, yet but the app says my area’s air quality as “moderate (55)”. All the other AQ readings (AirNow, Purple Air, BAAQMD, etc.) show the air as hazardous. Also, it drives me nuts when the Breezometer app alerts me of an active fire just 4 miles away, but when I tap the “Learn More” button, nothin happens. This app needs a lot of work, IMO.more -
Not Really
Mar 7, 2017 This app uses some type of algorithm to predict what the air quality should be in your area, not what it actually is. It does not use air monitoring devices, for instance. It is so often radically wrong as to be useless. For instance, I've seen heavy rains for 12 hours straight and still had the app tell me the air quality was poor with a heavy load of small particulate matter. Impossible! It has also told me the air was great, when it was in reality so clogged with acrid smoke from burning off the sugar cane fields that you needed to hold a cloth over your face to breathe. The app is useless. Don't waste your time with it.more -
Not Accurate
Jan 7, 2019 I love the layout of this app. It gives a breakdown of what pollutants are in the air and recommends what actions you should take. Unfortunately, for my area at least, it is extremely inaccurate. Right now it says the air quality in my area is moderate, while all other apps, websites, news reports, and my own eyes are telling me the air quality is very unhealthy. I wish they would fix it because I otherwise prefer the app to others.more -
Inaccurate readings
Aug 23, 2020 I’m hugely disappointed with this app. It was always my go to and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to realize how bad and inaccurate it is. It is incredibly irresponsible especially in a time where wildfires are happening so often. It will literally be raining ash and the app never leaves the “moderate” setting. People need apps like this to stay alert and really know how hazardous the air is at the time, but BreezoMeter is either broken or irresponsible. Save your time and money and look for a more accurate app!more -
Oct 12, 2020 Needs more widgets, want notifications but asking for user data or you can't get notifications is bad idea. Local and global are different numbers 1 out of 10, then it's out of 100, it's not the most user friendly.
- Checking the air quality should be as simple as checking the weather. This index is clear to understand and simple to use with an intuitive layout
- Discover the healthiest areas in your location with real-time air quality maps that cover 67 countries around the world
- Get health recommendations that are tailor-made just for you to help decide whether to go outside or plan a trip based on air quality
Reviewed by Chris on March 27, 2018
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Super Helpful // A Daily App
Jul 12, 2018 Huge fan of this app. My wife and I are both outdoorsy people, often running or biking daily and camping on the weekends. This app has given us a tool to make better decisions on whether we should exercising inside or out, and what areas of our home state of Colorado have the best air quality when making weekend travel plans.more -
Oct 2, 2020 Most accurate of the three I've tried. Attractive, intuitive interface, with weather, pollen and pollutants all in one place. This morning the app notified me when air quality worsened. Nice. I'd happily pay a one-time $5.99 fee to get rid of ads (banner only, so far), but I won't pay a monthly fee.more -
Helpful app for someone with asthma!
Sep 15, 2020 Although it’s pretty easy to take a look outside and see what the air quality is (or check the news), how bad is it really? This app aggregates all that information into one place! The interface is easy to use and aesthetically please! Highly recommend!more -
Nov 25, 2020 Nice app.coverage excellent.now this version is more informative and easy. I could have rated it for more ⭐, had there been option. -
Great Application
Nov 14, 2020 The „Map View“ is really awesome. Suggestion is to be able to move around the „cards“ and be able to launch the app with this view to not have to click anything
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Nov 29, 2020 Looks really attractive and well designed. However, I live presently in such a clean-air location that it's difficult to judge its accuracy. So, I'll have to try it out longer and in different places before final verdict. -
Oct 15, 2020 Seems to be accurate, I like the mapping as we have clear and bad areas just a mile apart because of wind and terrain.
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Neet app - but not really accurate
Mar 8, 2017 This is a very nice app. Easy to use and very understandable! However, I want people to know this app may not display the most accurate air quality data (although is probably close enough for some personal decisions on outdoor activities) If your health depends on it, then you need to use the EPA's website - do not use this app!! Just read what the license agreement says: "information may appear in a delay and/or may be partial or inaccurate, and therefore we cannot and do not warrant that the content available on the App is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free."...more -
Oct 24, 2020 Latest update has it using 2 different scales, one "local" and one "global." Problem is that the local scale seems to be low number is better, and global scale is high number is better. -
Now I get it
Aug 20, 2018 Originally I wrote a bad review about the accuracy but if you go to the very bottom of the screen that shows your air quality, there is a scale that shows you the AQI LEVEL. It’s different numbering than we use in the USA(this company is in Israel), the lower the number the worse the air quality. I do agree with the one review that this app should adapt to each country’s AQI scoring.more -
It was fine until last week’s update.
Sep 27, 2020 The AQI number doesn’t match your local address number you see on the map view any longer. Also it doesn’t match other local AQI numbers anymore either. What happened? Where is this new misleading data coming from??? Change it back to how it was!more
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Not Accurate
Jan 7, 2019 I love the layout of this app. It gives a breakdown of what pollutants are in the air and recommends what actions you should take. Unfortunately, for my area at least, it is extremely inaccurate. Right now it says the air quality in my area is moderate, while all other apps, websites, news reports, and my own eyes are telling me the air quality is very unhealthy. I wish they would fix it because I otherwise prefer the app to others.more -
Oct 12, 2020 Needs more widgets, want notifications but asking for user data or you can't get notifications is bad idea. Local and global are different numbers 1 out of 10, then it's out of 100, it's not the most user friendly. -
OK if you live near an air monitor
Jul 11, 2020 I learned that I live almost one hundred miles from an EPA air monitor. So this app is useless. It was giving me a reading from across the state that had nothing to do with my location. There should be some distance limit or the app should say where the reading is coming from. The EPA site honestly tells me it cannot get a reading for my location because the closest monitor is so far away.more -
Oct 31, 2020 Used to be really good and easy to see where air pollution is coming from, but they redesigned the map, and now it's harder to use. -
Sep 30, 2020 I just downloaded this app to check the allergen reports. Those are great! The weather temperature is way off. It is 60° where I am, but this app tells me that it is 15°. I guess I'll have to get another app that will show everything correctly.more
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Highly questionable data
Aug 21, 2020 UPDATE: still dangerously inaccurate readings. We are adjacent to several wildfires and air quality is bad with a strong smoky odor and visible soot blocking the sun. AirNow, PurpleAir, and the county’s AQ monitoring agency are all saying the air is hazardous and not to go outside at all. The local authorities are saying not to be outside for more than a minute without a respirator. Meanwhile, Breezometer is is displaying a “green” status and telling me the air in my area is “Good” (67). This is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. Users’ health could be put at risk by Breezeometer’s bad data. I’m going to have to uninstall and update my rating to 1 star. - - - - - I want to like this app, but the data sources for its air quality readings do not seem to be very accurate. It is literally raining ashes outside right now, yet but the app says my area’s air quality as “moderate (55)”. All the other AQ readings (AirNow, Purple Air, BAAQMD, etc.) show the air as hazardous. Also, it drives me nuts when the Breezometer app alerts me of an active fire just 4 miles away, but when I tap the “Learn More” button, nothin happens. This app needs a lot of work, IMO.more -
Not Really
Mar 7, 2017 This app uses some type of algorithm to predict what the air quality should be in your area, not what it actually is. It does not use air monitoring devices, for instance. It is so often radically wrong as to be useless. For instance, I've seen heavy rains for 12 hours straight and still had the app tell me the air quality was poor with a heavy load of small particulate matter. Impossible! It has also told me the air was great, when it was in reality so clogged with acrid smoke from burning off the sugar cane fields that you needed to hold a cloth over your face to breathe. The app is useless. Don't waste your time with it.more -
Inaccurate readings
Aug 23, 2020 I’m hugely disappointed with this app. It was always my go to and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to realize how bad and inaccurate it is. It is incredibly irresponsible especially in a time where wildfires are happening so often. It will literally be raining ash and the app never leaves the “moderate” setting. People need apps like this to stay alert and really know how hazardous the air is at the time, but BreezoMeter is either broken or irresponsible. Save your time and money and look for a more accurate app!more -
Dangerously inaccurate
Nov 10, 2019 The need for hyper-local air quality data is obvious, but this app provides misinformation. For example, during the recent California wildfires, the app reported that my air home quality was “GOOD“ (76 - higher numbers indicate better air), when three Purple Air sensors within a few blocks of my home reported air quality was “UNHEALTHY” (150 or higher, using the US air quality index (AQI) where higher numbers indicate worse air). We could smell and see smoke in the air at the time.more -
Oct 26, 2020 Inaccurate! Says it's 43F and partly cloudy at my location. It's 22F and snowing! Location was accurate though. Worthless app. UNINSTALLING
What’s Groovy
Cool app, but not accurate. I like how the app works and the features. But unfortunately I can't trust it as there are frequently times it tells me the air quality is terrible, but then I can other sure quality readings and they all say it's good. Not sure where it's pulling it's days from...
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What’s Subpar
I used to like the attractive interface a lot until realising how inaccurate and misleading it can be. It gives impression of confidence to tell you on which street the air is better, which would be great if it worked. Unfortunately since I'm checking with my own device and compare to other aps I realised it can be orders of magnitude wrong and it does not say what the data is based on - as in the other aps, where you can see where the sensor is placed.
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Super Helpful // A Daily App
Huge fan of this app. My wife and I are both outdoorsy people, often running or biking daily and camping on the weekends. This app has given us a tool to make better decisions on whether we should exercising inside or out, and what areas of our home state of Colorado have the best air quality when making weekend travel plans. -
Looks really attractive and well designed. However, I live presently in such a clean-air location that it's difficult to judge its accuracy. So, I'll have to try it out longer and in different places before final verdict.
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Neet app - but not really accurate
This is a very nice app. Easy to use and very understandable! However, I want people to know this app may not display the most accurate air quality data (although is probably close enough for some personal decisions on outdoor activities) If your health depends on it, then you need to use the EPA's website - do not use this app!! Just read what the license agreement says: "information may appear in a delay and/or may be partial or inaccurate, and therefore we cannot and do not warrant that the content available on the App is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free."... -
Latest update has it using 2 different scales, one "local" and one "global." Problem is that the local scale seems to be low number is better, and global scale is high number is better.
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Most accurate of the three I've tried. Attractive, intuitive interface, with weather, pollen and pollutants all in one place. This morning the app notified me when air quality worsened. Nice. I'd happily pay a one-time $5.99 fee to get rid of ads (banner only, so far), but I won't pay a monthly fee.
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Helpful app for someone with asthma!
Although it’s pretty easy to take a look outside and see what the air quality is (or check the news), how bad is it really? This app aggregates all that information into one place! The interface is easy to use and aesthetically please! Highly recommend! -
Nice app.coverage excellent.now this version is more informative and easy. I could have rated it for more ⭐, had there been option.
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Great Application
The „Map View“ is really awesome. Suggestion is to be able to move around the „cards“ and be able to launch the app with this view to not have to click anything -
Very good app, it shows air quality based on location but also you can select on the map the pin to see a specific location
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Update: Thanks for the response. I'll definitely check those out. 5 stars! Clear, accurate information. I do wish there was a mouse over or tap-able explanation for what the PM 2.5, O3, etc. stood for. That would be helpful. Otherwise a great app.
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Super Helpful // A Daily App
Huge fan of this app. My wife and I are both outdoorsy people, often running or biking daily and camping on the weekends. This app has given us a tool to make better decisions on whether we should exercising inside or out, and what areas of our home state of Colorado have the best air quality when making weekend travel plans. -
Most accurate of the three I've tried. Attractive, intuitive interface, with weather, pollen and pollutants all in one place. This morning the app notified me when air quality worsened. Nice. I'd happily pay a one-time $5.99 fee to get rid of ads (banner only, so far), but I won't pay a monthly fee.
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Helpful app for someone with asthma!
Although it’s pretty easy to take a look outside and see what the air quality is (or check the news), how bad is it really? This app aggregates all that information into one place! The interface is easy to use and aesthetically please! Highly recommend! -
Nice app.coverage excellent.now this version is more informative and easy. I could have rated it for more ⭐, had there been option.
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Great Application
The „Map View“ is really awesome. Suggestion is to be able to move around the „cards“ and be able to launch the app with this view to not have to click anything -
Very good app, it shows air quality based on location but also you can select on the map the pin to see a specific location
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Update: Thanks for the response. I'll definitely check those out. 5 stars! Clear, accurate information. I do wish there was a mouse over or tap-able explanation for what the PM 2.5, O3, etc. stood for. That would be helpful. Otherwise a great app.
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Great App
I use this app frequently and now purchasing has been fixed it’s even better!!! I’m so excited to be able to use this app again! 10/10 highly recommend! -
It Works!
The fires here in California have made the air quality very poor. Only this app properly reflected this fact, while many others that claimed to report air quality have not accurately done so. -
As someone with asthma and other health issues, this app has been great for information at a fast glance.
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Looks really attractive and well designed. However, I live presently in such a clean-air location that it's difficult to judge its accuracy. So, I'll have to try it out longer and in different places before final verdict.
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Seems to be accurate, I like the mapping as we have clear and bad areas just a mile apart because of wind and terrain.
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Neet app - but not really accurate
This is a very nice app. Easy to use and very understandable! However, I want people to know this app may not display the most accurate air quality data (although is probably close enough for some personal decisions on outdoor activities) If your health depends on it, then you need to use the EPA's website - do not use this app!! Just read what the license agreement says: "information may appear in a delay and/or may be partial or inaccurate, and therefore we cannot and do not warrant that the content available on the App is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free."... -
Latest update has it using 2 different scales, one "local" and one "global." Problem is that the local scale seems to be low number is better, and global scale is high number is better.
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Now I get it
Originally I wrote a bad review about the accuracy but if you go to the very bottom of the screen that shows your air quality, there is a scale that shows you the AQI LEVEL. It’s different numbering than we use in the USA(this company is in Israel), the lower the number the worse the air quality. I do agree with the one review that this app should adapt to each country’s AQI scoring. -
It was fine until last week’s update.
The AQI number doesn’t match your local address number you see on the map view any longer. Also it doesn’t match other local AQI numbers anymore either. What happened? Where is this new misleading data coming from??? Change it back to how it was!
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Highly questionable data
UPDATE: still dangerously inaccurate readings. We are adjacent to several wildfires and air quality is bad with a strong smoky odor and visible soot blocking the sun. AirNow, PurpleAir, and the county’s AQ monitoring agency are all saying the air is hazardous and not to go outside at all. The local authorities are saying not to be outside for more than a minute without a respirator. Meanwhile, Breezometer is is displaying a “green” status and telling me the air in my area is “Good” (67). This is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. Users’ health could be put at risk by Breezeometer’s bad data. I’m going to have to uninstall and update my rating to 1 star. - - - - - I want to like this app, but the data sources for its air quality readings do not seem to be very accurate. It is literally raining ashes outside right now, yet but the app says my area’s air quality as “moderate (55)”. All the other AQ readings (AirNow, Purple Air, BAAQMD, etc.) show the air as hazardous. Also, it drives me nuts when the Breezometer app alerts me of an active fire just 4 miles away, but when I tap the “Learn More” button, nothin happens. This app needs a lot of work, IMO. -
Not Really
This app uses some type of algorithm to predict what the air quality should be in your area, not what it actually is. It does not use air monitoring devices, for instance. It is so often radically wrong as to be useless. For instance, I've seen heavy rains for 12 hours straight and still had the app tell me the air quality was poor with a heavy load of small particulate matter. Impossible! It has also told me the air was great, when it was in reality so clogged with acrid smoke from burning off the sugar cane fields that you needed to hold a cloth over your face to breathe. The app is useless. Don't waste your time with it. -
Not Accurate
I love the layout of this app. It gives a breakdown of what pollutants are in the air and recommends what actions you should take. Unfortunately, for my area at least, it is extremely inaccurate. Right now it says the air quality in my area is moderate, while all other apps, websites, news reports, and my own eyes are telling me the air quality is very unhealthy. I wish they would fix it because I otherwise prefer the app to others. -
Inaccurate readings
I’m hugely disappointed with this app. It was always my go to and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to realize how bad and inaccurate it is. It is incredibly irresponsible especially in a time where wildfires are happening so often. It will literally be raining ash and the app never leaves the “moderate” setting. People need apps like this to stay alert and really know how hazardous the air is at the time, but BreezoMeter is either broken or irresponsible. Save your time and money and look for a more accurate app! -
Needs more widgets, want notifications but asking for user data or you can't get notifications is bad idea. Local and global are different numbers 1 out of 10, then it's out of 100, it's not the most user friendly.
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OK if you live near an air monitor
I learned that I live almost one hundred miles from an EPA air monitor. So this app is useless. It was giving me a reading from across the state that had nothing to do with my location. There should be some distance limit or the app should say where the reading is coming from. The EPA site honestly tells me it cannot get a reading for my location because the closest monitor is so far away. -
Used to be really good and easy to see where air pollution is coming from, but they redesigned the map, and now it's harder to use.
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Dangerously inaccurate
The need for hyper-local air quality data is obvious, but this app provides misinformation. For example, during the recent California wildfires, the app reported that my air home quality was “GOOD“ (76 - higher numbers indicate better air), when three Purple Air sensors within a few blocks of my home reported air quality was “UNHEALTHY” (150 or higher, using the US air quality index (AQI) where higher numbers indicate worse air). We could smell and see smoke in the air at the time. -
Inaccurate! Says it's 43F and partly cloudy at my location. It's 22F and snowing! Location was accurate though. Worthless app. UNINSTALLING
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I just downloaded this app to check the allergen reports. Those are great! The weather temperature is way off. It is 60° where I am, but this app tells me that it is 15°. I guess I'll have to get another app that will show everything correctly.
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Can’t trust
I am surrounded by fires and related smoke and this app gives an AQI reading of 35, other apps show 200+
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Not Accurate
I love the layout of this app. It gives a breakdown of what pollutants are in the air and recommends what actions you should take. Unfortunately, for my area at least, it is extremely inaccurate. Right now it says the air quality in my area is moderate, while all other apps, websites, news reports, and my own eyes are telling me the air quality is very unhealthy. I wish they would fix it because I otherwise prefer the app to others. -
Needs more widgets, want notifications but asking for user data or you can't get notifications is bad idea. Local and global are different numbers 1 out of 10, then it's out of 100, it's not the most user friendly.
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OK if you live near an air monitor
I learned that I live almost one hundred miles from an EPA air monitor. So this app is useless. It was giving me a reading from across the state that had nothing to do with my location. There should be some distance limit or the app should say where the reading is coming from. The EPA site honestly tells me it cannot get a reading for my location because the closest monitor is so far away. -
Used to be really good and easy to see where air pollution is coming from, but they redesigned the map, and now it's harder to use.
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I just downloaded this app to check the allergen reports. Those are great! The weather temperature is way off. It is 60° where I am, but this app tells me that it is 15°. I guess I'll have to get another app that will show everything correctly.
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Great idea but not making it
Love how fun the elephant is and how easy it is to use. But like other reviewers are saying it is not accurate. It says we're in the red lower teens and it's breezy and so clear today! The last couple days we couldn't even see our neighboring mtns and it was in the yellow... I compared online and other sites that say we are almost in the green today. Keep trying BreezoMeter!
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Highly questionable data
UPDATE: still dangerously inaccurate readings. We are adjacent to several wildfires and air quality is bad with a strong smoky odor and visible soot blocking the sun. AirNow, PurpleAir, and the county’s AQ monitoring agency are all saying the air is hazardous and not to go outside at all. The local authorities are saying not to be outside for more than a minute without a respirator. Meanwhile, Breezometer is is displaying a “green” status and telling me the air in my area is “Good” (67). This is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. Users’ health could be put at risk by Breezeometer’s bad data. I’m going to have to uninstall and update my rating to 1 star. - - - - - I want to like this app, but the data sources for its air quality readings do not seem to be very accurate. It is literally raining ashes outside right now, yet but the app says my area’s air quality as “moderate (55)”. All the other AQ readings (AirNow, Purple Air, BAAQMD, etc.) show the air as hazardous. Also, it drives me nuts when the Breezometer app alerts me of an active fire just 4 miles away, but when I tap the “Learn More” button, nothin happens. This app needs a lot of work, IMO. -
Not Really
This app uses some type of algorithm to predict what the air quality should be in your area, not what it actually is. It does not use air monitoring devices, for instance. It is so often radically wrong as to be useless. For instance, I've seen heavy rains for 12 hours straight and still had the app tell me the air quality was poor with a heavy load of small particulate matter. Impossible! It has also told me the air was great, when it was in reality so clogged with acrid smoke from burning off the sugar cane fields that you needed to hold a cloth over your face to breathe. The app is useless. Don't waste your time with it. -
Inaccurate readings
I’m hugely disappointed with this app. It was always my go to and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to realize how bad and inaccurate it is. It is incredibly irresponsible especially in a time where wildfires are happening so often. It will literally be raining ash and the app never leaves the “moderate” setting. People need apps like this to stay alert and really know how hazardous the air is at the time, but BreezoMeter is either broken or irresponsible. Save your time and money and look for a more accurate app! -
Dangerously inaccurate
The need for hyper-local air quality data is obvious, but this app provides misinformation. For example, during the recent California wildfires, the app reported that my air home quality was “GOOD“ (76 - higher numbers indicate better air), when three Purple Air sensors within a few blocks of my home reported air quality was “UNHEALTHY” (150 or higher, using the US air quality index (AQI) where higher numbers indicate worse air). We could smell and see smoke in the air at the time. -
Inaccurate! Says it's 43F and partly cloudy at my location. It's 22F and snowing! Location was accurate though. Worthless app. UNINSTALLING
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It lists the different types of pollutants with their numbers but nothing to reference it to! Is the ozone for example high or low? Who knows it just has a meaning number after it! Why even list the pollutants! Unbelievable!
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Ragweed, grasses, juniper high here all week. I and others feel it. This app says low pollen, air quality good. Should try breathing it!
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Maybe the European API is Calculated Differently?
It looks like the company who created this app. is based out of Israel, so maybe the API is calculated differently, because the API result I was given is numerically the opposite of the result I was given from my state's government-maintained website. My state is showing an API of 175, whereas the app is showing an API of 16. Both indicate poor air quality. I will be deleting the app., because I need to be able to check the air quality with values I can compare and understand. -
Keeps nagging me for my locations service
This was the only reason I used this app, the fact it works and doesn't nag for location services now it defaults to Israel no matter what even if I have saved locations. It also nags you more than once about your location services. This app is now garbage I've been using it for years and now I'm deleting it because of recent bad design changes.
- Checking the air quality should be as simple as checking the weather. This index is clear to understand and simple to use with an intuitive layout
- Discover the healthiest areas in your location with real-time air quality maps that cover 67 countries around the world
- Get health recommendations that are tailor-made just for you to help decide whether to go outside or plan a trip based on air quality
Reviewed by Chris on March 27, 2018
Release Notes
3.5.6+2
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