Air Quality Index, Pollen & Fires - BreezoMeter
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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).
Ratings & Reviews
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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 -
Feb 8, 2021 Was great, but now they use proprietary variables. I just want to know the AQI and PM measurements. Not "our super better standard". Edit: I see that you added an option to switch between local/global AQI. This is workable :). May I recommend indicating WHICH global AQI calculation you use? The explanation does not explain that.more -
Mar 13, 2021 Good app but the website doesn't ' remember ' my location and always starts from New york, although I have allowed my location. and the pollution map lacks details (gradations) of pollution in different areas of the map like the plume labsmore -
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 -
Mar 28, 2021 Great app lets u know if there is fires and the how good the air is around the area it's a great app
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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 -
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 -
Nov 26, 2020 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.more -
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
- 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 -
Mar 28, 2021 Great app lets u know if there is fires and the how good the air is around the area it's a great app -
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 -
Mar 2, 2021 So far so good. Gives pretty precise data which gives both the current readings and comparative data over time. -
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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Feb 8, 2021 Was great, but now they use proprietary variables. I just want to know the AQI and PM measurements. Not "our super better standard". Edit: I see that you added an option to switch between local/global AQI. This is workable :). May I recommend indicating WHICH global AQI calculation you use? The explanation does not explain that.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. -
Pollen map
Mar 7, 2021 I really like this app because it seems to be more accurate than others. I really wish the app showed the pollen map as I see when I open the feature on my iPhone weather app. The visual map allows me to see the change in polllen I travel across the region.more -
Feb 12, 2021 Generally a good app. Please create a dark theme for it. -
Good app but location tracking needs to be looked at
Jun 23, 2016 I think this is a very good app although my only complaint is that when it accesses my location, it thinks I'm in one place when I'm somewhere else.
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Mar 13, 2021 Good app but the website doesn't ' remember ' my location and always starts from New york, although I have allowed my location. and the pollution map lacks details (gradations) of pollution in different areas of the map like the plume labsmore -
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 -
Mar 1, 2021 Tha app is good but I would like to see more AQI standards to choose from (like US, EU or UK) and that standard should be displayed on the widget too, now the widget only displays BAQI. Needs resizable widgets too! -
Mar 6, 2021 The widget works but falls every time back to inactief gray without any value -
Jan 5, 2021 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...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 -
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 -
Great idea but not making it
Sep 8, 2017 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!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. -
Changing Current Location
Feb 14, 2018 Your “current location” is pre-set and is usually not accurate. One my app. it’s miles off! You can set another location but you have to change it every time you open the app. In this regard I liked the previous version better.
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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 -
Nov 26, 2020 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.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 -
Not accurate most of the time, can’t be trusted
Mar 8, 2021 Have been checking Accuweather’s app as well as the data from Maricopa County throughout the day and night to compare and BreezoMeter often will show a good rating and Accuweather and Maricopa County will show a poor - or worse - rating. Who’s telling the truth? Most of the time when that happens it’s obvious that the air here is filthy. How about an answer on this from BreezoMeter? Sad that it’s difficult to believe much of what we’re told these days.more
What’s Groovy
I like the app very much, the info is accurate and helpful. However the widget does not work. It shows the same value as the example and does not change with location or refresh.
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What’s Subpar
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.
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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.
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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. -
Was great, but now they use proprietary variables. I just want to know the AQI and PM measurements. Not "our super better standard". Edit: I see that you added an option to switch between local/global AQI. This is workable :). May I recommend indicating WHICH global AQI calculation you use? The explanation does not explain that.
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Good app but the website doesn't ' remember ' my location and always starts from New york, although I have allowed my location. and the pollution map lacks details (gradations) of pollution in different areas of the map like the plume labs
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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."... -
Great app lets u know if there is fires and the how good the air is around the area it's a great app
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Tha app is good but I would like to see more AQI standards to choose from (like US, EU or UK) and that standard should be displayed on the widget too, now the widget only displays BAQI. Needs resizable widgets too!
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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! -
So far so good. Gives pretty precise data which gives both the current readings and comparative data over time.
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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 -
My favorite feature of this app is the dynamic real-time satellite images of air quality
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Really great app but I mainly installed it because of the widget unfortunately its never worked its just greyed... Shame
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No Dark Mode?
Great app. Wish there was a Dark Mode. -
It's very helpful, I recommend it.
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I've been using this app for years and I love it.
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Love it
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All the information I need for the day!
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Very helpful
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Great app lets u know if there is fires and the how good the air is around the area it's a great app
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I like the app very much, the info is accurate and helpful. However the widget does not work. It shows the same value as the example and does not change with location or refresh.
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Me encanta! Mucho más y mucho mejor de lo que esperaba
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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. -
Great app lets u know if there is fires and the how good the air is around the area it's a great app
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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! -
So far so good. Gives pretty precise data which gives both the current readings and comparative data over time.
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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 -
My favorite feature of this app is the dynamic real-time satellite images of air quality
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Amazing such good app but can you put the main pollutent like in the browser version
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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. -
This application saved me the day. It is good to have it on hand. Thanks.
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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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Was great, but now they use proprietary variables. I just want to know the AQI and PM measurements. Not "our super better standard". Edit: I see that you added an option to switch between local/global AQI. This is workable :). May I recommend indicating WHICH global AQI calculation you use? The explanation does not explain that.
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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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Pollen map
I really like this app because it seems to be more accurate than others. I really wish the app showed the pollen map as I see when I open the feature on my iPhone weather app. The visual map allows me to see the change in polllen I travel across the region. -
Generally a good app. Please create a dark theme for it.
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Good app but location tracking needs to be looked at
I think this is a very good app although my only complaint is that when it accesses my location, it thinks I'm in one place when I'm somewhere else. -
Kuwait
Some pictures not working in my region kuwait -
No Dark Mode?
Great app. Wish there was a Dark Mode. -
Breeze meter
My only gripe with this app is the 2-3 hr. delay in reporting. Why the delay? -
Useful little app!
I would love to be able to bookmark or "favorite" locations so I don't have to type them in every time; but other than that, I really like the app.
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Good app but the website doesn't ' remember ' my location and always starts from New york, although I have allowed my location. and the pollution map lacks details (gradations) of pollution in different areas of the map like the plume labs
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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."... -
Tha app is good but I would like to see more AQI standards to choose from (like US, EU or UK) and that standard should be displayed on the widget too, now the widget only displays BAQI. Needs resizable widgets too!
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The widget works but falls every time back to inactief gray without any value
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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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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! -
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. -
Mashes together pollen and pollution
I wish it would differentiate between pollen heavy and pollution heavy days instead of having a single category. Those are very different things! -
Love the app- but now not working
I love this app, I have used it many times. All of a sudden it stopped working. I tried deleting and re downloading it, still not working. :( -
Save location???
Why can't we save locations, especially when Androids can do this with this app??
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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! -
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. -
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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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. -
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. -
Not accurate most of the time, can’t be trusted
Have been checking Accuweather’s app as well as the data from Maricopa County throughout the day and night to compare and BreezoMeter often will show a good rating and Accuweather and Maricopa County will show a poor - or worse - rating. Who’s telling the truth? Most of the time when that happens it’s obvious that the air here is filthy. How about an answer on this from BreezoMeter? Sad that it’s difficult to believe much of what we’re told these days. -
It says there is no pollen where I live. So just because everything has yellow pollen & I'm feeling miserable. Not a good app!
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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! -
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.
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App doesn't provide accurate information. Getting high pollen alerts from local weather and Weather Bug while this app shows "low" counts. Allergy symptoms suggest otherwise too.
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App does not work
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Not accurate most of the time, can’t be trusted
Have been checking Accuweather’s app as well as the data from Maricopa County throughout the day and night to compare and BreezoMeter often will show a good rating and Accuweather and Maricopa County will show a poor - or worse - rating. Who’s telling the truth? Most of the time when that happens it’s obvious that the air here is filthy. How about an answer on this from BreezoMeter? Sad that it’s difficult to believe much of what we’re told these days. -
This app is terrible !!
Does not know where I live ! I payed for no adds , still have adds ! I am suffering with allergies and this app says everything is fine ? I have another pollen app and the map is totally red , high allergy alert ! And you use this app for reference on tv ? -
Doesn’t track pollen.
Always looking for something to help us through allergy season. Looks like a nice app but doesn’t track pollen in my area which makes it useless to me. -
Accuracy?
Why does it call a reading of 72 GOOD? Shouldn't that be MODERATE? Also there is so much variance in what AQI apps report. Which one is right? Gives me more questions than answers.... -
Inaccurate
Reports fog as pollution. Had an aqi of 500 on the coast during rainy season when air couldn’t be clearer. Dumb app. I wouldn’t have known about it if it wasn’t connected to my weather app. I hope they are removed from the weather app in favor of a more accurate aqi. -
Useful but buggy
Unfortunately, this app won’t hold on to Settings. I don’t want air quality alerts or fire alerts, yet every time I turn them off under Settings, they’re back on within a couple hours. -
Dumb app
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Counterintuitive and inaccurate
This is the only air quality scale where the highest number means cleaner air. Also, it’s always completely different when I compare there numbers to other local sources.
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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. -
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. -
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! -
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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Changing Current Location
Your “current location” is pre-set and is usually not accurate. One my app. it’s miles off! You can set another location but you have to change it every time you open the app. In this regard I liked the previous version better. -
Pretty but inaccurate
wildly inaccurate. other apps/news sources say the air quality is extremely poor and i can see that the air quality is very poor but this app tells me it’s “good” air quality, and the AQI is way off from what other apps tell me. I wanted it to work, but at least for now it does not. -
Cool looking but inaccurate
So I love the layout of this app, but unfortunately I went to a location that was rated good at 76, and the area happened to have poor air quality with visible smoke in the air. Will look to other sources for more accurate data. -
Useful but buggy
Unfortunately, this app won’t hold on to Settings. I don’t want air quality alerts or fire alerts, yet every time I turn them off under Settings, they’re back on within a couple hours. -
Data is not accurate, check your other sources
Other data providers have our area at near 200aqi and this app is saying 54. Definitely double check other sources before making your decision. -
Accuracy?
Why does it call a reading of 72 GOOD? Shouldn't that be MODERATE? Also there is so much variance in what AQI apps report. Which one is right? Gives me more questions than answers....
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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! -
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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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. -
Not accurate most of the time, can’t be trusted
Have been checking Accuweather’s app as well as the data from Maricopa County throughout the day and night to compare and BreezoMeter often will show a good rating and Accuweather and Maricopa County will show a poor - or worse - rating. Who’s telling the truth? Most of the time when that happens it’s obvious that the air here is filthy. How about an answer on this from BreezoMeter? Sad that it’s difficult to believe much of what we’re told these days. -
It says there is no pollen where I live. So just because everything has yellow pollen & I'm feeling miserable. Not a good app!
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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. -
What happened?
This used to be a nearly flawless app. Now... it currently says my air is 50 for air quality despite the fact that the smoke from neighboring states’ fires is as thick as fog at the moment. Three other apps have rated the air quality in my area unsafe for anyone to go outside. As a person with a bit of asthma I can’t rely on this app anymore. Very disappointing. -
Inaccurate
Reports fog as pollution. Had an aqi of 500 on the coast during rainy season when air couldn’t be clearer. Dumb app. I wouldn’t have known about it if it wasn’t connected to my weather app. I hope they are removed from the weather app in favor of a more accurate aqi.
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Reviewed by Chris on March 27, 2018
Release Notes
3.5.8+2
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