EPA AIRNow

EPA AIRNow

By United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

  • Category: Weather
  • Release Date: 2011-10-06
  • Current Version: 2.2.0
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 22.89 MB
  • Developer: United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 13.0
Score: 3.102
3.102
From 451 Ratings

Description

EPA's AirNow mobile app provides a simple interface for quickly checking current and forecast air quality information for planning daily activities and protecting your health. The app automatically displays the current AQI (Air Quality Index) for your local area or any area you wish to check, and allows you to store multiple areas for quick reference.

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Reviews

  • Bad app. Where did it come from?

    1
    By Korryp
    It updated this morning and I never choose to download it. It’s crap. Waste of programmers time or some college kid built this with no any prior knowledge of programming.

  • Helpful, but

    4
    By Mostly Swell
    This app is helpful for checking air quality. The only problem is, at least for Minnesota, is that the narrated description of the forecast included from MPCA doesn’t include the date it was written. It gets confusing to figure out what day is “today” and “tomorrow” in the forecast. (It’s not updated every day, so “today” sometimes is 2 or 3 days ago.) other than that, it’s a helpful app.

  • No air monitor in my area, so the app is useless

    1
    By Jesse_Dylan
    There are no air monitoring stations in my area, so it doesn’t give a reading. I’m in an area most affected by Canadian wildfire, being in the border, yet they don’t care enough to have a monitor here? You can’t spend a little less on proxy wars and military contractors and get a monitor for my area? I feel frustrated and disempowered by the terrible air quality and lack of anyone giving a crap.

  • Map hasn’t changed in months.

    2
    By 906Il
    I’ve referred to this app a lot with the wildfire smoke blowing over my region this summer, and for quite a while, I used the map in it as well. Now, the map is worthless. It just loads, and the regional air quality (with the blobs of color) hasn’t changed in months. The air rating on the “home page“ of the app seems accurate, but I wonder when other parts seem frozen.

  • Misleading and little practical usage

    1
    By “nonickname"
    Misleading because when user first opens app, (s)he is asked for detail that the app doesn’t use (but that user would have reason to think it does). App asks for zip code, then down to where within a single zip code user is, but the aq figure the app reports is the same for the entire metropolitan area, which makes the number useless. If user doesn’t realize this, user could be making bad personal decisions based on seriously bad data. There is no excuse for this. There are enough aq monitors around to provide granularity. Is EPA serious about aq or just kidding? EPA jeopardizes its aq credibility in promoting an app like this.

  • Add the trending data from website version.

    4
    By Jkhovan
    The government should put more money into this program to improve it! If more sensors were deployed, if the sensors could be read every 30 minutes (versus hourly) , and if the app could add the trends that are listed in the website version, that would be a significant improvement!

  • Doesn’t give proper readings

    1
    By Parvin2014
    Completely inaccurate. It hasn't worked for 2 days. Says aqi is 13 when we have visible smoke from the wildfires. Other apps are reading 96-100aqi! Dont waste your time on this one.

  • Please fix glitches on iPad app

    1
    By Lupie2
    App seems very valuable but needs an update in order to access all its value. Cannot view all of the info on screen. Constituents from all over the country need this to stay on top of the poor air quality that climate change is will continue to gift us.. please please update 🙏🏽

  • Wish there were real-time alerts

    3
    By MaggieG64
    I recently became very sensitive to poor air quality and can’t find any apps that will push a real time alert to my phone when the AQI gets unhealthy. I wish this app had that feature. My respiratory problem is new and I often forget to look up the AQI before going out.

  • Needs more work

    1
    By Rd24dec
    Supposedly works on an iPad. Not very well. Does not display properly in portrait mode. Does not display in landscape mode at all. All information cannot be read. The software team is not very talented if they consider this worthy of release. The only thing good about this is that you can delete it.

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