The air we breathe plays a major role in our health and your chances of facing a health risk can be high if you live in a region with highly polluted air. To avoid such health risks, you should constantly monitor the quality of the air around you so that you can ignore places with a high percentage of pollutants and plan your outdoor activities accordingly.
In the following post, we’ve listed the best apps you can use on your iPhone and iPad to check the air quality around you, and we’ve also covered a few options you can use on a Mac. Let’s get started.
AirVisual, developed by IQAir AG, is the #7 app in the App Store for Weather with over 4.8 stars and around 16K reviews. As the name suggests, the app provides real-time air pollution data with details on the most important pollutants, as well as historical statistics and future air quality forecasts.
AirVisual currently provides pollution data from over 10,000 locations in over 100 countries, and you can also get 48-hour and month-long historical air quality information. The app’s 7-day weather forecast function can help you plan your outdoor activities with additional information on wind direction and speed.