Flow - Air quality sensor

Plume Labs

About this app

!! -- You must have Flow, the personal air pollution sensor from Plume Labs, to use this app. For more information, please visit flow.plumelabs.com. -- !!

!! -- Looking for our free air quality forecasting app? Search for ‘Plume Air Report’ on the App Store or visit air.plumelabs.com. -- !!

*Escape pollution and dodge the smog!*
The Flow companion app from Plume Labs collects and analyses the data taken from your Flow’s PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and VOC sensors and gives you beautiful, easy-to-read reports, maps, and graphs.

*Ever feel trapped by air pollution?*
Air quality, AQI index, smog levels: with Flow, you can find the best clean air commute, hunt down fresh air playgrounds, eliminate chemical hotspots in your home, and that’s just the beginning.

*Did you know?*
Wind and weather, humidity and heat, atmospheric pressure, and many other factors create clean air pockets in urban environments. In fact, air pollution levels change up to 8X from street to street in the city, and even more from room to room indoors! Flow gives you the information you need to stay healthy at home or on the go.

*Stop guessing and start sensing!*
A new study from top researchers at King’s College in London shows that, with good data, you can reduce your exposure to air pollution by as much as 50% by making small changes to your routine.



***Key Features***
Track your personal pollution exposure with live data and daily reports: Flow measures real-time concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and VOCs, as well as the AQI air quality level to give you everything you need to understand your exposure and build healthy routines.

Avoid the most polluted places: Flow tracks air pollution variations around you in real time, so you can find clean air.

Flow fits seamlessly into your daily life: Whether you're cycling, running, out in the park with the kids, or relaxing at home.
***Flow in the press***
“I hope many people living in polluted cities will end up using Flow.” —Techcrunch

What’s New
First! You got in on the ground floor with version 1. If you love your Flow and app, let us know with a review!

Ratings and reviews

The app works well enough for looking at data from the current day, but checking past data is difficult, if not impossible. Fortunately you can export your data and DIY. Can't fully judge the accuracy of the device itself, but VOC and PM values behave as you'd expect them to, e.g. when cooking, or using hand sanitizer... The NO2 values on the other hand seem a bit random.

This app is fine to look at, but very basic. It is fairly mediocre for data visualization - and hopeless when you want to try to look at long term trends. I find it a little buggy, but not too bad. When pairing, the app got stuck indicating no gps and no Bluetooth, even though both are enabled. It eventually recovered. Given that it has been over a year since the last update, it makes me wonder how well the company is maintaining it. It is a nice little product. Hope they stick around.

I am really starting to enjoy this app more as I get used to it. I have the Flow 2 and it is really awesome to use. I love the spots feature on the maps as well as the GPS tracks. My only thing is I wish that there was a better way to view past data charts and maps etc anytime you want versus just the cards that only last a few days. I also wish there was a way to shut off GPS for short time lengths when I'm gonna be on the same place or a battery saving mode for less frequent pings.