AirScope: Pollen & Air Quality

Ingenio Productions

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Know exactly what you're breathing - and where the reading comes from.

AirScope is a hyper-local air quality tracker, pollen count forecast, wildfire smoke map, and real-time NOAA weather radar in one free app. Every air quality reading is labeled Measured, Combined, or Estimated, so you know how much to trust it - something no other air pollution app shows you.

AIR QUALITY & POLLUTION TRACKER

Real-time and forecast AQI (Air Quality Index) with a clear Good-to-Hazardous category, not just a color. Full air pollution detail for PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, SO2, and CO with hourly forecast graphs. AirScope blends EPA-grade ground stations, satellite sensing, and atmospheric modeling to use the most accurate source available for your location.

POLLEN COUNT, DOWN TO THE SPECIES

Daily pollen counts and a 5-day allergy forecast for tree, grass, weed, ragweed, and mold spores - including the predominant species. Know whether it's cedar, oak, birch, juniper, or ragweed behind today's hay fever.

ALLERGY & POLLEN ALERTS

Set a pollen alert for any location and get notified when allergens are forecast to run high. Choose your threshold - Moderate, High, or Very High and above - and whether the alert arrives morning or afternoon. No noise, no daily spam.

WILDFIRE SMOKE TRACKING

Animated NOAA smoke forecasts covering near-surface smoke, vertically integrated smoke, and surface visibility, plus satellite fire detections and radiative power. Track a smoke plume as it moves toward you.

POLLEN WIDGETS

Home screen widgets showing today's tree, grass, weed, and mold pollen levels at a glance, in small, medium, and large sizes.

HEALTH INDICES

Daily risk levels with plain-language guidance for asthma, COPD, sinus headache, migraine, dust and dander, cold and flu, and arthritis - plus activity indices for running, biking, hiking, and dog walking.

SYMPTOM DIARY & TRENDS - PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Log how you feel each day alongside the air quality and pollen you were exposed to. Trend charts line your diary up against real pollution and pollen levels over 7, 30, or 90 days, so your triggers emerge. Your health data stays on your device.

MAPS & NOAA RADAR

High-resolution weather and air quality maps animate up to 15 days (10-day history plus 5-day forecast). Tap anything - a storm cell, a fire, a smoke plume, an alert - for an instant detail card. Satellite and Hybrid views included.

Map layers include:
• Air Quality Index (AQI)
• Tree, Grass & Weed Pollen - current and animated forecast
• Mold Spore Forecast - animated
• PM2.5, Ozone & Surface Dust Forecasts - animated
• Near-Surface Smoke, Vertically Integrated Smoke & Surface Visibility
• Fire Detections & Fire Radiative Power
• NOAA Doppler Radar - Base & Composite Reflectivity, Precipitation Type, Echo Tops, updated every 2 minutes
• GOES Infrared Satellite - East & West
• Temperature, Pressure, Wind & Cloud Coverage
• Global pollutant maps - PM2.5, PM10, Ozone, NO2, SO2, CO, CO2
• NWS Warnings, Watches & Advisories (US)

NO ACCOUNT. EVER.

No sign-up, no login, no profile. AirScope has never asked for an email address and never will - built to inform you, not to profile you.

FREE TO USE

Every map layer, radar, forecast, pollen alert, and health feature is free - there is no paywall on data. Free users see ads; the optional AirScope Premium subscription ($0.99/month or $4.99/year) removes all ads and unlocks the medium and large widgets.

DATA SOURCES
Air quality: U.S. EPA AirNow — https://www.airnow.gov
Weather alerts, radar & forecasts: NOAA / National Weather Service — https://www.weather.gov
Smoke forecasts (HRRR-Smoke): NOAA — https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/
Satellite imagery (GOES): NOAA NESDIS — https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/
Fire detections: NASA FIRMS — https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

AirScope is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of NOAA, the National Weather Service, the U.S. EPA, NASA, or any government agency.

Ratings and reviews

This app provides a lot of great information. However, it never finds my location based on the zip code I enter, and sometimes it can't find my location when my I've turned on my phone's "location" finder. I don't live in a remote area, so I shouldn't be difficult to find.

ads are fine till they make the app unusable. long ads pop up at every map change and last over a minute in some cases. the bottom banner ad isn't on the bottom it's right smack in the middle. with the wildfire smoke issues I need something to tell me if it's safe to go outside (asthma). this popped up topof the sponsored app list on my search. I should have known better. it might be good, but none of the smoke maps loaded even after waiting 10 minutes. but the ads popped right up!

The "done" button doesn't work when adding location. Also, this app needs a widget. People complaining about ads are just cheap. This app offers an ad-free option for just $5/year. Allergy suffers can make good use of the information in this app. My one suggestion to users is to input your location. Don't use current location because it won't be precise enough to give you accurate information. If you did it wrong, just go into the app settings and delete the app data.

What’s new

We've rebuilt our app from the ground up, featuring an updated maps experience, home and lock screen widgets, localized health indices, interactive symptom graphs, and much faster performance.