AirRater provides real-time pollen count and air quality alerts. Track asthma, smoke, hay fever & allergy triggers. Stay safe with forecasts built by Australian experts.
Need to know what’s in your air right now?
• Do you live with asthma, lung disease or a chronic health condition like heart disease or diabetes?
• Do you suffer from pollen allergies?
• Are you responsible for the health and welfare of children or people with higher health care needs?
Whether from pollen, traffic, wood heaters or bushfire smoke, changes in the quality of our air can greatly affect our health and wellbeing.
The AirRater app provides real-time and forecast air quality and pollen information across Australia, including reliable, high-quality information about air quality hazards such as bushfire smoke episodes.
It lets you track symptoms to help you to identify your personal triggers. And it provides timely notifications about changing air quality in your area so you can better manage your health or support others in your care.
AirRater also offers helpful resources, including fact sheets, tips and podcasts to help you stay informed about air quality and health.
AirHealth was founded by Australian scientists at the forefront of pollen, air quality and health research. We brought together the teams behind the Melbourne/Sydney/Perth/Brisbane/Darwin/Canberra Pollen and AirRater apps to create a unified, holistic service for individuals, communities, government and industry.
Our team of researchers, data analysts, and software engineers work on the cutting-edge of air quality research and technology to deliver the best available information, at the right time and place, for everyone who needs it.
A family member suffers from allergies and knowing the pollen count and particulate amount is helpful. I have just used the app anonymously so far. I think the interface is a little clunky but adequate. There are a few specific issues I have with the information supplied. Firstly although g/m3 is defined as grains not grams for pollen count in the help area I think it is confusing to label graphs and dials as ug/m3 and then g/m3 for particulates and pollen respectively. Clearly one g is grams and the other g grains. Not being familiar with pollen measurements it took me a while to figure this out. How could there be 70 grams per cubic metre of pollen in the air? I think there is space on the air quality dials and graphs to write grains instead of just g for pollen count. It makes it clear to the lay person what the measure is. Secondly it seems to me that the pollen count by family graph values do not add up enough to produce some very high values in the total pollen count graph? I would like some tick marks on the x axis weekly pollen graphs to make clear where days begin and end. It would also be nice to have more daily measurements to cope with pollen count changes associated with changing air masses. Finally, I found that switching between monthly and weekly pollen data graphs cause the app to fail to update the graphs and it is necessary to close the app and restart to get it working again. I have not used the symptom input side of the app so I cannot comment on that. Please keep up the good work.
Great app particularly given current situation in Oz
iiNetter
This is a great app particularly with the bushfires in many parts of Australia. I have a couple of minor improvement suggestions:* ability to change the order of locations when you’ve added more than one* display of the currency of the data for each location i.e. when the sensor last updated it’s reading or when the app last retrieved the reading from the sensor, which ever is older (this could perhaps be configurable so those that aren’t interested in this information can disable it being displayed)* inclusion of a lock screen widget so you don’t have to unlock your phone and open the app to display the current value and rating of your chosen sensor(s) in your chosen location(s)
Helpful app. Reliable data. UI is a bit clunky.
margy88
This is a very helpful app with good quality, reliable data. It has been especially useful during bushfire season as the air quality changes quickly. A few small suggestions for improvements:1. It would be good to know the time and location of the reading that is displayed. For example, the air quality might be getting noticeably worse but the app shows a reading that seems ok. If we could see that it was an old reading that would be helpful. 2. The graph is also really useful but a bit hard to access. Perhaps add a link on the main menu at the bottom for easier access? 3. there are a few bugs to iron out. For example, sometimes it seems to reset and I have to re-register. Also, the onscreen keyboard gets hidden when trying to type the name of a location to save (iPhone 11 iOS 13).4. Overall there could be some other general UI improvements to make it a bit sleeker. There are other apps in the App Store that are much easier on the eye but don’t have the same quality reliable data that’s locally sourced. Perhaps you could borrow some UI ideas from those apps? In the same vein I think you could come up with a better app icon!Thanks again for a great app.
Daily updates please
pepperminthill
Great app, even better if there would be updates every day (around the same time) and an indication of when the samples are taken. Plenty of detail hidden in the app, impressive, the labels of what information is available could be clearer. Agree with other people that it would be great to be able to change the order of chosen locations. Nothing else compares with the detail and quality of the information.
This update makes symptom logging faster, map insights clearer, and sharing more convenient.
A clearer map
• Report markers now cluster automatically, reducing overlap at lower zoom levels.
• The timeline starts collapsed and expands when playback begins.
• Tap a group of symptom reports to view the severity distribution and switch between Time, Age and Gender breakdowns.
Faster daily check-ins
• Dashboard and Me now include a simple smiley check-in for recording how you feel. A brief acknowledgment is shown the first time you use it.
• With location enabled, your check-in is saved immediately, with options to undo or continue adding details. Without location, your selection is not saved until you continue and complete the log.
• Your Dashboard selection carries over to Me, resumes after the smiley question, and tracks daily completion separately for each profile.
• A new floating shortcut and one-question-at-a-time flow make full reports easier to complete.
Easier sharing
• Share tiles directly from More.
• After taking a screenshot on Dashboard or a Measure detail screen, you can choose to create a share card.
A refreshed Me and Communities
• Me is now focused on your personal symptoms. Review your history and compare it with averages for your selected location, with a layer selector for different comparisons.
• Communities brings community news and updates together in one place.
More improvements
• Added support for iOS Home Screen widgets.
• Improved loading states, layout and overall stability across Dashboard and Measure details.
Version 5.0.2
The developer, AirHealth Pty Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
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Information
Seller
AirHealth Pty Ltd
Size
33 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
