7 Air Quality Check Applications, Monitor Pollution Levels In Your City

Illustration of air quality check application (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA - The city of Jakarta is being discussed because of the very severe level of air pollution. However, there are other cities in Indonesia which are also classified as being in the most heavy air pollution. In today's digital era, you can check for yourself the air quality in your city or where you live. There are several air quality check applications that you can use.

Given that there are several cities in Indonesia whose air quality is poor, people also need to be aware of exposure to air pollution. Dirty air exposure can cause various health problems, especially respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PPOK), to chronic broncriticism.

To be able to anticipate from an early age the impact of air pollution, you can take advantage of air quality check applications. So you can monitor the development of air conditions in your city at any time practically enough via mobile.

Here are some air quality check apps that you can download and use on Android and iPhone:

AirVisual provides services to measure and monitor air pollution at the urban level. Users can choose the location where the air quality wants to be checked, then this application will collect pollution information from the nearest center.

To provide accurate data, AirVisual also takes pollution information from official government sources. This application also provides features in the form of graphics maps to check the status of air pollution in specific places through the world's display.

This air quality check application is a domestically made platform. The application developed by NAFAS Indonesia has been downloaded by more than 100 thousand through the Play Store. Breath is designed to help manage information related to exposure to air pollution.

This application is connected to outdoor air quality monitoring sensor networks spread across various areas, including Jabodetabek, Surabaya, Bandung, Bali, Yogyakarta, and others. This application also has the Clean Air Zone feature, which allows users to access public location libraries in Jakarta that have healthy indoor air quality.

Air Matters has long been around as a platform to check air quality. This application presents real-time air quality information in more than 180 countries. In its use, this application displays an air quality index whose data is obtained from the nearest monitoring station. Free version of Air Matters is accompanied by advertisements, while there is also a premium version that can be accessed at annual expense.

BreezoMeter is an application that allows users to get information about air quality, weather conditions, and fire warnings. Using advanced technology, BreezoMeter can accurately calculate air quality and real-time.

The BrezzoMeter application is available in more than 92 countries, including Indonesia, and can be downloaded and installed easily. This application has more than 7,000 official air quality monitoring stations worldwide.

Plume Labs is also present as an application that provides information about air quality in big cities around the world. Interestingly, this platform provides updates every hour so that the data is more accurate.

The Plume Labs app helps users by recommending the most appropriate time to leave the house. On the Play Store, the app has been downloaded more than 100 thousand times and has a rating of 4.1/5.

Another air quality check application that you can use is Air Quality & Pollen. This platform was developed by AirCare by EarthCare. On the Play Store, Air Quality & Pollen has been downloaded more than 100 thousand times.

Those are some air quality check applications that you can use to monitor air conditions in your city. In order to maintain health, the government urges people to take advantage of the air quality check application from their respective devices.

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