# Breathe - Air Quality Monitor — Local air quality and weather

> Real-time particulate matter air quality monitoring and health risk adaptation. (iPhone/iPad app by Tobias Totzek.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathe-air-quality-monitor/id1355513543 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tobias Totzek](https://appshunter.io/developer/486713716)
- Category: Weather, Medical
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 32 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hungarian and 9 more
- Released: 2019-10-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathe-air-quality-monitor/id1355513543/reviews.md

## What is Breathe?

Breathe is an air quality monitor for particulate matter. You can automatically check the air quality near your current location. Breathe uses data from the Citizen Science project sensor.community (also known as luftdaten.info) and the World Air Quality Index project.

Particulate matter is associated with health problems such as coughing, shortness of breath, asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes. Depending on the size of the particles, fine dust can penetrate into the lung tissue and even into the bloodstream. Particulate matter is caused by car exhaust fumes, wood stoves or agriculture, among other things.

Breathe helps you to adapt your activities, such as jogging or the way to work, to the current particulate matter load and thus prevent health problems. 

Breathe also includes multiple widgets for your Lock and Home Screen and an app for the Apple Watch. With these, you have the  air quality always recognisable at a glance.

## Key features

- Real-time air quality monitoring
- Particulate matter tracking
- Location-based data
- Health risk adaptation
- Lock and Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cup of Coffee | $1.99 | one-time |
| Piece of Cake | $3.49 | one-time |
| Pizza | $7.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 32)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathe-air-quality-monitor/id1355513543/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Sehr ansprechend

*2024-03-23, version 3.1.3*

Ich habe eigentlich nur nach einer iOS-App gesucht, die den Zugriff auf die Daten von https://sensor.community auch auf dem iPhone ermöglicht; gefunden habe ich eine liebevolle Umsetzung auch auf dem iPad und Apple Watch. Welch schöne Überraschung!

### 4/5 — Clean simply app for community data

*2024-03-13*

Really nice app for air community based air quality data. 

Some suggestions for improvements:
- App continues to use location even when app is paused (even when set to only share location while using)
- Responsiveness when browsing map could also be improved a little 
- would be nice to able to save favorites and view in a list

### 4/5 — Great app

*2024-03-04, version 3.0.0*

Please add possibility to save your favorite location and measure air pollution, temperature and humidity on specific location. Not only in km radius. Thanks.

### 5/5 — Chapeau - 3.0!

*2024-03-03, version 3.0.0*

Tolle App, neue Funktionen, hübschere Karten, klasse Widgets! Ich nutze die App seit einigen Jahren für meinen Sensor und sie war schon immer recht praktisch - jetzt noch besser. Danke!

### 1/5 — Air quality

*2023-06-16, version 2.0.6*

Can only pick ups monitor that is over five miles away

### 5/5 — Funzt prächtig

*2023-03-05, version 2.0.6*

Bei mir funzt die App super 👍🏼 nur kann ich leider meinen luftdaten.info Sensor nicht mehr sehen und überwachen. Das Bauen des Sensors war total einfach und hat viel Spaas gemacht, kann ich nur empfehlen!! Danke Tobias 🙏🏼
Lass die tolle App nur nicht sterben, bitte 🙏🏼

### 5/5 — Absolut empfehlenswerte App

*2022-08-15, version 2.0.6*

Ein großes Dankeschön an das Entwicklerteam für die tolle App. Auf den ersten Blick das Wichtige zu sehen, ohne Schnickschnack. Läuft stabil und problemlos.

Ich verstehe manche Bewertungen nicht, die die Messstellenanzahl kritisieren. Einmal kurz nachdenken sollte eigentlich reichen.....

### 5/5 — Works well, missing sensor averages

*2022-01-02, version 2.0.6*

The app is clean and does its job well! It’d be useful if instead of displaying the data from just the closest sensor there’d be an average of all sensors in the given range instead.

### 5/5 — Tolle schlanke App

*2021-09-18, version 2.0.6*

Die App funktioniert zuverlässig und zeigt Feinstaubwerte von in der Nähe befindlichen Sensoren an. Auch die Mitteilungen und Anzeige auf der Apple Watch klappt. 👍

### 2/5 — Umkreis zu klein

*2021-05-24, version 2.0.6*

wenn im Umkreis von 10 km keine Messstation ist, hat man Pech und kann die App nicht nutzen 🙈

## Frequently asked questions about Breathe

### What does the Breathe app do?

Breathe is an air quality monitor that provides real-time data on particulate matter levels near your current location. It uses data from citizen science projects and the World Air Quality Index to inform you about the air you breathe, helping you adapt your activities to prevent health issues.

### What are the key features of Breathe?

Key features include automatic checking of local air quality, tracking of particulate matter, adaptation of daily activities based on air quality, and convenient widgets for your Lock and Home Screen. It also offers an Apple Watch app for at-a-glance monitoring.

### How much does Breathe cost?

The app is free to download and use, with options for in-app purchases. Specific details on the cost of in-app purchases are not provided in the description.

### What kind of air quality data does Breathe provide?

Breathe focuses on monitoring particulate matter, which is a significant component of air pollution linked to various health problems. It sources this data from reputable projects like sensor.community and the World Air Quality Index.

### Who would benefit from using Breathe?

Anyone concerned about air quality, especially individuals who engage in outdoor activities like jogging or commuting, or those with health conditions that can be exacerbated by poor air quality, such as asthma. It helps users make informed decisions about their daily routines.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.0 — 2025-09-17

- Liquid Glass design
- Location picker

### 3.2.2 — 2024-09-12

- Optimize widgets for dark and tinted mode

### 3.2.1 — 2024-04-18

- Fix a bug that caused a badge to be displayed on the app icon

### 3.2.0 — 2024-04-17

- Optimize map performance
- Added and improved translations
- Fix formatting of pressure values
- Improve rendering of share picture
- Use official names for World Air Quality Index project provided sensors
- Added option to correct measured values at high humidity levels

### 3.1.4 — 2024-03-25

- Minor bugfixes

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## Related topics

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