App does just it’s supposed to do!
You tap to launch it and it tells you whether or not it’s a spare the air day in the Bay Area. Not sure what the negative reviews about.
Needs a serious update
This app has been neglected for years and it really needs an update. It’s outdated a lot of it doesn’t fit the screen of a modern phone.
Randy B
Continues to be unable to fetch data from the server. This has been going on for weeks. Please fix the server.
This is my tax dollars at work?
I didn’t think is could possibly be as bad as some of the reviews were making it out to be. I was wrong! It even has a biking tab on the app! To test it, I ask for a route from San Jose to San Francisco. It did absolutely nothing except put my location several hundred miles off of the west coast of Africa out in the ocean. App lasted for about 45 seconds on my phone. Don’t waste your time.
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Useless
No place to adjust setting or set up text alerts. Says it is not working.
Needs updating!
Needs updating!
App conflicts with Spare the Air website info
Love the idea of this app, but right now it’s telling me that there is no spare the air alert in effect when the spare the air.org site says there IS a winter alert in effect through Feb 28. I’ll just keep going to the site, as the app is obviously not reflecting the current situation.
Ignore the ignorant
App does what is expected, poor reviews seem nuts or grandpa is upset at being told not to burn wood in fireplace.
Failure to log Yolo fire smoke, failure to alert
Fails to convince. July 1 in SF we’ve had 12 hours of yellow sky, sunless overcast. This is how Pittsburgh PA looked in the 70s - dirty yellow. SFGATE reports “red flag” air pollution. The app still gives a green flag and “NO SPARE THE AIR ALERT”.
Notifications
Main reason for the app is to receive STA notifications which it doesn't provide
Works pretty well
This is a simple application but useful and doing its job pretty well
Crashes
I checked your app & it showed green. I went out to walk and my asthma started acting up. Checked the app again. Still green. Asthema got worse. My friend suggested I go to your website and there it was: not green. In fact 70 out of a range between 51 & 100 (green is below 51). So your app is not syncing or up to date. Whats the point if having it? Delete.
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Crashes and full of bugs
Fix this. Would love to use more
Still has bugs!
Looks like this version still has bugs. Every time I try to look at the air quality tab the app crashes.
Needs some content
So it tells me there is a spare the air alert. Fine. In the winter I know that means not to burn wood in my fireplace, or face a large fine.
It isn't winter. So what am I being advised to do, or not do, during a summer spare the air?
I already commute by bicycle, and have a small car that I share with my wife. Can I barbecue? Burn wood in my fireplace? Drive to the beach?
If you want people to respond you need to provide more information.
It isn't winter. So what am I being advised to do, or not do, during a summer spare the air?
I already commute by bicycle, and have a small car that I share with my wife. Can I barbecue? Burn wood in my fireplace? Drive to the beach?
If you want people to respond you need to provide more information.
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Report smoking car doesn't work
I've used this app to determine air-quality in the bay area for a while now and it's faster than going to the site. However, when I went to use the report smoking car feature for a horrible smoking vehicle, it totally doesn't work. Spent the time to take a picture of the license plate and write down where I was and the submit button never goes active.
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Unreliable at best
App does not update each day, said ok to burn, then the next day it said it was a spare the air day for the same day!!
If you are going to put out an app such as this, make it reliable! I don't think it is right that we can get fined because your app gave wrong information.
If you are going to put out an app such as this, make it reliable! I don't think it is right that we can get fined because your app gave wrong information.
Burn or No Burn
Perfect for what I need...
Meh
Seems like an easy enough app for a Bay Area based organization to get right....but that'd be asking too much. Interesting that whatever the "Podcasts" button has is only available in the Chinese App Store...
what does it say????? spare??? no spare????
spell it out! is it a spare the air or not? changing to an ambiguous symbol is of no help when checking the burn status.
No alerts
The only reason I have this app is for the alerts.
