Comparison

Allergy Sufferers vs Alertable

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Allergy Sufferers

Receive reliable daily pollen and spore forecasts across Canada. Track your symptoms, get personalized insights, and manage your allergy triggers with detailed data and helpful tips. Access up to 14 days of historical forecasts and customize your experience.

Highlights
  • 4-day pollen and spore forecasts
  • Individual allergen forecasts
  • Personalized symptom tracking
  • Data visualizer for trigger correlation
  • Customizable allergen and location tracking
  • 14-day historical forecasts
  • Allergy management tips
Features
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UPDATE: We have completely revamped the app for 2026! Allergy Sufferers Get the most reliable daily pollen and spore forecasts in Canada with the Allergy Sufferers app, completely redesigned and rebuilt in 2025. Our forecasts are proven to be 80% accurate, thanks to data from Aerobiology Research Laboratories (a Canadian company in Ottawa), the only professional company in North America that collects and analyzes daily air samples from 30 stations across Canada. We are the only pollen and spore forecasters in Canada that have and use data for pollen and spore (outdoor mold) forecasting. FREE FEATURES: 4-Day Forecast: View up to 4 days of total pollen (total trees, total weeds, total grasses) and total spores (outdoor molds) for your location. Allergy Tips: Receive helpful tips to manage your allergy triggers. Learn: Discover which pollen and spores are identified in different Canadian cities. Free Trial: Access a 7-day free trial of all premium features. UPGRADE TO PREMIUM FOR AN ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION: Detailed Forecasts: Get push notifications and 4-day forecasts for all individual pollen and spore (outdoor mold) varieties in the air. Personalized Tracking: Log your daily symptoms and medications to understand your personal allergy patterns. Data Visualizer: Use our powerful visualizer to correlate your symptoms and medication with pollen levels, helping you pinpoint your triggers. Customization: Personalize your experience by tracking up to 7 specific allergens and 5 different locations. Historical forecasts – Access up to 14 days of historical forecasts (5 with all pollen and spores in the air – 9 additional days of what you are specifically allergic too) For any questions, please contact us at apps@aerobiology.ca. WHATS NEW 4-day forecasts for all individual pollen and spores in the air Personalize push notifications – the pollen and spores you want notifications about and the levels Access up to 14 days of historical forecasts ( 5 with all pollen and spores in the air – 9 additional days of what you are specifically allergic too Brand new codebase using React, new user interface for improved performance and usability Get the most accurate science and database driven pollen and outdoor mold forecasting app for Canadian Allergy Sufferers today. Support the only Canadian company that monitors pollen and spores and contributes to research and science for allergy sufferers in Canada.

About

Alertable

Stay informed about emergencies and daily incidents across Canada. Receive fast, reliable notifications for public safety, severe weather, and local community events. Personalize alerts by type, severity, and location to know before you go.

Highlights
  • Canada-wide public safety alerts
  • Severe weather alerts
  • Customizable notifications
  • Location-based alerts
  • Sharable alerts
  • Local community notifications
  • Workplace alerts
Features
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Alertable emergency alerts and mass notifications keep you informed of emergencies and daily incidents in your community, workplace and school. Use Alertable for locations in Canada to stay aware and plan ahead. Check in advance for community events, closures, restrictions, hazards, danger and more. Know before you go. Keep yourself and others informed and up to date with Alertable. Notifications are fast, reliable and easy to see and hear. Personalize notifications by type and severity. Choose notifications for many locations including home, work, school, cottage, family and friends locations and more. Change your locations and other personalized options in Settings, after the fact. Key features: • Canada wide public safety alerts (from Canada’s Alert Ready emergency alert system) • severe weather alerts (from Environment and Climate Change Canada) • fast and reliable, highly optimized alert notifications • easy to setup and use • customizable, choose the types of critical, advisory and information alerts you wish to receive • targeted, alerts for only locations you are interested in • follow me, alerts for where you are at • maps, helpful for seeing the geographical area the alert is for • sharable, alerts can be shared on social media, email and text message • informative, emergency descriptions, impact areas and actions to take to remain safe • local, community notifications for closures, outages, restrictions, disruptions, re-openings, Interruptions and more • workplace, get alerts from your organization • accessible, full use by people with different abilities • multilingual, translate alerts into your device’s language setting

Screenshots

Allergy Sufferers4 screens
Alertable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alertable at none against Allergy Sufferers's 3. Alertable also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (61% vs 43%). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Allergy Sufferers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Alertable asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Allergy Sufferers ships an update monthly, Alertable every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Allergy Sufferers versus Alertable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAllergy SufferersAlertable
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (177 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews61.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—177 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAerobiology Research LaboratoriesPublic Emergency Alerting Services Inc

Customer experience

Allergy Sufferers

Written reviews77 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative53.2%

Alertable

All ratings177 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative31.3%

Bugs and requests

Allergy Sufferers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Alertable

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App not working after update
  • No alerts sent out
  • Misleading and late alerts
  • Old alerts cannot be deleted
  • Confusion with evacuation alert wording
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  • Poor Shuswap updates
  • Unreliable emergency alerts
  • Evacuation alerts too late
  • Garbage app
  • History not deletable
  • High battery drain
  • Alerts not informative enough
  • Too many alerts in a row
  • Early morning notifications
  • Huge drain on battery
  • Very slow to load
  • Not getting audio alerts
  • Cannot select region by panning
  • Alerts don't display properly
  • Useless in BC and most of Canada
  • No cities in California
  • Does not include my city
  • Weak privacy policy

Requested features

14 requests
  • Disable prompts asking to keep receiving alerts
  • Add dark mode
  • Allow selection of entire city by panning map
  • Remove pointless alert types
  • Ability to silence specific alert types
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  • Option to ignore specific alert types
  • Improve location accuracy for alerts
  • Add wildfire alerts
  • Differentiate evacuation alert levels visually
  • Allow deletion of old alerts
  • Provide more informative alerts
  • Include cities in California
  • Include more cities
  • Strengthen privacy policy for location tracking

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Allergy Sufferers

Subscriptions3
  • 1 month localization7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • AllergySufferers 1-Yr Premium14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • 1 year localization7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Alertable

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Allergy Sufferers free?
Allergy Sufferers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alertable free?
Alertable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Allergy Sufferers or Alertable have ads?
Allergy Sufferers shows ads; Alertable does not.
Which is updated more often, Allergy Sufferers or Alertable?
Allergy Sufferers ships an update monthly, and Alertable every 2 months. Most recently, Allergy Sufferers was updated on October 14, 2026 and Alertable on October 15, 2026.

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