Airthings vs WasteWizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airthings
Monitor and improve your indoor air quality with smart devices. Get real-time insights, track trends, and receive actionable advice to enhance focus, reduce allergies, and sleep better. Control your air purifier and stay informed about pollen forecasts.
- Quick device setup
- At-a-glance air quality indicators
- Detailed trend tracking
- Air purifier remote control
- 5-day pollen forecast
- Air quality notifications
- Personalized air reports
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Breathe better with Airthings! Smart air quality monitors & purifiers you can trust. Shift your state of being with Airthings. Our products can help you improve indoor air quality leading to better focus, calming of allergies, and enhancement of sleep while ensuring an overall more healthy home. It features: • Quick and easy device setup • AirGlimpse™: Color-coded indicators give you at-a-glance information about your air quality • Access to the detailed graphs to help you track and find trends over time • Set focuses for your devices - air quality data broken down into high engagement problems that you care about • Control your Renew air purifier from anywhere • 5-day pollen forecast for your location with actionable advice • Notifications inform you of poor air quality and suggest ways to improve it, fast • Tips for addressing common indoor air quality problems and how to make the most of your device • Recommendations on the best Airthings monitor for your needs • Subscribe to Air Reports - We’ll send you a monthly update which summarises all the sensor data for your location. This app supports all Airthings products. If you have questions about using the app or any of our monitors, please refer to the Airthings Help Center or contact support@airthings.com.
WasteWizard
Identify and properly dispose of various waste items using your phone's camera. This app uses AI to classify trash and provides a map of local disposal facilities to help reduce pollution.
- AI-powered waste classification
- Disposal instructions
- Map of waste disposal facilities
- Image recognition from camera or library
- Reduces environmental pollution
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The amount of trash, whether in the oceans, forests, or urban areas, has grown significantly. In several states in the U.S., such as California, recycling efforts have proven inefficient due to the scarcity of recycling centers, exacerbated by the ending of shipments of recycling material from the United States to other countries. As a result, a surplus of waste has accumulated, worsening the environmental crisis. WasteWizard aims to decrease environmental pollution as well as waste mismanagement and save wildlife both on land and in water (by decreasing ocean and land pollution). The app classifies various different types of trash, including plastics, electronic waste, batteries, metals, and biological waste, from the iPhone camera or photo library. It leverages computer vision and machine learning to inform users how to dispose of a specific piece of trash. In addition to this, WasteWizard also gives users a map of nearby waste disposal facilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WasteWizard at 100% against Airthings's 33%. WasteWizard also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Airthings's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (3K vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WasteWizard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Airthings has 3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Airthings's written reviews are positive against 100% of WasteWizard's.
Airthings ships an update fortnightly, WasteWizard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airthings | WasteWizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Airthings ASA | Rishaan Desai |
Customer experience
Airthings
WasteWizard
Bugs and requests
Airthings
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes frequently
- Unable to add new devices or accounts
- Incorrect color coding and data display
- Delayed or missing sensor data updates
- Bluetooth connectivity issues
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- Unexplained battery drain on devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add HomeKit integration
- Allow custom thresholds and notifications
- Improve data visualization and historical trending
- Add more detailed information on air quality issues and remedies
- Provide an iPad-optimized version of the app
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- Improve syncing and connectivity reliability
WasteWizard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Airthings
No in-app purchases
WasteWizard
No in-app purchases









