Reful vs Air Quality ◎
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reful
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Reful tells you what the wind is doing right where you're standing — in plain language, without the clutter. Open the app on the coast and you'll see the current wind speed, where it's coming from, and its name. A friendly compass points in the direction the wind is blowing, so you can feel what's around you at a glance. Reful is made for anyone who spends time by the sea — whether you're on the beach, at a café, walking the promenade, or just curious why your hat keeps flying off. WHAT YOU GET • Live wind conditions for your exact spot on the coast • Forecast for the days ahead, so you know what's coming • The names of local Adriatic winds — Bora, Sirocco, Maestrale and others — so you learn what's blowing and why • A simple scale that tells you when it's calm, breezy, or too windy to stay outside • Speed shown in whichever unit you prefer • Beautiful dark interface, easy on the eyes • Available in English, Croatian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Italian, and Albanian BUILT WITH RESPECT FOR YOUR PRIVACY • No accounts, no ads, no tracking • Your location is used only to fetch the weather — nothing is stored on our side • No analytics, no data collection
Air Quality ◎
Get real-time air quality information for your city, including the main pollutant and its cause. Receive alerts for air quality changes and customize notifications based on your sensitivity profile. A widget provides at-a-glance updates without opening the app.
- Real-time AQI and pollutant concentration
- Supports multiple international AQI scales
- Weather factors explained
- Global pollution map and city ranking
- Customizable alerts
- Personalized sensitivity profiles
- Home screen widget
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What you are breathing, at a glance. An index with no explanation is useless. Air Quality shows your city's level in real time, the pollutant pushing it up, the weather behind it, and one clear call: go out now, or wait until this evening. No account, no sign-up, no email address to hand over. THE INDEX, IN REAL TIME Your city's level, updated continuously, with the pollutant responsible and its concentration: PM2.5 and PM10 particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide. When wildfire smoke drifts in, fine particles are what tell you first. YOUR COUNTRY'S OWN SCALE In the United States the app uses the AQI you already know, from 0 to 500. Travel, and it switches to the official scale of wherever you are: the European index, Canada's AQHI, the UK's DAQI, Korea's CAI, and the Japanese, Mexican, Australian and Brazilian scales. Nine scales in all, and you can force your own. THE WEATHER THAT EXPLAINS IT Wind disperses particles, heat manufactures ozone, rain washes the air. A discreet strip ties every move of the index to its cause, in one sentence. This is an air quality app, not a weather app: the weather is there to explain, never to take over the screen. MAP AND RANKING A pollution layer over the world map, monitoring stations where they exist, and a ranking of major cities so you can place your own. ALERTS THAT ACTUALLY WARN YOU A notification when the air degrades in one of your cities, and another when it is breathable again. You set the threshold, the app keeps watch. YOUR SENSITIVITY PROFILE Asthma, heart condition, young child, older adult, pregnancy, outdoor sport: tick what applies to you. The app then watches the pollutants that affect you first and warns you earlier, without ever altering the readings it shows. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget shows your city's level without opening the app. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, no advertising profile built on your health. Your reading history is stored on your device. PREMIUM The free version gives you today's index, the map, the ranking, the widget and one tracked city. Premium adds: no ads, five-day forecasts, up to 50 cities, alerts, twelve months of history and CSV export of your readings. Monthly or yearly subscription — a seven-day free trial on the yearly plan — or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices for your country are shown inside the app. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage and cancel them in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ General terms: https://airquality.devolim.fr/en/terms.html Subscription terms: https://airquality.devolim.fr/en/subscription.html Privacy: https://airquality.devolim.fr/en/privacy.html Data: Copernicus / CAMS via Open-Meteo. Air Quality provides environmental information. It is not a medical device and does not replace the advice of a health professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Reful at none against Air Quality ◎'s shown. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reful | Air Quality ◎ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SIME BASIOLI | Devolim |
In-app purchases
Reful
No in-app purchases
Air Quality ◎
No in-app purchases









