Blue Map vs 粉度
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue Map
Access global environmental data, including air and water quality, corporate emissions, and ecological information. Participate in environmental protection by reporting pollution, sharing data, and tracking your low-carbon actions. Visualize environmental conditions with interactive maps and receive AI-driven insights and health alerts.
- Real-time environmental quality data
- Corporate emissions and performance tracking
- Public pollution reporting and action
- Interactive environmental maps
- AI-powered data insights
- Personalized health and environmental alerts
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Blue Map: Your Mobile Portal for Environmental Transparency, Oversight, and Participation We aggregate corporate environmental data, emissions, air/water quality, and ecological info to build a platform where everyone can participate in protecting our planet. 【Data at Your Fingertips】 • Environmental Quality: Real-time air quality in 380 cities & water quality from 1,900+ stations. • Corporate Emissions: Track real-time discharges of 9,000+ air/water polluters. • Corporate Performance: Monitor 6.6M+ enterprises with 1.7M+ violation records. • Carbon Data: Access corporate and regional emissions data for low-carbon action. 【Public Participation】 • Micro-Reporting: Submit pollution leads and track progress, driving thousands of industrial firms to respond and reduce emissions. • One-Key Sharing: Instantly share data on social media, @ authorities to drive action. • Fingertip Environmentalism: Report issues, observe waste sorting, join eco-surveys, log low-carbon acts, and check product footprints with "Carbon-EZ-Check." 【Visual & Interactive Maps】 • 48-Hr Minute-Level Maps: Hourly forecasts for air quality, wind, rain, and typhoons. • Multi-Dimensional Maps: View air/water quality, emissions, corporate records, species distribution, and global solar data in layered visuals. 【AI & Health Features】 • AI Insights: Get plain-English explanations of complex environmental data. • Health Care: Receive alerts for masks, ventilation, air quality, pollen, and outdoor exercise, with personalized risk assessments. Blue Map makes the environment visible and turns your actions into a force for change. 【Honors】 The Blue Map App is developed by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), a Beijing-based non-profit. Since 2006, IPE has built open environmental data platforms to drive corporate green transformation and improve governance. Awards include: • 2012: Goldman Environmental Prize; 3rd China Soft Science Award. • 2014: Selected for Beijing's first "Green Environmental Protection Theme App." • 2016: Public Participation & Innovation Award (IFCE). • 2017: Founding Member & Vice Chair, Green Consumption and Supply Chain Alliance. • 2018: Vice Chair, China Green Supply Chain Alliance. • 2020: Founding Member, Green Finance Committee (MIIT). • Mar 2023: National award for COVID-19 community guideline research. • Jul 2023: Outstanding Partner, "Whole Value Chain Model for Plastic Pollution Governance" (All-China Environment Federation). • Mar 2024: Council Member, All-China Environment Federation (5-year term). • Jul 2024: Partner, "Swift Action" Tech Initiative (Chaoyang District). 【Contact】 • Website: https://www.ipe.org.cn • Weibo: http://weibo.com/u/5042247906 • Tel: 010-67189470 ext. 8001 【Thanks】 To everyone tracking pollution, monitoring haze, and sharing forecasts—thank you!
粉度
This app provides real-time and forecasted pollen concentration data for multiple cities, helping individuals with pollen allergies manage their exposure. It offers detailed local information, including pollen types and risk levels, along with weather and air quality data.
- Real-time pollen concentration data
- 7-day pollen forecast
- Pollen risk levels
- Local pollen type identification
- Air quality and weather data
- Customizable pollen alerts
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1. 粉度App专为花粉过敏人群打造,覆盖北京、呼和浩特、包头、呼伦贝尔、锡林郭勒、巴彦淖尔、通辽、天津、张家口、大同、太原、长治、西安、西安、兰州、银川、 哈尔滨、长春、沈阳等60余城市花粉浓度数据,并每日更新。 2. 提供近7天历史花粉曲线与未来 7 天预报曲线,清晰查看每日花粉数值和风险等级。 3. 自动定位区县,提供区县级别实时花粉浓度、主流花粉类型,并匹配防护建议;内置地图浓度色块,直观查看全城花粉分布。 4. 实时提供气象和空气质量数据,展示实时气温、AQI、PM2.5、PM10 数据,搭配空气防护提示。 5. 支持添加多座关注城市,可查看单城分区花粉数据。 6. 登录后可设置花粉浓度预警,超标自动弹窗提醒。
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Verdict
Blue Map and 粉度 are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blue Map against 5.0 for 粉度. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Blue Map's written reviews are positive against 66% of 粉度's.
Blue Map ships an update every 2 weeks, 粉度 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blue Map | 粉度 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | 65.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京市朝阳区公众环境研究中心 | 正 姚 |
Customer experience
Blue Map
粉度
In-app purchases
Blue Map
No in-app purchases
粉度
No in-app purchases








