Stop refreshing the air quality map. Canairy watches it for you and speaks up only when it matters. You set your own alert thresholds, tuned to how sensitive you or your family are, and get a push or text the moment any of your places crosses that line, with quiet hours so it never buzzes at 2am. It reads real-time, block-level data from the PurpleAir network for up to 10 locations, no hardware to buy. Free to start. Real peace of mind for smoke season and year-round asthma.
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Hey everyone, Jason here. Jennifer (my wife) and I made Canairy. We're up in Northern California.
We deal with wildfire smoke up here (and have had to evacuate a couple of times), and one of us has asthma, so we pay attention to the air pretty much year round. For a long time that meant pulling up the PurpleAir map a bunch of times a day and trying to eyeball whether the kids could go outside, or whether it was any better a few miles away. Not a great system.
The data was all there (we even have our own sensor), it just took a person to babysit it. So we built what we wanted instead: pick the places you care about, set the level that matters to you, and it tells you when the air crosses it. And quiet hours so it's not going off in the middle of the night.
It's free for iPhone and Android, and we'd love to hear what you think, especially if smoke or asthma is part of your life. Tell us what's missing. canairy-aq.com
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One thing that would make this even better is sharing alerts with family members automatically, especially for elderly parents or kids at school. A simple way to add a partner or family member to receive alerts for the same location would give real peace of mind without everyone needing to set up their own account.
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@devranzalpkib4 great idea! SMS alerts is part of our paid tier--we are trying to be an generous as possible on the free plan--but SMS alerts have a cost, so we need to charge--but adding in alerts to other family members would be a great way of showing the benefit of our higher tiers. Thanks!
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finally something that doesn't yell at me every hour. set thresholds for my kid's school and my folks' house, got one calm text during the wildfire smoke and nothing since. honestly that quiet hours thing alone makes it worth it
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@suruc86423 thanks for the comment, the goal of our app is too alert you when necessary so you can relax
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Finally set up thresholds for my kid's school and my parents' place, and I really like that quiet hours toggle keeps my phone silent overnight. Wished more apps handled notifications this thoughtfully.
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@abdulsametzsiq it takes a lot to get notifications right, hopefully we found the right balance
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This is a really thoughtful take on air quality alerts. One thing I'd love to see is a weekly summary trend view, something like a simple chart showing how each of your saved locations compared to your threshold over the past 7 days. It would help spot patterns, like which neighborhood regularly tips into unhealthy territory, and make it easier to plan ahead or talk to a doctor about recurring exposure.
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@kamil28113 great suggestion, thanks! we create a basic set of analytics but we're looking forward to expanding them based on user feedback--some users really want to dig into the numbers (like you!).
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the quiet hours feature is honestly such a thoughtful detail, like you can tell the team actually thought about what it's like living with asthma and not wanting your phone blowing up at 2am when the air goes bad
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@esmanurwhbv Thanks, it was a critical feature for us to get right.
One thing that would make this even better is sharing alerts with family members automatically, especially for elderly parents or kids at school. A simple way to add a partner or family member to receive alerts for the same location would give real peace of mind without everyone needing to set up their own account.
@devranzalpkib4 great idea! SMS alerts is part of our paid tier--we are trying to be an generous as possible on the free plan--but SMS alerts have a cost, so we need to charge--but adding in alerts to other family members would be a great way of showing the benefit of our higher tiers. Thanks!
finally something that doesn't yell at me every hour. set thresholds for my kid's school and my folks' house, got one calm text during the wildfire smoke and nothing since. honestly that quiet hours thing alone makes it worth it
@suruc86423 thanks for the comment, the goal of our app is too alert you when necessary so you can relax
Finally set up thresholds for my kid's school and my parents' place, and I really like that quiet hours toggle keeps my phone silent overnight. Wished more apps handled notifications this thoughtfully.
@abdulsametzsiq it takes a lot to get notifications right, hopefully we found the right balance
This is a really thoughtful take on air quality alerts. One thing I'd love to see is a weekly summary trend view, something like a simple chart showing how each of your saved locations compared to your threshold over the past 7 days. It would help spot patterns, like which neighborhood regularly tips into unhealthy territory, and make it easier to plan ahead or talk to a doctor about recurring exposure.
@kamil28113 great suggestion, thanks! we create a basic set of analytics but we're looking forward to expanding them based on user feedback--some users really want to dig into the numbers (like you!).
the quiet hours feature is honestly such a thoughtful detail, like you can tell the team actually thought about what it's like living with asthma and not wanting your phone blowing up at 2am when the air goes bad
@esmanurwhbv Thanks, it was a critical feature for us to get right.