Spare the Air Bay Area

Name: Spare the Air Bay Area
Rating: 2.6 (26 reviews)
Author: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District

By: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District App

Weather

Overview

Version:

2.6

Last updated: 2025-03-05

Ranking

#328,183 ▼ 10,742

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Spare the Air Bay Area is the official air quality app for the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma counties. The app provides Alert Day notifications, county by county air quality forecasts, several tools to help you personally reduce air pollution, as well as air quality podcasts.

Features •Air Alerts – Provides Alert notifications when the Bay Area is experiencing a Spare the Air Day. •Local Air Reports – Provides 5-day air quality forecasts for each of the nine Bay Area counties. •Report a Smoking Vehicle – Makes 1-800-EXHAUST smoking vehicle reports even easier by allowing users to simply text in the license plates of smoking vehicles. •Bike Route Planner – An active way to spare the air, this tool provides bike route directions and maps. •Air Quality Podcasts – Contains health and air quality podcasts from the Air District and partners such as Breathe California.

The Spare the Air Program was established by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to educate people about air pollution and to encourage them to improve air quality by making clean air choices.

Spare the Air Web Site > www.sparetheair.org Spare the Air Interactive Support > sparetheair@baaqmd.gov

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Rating:

2.60

(26)

Version:

2.6 Last updated: 2025-03-05

Version code:

872973751

Creation date:

2011-06-08

Compatible devices:

Size:

62.91MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-20

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Ranking

# 328,183 ▼ 10,742

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Developed by:

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spare-the-air-bay-area/id441186308

User Reviews

The Spare the Air Bay Area app is valued for quick STA-day status checks and a simple, fast experience. However, reliability and maintenance are major concerns: data often isn’t up to date or aligned with official sources, alerts/notifications can be unreliable, and the app appears neglected with an outdated UI. These issues drive recurring frustration despite the app’s basic usefulness.

Pros

Quickly shows whether it's a spare the air day (core function).
Simple, lightweight app that does its job.
Faster than checking the official site for status.
Newer versions improve the air quality index display and overall feel.

Cons

Data is often out of date or inconsistent with sparetheair.org, leading to misleading statuses.
Push notifications and alerts do not reliably work or lack configuration options.
The app feels neglected and outdated, with poor maintenance and UI not fitting modern devices.

Recent reviews

The app does the job it is designed for. More than ever citizens here need to be on board with air quality monitoring and regulation. For the sake of children, the elderly, sick people, people who are sensitive to it. California is near the worst in the country in terms of average air quality, if you’re against steps being taken to remedy that then you are choosing to put vulnerable people in harms way for the sake of your own day to day convenience.