# UtahAir

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id722452416](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id722452416)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id722452416`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joe Thomas
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 2.30 / 5 (55 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.03
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-17
- **First published:** 2013-10-16
- **Size:** 999 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/utahair/id722452416)
- **Website:** [http://ncast.weber.edu](http://ncast.weber.edu/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.weber.edu/ncast/utah\_air.html](https://www.weber.edu/ncast/utah_air.html)

## Description

UtahAir translates the Utah Division of Air Quality's new air quality alert system into clear, symbol-based action alerts and health guidance aligned with the EPA's Air Quality Index. It shows when actions (such as carpooling or avoiding wood burning) are voluntary or mandatory and how today's pollution may affect sensitive groups.

It helps Utah residents check daily conditions, decide when not to burn wood or coal, choose safer times for outdoor activity, and consolidate trips to reduce emissions. The three-day forecast supports planning around winter inversions and the summer ozone season.

## Rankings

- #219,020 — Overall
- #67 — pollution

## Review summary

UtahAir provides essential air-quality data in a clear, easy-to-check layout and is especially useful during inversion season. Yet it suffers from stability and UX issues: frequent crashes, location-permission requirements, and updates that disrupt usability on newer devices. The UI can be inconsistent across devices, and data displays can be misaligned or hard to interpret. Overall, the app's usefulness is undermined by reliability problems, even though the core data remains valuable when the app runs.

### Pros

- Clear, simple layout with data easy to check.
- Provides current air quality, forecast, and burn/no-burn status.
- Very useful during inversion season for planning outdoor activity and fireplace use.
- Modern, streamlined interface when it functions properly.
- Reliable for users on older devices who still rely on the app.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes on startup or when opening the app.
- Location services requirement causes failure for users who disable or avoid sharing location.
- Updates often introduce instability or break compatibility with newer iOS devices.
- UI/UX issues such as portrait/landscape locking, non-standard navigation, and distorted charts.
- Data display inconsistencies, including mismatches between current conditions and the forecast, and unclear station naming.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id722452416)