Pollen Wise Reviews

My third review after struggling with PollenWise’s slowness, error messages, hanging, etc. for several months. I thought that by subscribing it would be better but it just got even slower and dumber. The newest bug: After a month or two of subscribing and tracking my history, I could not figure out why the historical graphs of pollen varies drastically from day to day. Then today I realized my nearest station randomly jumped from a few miles away to 40 miles away to...449 miles away. Which obviously is useless. But this means that all my data is lost or not tracked or not available to me. So what is the point of subscribing to see history and tracking symptoms? This is so silly! Has anyone even thought about how this is supposed to work?!

PollenWise looked like the best app for seasonal allergies, but when I downloaded it, I discovered that the nearest pollen monitoring sensor was described in PollenWise as “Very Far.” All it listed was a farm’s name, not even a state, so the only way I have a sense of just how far away the sensor was is that one of the listed trees in the ‘current pollen’ section does not grow in my region of the US. I could see by the interface that it would indeed have been a useful app, but without accurate pollen info it’s completely useless. I uninstalled it and installed an app that has much less in the way of useful features, but which actually has my local pollen information for the major US city I live in.

Not really sure what happened with PollenWise, I have always loved it but the last month or so it’s not accurate, at all! Half the time all the allergens aren’t even shown and the couple that are shown, are always at zero percentage. Which summer in western PA, that is far from accurate. I don’t know if it’s them trying to get us to pay and not use the free version or what happened. I don’t want to pay if it’s going to be the same results as this has been lately.

Am located near the natIonal NOAA, a very important site to monitor weather and hurricanes. I am surprised that there is not a pollen sensor closer than about 232 miles away. There is also an abundance of pine trees and a logging industry here, but your site doesn’t have pine pollen listed. Wish for both of these. Already put in my vote. Thanks.

1st, nice looking app -clean, moderately intuitive, easy to narrow in on my specific allergens.
2nd, I like the idea of having actual local pollen counters for real-time data. I’m in MA, nothing near me, per your list of sensored areas. $8200 is kinda steep for me to think about getting one of those devices own my own, to have a sensor in my region.
3rd, If the cost of putting a device in the area for no cost to end users, and people won’t shell out that kind of money, maybe a subscription model with enough users to pay for a sensor nearby could be an answer. I’d be willing to subscribe to something if it were truly local to me.
4th, if not enough subscribers, I’d thing local communities (cities/towns/etc) might be approachable, getting one as a service to its citizens.
5th, your site mentions leasing a station, but there’s apparently no information to support that statement.

Thanks for listening
Brad

I have enjoyed having PollenWise. The only bug that bothers me: It asks me every time I open it to rate it. When I click on that, there is nowhere to hit send or just remove the box. I just wish it wasn’t there.

PollenWise is so detailed it even tells me when Aspergillus mold specifically is high so I can be careful. Absolutely no other app or website is this detailed. Every since I got diagnosed with asthma PollenWise has become part of my daily routine. I’m not one to write reviews often, but I just exchanged emails with one of the developers and the customer service is so great, I was compelled to write one. Get PollenWise now, you will love it!

I use this so pretty much every day to see when or if I need to take an allergy pill or when to walk the dog or go for a run. Finally an allergy forecast that is smart and responsive.

I check this in the mornings so I know if it’s a good day to spend a lot of time outside. If it’s windy AND the levels are high, I know I’m better off inside. Very helpful!

I am severely reactive to environmental allergens and suffer asthma attacks even after brief periods of being outside. this app is the only app that lets me plan outside excursions with confidence.

So far so good I’ve been looking for a allergy tracker application that gives a daily notification and this has it. I’m allergic to everything so it’s good information for me to plan my day.

Outstanding visual design, science, granularity of data, open APIs, and ability to purchase your own sensor! This is an amazing idea, with a lot of the right stuff behind it to make it fly long term. Amazing!

PollenWise is already helping me track my symptoms to correlate what’s happening outside and it’s only the first day I have PollenWise . The best allergy app out of all the rest on apple App Store. Thanks this app for helping me help myself feel better this season!

This is the best pollen app on any platform.
✅Breakdown of type of pollen
✅Levels of pollen forecasted per hour
✅Journal to record how you’re feeling on a particular day along with the pollen data for the day so you can share with your doc/allergist
Outstanding work!

It is so great to get a timely, complete and accurate assessment of air quality conditions. Better yet, specific to your part of town. A must have app for anyone with allergies or a compromised respiratory system.

Thank you so much for the work and information provided daily on this site! As an allergy sufferer it has meant a great deal to see what I am looking at each day—as well as the ability to be able to track what my physical reactions to what is outside!

This is by far the best one that I have found so far! It doesn’t just tell you on pollen is high it tells you what type it is (mold, grass, tree, etc.) also what kind of plant it’s coming from in your area. Also has pollen forecast throughout the day with hourly updates. Just give it a try you’ll see what I mean!

Love PollenWise because of the real time data. I track symptoms every day in the journal and love that I can see the history of how it tracks against allergen levels. I haven’t found another app that has this level of detail and history. Luckily there is a sensor fairly close to me, so I know I’m getting pretty accurate data.

PollenWise is great. Tons of information, easy to navigate and beautifully done. You get valuable information without annoying ads popping up. The only issue I have is that the day of the week is not correct on the live forecast stream. It was giving the forecast from 4 days ago. Thank you to the developers for such a nice and useful app.

Thanks to this app I have figure out and overcome my allergies, now I know what to look for and what to expect day to day. Instead of taking an allergy pill daily I can watch for when to do it, saving me money and helping me plan. PollenWise allows me to track how I feel daily so I can gather the info for my personal allergies. It’s GENIUS! Highly recommend everyone get this and keep track for yourself!