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24 alternatives to Breathable

An air quality index widget for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Breathable launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Air▲138
Mac menu bar app to track Air Quality
2018 · its alternatives →
2AL
Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device▲497
Hi HN! I’ve been working on an air quality measuring device called Air Lab for the past three years. It measures CO2, temperature, relative humidity, air pollutants (VOC, NOx), and atmospheric pressure. You can log and analyze the data directly on the device — no smartphone or laptop needed. To better show what the device can do and how it feels like, I spent the past week developing a web-based simulator using Emscripten. It runs the stock firmware with most features available except for networking. Check it out and let me know what you think! The firmware will be open-source and available…
2025 · networkedartifacts.com · its alternatives →
3
Air Lookout▲74
Simpler air quality readings and tracking
2020 · its alternatives →
4IM
I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety▲666
Hey HN! Some more info: I’m an NHS doctor and the founder of Pi-A (https://www.pi-a.io) which developed Lungy (https://www.lungy.app). Lungy is an app (iOS only for now) that responds to breathing in real-time and was designed to make breathing exercises more engaging and beneficial to do. It hopefully has many aspects of interest to the HN community – real-time fluid, cloth and soft body sims running on the phone’s GPU. My background is as a junior surgical trainee and I started building Lungy in 2020 during the first COVID lockdown in London. During COVID, there were…
2023 · lungy.app · its alternatives →
5
Airflo▲80
Real-time air quality right from your Mac & windows menubar
2019 · its alternatives →
6
Breathly▲110
Open-source breath training and relaxation app
2021 · its alternatives →
7
Lungy▲162
Spatial computing app for stress & relaxation
2024 · its alternatives →
8
AirBuddy▲512
Bring the same AirPods experience from iOS to Mac
2019 · its alternatives →
9
Neat Air▲86
Air quality at a peak
2022 · its alternatives →
10
Breathhh for Devices▲179
A mood diary on iPhone and Apple Watch
2022 · its alternatives →
11
AirQuality & Weather Chat▲68
Live Data and thematic Chat based on the nearest station.
2020 · its alternatives →
12
Paku 5.0 | Air Quality from PurpleAir▲100
Gorgeous charts, extensive widgets, real-time AQI alerts
2023 · its alternatives →
13
Lungy▲117
Next-gen iOS app that responds as you breathe
2023 · its alternatives →
14
AirVisual▲119
Air quality information you can trust
2018 · its alternatives →
15
Fidgetable▲206
A simple, elegant fidget app that's 100% free
2024 · its alternatives →
16
AirPods 2.0▲504
Now with 50% more talk time, hands-free Siri, and more 🎧
2019 · its alternatives →
17
Air Native by Zeroqode▲117
Convert your Bubble web app into Android & iOS
2021 · its alternatives →
18
AWAIR▲142
A smart air quality monitor
2015 · its alternatives →
19
AirJump — Make social media more active▲404
Replace mindless scrolling with micro workouts
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
SeaTable 5.0▲379
No-code database and app building platform
2024 · its alternatives →
21
Breather (iOS)▲125
Peace & quiet, on-demand. Reserve a private space on the go.
2014 · its alternatives →
22SR
Safe Routes. real time turbulence data, ML predictions with an iPad▲126
2024 · skypath.io · its alternatives →
23
Lungo▲285
Keeps your Mac awake
2017 · its alternatives →
24
Lungy▲92
Next-gen breathing exercises that respond to every breath
2022 · its alternatives →

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