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24 alternatives to Paku for Purple Air

Purple Air sensors on your home screen

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

1
Paku 5.0 | Air Quality from PurpleAir▲100
Gorgeous charts, extensive widgets, real-time AQI alerts
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Enviro+ for Raspberry Pi – Environmental sensors▲397
Monitor your world with Enviro and Enviro + Air Quality for Raspberry Pi!
2019 · shop.pimoroni.com · its alternatives →
3
Local Haze▲76
Crowdsourced air quality
2021 · localhaze.humanlogic.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
5
Canairy▲11
Real-time air quality alerts for the places you care about.
Jul 2026 · canairy-aq.com · its alternatives →
6
AWAIR▲142
A smart air quality monitor
2015 · getawair.com · its alternatives →
7
AirCare 2.0▲71
App to track air quality, pollen, UV and fires
2022 · getaircare.com · its alternatives →
8
Wynd▲180
A smart portable air purifier for your personal space
2017 · hellowynd.com · its alternatives →
9
Airmega▲145
The smart air purifier
2016 · cowaymega.com · its alternatives →
10
AirQuality & Weather Chat▲68
Live Data and thematic Chat based on the nearest station.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Prkruti▲3
Prkruti - Air quality & Real time weather App
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
12
AirCare▲101
Air quality visualized
2020 · getaircare.com · its alternatives →
13
theO: Smart Indoor Environment Sensor▲80
Get intelligent insights into your air quality
2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
14
Halo Air▲8
The world's first environmental sensor for your phone
2025 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
15
AirVisual▲119
Air quality information you can trust
2018 · iqair.com · its alternatives →
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A home environment sensor from a Raspberry Pi and an e-paper device▲55
2014 · visionect-epaper.com · its alternatives →
17
Neat Air▲86
Air quality at a peak
2022 · neatair.app · its alternatives →
18
Air▲138
Mac menu bar app to track Air Quality
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Wynd Halo + Home Purifier▲84
The smartest air quality platform for a healthy home
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
20
MicroBot Sense▲74
Smart sensor that monitors your environment and air quality
2018 · its alternatives →
21
Nissan's Leaf app doesn't have a home screen widget so I made my own▲122
Nissan's official mobile app for their LEAF electric car doesn't have a widget for quickly checking the car's battery charge status on your phone's home screen, so for a fun side project I decided to make my own using free tools like GitHub Actions, Appium, Tailscale, and Apple Shortcuts.
2025 · kevintechnology.com · its alternatives →
22
Flow by Plume Labs▲155
The smart air quality tracker to help you find clean air
2017 · plumelabs.com · its alternatives →
23
Air View by Blueair▲88
Visualizing the air quality on your street in real time
2017 · airview.blueair.com · its alternatives →
24
Breathable▲73
An air quality index widget for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
2021 · breathable.app · its alternatives →

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