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My Pollen Forecast alternatives

Users often seek alternatives to My Pollen Forecast due to inaccurate or inconsistent pollen data, a lack of specific allergen breakdowns, and issues with notifications and forecasting. Many also report problems with the app's functionality, including slow loading, high battery usage, and difficulties adding locations.

Why users look for alternatives to My Pollen Forecast

The alternatives

WeatherBug
4.8★ · 2,166,375 ratings · Free

WeatherBug offers detailed weather information, including features like spark lightning detection and weather-map tracking, which can be useful for planning outdoor activities R55R59. It also allows users to track weather for loved ones in other states R55.

Better for: WeatherBug is better for users who need a comprehensive weather app that also provides some allergy-relevant information indirectly, such as rain predictions for planning outdoor activities R59. It suits those who want to track weather in multiple locations for family or travel R55.

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IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality
4.8★ · 42,654 ratings · Free

IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality provides up-to-date and detailed information on air quality, which is crucial for those with respiratory conditions like asthma R66R75R76. Users find it helpful for deciding when it's safe to engage in outdoor activities, especially during events like wildfires R66R72R76.

Better for: This app is better for individuals with asthma or other respiratory issues who need precise, real-time air quality data to manage their health and daily routines R66R76. It's particularly useful for those in areas affected by wildfires or other sources of poor air quality R66R72.

Head-to-head: My Pollen Forecast vs IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality
Allergy Plus by Pollen.com
4.8★ · 22,669 ratings · Free

Allergy Plus by Pollen.com is praised for its highly accurate and helpful allergy information, particularly for those with extreme allergies R80R86R89. Users appreciate being able to see which specific pollens are most problematic each day R87.

Better for: This app is better for users who need accurate and specific allergen information to manage severe allergies R80R89. It suits those who want to know the dominant pollen types to anticipate symptoms and take medication R86R87.

Head-to-head: My Pollen Forecast vs Allergy Plus by Pollen.com
Air Quality & Pollen
4.8★ · 3,217 ratings · Free

Air Quality & Pollen provides good air quality information that is specific to the user's location and updates timely R97R100R103. It also offers UV and pollen information R94.

Better for: This app is better for users who prioritize accurate and timely air quality index (AQI) information, especially in areas prone to forest fires R103. It's also suitable for those who want a free and easy-to-use app for general air quality, UV, and pollen checks R94R97.

Head-to-head: My Pollen Forecast vs Air Quality & Pollen
Pollen Wise
4.5★ · 1,070 ratings · Free

Pollen Wise is noted for being one of the only apps that provides measured, hourly pollen data through its sensor network, offering detailed information for managing daily activities R109R114. It helps users plan around specific high pollen times R111. The app also covers multiple allergy alerts like grass, trees, and dust R117.

Better for: Pollen Wise is better for allergy sufferers who need highly detailed, hourly, and measured pollen data from a sensor network to precisely manage their exposure R109R111R114. It suits those who want to track specific allergens like dust, grass, or trees and need to plan activities around peak pollen times R111R117.

Head-to-head: My Pollen Forecast vs Pollen Wise
Stick with My Pollen Forecast if

You should stick with My Pollen Forecast if you find its general 'high/low' pollen readings sufficient for planning your day and appreciate its simple interface . It's also suitable if you use its allergy tracker to identify your most common allergens based on your entries .

Evidence note: WeatherBug, IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality, Allergy Plus by Pollen.com, Air Quality & Pollen, and Pollen Wise all have sufficient review evidence.

Frequently asked

Does My Pollen Forecast provide specific pollen types?
My Pollen Forecast often provides general pollen levels (e.g., high, low, moderate) but many users report it does not consistently identify specific pollen types like trees, grass, or mold R15R19R24R30. Some users do report it shows what the highest pollen is from R20.
Are there issues with My Pollen Forecast's accuracy?
Yes, several users report that My Pollen Forecast provides inaccurate or inconsistent pollen counts, sometimes showing low levels when pollen is high, or displaying readings that do not change daily R1R13R18.
Does Pollen Wise offer free features?
Pollen Wise offers some basic information for free, but many advanced features, including hourly data and a functional widget, are behind a paywall, with the 'pro level' costing around $50 a year R109R113R115R116.
Do any of the alternatives have issues with ads?
Yes, Allergy Plus by Pollen.com and Air Quality & Pollen have received complaints about intrusive or inappropriate ads; Allergy Plus users reported scam-like or malware ads R79R81R82R85, while Air Quality & Pollen users mentioned ads with nudity .
Which app is best for air quality, not just pollen?
IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality and Air Quality & Pollen are highly recommended for air quality information R66R75R76. IQAir is particularly helpful for asthmatics and during wildfires R66R72R76, while Air Quality & Pollen is praised for its timely updates and location-specific data R100R103.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Useless: This was useless! I know the pollen today is quite high and the app is posting low to none! Totally wrong!
  2. [R13] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Pollen and area not accurate: Conflicting information about area pollen. Very inaccurate.
  3. [R18] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Never Changes!: Always reads the same, day after day. Certainly pollen count must change occasionally! Seems like readings are always the same. Always states “med.-High”. Just doesn’t change.
  4. [R15] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Type pollen: Doesn't identify the types of pollen
  5. [R19] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Terrible app: Can’t keep the app on home page & have to open my App Store each time I want to check pollen count. Doesn’t give an actual pollen count of grasses trees mold, etc. just a color code of high low moderate, etc.
  6. [R24] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Details missing in pollen count: How do I gather more information on what is causing the pollen dust out there?
  7. [R30] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Pollen: It doesn’t show what is high ( trees or grass) just shows high or low. I would like to know what is high.
  8. [R3] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Notifications have basically zero info: Springtime in Florida. Everyday I get a notification “pollen count is high”. No info on the main pollen contributor, you have to open the app for that. Instead of writing “open the app”, why not list the dominant pollen type? People know you can open the app, no need for a daily reminder of that. Also: we had major rain storms the other day. And yet the ap
  9. [R12] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Need Pollen Count on Website !!!: The website is good BUT it should give the Pollen Count for your location each time you log on. I used to receive daily pollen count notifications when the pollen reached a certain level. The app no longer does that. Why not ???
  10. [R50] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Tells me basically nothing: Only one view of pollen count. No notifications issued ever.
  11. [R21] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Good, but would be better with forecasting: Those of us who suffer from allergies also want to know the outlook over the next few days to plan accordingly.
  12. [R34] My Pollen Forecast 2/5 · US Not so great: Was hopeful for this app with all the great reviews, but it only shows pollen count for 2 days at a time and then after a couple of days the app stopped working. Deleted it. I still can’t understand how it has so many 5 stars.
  13. [R37] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US no forecast?: nothing shows up on the forecast tabs . is that only for those who paid?
  14. [R40] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Dysfunctional: Worked well for a while. It’s a very simple app with simple forecasts of allergens. The last few days the forecast is not working (and I have updated my app). Unfortunate because I was relying on this for my daily allergy forecast.
  15. [R6] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US You can’t: You can’t add other cities to this application without being in that city and the search engine doesn’t seem to work at all for locating any other city to get pollen info on the city so I don’t really recommend that you download this app because it doesn’t give you many choices or options
  16. [R10] My Pollen Forecast 2/5 · US uses quite a bit of power: The app does a good job of tracking pollen, however it is my third most power hungry app and the top for background power usage. I’m not sure why it needs so much background power, but 12% usage in one day on an 17 pro?
  17. [R14] My Pollen Forecast 4/5 · US Love the app, BUT: This app is great. However, I wish you would allow me to log more previous days in my diary. I constantly forget to log days. You only allow yesterday and today logs. The unfortunate aspect is, I don’t know exactly how my allergies are doing for the day until the evening. The app should let you log yesterday’s and then the day before yesterday. Not today I don’t know how today’s
  18. [R45] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · GB Diary entries severely limited: App is rated top for pollen count checks which is great. However it’s rubbish when it comes to allowing you to keep a diary of your bad days and good days. The 1-3 star system is oddly one star if you feel ok and 3 stars if feel bad which seems counterintuitive. Also no scope to add narrative perhaps to say that you had a good score today only because you stayed in
  19. [R28] My Pollen Forecast 1/5 · US Can’t read it: I can’t even read the blurb because it’s covered by an ad and every time I tap or try to scroll down me if I want to use my current location or pick my own and no matter how many times it’s the same thing. I’m not going to pay just to try the app. The info seems incredibly limited anyway.
  20. [R36] My Pollen Forecast 3/5 · US Unable to view full pollen narrative: Couldn’t scroll down to view pollen narrative due to ads.
  21. [R4] My Pollen Forecast 2/5 · US Doesn't seem useful for just ragweed/grass: There's no way to tell the app which kinds of allergens you care about. Makes this pretty useless for me. If you have all the allergies, otherwise seems nice.
  22. [R55] WeatherBug 5/5 · US PA Resident: I personally like the features ie, spark lighting, weather-map tracking, and keeping track of my loved ones in other states.
  23. [R59] WeatherBug 5/5 · US I count on WB!: Ok- so not 100% accurate (who is?) but this little bug has a hard job and hits the target much more often than not. I love that the predictions of rain coming helps me plan when I can walk my dog! Always as close as my phone- a day does not go by without me checking my Weather Bug.
  24. [R66] IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality 5/5 · US Breathing not optional: I’m using the app to gauge when it’s safe (healthy) to bike & hike. Especially helpful given continued & large wildfires in the western US. Precise info 24-7!
  25. [R72] IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality 5/5 · US Precious and Detailed: Wild fires in our area and had to leave due to air and smoke issues- using the app to watch the air quality before we go back. Been very reliable!!!
  26. [R75] IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality 5/5 · US Great tool: Great tool to get up-to-date information on air quality of the area of interest to you.
  27. [R76] IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality 5/5 · US Help for an asthmatic: This air quality app has been very helpful to me in indicating the air quality where I live. This is important because I have asthma. Moderate air quality days even can be a problem for me. Knowing ahead of time can help me know to keep my windows closed and rely on my inside air filters. Having this knowledge has saved my lungs multiple times.
  28. [R80] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 4/5 · US Exceptional App Broken Widget: It’s highly accurate very helpful as someone with extreme allergies. However the widget doesn’t work anymore and I need it for my healthcare which is very delicate and complex.
  29. [R86] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 5/5 · US Very helpful: Allergy Plus is very useful in warning of conditions that may merit taking allergy meds. I use it daily in high pollen seasons. Thank you!
  30. [R87] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 3/5 · US Thank you!!: I appreciate being able to see which pollens are the worst each day! Now if i can learn where to locate the mold information my life will be complete!!😉
  31. [R89] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 4/5 · US Omg: I have extreme allergies that affect my balance. So knowing exactly what to expect can save me unnecessary misery
  32. [R94] Air Quality & Pollen 4/5 · US Pretty good: It’s good I mean really good but sometimes it shows the pollution in another area and it looks suspiciously high like 784 I’m not kidding it showed it but I think it was not true so that’s the only problem but it’s not like the app weather they check it every hour or close to that so ye but it also gives u a choice also to see UV and Pollen so I think that’s great and on the side of t
  33. [R97] Air Quality & Pollen 5/5 · US Air Quality app review: I have been using this for about 2 years. I love it. It is 100%accurate. Easy to use. And free. What else is there to say?
  34. [R100] Air Quality & Pollen 5/5 · US Timely updates: This has become my go to for AQI information
  35. [R103] Air Quality & Pollen 5/5 · US Great ap: AirCare gives air quality updates long before weather apps. It is also specific to your location.
  36. [R109] Pollen Wise 3/5 · US Expensive: Assuming that the data is reliable, this is really the only app I found that gives you measured data rather than estimates and algorithm forecast. The UX is a little wonky, but I can overlook that as annoying as it is. My main problem is $50 a year for the pro level, which is what it takes for the widget to work. It’s hard to justify paying that much unless my health absolutely depend
  37. [R111] Pollen Wise 5/5 · US Great improvement to show High pollen time for each day: Really help me plan better. Version 5.5 brought back specific information and made it better than Version 4 by showing the High grass pollen time.
  38. [R114] Pollen Wise 5/5 · US Still the best pollen data available: Version 5 has had some major hiccups, with some users unable to view data. The current update seems to fix the issue for almost all users, and the developer is responsive and can assist with some workarounds if you still encounter the issue. Once resolved, everything is business as usual: PollenWise is still the best pollen information available, with counts
  39. [R117] Pollen Wise 5/5 · US Dust Allergy: I really like this app and recommend it to others! For me, it's all about the "Dust" levels, as this app is the best app when it comes to information about the Dust levels in other air! This app covers more allergy alerts in several areas, such as Gras, Trees, Mold,-- which is why I recommend it to others. The other feature I love, is when I travel, it allows you to enter the city
  40. [R20] My Pollen Forecast 5/5 · US So helpful: This app is so simple & helpful. How high the pollen is & what the highest pollen is from. Excellent!
  41. [R113] Pollen Wise 1/5 · US Paywalled: Can’t access anything beyond what other weather apps provide unless you pay. But my biggest gripe is that you can’t even answer the question whether you have a sensor close by for free. Why would I pay for something before knowing if there is a Pollen Wise sensor in my area first? If I pay for the app and find my closest sensor is 50+ miles away, you will have just stole my money, so I
  42. [R115] Pollen Wise 3/5 · US Pay Wall: It was a pretty great app until they put everything behind a paywall. $4.99 is too much for an app like this. It’s just not worth it.
  43. [R116] Pollen Wise 1/5 · US 👎🏼: Was my favorite seasonal app but they took the hourly away for free users and ultimately made the app useless.
  44. [R79] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 1/5 · US Scam Ad: Used Allergy Plus for a few days now, but I just got a “message” in the app that my iPhone had 8 viruses and that I should click the button to receive instructions on how to remove them before system degradation led to me losing my data (fear mongering!). I googled it and learned that it is almost certainly a scam and was sent as an ad via their ad network or something like that. Do NOT
  45. [R81] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 3/5 · US Popup ad with every click: Information provided is solid but I received a popup ad every time I clicked on something, some without a clear way to close. I deleted the app and check the website instead, since I know how to block popup ads there. • 5 stars for information. • 1 star for functionality. • Average is 3 stars.
  46. [R82] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 1/5 · US Displayed ads that are malware.: The app itself was fine, but it displayed malware ads, which means they aren’t controlling advertisers and malware ads are getting thru. Hence the poor rating. If you want a free allergy app, I’d look else where; maybe the paid version is ok, haven’t tried that.
  47. [R85] Allergy Plus by Pollen.com 1/5 · US App is Serving scam adds: I encountered a very concerning issue in the app. After clicking “View All,” I was shown a fake security warning claiming my iPhone had been hacked and instructing me to install a cleanup app from the App Store. This looks like a scam advertisement or malicious popup and seriously hurts trust in the app. Please review your ad providers and fix this immediately.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store