What is Paku?
Paku is an air quality app built to help you monitor real-time air quality anywhere the PurpleAir network covers. PurpleAir is a company that sells affordable air quality sensors that anyone can set up, and has a huge network of crowd-sourced air quality data - but they don’t have their own app.
As a native app, Paku is much faster than accessing PurpleAir on the web. It also offers features that the web app cannot, such as widgets and push notifications.
Core Product Features
- Real-time map of PurpleAir sensors.
- View AQI, temperature, humidity, or raw particulate values.
- Gorgeous charts with a week of historical data for all measurements.
- Use favorites to quickly check multiple sensors.
- Favorites and settings sync between devices through iCloud.
- Check the AQI with Siri and Shortcuts.
- Pro Monitor AQI with Live Activities.
- Pro Choose from several alternate app icons.
- Several configurable widgets.
- Pro ‘Chart’ widget that can show any measurement Paku supports.
- ‘Big Stat’ widget for easy glanceability.
- ‘Air Quality’ widget with an AQI gauge.
- ‘EPA Color’ widget with a vivid AQI color.
- Widgets can show the nearest sensor or a specific sensor.
- Smart Select chooses the nearest accurate sensor to display.
- Widgets support:
- iOS and iPadOS Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- StandBy on iPhone.
- Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack.
- Mac Desktop and Notification Center.
- Pro AQI Alerts provide real-time air quality notifications.
- Configure alerts for sensors to be notified when the AQI crosses a specified threshold.
- Improvement Alerts notify you when the AQI has improved under your threshold.
- Pro Add private sensors.
- Keep your sensor private and view it in Paku.
- See it on the map, and use it in widgets or alerts.
- Paku Pro
- Unlock AQI Alerts, Live Activities, private sensors, chart widgets, and alternate app icons.
- $1.99/month, $13.99/year (1 week free trial), $69.99 lifetime.
Who makes Paku?
Paku was created by Pitou Technologies, LLC, a one-person venture from Kyle Bashour.
Media Assets
Feel free to use any of the images below. Additionally, you can download all of these (and the app icon) at once right here. If you’re writing about Paku, you can request a promo code.
