Mobile apps

Air quality in Scotland

Air quality Scotland keeps you informed about latest and forecast air pollution in your region. Get access to latest and recent data from all monitoring sites in the air pollution monitoring network across Scotland, with a 7 day trend graph, site information and latest data.

Health advice alongside the air pollution forecasts provides you all the need-to-know information to plan your day.

Get notifications via Know & Respond push alerts when elevated pollution levels are forecast for the 6 forecast zones across Scotland.

App produced by Ricardo-AEA, the UK’s leading environmental consultancy, on behalf of the Scottish Government.

Images of change

Human activities, a changing climate and natural disasters are rapidly altering the face of our planet. Both NASA satellites and ground photographers have captured these changes in the form of eye-opening before-and-after images of phenomena ranging from glacial retreat to urbanization. Each image can be viewed side-by-side or with an interactive slider and in context on a world map. Download it for free to your iPhone and iPad to learn about your changing world.

Earth-Now

NASA’s “Earth Now” app displays real-time global satellite data of your planet’s vital signs. Great for students, teachers and anyone interested in Earth science, this 3D app can be your go-to source for carbon dioxide conditions, gravity anomalies, ozone levels over Antarctica and more. Download it to your Apple or Android device to keep your eye on the Earth

Met Office weather application

As the UK’s national meteorological service, the Met Office provides accurate and timely weather warnings and forecast on TV, radio and online. With the Met Office app you can get these UK and worldwide forecasts wherever you go. You can also subscribe to push notifications in the Met Office app, alerting you of any UK national severe weather warnings issued.

Rare arable flowers

To help farmers, agronomists and conservationists to identify and record the UK’s most threatened plant species. The rare arable flowers app also provides practical advice on the best way to manage land for these species.

LandCover

LandCover is a simple tool for rapidly recording vegetation cover and structure using a 1 meter or yard stick in a 1/4 hectare (3/5 acre) plot.

Soil carbon app for Scottish farmers

A free, new soil carbon app has been launched to provide farmers with a quick, cost-effective source of information about the organic matter content of their soil.

The app, known as SOCiT (Soil Organic Carbon information), provides information that can help farmers, and others, make better management decisions as a result of improved understanding about the condition and fertility of their soil.

Soil indicators for Scottish soils

SIFSS (Soil indicators for Scottish soils) is an app that allows you to find out what soil type is in your area, to explore the characteristics of around 600 different Scottish soils, to discover the differences in soil characteristics between cultivated and uncultivated soils and to examine a range of key indicators of soil quality.

Historic Environment Scotland

This app is your one-stop shop for information on Scotland’s iconic historic attractions.

Packed with essential information and beautiful imagery for Historic Environment Scotland’s 78 manned properties - including admission price, opening times, facilities and travel - this guide will help you research your next holiday or simply plan a day trip with the kids.

Intuitive and easy to use, the Historic Environment Scotland app allows you to search by region or interest, with best for categories such as ‘families’, ‘gardens’, ‘picnics’ and ‘military history’ to choose from. You can also view all attractions on an interactive map of Scotland.

Not sure where you want to go? The app includes event information, articles and itinerary features, with new content added regularly to provide a source of inspiration. A view of Historic Environment Scotland on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram gives you the latest ‘social buzz’ all in one place.