EPA's SunWise UV Index
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
3.2 ★
66 ratings
Free
With this weather app, you can view hourly UV radiation forecasts and receive sun safety tips. Includes UV index updates, sun safety advice, and outdoor activity planning tools.
AppRecs review analysis
AppRecs rating 3.1. Trustworthiness 76 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 22 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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4 star
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3 star
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2 star
11%
1 star
29%
What to know
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Low review manipulation risk
22% review manipulation risk
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Credible reviews
76% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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High negative review ratio
39% of sampled ratings are 1–2 stars
About EPA's SunWise UV Index
It is important to remember that people of all skin types need to be protected from overexposure to the sun. Make checking the UV Index part of planning your day and remember to slip on a shirt, slop on some SPF-15 + sunscreen, slap on a hat, and wrap on sunglasses to protect against the sun.
The UV Index is brought to you by EPA, the National Weather Service, and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Reviews for EPA's SunWise UV Index
EverlastKid
No longer working
No longer able to use this app. It will not post the current UV or hourly UV.
Vulpecula9
Lots of room for improvement
The app has some good information that can give you an accurate baseline, but it certainly has LOTS of room for improvement. Other than your location, there are ZERO personal factors taken into account. That might work well for some people, but I’m a natural redhead with light blue eyes and an extremely pale complexion, living in southern Florida, and I need an app that takes that into account. I read through all the EPA’s UV calculations, which consider wavelength, elevation, angle of the sun, ozone depletion, cloud cover, etc, but then only use some unknown “average” to calculate the sensitivity of human skin. Why bother being so accurate with your locational calculations to then turn around and assume every person is exactly the same? I really wish the EPA would realize that people are also as unique as locations, and that absolutely NEEDS to be taken into account.
