Spot it
Out in the wild, you spot a bottle — even if it’s new to you. Snap it and Proof Hunter identifies it.
Find it. Prove it. Track it.
Join the hunt — verified sightings of the bottles you're hunting, shared by hunters across the country.
Coming soon
Android
The Hunt screen — your bottles, live.
01 — Find
See what’s on the shelf
Check nearby sightings — or snap any bottle and it's named on the spot, then read its community reviews.
02 — Prove
It’s proof, not a feed
A real hunter stood at that shelf with the bottle in frame, stamped with the time. That’s the proof.
03 — Track
Get pinged when it’s near
Add a bottle to your hunt. When a fresh sighting turns up near you, your phone lights up.
Find it, snap it, find another one.
No typing — snap the bottle and the sighting goes out to hunters near you.
Real bottles, on real shelves, proved by real hunters.
Drop the sighting
Proof Hunter ties your photo to the store and the bottle. It posts to nearby hunters as a fresh sighting.
Proof, not guesswork
Every sighting is a real photo from a real hunter at a real shelf, stamped with the time. Add what you’re chasing and get pinged when a fresh one lands nearby.
When one hunter finds it, everyone knows.
Shelves change minute by minute. Proof Hunter is powered by hunters on the ground — and what they just saw. It's for hunters, not flippers — for finding bottles to enjoy, not to resell.
Every sighting carries a timestamp and a hunter.
Finds are dated and attributable. A bottle is “proved” because a hunter was standing at that shelf with it in frame, at a time you can see — eyes on the shelf, on the record.
The facts, not a verdict.
Community ratings and pricing — typical price plus what was on the shelf. We don’t rate a bottle as a deal or a dud. You hunt; you call it.
You’re never the only one looking.
Other hunters drop their own sightings and chase the same bottles. The score is sweeter when somebody else just missed it.
Be the first to know it’s nearby.
Add a bottle to your hunt — we tune the alert range to the stores around you, up to 10 miles. When a fresh sighting turns up nearby, your phone lights up.
Just the facts, on the shelf, right now.
A Proof Hunter sighting is short on opinion and long on receipts: the bottle, the store, the observed price, and how recently a hunter spotted it. You decide what it’s worth to you.
Hollow Oak Single Barrel
On the shelf
Knoxville, TN · Eastside Bottle Co. · 1.2 mi away
$74.99
Spotted · 40 min ago
Join the Founder's Club.
Report 100 unique bottles. Get a free year of Pro.
The first 100 hunters to hit 100 unique bottles.
No enrollment deadline — just the first 100 people to genuinely earn it. Once the 100th spot is claimed, that's it.
On the house, for a full year.
Founders get Proof Hunter Pro free for a year — no purchase, no trial that quietly converts. Just a thank-you for building this with us from the start.
Founder #1 through Founder #100.
Your Founder badge carries your number forever, on your Profile and the Leaderboard — a permanent mark of being one of the first.
Founder status is subject to our Terms.
What hunters ask first.
Is Proof Hunter just for bourbon?
No. Proof Hunter is for any spirit on any shelf — bourbon, rye, scotch, tequila, mezcal, rum, anything you’d hunt for. Bourbon’s the loudest hunt right now, so it’s where we start.
Does Proof Hunter tell me if a bottle is a good deal?
No. We surface the facts: community ratings and pricing — typical price plus what a hunter saw on the shelf. We don’t render a verdict on whether a price is fair. That call is yours.
How is this different from an inventory feed?
Inventory feeds are point-in-time database snapshots. A bottle can be in stock at 9am and gone by 9:15. A Proof Hunter sighting is a hunter standing in front of the shelf with their phone, stamped with the time — so you can see exactly how fresh it is.
Will you list private contact info or store inventory?
No. We don’t scrape store inventory systems. Sightings come from hunters who photograph what they personally see, and store info is limited to public business listings.
Where can I get the app?
Proof Hunter is live on the App Store for iPhone — download it here. Android is on the way.
Start hunting.
Proof Hunter is live on iOS, with Android on the way. Download it and build your hunt.
Coming soon
Android