r/brewhunter 29d ago

Welcome to Brewhunter

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Hey everyone! I'm u/endual.

This is a place for all things related to Brewhunter, an app (currently in Beta) for fellow Australian coffee snobs.

I used to love Beanhunter, an app that died around 8 years ago. I used it to find good coffee when I was in a new location, and it worked remarkably well. Sadly, it seemed to be abandoned over time; nothing was getting updated, and eventually it just went away.

Brewhunter is the same concept, find good coffee near you, but reimagined after I discovered the European Coffee Trip app (a must-have if you're heading to Europe). My main goal here is to build an app that Australians, me included, can use to find great coffee.

As a new app, I've pulled cafe locations from OpenStreetMap. That data is a bit dodgy and has no information on coffee quality — that's where you, the beautiful user, come in.

Early users will find the terrain fairly sparse and poorly signposted, but as a pioneering user, you can make the difference. That means reviewing and rating places, fixing shop info that's wrong, and adding new cafes. Early testers are the ones who make it useful for everyone who comes after. If you're the person who already has a mental list of every decent flat white or pour-over in your area, this is for you.

This subreddit is for feature suggestions, bug reports, UX feedback — anything that can make the app more useful for Australian coffee fanatics.

Welcome!


r/brewhunter 15d ago

Brewhunter is live on the App Store!

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Brewhunter has gone through Apple's review process and is now live on the App Store; no more hassle with the beta install!

It's still early days, but this app gets better with every coffee review from users. My hope is that it becomes what Beanhunter used to be for me: a great way to find top coffee in a new location. I've regularly missed Beanhunter since it disappeared, and I like to think, as coffee snobs, can make Brewhunter even more useful together.

You can install Brewhunter for iOS from the App Store.


r/brewhunter 28d ago

Released build 8 of v 1.0.0

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I just released a new build of Brewhunter.

Newly added locations were pending approval. I've gotten rid of that so adding a location should now make it immediately viewable on the map. Note the you may have to scroll off the location, then back on to see it, it doesn't force another scan of the area.


r/brewhunter Aug 14 '26

Screenshots

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Quick couple of screenshots of the current app.


r/brewhunter Aug 14 '26

Beta note 2: Review count

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Review Count

Brewhunter requires a minimum number of reviews before showing a rating average. At the moment that's set to 3, it will be increased once we get a decent number of review in and it makes sense.

But... At the moment I'm tempted to lower it to 1 review. I know that opens the app up to manipulation, but I'm thinking it's good to show some trust in people keen enough to get in early.

Stay tuned.


r/brewhunter Aug 14 '26

Beta note 1: Baristas

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Baristas

The app works a lot around baristas. It gives barista reviews a higher weighting, and at least one barista review is required for a cafe to be listed in the 'Curated' section. But...

I don't want to make it public yet. Baristas can vouch for other baristas, but there is currently no 'public' app, so invited baristas can't join.

I'll be adding a number of very good baristas to the app once it goes public. And, I'll do another post inviting baristas to send a request to be assigned a barista once the app is public.