DealHunter alternatives: a phone app for the local three

DealHunter (dealhunter.io) is a deal alert service that watches ten marketplaces, mostly online resale sites: Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. It runs in your web browser, with a companion app for iPhone and Android tied to the same account. The free plan is one search checked once a day; Basic is $7.99 a month for 5 searches, Standard $14.99 for 10 and Premium $29.99 for 20. If what you're after is local pickup (a riding mower, a used truck, a couch), Deal Scanner watches the three local marketplaces, Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, from one search and buzzes your iPhone or Android app when a match is posted, for $3.99 a month, cancel anytime in your phone's subscription settings. The other alternatives and their prices are below.

What DealHunter is

Read from dealhunter.io and dealhunter.io/pricing on November 9, 2026:

• Ten marketplaces on every plan. Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. AutoTrader is new since our October 26 read, when it listed nine. Most of the ten are shipping marketplaces for clothes, sneakers, cards and collectibles.
• Speed depends on how many sites a search covers. Its pricing page says the more marketplaces a search covers, the longer between checks, and actual timing depends on which ones you pick. Paid plans say "fast," "faster" and "our fastest" checks without a number.
• Hourly alert caps. Basic allows 50 alerts an hour, Standard 100, Premium 150.
• AI Search Assist. You type what you want in a sentence and it builds the search. 10 a day on Basic, 20 on Standard, 30 on Premium, 3 on Free.
• Web first, with an app. Its FAQ says "DealHunter runs in your browser and installs as a PWA straight from the site," with push and email alerts. Its site also links to a companion app on the App Store and Google Play that uses the same account (checked November 10, 2026); plans are bought on the website. It also publishes price guides and buying guides.
• Who runs it. Echelon Dynamics Inc., with a Wyoming address. Its site says 600+ users.

Don't mix it up with "Deal Hunter: AI Price & Deals" on the App Store, which is a separate app.

What DealHunter costs

Read from dealhunter.io/pricing, November 9, 2026:

New accounts get a short demo at paid speed, then the one free search is checked once a day. Free searches pause after 60 days without app activity. Paid plans offer a 7-day trial to eligible new subscribers, with a card, per its site.

Why people look for a DealHunter alternative

• Once a day is too slow for local deals. Its own home page walks through it: a listing posted at 9:00, a paid member alerted at 9:04, sold by about 9:40, and the free search's daily check finds it the next day, "already gone." Good local listings post and sell the same day.
• It leans online resale. Six of the ten marketplaces ship items across the country. If you want a four-wheeler or a Cub Cadet mower you can pick up this weekend, the three that matter are Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist.
• Plans live on the website. You sign up with an account, and plans are bought on its site rather than in the app.
• Check timing isn't a number. Paid plans are described as fast, faster and fastest, and the gap grows with each marketplace you add to a search.

Deal Scanner: the three local marketplaces, $3.99

Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist from one search and buzzes your iPhone or Android when a matching listing is posted. Set the item, your town, how far you'd drive, and a low and high price. It watches from our servers around the clock with the app closed, continuously, not once a day. It drops most accessories and lookalikes, so a search for an iPhone 14 doesn't fill up with cases and chargers, and it puts a Deal Score on each find showing how far under the typical price near you it sits, like "46% below typical." Every alert shows when we found the listing, so you know how fresh it is before you message. When a listing you were alerted about drops in price, your phone buzzes again with "was $X, now $Y."

No Facebook, OfferUp or Craigslist login, ever. No account, no name, no email.

Casual is $3.99 a month for 3 searches, Hunter $9.99 for 6, Pro $19.99 for 12, and yearly gives two months free. Every plan watches all three marketplaces at the same speed; plans differ only in how many searches you get, never in which sites or how fast. Flipping on the side? Pro gives you twelve searches for $19.99 a month. Waiting on one dirt bike? Pay for the month you're looking. Cancel when you've got it. It's for everybody else.

Other alternatives, for the record

Prices from each company's own site, re-read November 9, 2026 and unchanged from October 26. Every app we track is on Best Facebook Marketplace alert apps, compared.

• Swoopa: built for vehicle sourcing; $47 a month month to month (or $28 a month on a 12-month commitment) for 7 Facebook-only searches; Turbo $144 and Nitro $352 add more marketplaces.
• Flipify: eight marketplaces; $5 a month per search (10-minute check) or $10 (1-minute); 7-day trial, payment method required.
• Flipsentry: Facebook, OfferUp, Craigslist and Kijiji; $34.99 a month for 7 searches. More in our Flipsentry review.
• BigFlippa: a web app for Facebook, Craigslist and OfferUp; $10 to $48 a month.
• Outpost Alerts: Facebook only; $14.99 a month for one search up to $79 for ten.
• SuperFlip: Facebook only; free Hobby plan with 3 searches checked hourly, $29 a month for 10.

Facebook's own saved-search notifications are free. In our use they arrive hours to days late, the filtering is loose, and they turn themselves off. More on that at Facebook Marketplace alerts. For the other two local marketplaces, see Craigslist alerts and OfferUp alerts.

Side by side

Free plan to Free plan: DealHunter's one search checked once a day, against Facebook's own free notifications. Neither is built to catch a local deal the same day.

FAQ

What is the best alternative to DealHunter?

If what you buy is local pickup on Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp or Craigslist, Deal Scanner watches all three from one search for $3.99 a month, with a Deal Score on each find and an app for iPhone and Android.

How much does DealHunter cost?

Free for one search checked once a day. Basic is $7.99 a month for 5 searches, Standard $14.99 for 10, and Premium $29.99 for 20, or $69, $129 and $249 a year, per dealhunter.io/pricing, read November 9, 2026.

What marketplaces does DealHunter watch?

Ten: Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist on every plan.

Does DealHunter have a phone app?

Yes. It runs in your browser and installs from its own site as a web app, and there's a companion app on the App Store and Google Play that uses the same account (checked November 10, 2026). Deal Scanner is an app on the App Store and Google Play with no account to set up.

Is DealHunter the same as the Deal Hunter app on the App Store?

No. "Deal Hunter: AI Price & Deals" on the App Store is a separate product. DealHunter is dealhunter.io, run by Echelon Dynamics Inc.

Is there a free alternative to DealHunter?

Facebook's own saved-search notifications are free, and in our use they arrive hours to days late, filter loosely, and turn themselves off. Deal Scanner is $3.99 a month, cancel anytime.

Sources checked

dealhunter.io (home page and FAQ) and dealhunter.io/pricing, read November 9, 2026, and its App Store and Google Play listings, read November 10, 2026; getswoopa.com/sign-up-swoopa, flipifyapp.com, flipsentry.com/pricing, bigflippa.com/pricing, outpostalerts.com and superflip.ai/pricing, read November 9, 2026. The top Google results for "dealhunter alternatives" on November 9, 2026 (classifindr.com's comparison pages and the App Store listing for the unrelated Deal Hunter app). Page written November 9, 2026.