Guide · Before you buy
DexScreener vs CAscreener: why charts don't show dev bundles
A green candle tells you people are buying. It doesn't tell you who's about to sell. Here's what each tool is good at, and why you want both open.
What DexScreener does well
DexScreener is the place for charts. Price, volume, liquidity, trending lists and pair info across every chain. If you want to know what the price is doing, it's great.
What a chart can't show you
- The dev's bag. A dev sitting on 9% looks exactly like a dev on 0.1% until the dump.
- Bundles. Wallets that bought in the same block as the launch, often paying Jito tips to land first.
- Snipers. Bots that grabbed supply in the first minute and are waiting for you to be exit liquidity.
- Linked wallets. Ten "different" holders funded from one parent wallet.
- Hidden taxes and hooks. Transfer taxes or contract rules that bite when you sell.
What CAscreener.ai adds
Fairer Otter reads every new launch on Solana, BNB (Four.meme and Flap.sh), Robinhood Chain and Arc. Each coin gets a score out of 100 from on-chain checks. Only coins scoring 70 or more stay in the pond. Every coin page says, in plain words, how much the dev holds, how much was bundled or sniped and how the holders are spread.
Want the details? Read how to spot snipers and team wallets.
The two-tab routine
- Find a coin on DexScreener or a launchpad.
- Paste the contract into CAscreener.ai and read the dev, bundle and holder lines.
- If the otter threw it back, ask yourself why you'd still buy.
Got a contract in mind?
Paste it in the search bar at the top. The otter checks any Solana, BNB, Robinhood or Arc coin, even ones he hasn't seen yet.