App Store Data & Reviews

Search the Apple App Store and get app metadata, ratings, price, and recent reviews. No API key.

This Actor uses Apple's public iTunes Search API and the customer-reviews RSS feed. There is nothing to sign up for and no token to configure.

What it does

• Search the App Store by term and return the top matching apps.
• Or look up specific apps directly by their numeric App Store ID.
• Return clean metadata: name, developer, price, rating, genre, version, dates, icon, and description.
• Optionally attach recent user reviews for each app.
• Write an aggregate summary (apps returned, average rating, free vs paid counts) to the run OUTPUT.

Example input

{
  "search": "notion",
  "limit": 3,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "reviewsPerApp": 5
}

Look up specific apps by ID:

{
  "appIds": [
    "1232780281",
    "310633997"
  ],
  "country": "us"
}

Input

Field	Type	Description
search	string	Text to search the App Store for. Leave empty if you provide appIds.
appIds	array	Numeric App Store IDs to look up directly. Used instead of a search term.
country	string	Two-letter store country code (default us). Controls region and currency.
limit	integer	Max apps to return for a search (default 20). Ignored for ID lookups.
includeReviews	boolean	Also fetch recent reviews for each app (default false).
reviewsPerApp	integer	How many recent reviews to keep per app (default 10, up to 50).

Output

Each dataset item is one app:

{
  "appId": "1232780281",
  "name": "Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI",
  "developer": "Notion Labs, Incorporated",
  "priceUsd": 0,
  "isFree": true,
  "averageRating": 4.78,
  "ratingCount": 87573,
  "primaryGenre": "Productivity",
  "version": "1.7.316",
  "releaseDate": "2017-09-14T19:07:31Z",
  "minOsVersion": "17.0",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281",
  "iconUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/...",
  "description": "Notion is an AI-powered all-in-one workspace...",
  "reviews": [
    {
      "author": "hp90234",
      "rating": 5,
      "title": "It's my second brain",
      "text": "I could not live without Notion...",
      "version": "1.7.316",
      "updatedAt": "2026-07-03T07:13:39-07:00"
    }
  ]
}

The reviews array is present only when includeReviews is true.

Run summary (OUTPUT)

The default key-value store record OUTPUT holds an aggregate for the run:

{
  "appsReturned": 3,
  "averageRating": 4.5,
  "freeApps": 3,
  "paidApps": 0,
  "totalReviewsFetched": 15
}

How it works

For a search, the Actor calls the iTunes Search API with entity=software and returns the top matches. For an ID lookup, it calls the iTunes Lookup API with the IDs you provide. When reviews are requested, it reads each app's public customer-reviews RSS feed, drops the first entry (app info), and keeps the most recent reviews. Requests retry on rate limits and server errors with backoff. It needs no API key.

MIT licensed.