# App Store Scraper (`alleserojje/app-store-scraper`) Actor

Search the Apple App Store and get rich app metadata — ratings, price, developer, category, version — via Apple's official API. Pay only per app.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alleserojje/app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Pedro Resende](https://apify.com/alleserojje) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 app store scrapers

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## App Store Scraper

**App Store Scraper** searches the Apple App Store and returns rich, structured app metadata — ratings, rating count, price, developer, category, version, release dates, size, screenshots and more — using Apple's official iTunes Search & Lookup API. No API key, no anti-bot, no rental. Pay only per app.

### What this App Store scraper does

- **Search** the App Store by keyword and get every matching app with full metadata.
- **Look up** specific apps by **App ID** or **bundle ID**.
- Pull a **developer's entire catalogue** by developer (artist) ID.
- Works on any **country storefront** (`us`, `br`, `gb`, `de`, …) and for **iPhone, iPad or Mac** apps.
- Great for **competitor tracking**, **ASO research**, **price/version change monitoring**, and building app datasets.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `terms` | Search keywords. |
| `appIds` | Look up specific apps by numeric App ID. |
| `bundleIds` | Look up apps by bundle identifier. |
| `developerIds` | Return a developer's full catalogue. |
| `country` | Storefront (`us`, `br`, …). |
| `entity` | `software` (iPhone), `iPadSoftware`, `macSoftware`. |
| `limitPerTerm` | Max results per search term (1-200). |

### Output

Each dataset item includes `name`, `developer`, `bundleId`, `price`/`formattedPrice`, `averageUserRating`, `userRatingCount`, `primaryGenre`, `genres`, `version`, `releaseDate`, `currentVersionReleaseDate`, `fileSizeBytes`, `minimumOsVersion`, `contentRating`, `trackViewUrl`, `artworkUrl512`, `screenshotUrls` and a trimmed `description`.

### Pricing

**Pay per event:** billed once per app returned. An aborted run only pays for what it delivered. No monthly rental.

> Note: this Actor returns App Store **metadata** (the official iTunes API). It does not scrape individual user reviews — Apple's public reviews feed has been discontinued.

# Actor input Schema

## `terms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search the App Store for (e.g. app names, categories, competitors).

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Specific Apple App Store track IDs to look up (the numeric id in the App Store URL).

## `bundleIds` (type: `array`):

Look up apps by bundle identifier, e.g. com.burbn.instagram.

## `developerIds` (type: `array`):

Return every app from these developer (artist) IDs.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter App Store storefront, e.g. us, br, gb, de.

## `entity` (type: `string`):

Which App Store catalogue to search.

## `limitPerTerm` (type: `integer`):

Max apps returned per search term (1-200).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many apps across all inputs. 0 = no limit.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Not required — Apple's iTunes API is open. Datacenter proxy available if you want it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "terms": [
    "notion",
    "fitness"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "entity": "software",
  "limitPerTerm": 50,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "terms": [
        "habit tracker"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alleserojje/app-store-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "terms": ["habit tracker"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alleserojje/app-store-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "terms": [
    "habit tracker"
  ]
}' |
apify call alleserojje/app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alleserojje/app-store-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WWPjR6uWekdjnwT5X/builds/SOB8riXWez9CuTBHt/openapi.json