# 🤖 Google Play Reviews Scraper | Android Data (`antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play Store Android app user reviews, ratings, reply text, user names, and review votes. Essential tool for app store optimization (ASO).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/antique\_sundew/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Alexandru Afanasiuc](https://apify.com/antique_sundew) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.10 / 1,000 review scrapeds

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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Play Reviews Scraper — Ratings, Text, Versions & Replies

Extract structured app reviews from **Google Play** at scale. Point it at package names (or a search term), pick languages, and get clean JSON/CSV with star ratings, review text, app versions, helpful-vote counts, timestamps and official developer replies.

### Why use this scraper

- **Multi-language multiplier** — each language in `languages` returns a **distinct** set of reviews; `["en", "de", "fr", "es"]` yields several times the volume of a single locale.
- **Rating filters built in** — `minRating` / `maxRating` fetch only the 1–2★ complaints (or only the 5★ praise) without paying for the rest.
- **Developer replies included** — response text and date, ready for support-quality analysis.
- **No invented fields** — Google does not publish the reviewer's country, so `country` is always `null`; the `storefront` field records which gl storefront served the row, which is the honest version of that claim.
- **Search mode** — no package name? Give a `searchTerm` and it resolves the top matching apps first.
- **Cheapest tier** — **$0.10 per 1,000 reviews**, an order of magnitude below typical review scrapers.

### What data you get

```json
{
  "reviewId": "d5f8a9b2-...",
  "appId": "com.example.app",
  "appName": "Example App",
  "language": "en",
  "country": null,
  "storefront": "us",
  "rating": 2,
  "text": "The last update broke login on my Pixel...",
  "appVersion": "5.14.1",
  "thumbsUp": 341,
  "postedAt": "2026-08-02T18:44:10.000Z",
  "developerReply": "We fixed this in 5.14.2 — please update.",
  "developerReplyAt": "2026-08-03T09:12:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-11T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Fields Google does not publish are `null` — this Actor never invents data.

### How to run it

1. Set `appIds` to package names (`com.whatsapp`, `com.spotify.music`) or Play Store URLs — or set a `searchTerm` instead.
2. Pick `languages` (each adds a distinct review set).
3. Optionally filter with `minRating`/`maxRating` and cap volume with `maxReviewsPerLocale`.
4. Click **Start** and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Works out of the box: the default input runs successfully with no changes.

### Input parameters

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `appIds` | array | Package names or store URLs. |
| `searchTerm` | string | Alternative to `appIds`: resolve apps by search. |
| `maxAppsFromSearch` | integer | How many apps to take from search results. |
| `languages` | array | hl locales; each returns a distinct review set. |
| `countries` | array | gl storefronts to fetch from. |
| `sortBy` | string | Newest / rating / helpfulness. |
| `minRating` / `maxRating` | integer | Keep only reviews in this star band. |
| `maxReviewsPerLocale` | integer | Cap per app+language pair. |

### Pricing

**$0.10 per 1,000 reviews** (pay per event, no subscription). Examples:

- 1,000 reviews → **$0.10**
- 10,000 reviews → **$1.00**
- Zero results → **$0.00**.

### Use cases

- **Complaint mining** — pull only 1–2★ reviews after each release and find what broke, per app version.
- **Competitor analysis** — compare rating distributions and complaint themes across rival apps.
- **Reply-quality tracking** — measure how fast and how often a developer answers negative reviews.
- **ML datasets** — labelled sentiment text in dozens of languages at $0.10/1,000 rows.
- **AI agents** — call this Actor as a tool through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-scraper).

### Limitations

- Only public review data; no reviewer profiles beyond what Google displays.
- `country` is always `null` because Google does not publish reviewer country — use `storefront` for where the row was served from.
- Review volume per locale is what Google exposes; niche apps in small locales have few reviews to fetch.

### FAQ

**How do I scrape Google Play reviews without coding?**
Run this Actor from the Apify Console — paste a package name, press Start, export CSV.

**How do I get more reviews for one app?**
Add more `languages` — each one returns a distinct set. Four languages ≈ four times the rows.

**Can I get only negative reviews?**
Yes: `maxRating: 2`. You pay only for the rows you receive.

**Where do I find an app's package name?**
In its Play Store URL: `play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=` **`com.example.app`** — or just use `searchTerm`.

### Related Actors

- [Bluesky Scraper](https://apify.com/antique_sundew/bluesky-scraper) — posts, profiles and search on Bluesky

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# Actor input Schema

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

List of app package names (e.g. com.whatsapp) or full Google Play Store URLs

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Optional search query to discover apps automatically (used if appIds is empty)

## `maxAppsFromSearch` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of apps to scrape when using search term

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Two-letter language codes (e.g. en, es, de, fr, ro)

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes (e.g. us, gb, de, fr, ro)

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of customer reviews

## `maxReviewsPerLocale` (type: `integer`):

Maximum reviews to collect per app per language+country locale

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Only return reviews with star rating equal or greater than this value

## `maxRating` (type: `integer`):

Only return reviews with star rating equal or less than this value

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxAppsFromSearch": 5,
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "maxReviewsPerLocale": 500
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-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 '{}' |
apify call antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,antique_sundew/google-play-reviews-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/hhfRsAf7U40sOYFXY/builds/oz3SmjvC4IoJ5I3xz/openapi.json