# App Store & Google Play Scraper - App Details & Search (`aolmo/app-store-scraper`) Actor

App details and search results from the Apple App Store and Google Play: title, developer and contacts, rating, ratings count, price, category, installs, description, version, dates, size, icon and screenshots. By app URL or id, or by keyword. $0.001 per app.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Marketing
- **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 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

Scrape app details and search results from the Apple App Store and Google Play in one Actor. Paste app URLs or ids and get one row per app: title, developer with contact email and website, category, rating and number of ratings, price and currency, in-app purchases, installs, content rating, description, what's new, version, update and release dates, size, minimum OS, languages, icon and screenshots. Or type search terms to list the apps of both stores for a keyword. Ideal for app market research, competitor tracking, ASO, lead lists of app developers and portfolio monitoring.

No developer account, no API keys. You pay $0.001 per app.

### What you get

One Dataset row per app, the same fields for both stores:

- `store` (apple or google), `appId`, `url`, `title`, `icon`, `screenshots`.
- `developer`, `developerUrl`, `developerEmail` (Google Play), `developerWebsite`.
- `category`, `contentRating`, `description`, `whatsNew`.
- `rating`, `ratingsCount`, `price`, `currency`, `free`, `inAppPurchases`, `installs` (Google Play bracket such as 10B+).
- `version`, `updatedAt`, `releasedAt`, `sizeBytes`, `minOs`, `languages` (App Store).
- `query` for search results, `detailed` (`false` for Google Play search results, which carry title, developer, rating and icon only).
- `changed`: `true` when version, price, rating or update date changed since the previous run; `isNew` for new apps in a scheduled search.

Apps that do not exist in the chosen country return a row with an `error` field and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Paste **App URLs or ids**: `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997`, `id310633997`, `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp` or `com.whatsapp`.
3. Or add **Search terms** and pick the **Stores to search** and **Max apps per search**.
4. Set **Country** (prices, availability) and **Language** (texts) and click **Start**.
5. Schedule it to watch versions, prices and ratings of your apps and competitors.

### Input

```json
{
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997", "com.whatsapp"],
  "queries": ["crm"],
  "stores": ["apple", "google"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 30
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `apps` | App Store or Google Play URLs or ids. |
| `queries` | Search terms, one search per line. |
| `stores` | Stores for the searches: `apple`, `google` or both. |
| `country`, `language` | Store country and language of the texts. |
| `maxResults` | Apps per store and search (Apple up to 200, Google Play up to 30). |

### Output example

```json
{
  "store": "google",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "developerEmail": "android@support.whatsapp.com",
  "developerWebsite": "http://www.whatsapp.com/",
  "category": "Communication",
  "rating": 4.62,
  "ratingsCount": 245561652,
  "price": 0,
  "free": true,
  "inAppPurchases": true,
  "installs": "10B+",
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "updatedAt": "Oct 10, 2026",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&hl=en&gl=us",
  "detailed": true
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

- **App scraped**: $0.001 per app. 1,000 apps cost $1.
- **App changed**: $0.002 per app whose version, price, rating or update date changed since the previous scheduled run, or per new app in a scheduled search.

Apps that cannot be read are free.

### Use it as an API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/aolmo~app-store-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"apps": ["com.whatsapp", "id310633997"], "country": "us"}'
```

### FAQ

**Does it return reviews?** It returns the rating and the number of ratings. For review texts use **App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper**.

**Why is the version empty for Google Play apps?** Google Play only shows the version to logged-in users on some apps; the update date is always included.

**Can I search more than 30 Google Play apps?** Google Play's search page lists about 30 apps; the App Store search returns up to 200.

**Where is the data stored between runs?** In a Key-Value Store of your account named `micro-saas-state-app-store-scraper`, one key per app or search.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

One per line: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/.../id310633997, id310633997, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp or com.whatsapp.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One search per line, for example: crm, meditation, invoice.

## `stores` (type: `array`):

For search terms.

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

Two-letter store country (us, gb, es, de...). Decides availability, price and currency.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language of the texts (en, es, de...).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Per store and search term (Apple up to 200, Google Play up to 30).

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "queries": [
    "crm"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "product": "app-store-scraper"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# 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 = {
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "queries": [
        "crm"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/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 = {
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
    ],
    "queries": ["crm"],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/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 '{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "queries": [
    "crm"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call aolmo/app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aolmo/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/iATkhfdmavhIljGka/builds/ldnfAaXjl3JrtMfTE/openapi.json