# Monitor App Store & Google Play Competitor Updates

**Use case:** 

Monitor App Store and Google Play competitor releases, versions, prices, and ratings. Replace the two public Spotify IDs with apps you track. The first run creates a baseline; later runs return one status row per app with exact changes.

## Input

```json
{
  "apps": [
    {
      "store": "google_play",
      "id": "com.spotify.music",
      "country": "US",
      "language": "en",
      "externalId": "spotify-android",
      "groupId": "spotify"
    },
    {
      "store": "app_store",
      "id": "324684580",
      "country": "US",
      "externalId": "spotify-ios",
      "groupId": "spotify"
    }
  ],
  "mode": "monitor",
  "outputMode": "changesOnly",
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 0,
  "reviewRatings": [
    1,
    2,
    3,
    4,
    5
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "change_type": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "store": {
    "label": "Store",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "app_id": {
    "label": "App id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "group_id": {
    "label": "Group id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "App",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "version": {
    "label": "Version",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "rating_count": {
    "label": "Rating count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "last_updated": {
    "label": "Last updated",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changed_fields": {
    "label": "Changed fields",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [App Store & Google Play Scraper & Monitor](https://apify.com/automa-flow/app-store-google-play-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automa-flow/app-store-google-play-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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