# App Store Reviews Scraper & API — No 500 Limit (`automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Apple App Store reviews for any app and country: rating, title, text, date, author and the developer's reply. Goes past the usual 500-review limit, tens of thousands per app. Only-new mode for review monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nathan Carter](https://apify.com/automationnation) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.05 / 1,000 reviews

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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# README

## App Store Reviews Scraper & API

**App Store Reviews Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts reviews for any app on Apple's App Store.** Each review comes with its star rating, title, text, date, author and the developer's reply. It covers any country, goes past the 500-review limit of Apple's public review feed (tens of thousands of reviews per app), and costs $0.08 per 1,000 reviews.

It works as an **App Store reviews API**:

- call it from code
- schedule it to monitor new reviews
- let AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) use it through Apify's MCP server

#### Quick facts

- **What you get, one row per review:**
  - stars, title, review text, date, the reviewer's public name
  - whether the review was edited
  - the developer's reply and its date
  - app name, developer, overall rating, number of ratings and App Store URL
- **Any app, any country:** paste App Store URLs, numeric App IDs (`324684580`) or just app names (`Spotify`), and list the storefronts you want (`us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`, …).
- **More than 500 reviews:** most App Store review scrapers read Apple's public review feed, which stops at the newest 500 reviews per country. This Actor reads the review API behind apps.apple.com and pages back tens of thousands of reviews for popular apps.
- **Newest or most helpful first**, plus star filters such as "1 and 2 stars only" for complaints.
- **Only new reviews:** scheduled runs return just the reviews you haven't seen. Repeats aren't charged.
- **Price:** $0.08 per 1,000 reviews (less on paid Apify plans). Apify's free $5 monthly credit covers over 60,000 reviews.
- **Also reads Google Play apps** when you give a Google Play URL or package name.
- **AI agents:** connect `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper`.

### What can you do with App Store reviews?

- **Product and engineering teams.** See what users complain about after each release: filter 1 and 2 stars and read the newest first.
- **App store optimisation (ASO).** Find the words users use, the features they ask for and how ratings move in each country.
- **Competitor research.** Pull reviews of rival apps and compare what people praise and hate.
- **Customer support.** See which reviews got a developer reply, how fast, and what was said.
- **AI and analytics.** Feed clean review data into sentiment analysis, topic modelling or an LLM. For a ready-made AI report of bugs, feature requests and critical issues, see [App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper + AI](https://apify.com/automationnation/app-store-review-miner).

### How to scrape App Store reviews

1. Click **Try for free** (or **Start**).
2. Add apps: an App Store URL, an App ID such as `570060128`, or an app name such as `Duolingo`.
3. Optionally list countries (`us`, `gb`, `de`, …). Leave it empty to use the country in each URL.
4. Set **Max reviews per app**, the sort order, and optionally a star range.
5. Click **Start**. Download JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.
6. For monitoring, tick **Only new reviews** and schedule the Actor daily.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580", "570060128", "Notion"],
  "countries": ["us", "gb"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 1000,
  "sort": "newest",
  "minRating": 1,
  "maxRating": 2
}
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "platform": "App Store",
  "appId": "324684580",
  "appName": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "country": "us",
  "reviewId": "14617330566",
  "rating": 1,
  "title": "Glitches",
  "text": "What is up with all of the glitches and lagging lately?? And playlists not loading/updating?",
  "date": "2026-10-02T03:19:14.000Z",
  "userName": "(the reviewer's public name)",
  "isEdited": true,
  "replyText": "Hi. Thanks for sharing your experience. We suggest clean reinstalling the app as this process is a step above a basic reinstall and it fixes many common issues…",
  "replyDate": "2026-08-24T17:34:54.000Z",
  "developer": "Spotify",
  "appRating": 4.77,
  "appRatingsCount": 42389641,
  "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-03T11:57:03.671Z"
}
```

A reply can be older than the review when the reviewer edited the review after the developer answered.

#### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `platform`, `appId`, `appName`, `country` | Which app and storefront |
| `reviewId`, `rating`, `title`, `text`, `date` | The review; `rating` is 1 to 5 stars, `date` is ISO |
| `userName` | The reviewer's public display name |
| `isEdited` | Whether the reviewer edited the review |
| `replyText`, `replyDate` | The developer's reply, when there is one |
| `developer`, `appRating`, `appRatingsCount`, `appUrl` | App details, on every row (switch off with "Add app details") |
| `thumbsUp`, `appVersion`, `reviewUrl` | Filled for Google Play apps; empty for App Store reviews |

The **Run summary** (key-value store `OUTPUT`) lists each app and country with its review count and average rating.

### How much does it cost?

$0.08 per 1,000 reviews on Apify's Free plan, and less on paid plans. Apps that can't be found and reviews already returned by earlier runs (Only new reviews) are free. Apify's free $5 monthly credit covers over 60,000 reviews.

### Review monitoring: Only new reviews

Tick **Only new reviews** and schedule the Actor, for example daily. Each run returns only the reviews that earlier runs with the same app, country and sort didn't return, and stops paging as soon as it reaches reviews it has seen. Add a Slack, email or webhook integration to get new 1-star reviews as they arrive.

### Use it with AI agents (MCP)

**Hosted:** add `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper` to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another MCP client, and sign in with Apify.

**Local (Claude Desktop or Cursor config):**

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-store-reviews": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server", "--tools", "automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}
```

Then ask, for example, "What do UK users complain about in Duolingo's App Store reviews this month?"

### Integrations and API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~app-store-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"apps":["324684580"],"countries":["us"],"maxReviewsPerApp":100}'
```

Python and JavaScript: the `apify-client` package with Actor ID `automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper`. n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack and webhooks work through Apify's integrations.

### FAQ

**How many reviews can I get?**
Tens of thousands per app and country for popular apps. The Actor pages back through Apple's review API until it reaches your limit or the oldest review.

**Why do other scrapers stop at 500 reviews?**
Apple's public RSS review feed only returns the newest 500 reviews per country (10 pages of 50). This Actor uses the review API that apps.apple.com itself uses, and keeps the feed as a fallback.

**Can I get reviews from several countries?**
Yes. List the storefronts in `countries`; each app is read once per country, and `country` is on every row.

**Does it include the developer's replies?**
Yes, `replyText` and `replyDate` whenever the developer replied.

**Can I get Google Play reviews too?**
Yes, paste Google Play URLs or package names. There is also a dedicated [Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper).

**Is it legal to scrape App Store reviews?**
Reviews are public, but they include reviewers' display names. Use the data for analysis and follow the privacy laws that apply to you, such as GDPR.

### More from AutomationNation

- **[Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper)**: Google Play reviews with thumbs-up counts, app versions and developer replies.
- **[App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper + AI](https://apify.com/automationnation/app-store-review-miner)**: turns reviews into an AI report of bugs, feature requests and critical issues per app.
- **[Google Trends Scraper & API](https://apify.com/automationnation/google-trends-scraper)**: interest over time, by region and city, rising queries and Trending now.
- **[Google Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/automationnation/google-jobs-scraper)**: job listings with salaries and employer apply links in 26 countries.

Feedback or a missing field? Open an issue on the Actor's **Issues** tab. Fixes usually ship within a day.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

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

App Store app URLs, numeric App Store IDs (324684580) or app names (Spotify). Google Play URLs and package names work too.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

Per app and country. Apple's review API goes back tens of thousands of reviews for popular apps.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order the App Store returns reviews in.

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

App Store storefronts to read reviews from, e.g. \["us", "gb", "de"]. Leave empty to use the country in each app's URL, or the US. Each app is read once per country.

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

Language code for the storefront, e.g. en, de, es, fr, ja. Reviews come in whatever language reviewers wrote them.

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

Only reviews with at least this many stars (e.g. 1 and max 2 for complaints).

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

Only reviews with at most this many stars.

## `onlyNewReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Return only reviews that earlier runs with the same app, country and sort didn't return. Schedule it daily to monitor reviews; repeats aren't charged.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

App name, developer, overall rating and app URL on every row.

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

Country for Google Play apps (two-letter code, e.g. us, gb, in).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apple limits review requests per IP, so App Store apps are read through Apify Proxy (datacenter IPs by default). Leave as is unless you have a reason to change it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
  "sort": "newest",
  "language": "en",
  "minRating": 1,
  "maxRating": 5,
  "onlyNewReviews": false,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

One row per review: stars, text, date, author and app details.

## `replies` (type: `string`):

No description

## `allData` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Per app and country: reviews returned, average rating, status and notes.

# 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/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
    ],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automationnation/app-store-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 = {
    "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automationnation/app-store-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 '{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call automationnation/app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automationnation/app-store-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/231yzeJNlfB87p6CA/builds/jDQPgAFLkFWXRxeCc/openapi.json