# Apple App Store Scraper: Search, App Details & Top Charts (`best_apis/apple-app-store-scraper`) Actor

Search the Apple App Store by keyword, look up apps by ID, URL or bundle ID, list every app of a developer, or pull Top Free, Paid and Grossing charts in any country and category. 40 fields per app: ratings, price, version, size, genres, screenshots. $0.15 per 1,000 apps.

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

## Pricing

Pay per event

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

## Apple App Store Scraper: Search, App Details, Developers & Top Charts

Get clean, structured data from the **Apple App Store** in any country: keyword search results with rank, full app details by ID, URL or bundle ID, every app of a developer, and Apple's official **Top Free, Top Paid and Top Grossing charts** by category. Built on Apple's public iTunes Search, Lookup and RSS endpoints, so it's fast, stable and needs no login, cookies or proxies.

**$0.15 per 1,000 apps.** 1,000 search results cost 15 cents.

### What you can do

- **App Store search / ASO keyword research**: see which apps rank for "photo editor" or "budget planner" in the US, Germany or Japan, with the exact position (up to 200 results per keyword).
- **App details in bulk**: paste hundreds of App Store links, numeric IDs or bundle IDs (`com.spotify.client`). They're looked up 150 per request.
- **Developer portfolios**: every app a publisher has, sorted by number of ratings.
- **Top charts tracking**: Top Free, Paid and Grossing for iPhone and iPad, New Apps, all apps or one category (Games, Finance, Health & Fitness...), up to 100 ranks per chart and country. Schedule it daily to track rank changes.
- **Market and competitor research**: compare ratings, price, update cadence, app size and supported languages across countries.

### Data you get (40+ fields per app)

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `name`, `appId`, `bundleId`, `url` | Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI, 1232780281, notion.id |
| `source`, `query`, `country`, `rank` | chart, topgrossingapplications/genre=6014, us, 1 |
| `developer`, `developerId`, `developerUrl`, `seller`, `sellerUrl` | Notion Labs, Incorporated |
| `price`, `currency`, `formattedPrice`, `isFree` | 0, USD, Free, true |
| `rating`, `ratingCount`, `ratingCurrentVersion`, `ratingCountCurrentVersion` | 4.79, 3871530 |
| `version`, `releasedAt`, `updatedAt`, `releaseNotes` | 1.79.2, 2023-04-11, 2026-10-22 |
| `primaryGenre`, `genres`, `contentRating`, `advisories` | Games, \[Games, Board], 9+ |
| `minimumOsVersion`, `sizeBytes`, `languages`, `supportedDevicesCount`, `features`, `gameCenter` | 15.0, 298492928, \[EN, DE, ...] |
| `icon`, `screenshots`, `ipadScreenshots`, `description` | 512 px icon, screenshot URLs, full text |

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or use the API.

### How to use

1. Add **search terms**, **apps**, **developers** or pick **top charts** (any mix works in one run).
2. Pick one or more **countries** (`us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`, `br`...). Every query runs once per country.
3. Set **max results per query** and click Start.

Example input:

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["meditation", "habit tracker"],
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281", "com.spotify.client"],
  "charts": ["topgrossing"],
  "chartGenre": "6014",
  "countries": ["us", "de"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}
```

With an empty input the Actor returns today's top 20 free iPhone apps in the US.

### Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

- **$0.15 per 1,000 apps** saved (search results, lookups, developer apps and chart entries all cost the same)
- $0.0005 per run start (256 MB default memory)
- Apps that aren't found cost nothing; they're listed in the `FAILURES` record instead.

Set a spending limit on the run and the Actor stops exactly there.

### Tips

- Reviews: use our [App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/best_apis/app-store-play-reviews) for reviews of the apps you find here.
- Charts return at most 100 apps per chart, country and category (Apple's limit). Use several categories for deeper coverage.
- Search returns at most 200 results per keyword and country (Apple's limit).
- Use `language` (for example `en_us`) to get English names in non-English stores.

### Is it legal?

The Actor reads only public app listings through Apple's public endpoints, the same data anyone sees in the App Store. It collects no personal data. You're responsible for how you use the data; check Apple's terms for your use case.

### FAQ

**Do I need an Apple account or API key?** No.

**How fast is it?** About 1,000 apps in under a minute; lookups are batched 150 apps per request.

**Does it cover Google Play?** Not this Actor. It's App Store only.

**Something broken or missing?** Open an issue on the Issues tab and we'll respond within a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search the App Store for, as a user would (for example "photo editor"). Up to 200 ranked results per term and country.

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

Look up specific apps: App Store URLs (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion/id1232780281), numeric IDs (1232780281) or bundle IDs (com.spotify.client). Looked up in bulk, 150 per request.

## `developers` (type: `array`):

List all apps of a developer: developer page URL (https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/google-llc/id281956209) or numeric developer ID. Sorted by number of ratings.

## `charts` (type: `array`):

Apple's official top charts, with live rank (up to 100 apps per chart and country).

## `chartGenre` (type: `string`):

Limit charts to one App Store category. Leave empty for all apps.

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

Two-letter App Store country codes (us, gb, de, jp...). Every search, lookup and chart runs once per country.

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

Optional language for names and descriptions, for example en_us or ja_jp. Default is the country's main language.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Max apps per search term, developer or chart (charts max 100).

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

Stop after this many apps (cost control).

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Full app description text.

## `includeScreenshots` (type: `boolean`):

iPhone and iPad screenshot URLs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281",
    "com.spotify.client"
  ],
  "chartGenre": "",
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "includeScreenshots": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `full` (type: `string`):

No description

## `failures` (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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "meditation"
    ],
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281",
        "com.spotify.client"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("best_apis/apple-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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["meditation"],
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281",
        "com.spotify.client",
    ],
    "countries": ["us"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("best_apis/apple-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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281",
    "com.spotify.client"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20
}' |
apify call best_apis/apple-app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,best_apis/apple-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/xDHQuFcTJKaFTW8X4/builds/4vV3hByQew4cAlbRs/openapi.json