# Google Play Store Scraper (`bgfc97/google-play-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play app details, reviews, and search results — score, installs, price, developer, review text/score/date/reply — across any country and language. Proxy-ready, auto pagination for reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bgfc97/google-play-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno](https://apify.com/bgfc97) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Play Store Scraper 🤖

Get structured **Google Play** data — app details, reviews, and search results — for any country and language.

Perfect for app-store optimization (ASO), review monitoring, competitor tracking, market research, and AI agents that need mobile-app data.

### Modes

- **App reviews** — score, text, title, thumbs-up, version, date, and developer reply, with automatic pagination.
- **App details** — score, ratings, review count, installs, price, developer, genre, content rating, version, release/update dates, icon.
- **Search results** — the app grid for any keyword.

### Input

```json
{
  "resultsType": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"],
  "country": "us",
  "lang": "en",
  "maxPerItem": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

For search: set `"resultsType": "search"` and pass `"searchTerms": ["photo editor"]`.

### Output

Reviews (one row per review):

```json
{
  "type": "review",
  "app_id": "com.whatsapp",
  "review_id": "...",
  "author": "Jane",
  "score": 5,
  "text": "Works great",
  "thumbs_up": 12,
  "version": "2.24.x",
  "at": "2026-07-10T...",
  "reply_text": null
}
```

### Notes

- Only public Play Store data is read.
- Proxy rotates IPs to avoid Google rate limits; the account running the Actor pays for proxy.
- Run on a schedule to keep a live reviews/ratings feed for your apps and competitors.

# Actor input Schema

## `resultsType` (type: `string`):

reviews (per app), details (per app), or search (by keyword).

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

Google Play package names, e.g. com.whatsapp, com.spotify.music. Used for reviews/details.

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

Keywords to search on Google Play (used when 'What to scrape' = Search results).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When scraping reviews, also output one app-details row per app.

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

Two-letter country code (us, br, gb, de...).

## `lang` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (en, pt, es...).

## `maxPerItem` (type: `integer`):

Max reviews per app, or max results per search term.

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

Apify proxy (rotates IPs to avoid rate limits). The account running the Actor pays for proxy usage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "resultsType": "reviews",
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "photo editor"
  ],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "country": "us",
  "lang": "en",
  "maxPerItem": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "searchTerms": [
        "photo editor"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bgfc97/google-play-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 = {
    "appIds": ["com.whatsapp"],
    "searchTerms": ["photo editor"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bgfc97/google-play-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "photo editor"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call bgfc97/google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bgfc97/google-play-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/klLtHDpkOffIkgJAy/builds/T10gdvYG1F3G0cSfA/openapi.json