# App Store Charts Scraper — Top Free, Paid & Grossing | $1/1K (`bovi/appstore-charts`) Actor Scrape Apple App Store top charts: rank, app ID, name, developer, category, icon URL. Free/Paid/Grossing. Uses Apple's open iTunes RSS — no API key needed. Pay per result. - **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/appstore-charts.md - **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 33.3% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 apps 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 ## App Store Charts Scraper — Top Free, Paid & Grossing | $1/1K | No Key **ASO managers, app publishers, and mobile market analysts** use this actor to track weekly chart movements, discover trending apps before they peak, and monitor competitor positions across countries. **$1.00 per 1,000 chart entries.** A full 200-app chart costs $0.20. All 3 chart types across 10 countries = $0.60 total. **Worked example:** - Top 100 Free Apps (US) = 100 entries → **$0.10** - Full 200-entry chart (any type, any country) → **$0.20** - All 3 charts × 10 countries × 200 entries = 6,000 entries → **$6.00** **200 apps per chart** — Apple's RSS supports up to 200 entries, more than any other source. **Top Grossing = revenue intelligence.** The Grossing chart is the best proxy for app subscription/IAP revenue — investors and developers use it for competitive due diligence. Scrape Apple App Store top charts: Top Free, Top Paid, or Top Grossing apps for any country. Uses Apple's open iTunes RSS API — **no API key required**. Pay per result. ### Sample output ```json { "rank": 1, "app_id": "544007664", "name": "YouTube", "developer": "Google LLC", "category": "Photo & Video", "price": 0.0, "chart_type": "free", "country": "us", "icon_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/...", "parse_confidence": 1.0 } ```` *** ### What you get | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `rank` | Position in the chart (1 = #1) | | `app_id` | Numeric Apple app ID | | `bundle_id` | Reverse-DNS bundle ID (e.g. `com.company.app`) | | `name` | App name | | `developer` | Developer/artist name | | `developer_url` | Developer's App Store page | | `category` | Primary category (e.g. Games, Productivity) | | `category_id` | Apple category ID | | `price` | Price in local currency (0.0 for free) | | `currency` | ISO 4217 currency code | | `url` | App Store URL | | `icon_url` | App icon URL (largest available) | | `summary` | Short app description | | `release_date` | Original release date (ISO 8601) | | `chart_type` | "free", "paid", or "grossing" | | `country` | Storefront country code | | `parse_confidence` | Data quality score 0.0–1.0 | ### Usage ```json { "chartType": "free", "country": "us", "limit": 100 } ``` Filter by category (Games = 6014): ```json { "chartType": "grossing", "country": "gb", "limit": 50, "genreId": 6014 } ``` ### Chart types | Value | Chart | |-------|-------| | `free` | Top Free Apps | | `paid` | Top Paid Apps | | `grossing` | Top Grossing Apps | ### FAQ **Do I need an API key or proxy?** No. Apple's iTunes RSS chart feed is fully public — no auth, no proxy, zero setup. **What formats can I export?** JSON, CSV, Excel, or JSONL — from the Apify dataset UI or REST API. **Can I schedule it to track weekly chart movements?** Yes. Use Apify Scheduler to run weekly per country. Pair with a webhook to Slack or Google Sheets to build a chart-position history automatically. **What if it returns empty results?** Apple's RSS occasionally returns an empty feed for certain country/genre combinations. The actor logs a warning and exits cleanly — no data is charged. Try the `us` storefront first to verify your `genreId`. ### Limits - Up to **200 apps** per chart per country - Supports all App Store country storefronts (us, gb, de, jp, au, ca, fr, etc.) - Real-time data directly from Apple's RSS feed ### vs. alternatives | Feature | This actor | Sensor Tower | AppFollow | AppMagic | |---|---|---|---|---| | Bulk multi-country charts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Grossing chart (revenue proxy) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Structured JSON output | ✅ | via API | via API | via API | | Pay-per-use (no subscription) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Cost | $1/1K | $99+/mo | $99+/mo | $99+/mo | *(Verify competitor prices at publish time — adjust table accordingly.)* **parse\_confidence** — every record carries a 0.0–1.0 data quality score. Score < 0.5 → check the `warnings` field. **Also see:** [ASO Keyword Rank Tracker](#) — track keyword-level rankings, not just chart positions. ### Use with AI agents (MCP) All actors in this suite are available via the Apify MCP server. Connect to Claude, GPT-4o, or n8n to let AI agents pull live App Store data on demand — market research, competitor monitoring, and ASO tracking automated end-to-end. MCP config: `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/appstore-charts` ### Also in this suite - [Apple App Store Scraper](#) — full metadata + reviews - [Google Play Store Scraper](#) — Android ecosystem - [App Store Reviews Scraper](#) — reviews-only, bulk NLP use case - [ASO Keyword Rank Tracker](#) — ranking intelligence, 10× cheaper than Sensor Tower - [iOS App Update Tracker](#) — version monitoring ### Integrations Built for ASO managers and mobile market analysts tracking chart positions and top-grossing revenue signals by country — the JSON/dataset output drops into the tools you already run, no glue code: - **n8n / Make / Zapier** — trigger a run or pipe every new dataset item into 500+ apps (Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, your database) with no code: [n8n](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/n8n), [Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make), [Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier). - **Webhooks** — fire your own endpoint the moment a run finishes, to push results straight into your pipeline ([docs](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)). - **MCP server** — expose this actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, or any [MCP client](https://mcp.apify.com) so an AI agent can pull this data mid-conversation ([guide](https://blog.apify.com/how-to-use-mcp/)). - **API & SDKs** — fetch the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel through the Apify REST API or the Python / JS SDKs. See all [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations). # Actor input Schema ## `chartType` (type: `string`): Which chart to scrape. Options: free (Top Free Apps), paid (Top Paid Apps), grossing (Top Grossing Apps). Default: free. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter ISO country code for the App Store storefront (e.g. us, gb, de, jp, au). Default: us. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): How many top apps to return (1-200, iTunes RSS max is 200 per chart). Default: 100. ## `genreId` (type: `integer`): Optional Apple genre ID to filter by category. Examples: 6014=Games, 6017=Education, 6007=Productivity. Leave blank for all categories. See https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/ws/genres for full list. ## Actor input object example ```json { "chartType": "free", "country": "us", "limit": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset containing App Store chart records (rank, app\_id, bundle\_id, name, developer, category, price, currency, url, icon\_url, release\_date, chart\_type, country, etc.) # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "chartType": "free", "country": "us", "limit": 100 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("bovi/appstore-charts").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "chartType": "free", "country": "us", "limit": 100, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("bovi/appstore-charts").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 '{ "chartType": "free", "country": "us", "limit": 100 }' | apify call bovi/appstore-charts --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/appstore-charts", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "App Store Charts Scraper — Top Free, Paid & Grossing | $1/1K", "description": "Scrape Apple App Store top charts: rank, app ID, name, developer, category, icon URL. Free/Paid/Grossing. Uses Apple's open iTunes RSS — no API key needed. 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Options: free (Top Free Apps), paid (Top Paid Apps), grossing (Top Grossing Apps). Default: free." }, "country": { "title": "Country code", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter ISO country code for the App Store storefront (e.g. us, gb, de, jp, au). Default: us." }, "limit": { "title": "Number of apps", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "How many top apps to return (1-200, iTunes RSS max is 200 per chart). Default: 100." }, "genreId": { "title": "Genre / Category ID (optional)", "type": "integer", "description": "Optional Apple genre ID to filter by category. Examples: 6014=Games, 6017=Education, 6007=Productivity. Leave blank for all categories. See https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/ws/genres for full list." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```