Google Play Store Reviews Scraper | App Reviews API

Scrape user reviews from apps on the Google Play Store. Extract detailed user feedback, star ratings, device info, and developer replies. Supports sorting, pagination, and filters for specific devices, ratings, regions, and languages. The best Play Store scraper for app sentiment analysis, competitive intelligence, and feedback monitoring.

❓ What is the Play Store Reviews Scraper?

Play Store Reviews Scraper is a powerful Apify actor that lets you extract detailed user reviews from any application on the Google Play Store. Perfect for app developers, product managers, marketers, and market researchers who need to understand user sentiment.

With this tool, you can:

• 🔍 Scrape by App ID — Target any app using its unique identifier (e.g., "com.snapchat.android", "com.whatsapp").
• 🌍 Region & Language — Filter reviews by specific country/region (ISO 3166-1) and language (ISO 639-1).
• ⭐ Filter by Rating — Extract exactly the feedback you want by filtering for 1-star, 5-star, or any specific rating.
• 📱 Device Filtering — Filter reviews written on a specific device type (Phone, Tablet, or Chromebook).
• 🔄 Sort Results — Sort reviews by Most Relevant, Newest, or Rating.
• 📄 Deep Pagination — Scrape hundreds or thousands of reviews automatically.

🎯 What Data Can You Extract?

Field	Description
review_id	Unique identifier for the review
app_id	Target Google Play Store App ID
review_text	The actual review content provided by the user
review_rating	Star rating given by the user (1-5)
author_id	Unique ID of the review author
author_name	Name of the user who wrote the review
author_photo	URL to the author's profile photo
author_app_version	The app version the user was on when writing the review
review_timestamp	Unix timestamp of when the review was created
review_datetime_utc	Formatted UTC datetime of the review
review_likes	The number of likes/helpful votes the review received
app_developer_reply	The developer's official reply to the review (if any)
app_developer_reply_timestamp	Unix timestamp of the developer reply
app_developer_reply_datetime_utc	Formatted UTC datetime of the developer reply

🚀 How to Use the Scraper

Step 1: Provide the App ID

Enter the App ID of the Play Store app you want to scrape (e.g., com.snapchat.android).

Step 2: Set Filters (Optional)

Input	Type	Default	Description
app_id	String	(Required)	The unique App ID of the app
limit	Integer	100	Number of reviews to fetch per page
maxPages	Integer	5	Maximum number of pagination requests
sort_by	Enum	NEWEST	Sort order (MOST_RELEVANT, NEWEST, RATING)
rating	Enum	ANY	Star rating filter (ONE_STAR, TWO_STARS, etc.)
device	Enum	PHONE	Device used for review (PHONE, TABLET, etc.)
region	String	US	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
language	String	EN	ISO 639-1 alpha-2 language code

Step 3: Run and Download Results

Click Start to run the scraper. Results are available in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and RSS formats.

📋 Example Input

{
  "app_id": "com.instagram.android",
  "limit": 100,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "sort_by": "NEWEST",
  "rating": "ANY",
  "device": "PHONE",
  "region": "US",
  "language": "EN"
}

📋 Example Output

{
  "review_id": "9463eacd-fdd3-4afe-8bdd-57615ef730bc",
  "review_text": "Amazing 😍🤩",
  "review_rating": 5,
  "author_id": "116080582967771641831",
  "author_name": "BISWANATH NANDA",
  "author_photo": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIAmS1-DumL6eDMmNIvU2tQLgyr_wGSe-JQVuPfJdgh6mz2fQ=mo",
  "author_app_version": "415.0.0.36.76",
  "review_timestamp": 1775975582,
  "review_datetime_utc": "2026-04-12T06:33:02.000Z",
  "review_likes": 0,
  "app_developer_reply": null,
  "app_developer_reply_timestamp": null,
  "app_developer_reply_datetime_utc": null,
  "app_id": "com.instagram.android"
}

🎨 Dataset Views

View	Description
📊 Reviews Overview	See all reviews combined with text, rating, author details, and likes.
🛠️ Developer Replies	Easily isolate reviews where developers responded and see their exact replies.

💡 Use Cases

• Sentiment Analysis — Gather massive datasets of user feedback to evaluate app reception.
• Bug & Issue Tracking — Filter by 1 or 2 stars to uncover bugs mentioned by frustrated users.
• Competitor Analysis — Check out what users love or hate about competing apps in your niche.
• Feature Requests — Find out what features your audience genuinely wants added to the platform.
• Support Monitoring — Ensure your developers' responses are helpful and timely.

🔧 Tips for Best Results

1. Be mindful of Limits — Don't set the limit too high if you're experiencing random timeouts; an optimal limit ensures smoother pagination.
2. Sort intelligently — Use NEWEST for recent bug reports and MOST_RELEVANT for an overview of general app sentiments.
3. Use the Device filter — Determine if users are complaining specifically because of bugs on TABLET or CHROMEBOOK interfaces.
4. Localize your scrape — Combine language and region exactly (like ES / ES or EN / US) for highly accurate market insight.

🏷️ Tags

play store google play play store reviews app reviews scraper play store api app sentiment analysis feedback extractor user reviews android app review crawler

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Happy searching Play Store Reviews! 🔍✨