Google Play Store Scraper (PPE)

A robust scraper for the Google Play Store using the Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. Extract app details, reviews, search results, permissions, and data safety information.

Features

• App Details: Scrape comprehensive metadata for any app using its ID.
• Search: Find apps by keyword or developer.
• Reviews: Extract user reviews with sorting options.
• Collections: Scrape top charts (Top Free, Top Paid, Grossing).
• Permissions: Get detailed app permission information.
• Data Safety: Get data safety information.

Pricing

This Actor uses the Pay-Per-Event model. You are charged only for the number of items (apps, reviews) successfully scraped.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
process	String	The operation to perform (e.g., ap for App Details, re for Reviews).
appId	Array	Application IDs (required for App Details, Reviews, Permissions, Data Safety).
keyword	Array	Search terms (required for Search).
developerId	Array	Developer IDs (required for Developer Search).
country	String	Store country code (ISO 3166, e.g., us). Default: us.
lang	String	Language code (ISO 639-1, e.g., en). Default: en.
maximum	Integer	Max results to return. Default: 100.
proxy	Object	Proxy configuration. Apify Residential Proxy is recommended.

Output

Data is stored in the default dataset in JSON format.

Example: App Details

{
  "title": "Google Translate",
  "description": "...",
  "descriptionHTML": "...",
  "summary": "The world is closer than ever with over 100 languages",
  "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
  "minInstalls": 1000000000,
  "score": 4.4,
  "ratings": 8000000,
  "reviews": 2000000,
  "histogram": { "1": 0, "2": 0, "3": 0, "4": 0, "5": 0 },
  "price": 0,
  "free": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "sale": false,
  "originalPrice": null,
  "saleTime": null,
  "offersIAP": false,
  "inAppProductPrice": null,
  "developer": "Google LLC",
  "developerId": "5700313618786177705",
  "developerEmail": "translate-android-support@google.com",
  "developerWebsite": "http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-android-support",
  "developerAddress": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View 94043",
  "privacyPolicy": "http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/",
  "genre": "Tools",
  "genreId": "TOOLS",
  "icon": "...",
  "headerImage": "...",
  "screenshots": ["..."],
  "video": null,
  "videoImage": null,
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "contentRatingDescription": null,
  "adSupported": false,
  "released": "Jan 12, 2010",
  "updated": 1600000000000,
  "version": "6.12.0.04.335104018",
  "recentChanges": "...",
  "comments": [],
  "appId": "com.google.android.apps.translate",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate"
}

Notes

• Proxies: This scraper is optimized for Apify Residential Proxies. Using datacenter proxies may result in blocking.
• Limits: While there are no hardcoded limits in the actor, extremely large requests may be throttled by Google.