Shopify App Store Keyword Rank Tracker & Scraper

Track your Shopify app's keyword rankings in the App Store

Shopify App Store Scraper tells you where your app and your competitors rank in Shopify App Store search for the keywords merchants type, such as email marketing, upsell or abandoned cart. Run it on a daily schedule and you get a rank history for App Store SEO (ASO): what moved, by how many places, and when.

The same Actor also scrapes app details and pricing plans, app reviews and category rankings from apps.shopify.com. You don't need a Shopify account, a Partner login or an API key.

• 🔎 Keyword ranks: the organic position of any app for each keyword, with the change since your last run
• 🎯 Tracked apps: one row per keyword × app for your app and the competitors you name, including "not found in the top N"
• 📈 Category rankings: the apps in a category in order, with rating, review count and rank change
• 🧩 Apps and pricing plans: name, developer, rating, review count, every plan and price, categories, features, languages, integrations, launch date, Built for Shopify badge
• ⭐ Reviews: newest reviews with rating, date, text, store name, country, time using the app and the developer's reply
• 📤 Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets, or pull the results through the API

Who uses it

• Shopify app developers and founders: check every morning where your app ranks for your 5 to 20 most important keywords, and see whether a listing change helped.
• App marketers (App Store SEO / ASO): see which competitor apps rank above you for each keyword, and who moved up after a launch.
• Competitor research: track competitors' positions, pricing plans and new reviews in one dataset.
• Agencies and analysts: build ranked shortlists of apps in a category with real ratings, review counts and prices.

Shopify's Partner Dashboard reports installs and revenue, but it doesn't show your organic position in App Store search. This Actor fills that gap from the public search results.

How to track keyword rankings

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open Shopify App Store Scraper and set Mode to keyword-ranks.
3. Add your Search keywords.
4. Under Your / competitor apps to track, add your app's handle and a few competitors. The handle is the last part of the app URL: apps.shopify.com/omnisend → omnisend. Full app URLs work too.
5. Turn on Only output tracked apps if you only need those positions. It's the cheapest setup: one row per keyword × app.
6. Click Start, then Save as a new task.
7. On the task, click Schedule and run it once a day. Each run compares positions with the previous run, so rankChange shows the daily movement and the run datasets add up to your rank history.

rankChange is positive when an app moved up. For example, previousPosition: 7 and position: 4 gives rankChange: 3.

Input examples

Keyword ranks: track your app and competitors (cheapest)

{
  "mode": "keyword-ranks",
  "keywords": ["email marketing", "sms marketing", "abandoned cart"],
  "targetAppHandles": ["omnisend", "klaviyo-email-marketing"],
  "onlyTargetApps": true,
  "maxResultsPerKeyword": 48
}

maxResultsPerKeyword sets how deep each search is scanned (24 is the first page, up to 240). If an app isn't found within that depth, its row says "found": false.

Keyword ranks: the full top 10 for each keyword, plus your tracked apps

{
  "mode": "keyword-ranks",
  "keywords": ["email marketing", "abandoned cart"],
  "targetAppHandles": ["omnisend", "klaviyo-email-marketing"],
  "maxResultsPerKeyword": 10
}

Apps and pricing plans

{ "mode": "apps", "appHandles": ["omnisend"], "onlyNew": false }

Category rankings

{ "mode": "category-rankings", "category": "marketing-and-conversion-marketing-email-marketing", "maxItems": 3 }

The category slug is the part after apps.shopify.com/categories/ in the category page URL.

Reviews

{ "mode": "reviews", "appHandles": ["omnisend"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 2, "onlyNew": false }

Output examples

Every row has a mode, a timestamp and one block of data. The Output tab shows each mode as its own table. These are real rows from test runs on 4 October 2026.

Keyword ranks: a tracked app (rowType: "target"), second run of the day

{
  "mode": "keyword-ranks",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-04T14:50:14.907Z",
  "keywordRank": {
    "keyword": "email marketing",
    "rowType": "target",
    "position": 2,
    "previousPosition": 2,
    "rankChange": 0,
    "page": 1,
    "pagePosition": 2,
    "isSponsored": false,
    "handle": "omnisend",
    "name": "Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS",
    "rating": 4.7,
    "reviews": 3182,
    "pricingText": "Free plan available",
    "builtForShopify": false,
    "isTarget": true,
    "found": true,
    "sponsoredSlots": [],
    "scannedResults": 24,
    "totalResults": 3996,
    "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/omnisend",
    "searchUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/search?q=email+marketing"
  }
}

Keyword ranks: a tracked app that isn't in the scanned results

{ "mode": "keyword-ranks", "timestamp": "2026-10-04T14:50:14.763Z", "keywordRank": { "keyword": "abandoned cart", "rowType": "target", "position": null, "previousPosition": null, "rankChange": null, "page": null, "pagePosition": null, "isSponsored": false, "handle": "omnisend", "name": null, "rating": null, "reviews": null, "pricingText": null, "builtForShopify": null, "isTarget": true, "found": false, "sponsoredSlots": [], "scannedResults": 48, "totalResults": 4129, "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/omnisend", "searchUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/search?q=abandoned+cart" } }

Without Only output tracked apps, you also get one rowType: "result" row for every app in the scanned results, in order, with the same fields (found and sponsoredSlots are null on those rows).

Apps and pricing plans (feature and integration lists trimmed)

{
  "mode": "apps",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-04T14:49:45.151Z",
  "app": {
    "name": "Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS",
    "handle": "omnisend",
    "developer": "Omnisend",
    "rating": 4.7,
    "reviewCount": 3182,
    "pricingPlans": [
      { "name": "FREE", "price": 0, "currency": null, "billingInterval": null, "trialDays": null, "isFreePlan": true },
      { "name": "STANDARD", "price": 16, "currency": "USD", "billingInterval": "monthly", "trialDays": null, "isFreePlan": false },
      { "name": "PRO", "price": 59, "currency": "USD", "billingInterval": "monthly", "trialDays": null, "isFreePlan": false }
    ],
    "categories": ["Email marketing", "SMS marketing"],
    "features": ["Email campaigns", "SMS campaigns", "Push notifications"],
    "builtForShopify": false,
    "languages": ["English"],
    "launchDate": "2014-03-10",
    "integrations": ["Checkout", "Shopify Flow", "Aftership"],
    "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/omnisend",
    "pricingChanged": null
  }
}

Category rankings (first run, so rankChange is null)

{ "mode": "category-rankings", "timestamp": "2026-10-04T14:49:57.314Z", "ranking": { "category": "marketing-and-conversion-marketing-email-marketing", "searchKeyword": null, "rank": 1, "handle": "klaviyo-email-marketing", "rating": 4.7, "reviews": 3349, "name": "Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS", "developer": "Klaviyo", "rankChange": null } }

Reviews

{ "mode": "reviews", "timestamp": "2026-10-04T14:49:26.583Z", "review": { "handle": "omnisend", "rating": 5, "date": "2026-10-02", "text": "Best email & sms app.", "storeName": "MADE BY SOCIETY", "storeCountry": "Romania", "timeUsingApp": "12 months", "developerReply": null, "url": "https://apps.shopify.com/omnisend/reviews?sort_by=newest" } }

How much does it cost?

You pay per row of results. There's no monthly fee, and platform usage isn't charged separately.

What you get	Price	Example
Keyword rank row (one app's position for one keyword)	$0.002	10 keywords × 3 tracked apps = 30 rows = $0.06 per run
App details (one app with all plans and fields)	$0.002	1,000 apps = $2
Ranking row (one ranked app in category-rankings mode)	$0.003	a top 24 category = $0.072
Review	$0.0005	1,000 reviews = $0.50
Run start	$0.00005 per run at the default 512 MB

Daily keyword tracking example: 10 keywords × 3 apps with Only output tracked apps on is 30 rows a day, so about $1.80 a month. Apify's free plan includes $5 of platform usage every month, which covers that.

Without Only output tracked apps, every scanned app is a row as well. For example, a full first page (24 results) for 10 keywords is 240 result rows plus your tracked-app rows.

Use Max PPE charge (USD) to cap what one run can cost. The run stops pushing results when it reaches the cap.

Scheduling tip: build a rank history

• Save your keyword-ranks input as a task and add a daily Schedule (for example 0 7 * * * with your timezone). See Apify schedules.
• Each run's dataset is one day's snapshot. Collect them with the Apify API or the Python client, or send them to Google Sheets, Slack or a webhook through Apify's integrations.
• Keep the same keyword spelling every day. previousPosition and rankChange are stored per keyword in the key-value store named in Delta store name. If you run two different setups for the same keyword, give each task its own Delta store name so their comparisons don't mix.
• Daily is enough for most apps, and it keeps the cost predictable.

Integrations

• Schedules: run daily or weekly for rankings, pricing changes and new reviews.
• API and clients: start runs and fetch results with the Apify API or the Python client. Code samples are on the API tab.
• Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack: send rank changes, new reviews or pricing changes where your team works.
• Webhooks: trigger your own workflow when a run finishes.
• AI agents (MCP): connect through the Apify MCP server so an AI assistant can look up apps, reviews and rankings.

Limitations

• Sponsored (Ad) placements are usually empty. The Actor flags ads (isSponsored, sponsoredSlots) when Shopify shows them, but Shopify doesn't show ads to the servers Apify runs on, so in practice sponsoredSlots is [] and there are no ad rows. Organic positions are not affected: they are counted without ads.
• Positions are what a logged-out visitor sees. Shopify may personalize or localize results, so a logged-in merchant in another country can see a slightly different order.
• Rank change needs a previous run. previousPosition and rankChange are null on the first run for a keyword, and when an app wasn't found in the previous run.
• Scan depth. An app is only found within Results per keyword (up to 240). Tracked apps outside that depth come back with "found": false.
• Reviews and pricing deltas. With Only new (delta) on, reviews mode returns only reviews you haven't received yet, so a repeat run can return 0 rows. pricingChanged is only filled in once there is a previous run to compare with.
• Shopify markup changes. The Actor reads public pages. If Shopify changes its pages, a mode can break until we update the parser. Open an issue and we'll fix it.

FAQ

How do I track my Shopify app's keyword ranking? Use keyword-ranks mode with your keywords and your app handle in Your / competitor apps to track, turn on Only output tracked apps, and schedule it daily. Each row tells you the position, the previous position and the change.

Can I track competitor app rankings? Yes. Add competitors' handles next to yours. You get one row per keyword × app, so you can see who ranks above you and who moved.

What does position mean? The organic position in Shopify App Store search results for that keyword, counted from 1 across pages, with ads left out. page and pagePosition tell you where the app appeared on the page.

Is it a full App Store SEO (ASO) tool? It gives you the data: daily positions, competitors and rank changes in a dataset you own. It doesn't suggest keywords or rewrite your listing.

How deep does it search? 24 results (the first page) by default, up to 240 with Results per keyword.

What about category rankings? Use category-rankings mode with a category slug. You get each app's rank in that category, plus rankChange from the second run on.

Do I need a Shopify account or API key? No.

Is it legal to scrape the Shopify App Store? The Actor only reads public pages that anyone can open without logging in. It doesn't access merchant accounts or private data. Reviews include the store name and country as published on Shopify. You're responsible for how you use the data, especially personal data under GDPR or similar laws. If you're unsure, ask a legal advisor.

How do I cap the cost? Set Max PPE charge (USD), or use Only output tracked apps in keyword-ranks mode, Max items in category-rankings mode, and Max reviews per app in reviews mode.

Support

Found a bug or need another field? Open an issue on the Issues tab and the Carmentara team will get back to you.