Google Play Store Scraper — Apps, Reviews, ASO Ranks & Monitor

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Google Play Store Scraper ◄── you are here

Actor	Platform
Google Play Store Scraper ◄── you are here	Android / Google Play
Apple App Store Scraper	iOS / App Store
App Stores Scraper — Apple & Google Play ASO	Apple + Google Play (combo)

Google Play scraper for Apify — extract Android app metadata, user reviews, keyword search, ASO keyword ranks, category / chart discovery, similar apps, permissions, and Data safety. Optional multi-locale runs and monitor mode with webhook alerts for listing, version, price, rating, and new reviews. Lightweight HTTP (curl_cffi Chrome TLS fingerprint) — no headless browser.

Use it for competitor research, ASO rank tracking, review mining, compliance checks, and scheduled Play listing monitors. For iOS storefronts, use Apple App Store Scraper. For both stores in one run, use App Stores Scraper — Apple App Store & Google Play ASO.

When to use this Actor

• ASO: track package rank for keywords across hl / gl locales
• Competitor cards: title, score histogram, installs, screenshots, what’s new
• Similar apps, permissions, and Data safety for market / compliance research
• Review intelligence (newest / helpful / rating sort, star filter, after-date)
• Category browse and top free / paid / grossing discovery
• Developer portfolio dumps (developer_apps)
• Cron monitors for version, price, rating, title/summary/icon, and negative reviews

Modes

Mode	What it does
app_details	Full metadata (+ optional similar / permissions / data safety)
app_reviews	Paginated reviews (sort, star filter, after-date)
search_and_charts	Keyword search, category browse, chart collections
keyword_ranks	SERP position of tracked apps × keywords × locales + KV history
developer_apps	Apps on a developer page (optional detail enrich)
monitor	Fingerprint deltas vs Key-Value Store + webhook

Key features

• HTTP-only — curl_cffi Chrome fingerprint; Residential proxy recommended for locales
• ASO extras — histogram, recent changes, similar apps, soft keyword hints in title/summary
• Keyword ranks + history — keyword_rank rows; optional named KV (KEYWORD_RANK_HISTORY)
• Multi-locale — languages × countries (cartesian, capped)
• Monitor + webhooks — version, price, rating, listing changes, negative reviews (Slack/Discord/custom)
• Typed dataset rows — app, review, search_result, chart_result, similar_app, permission, data_safety, keyword_rank, change

Input parameters

Parameter	Description
mode	See modes table above
appIds / startUrls	Package names or Play details URLs
searchKeywords	Keywords (search_and_charts / keyword_ranks; also ASO hints on details)
trackAppIds	Packages to locate in search (keyword_ranks)
language / country	Default hl / gl
languages / countries	Multi-locale matrix
includeSimilarApps / includePermissions / includeDataSafety	Detail enrichments
enrichListings / maxSearchPages	Full details for listings; search pagination
chartType / category	Charts / category browse
developerId / developerUrl / enrichDeveloperApps	Developer mode
maxReviewsPerApp / reviewSort / reviewScoreFilter / reviewAfterDate	Reviews
rankHistoryStoreName	KV for keyword rank snapshots
monitorStoreName / monitorBaselineOnly / resetMonitorState	Monitor state
webhookUrl / notifyOn* / ratingDropThreshold	Alerts
maxItems / concurrency	Caps and parallelism
proxyConfiguration	Apify Proxy (defaults to RESIDENTIAL when enabled)

Example — app details + ASO extras

{
  "mode": "app_details",
  "appIds": ["com.spotify.music", "com.whatsapp"],
  "includeSimilarApps": true,
  "includePermissions": true,
  "includeDataSafety": true,
  "searchKeywords": ["music streaming"],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}

Example — ASO keyword ranks (multi-country)

{
  "mode": "keyword_ranks",
  "searchKeywords": ["music streaming", "podcasts", "spotify"],
  "trackAppIds": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "countries": ["us", "gb", "de"],
  "languages": ["en"],
  "rankHistoryStoreName": "google-play-rank-history",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example — reviews

{
  "mode": "app_reviews",
  "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "reviewSort": "NEWEST",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}

Example — search + category charts

{
  "mode": "search_and_charts",
  "searchKeywords": ["photo editor"],
  "category": "GAME_ACTION",
  "chartType": "topselling_free",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}

Example — monitor + webhook

{
  "mode": "monitor",
  "appIds": ["com.spotify.music", "com.instagram.android"],
  "monitorStoreName": "google-play-monitor-store",
  "monitorBaselineOnly": false,
  "monitorFetchReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
  "webhookUrl": "https://hooks.example.com/google-play",
  "notifyOnNewVersion": true,
  "notifyOnRatingDrop": true,
  "notifyOnNegativeReviews": true,
  "notifyOnListingChange": true,
  "ratingDropThreshold": 0.2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Run once with "monitorBaselineOnly": true to seed state without emitting deltas.

Output

Field	Description
recordType	app, review, search_result, chart_result, developer_app, similar_app, permission, data_safety, keyword_rank, change
appId	Android package name
title / summary / descriptionText	Listing copy
score / histogram / ratingsCount	Ratings
installs / minInstalls / realInstalls	Install bands when present
recentChanges	What’s new text
rank / found / searchQuery	Search / chart / keyword rank
permission / permissionType	Permission rows
sharedData / collectedData / securityPractices	Data safety
changeType	new_version, price_change, rating_drop, title_change, description_change, icon_change, new_review, …
language / country	Locale of the scrape
scrapedAt	UTC collection time

Limitations

• Top collection charts via RPC can be sparse; category pages and category/collection HTML are more reliable.
• Search pagination depends on Play returning a continuation token (often first page only).
• Keyword ranks reflect the scraped SERP window; found: false if the package is not in returned results.
• Version may be missing (Varies with device); monitor prefers updatedTimestamp when present.
• Apify Proxy on some PPE plans may return 407 — the Actor falls back to direct egress and continues.

Workflow tips

1. Seed ASO with keyword_ranks + a dedicated rankHistoryStoreName.
2. Schedule daily keyword_ranks (same store name) to build locale history.
3. Pair monitor + notifyOnListingChange for title / short description / icon moves.
4. Use app_details with similar + permissions + data safety for competitor packs.
5. Prefer Residential proxy for non-US gl / large review volumes; keep concurrency modest (default 4).

Related Actors

Actor	What it covers
Google Play Store Scraper ◄── you are here	Android apps, reviews, ASO ranks, monitor
Apple App Store Scraper	iOS apps, games, reviews, ASO ranks, charts, monitor
App Stores Scraper — Apple App Store & Google Play ASO	Both stores in one run (combo ASO)