App Store & Google Play Search and Rankings Scraper

Search an app keyword and receive the Apple App Store or Google Play results in the source's observed order, with rank, app identity, publisher, rating, price, category, and URL.

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{
  "searchTerms": ["habit tracker"],
  "store": "google_play",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 5
}

This input requests at most five Google Play results for one keyword in the US English storefront.

Real output

The row below is copied verbatim from the existing local dataset produced by the input above.

{
  "store": "google_play",
  "query": "habit tracker",
  "country": "us",
  "rank": 1,
  "appId": "org.isoron.uhabits",
  "bundleId": "org.isoron.uhabits",
  "title": "Loop Habit Tracker",
  "developer": "Álinson S Xavier",
  "rating": 4.720721,
  "ratingCount": null,
  "price": 0.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "genre": "Productivity",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.isoron.uhabits",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/p0AgkzxC9Vus-E82psxrb7p8VtrVJMfXKcU9hNTW8tTG7G3yAGBqxCIyUmwibUyT1Mx7DAzkrJnPLo4VEYDwlbI"
}

The dataset overview uses these fields, in this order:

store	query	country	rank	title	developer	rating	price	genre	appId
google_play	habit tracker	us	1	Loop Habit Tracker	Álinson S Xavier	4.720721	0.0	Productivity	org.isoron.uhabits

Pricing

PPE event	FREE-tier unit price	FREE-tier list equivalent	Example result cap	Maximum example event charge
app	$0.0005 per app result	$0.50 per 1,000 app results	5	$0.0025

The Actor charges the app event only for records it pushes. A source can return fewer records than requested, so the event charge can be lower than the cap. The $0.0025 maximum excludes Apify infrastructure costs and is not a demand or revenue guarantee.

Inputs

Field	Required	Accepted format	Default or prefill	Limits and store behavior
searchTerms	Yes	Non-empty JSON array of keyword strings	Console prefill: ["meditation", "habit tracker"]; no runtime default	Each term is searched separately. The schema does not set a maximum number of terms, so keep the list small to control result count and cost.
store	No	app_store or google_play	app_store	Selects one source for the whole run. The two stores have different catalogs and ranking systems.
country	No	Two-letter country or storefront code such as us, gb, sg, or de	us	The Actor lowercases the value. Both sources use it, and results can differ by country.
language	No	Two-letter language code such as en or de	en	The Actor lowercases the value. Google Play uses it; the App Store ignores it.
maxResults	No	Integer	50	Schema range: 1–200 per term. The App Store can return up to 200; Google Play is clamped to roughly 30.

The same keyword can return different apps and a different order across stores, countries, or languages. rank is the source's observed result order at run time; the Actor does not normalize or combine the two ranking systems.

Output fields

Field	Type	Meaning
store	string	Source used: app_store or google_play.
query	string	Search term that produced the row.
country	string or null	Country or storefront code sent to the source.
rank	integer	One-based position in the returned source order.
appId	string or null	App Store numeric track ID as a string, or Google Play package ID.
bundleId	string or null	Apple bundle ID or Google Play package ID.
title	string or null	App name reported by the source.
developer	string or null	Developer or publisher name reported by the source.
rating	number or null	Average user rating when the source returns it.
ratingCount	integer or null	Rating count for App Store results; the current Google Play search path returns null.
price	number or null	Listed numeric price; free Google Play apps are recorded as 0.0.
currency	string or null	Currency code reported by the source.
genre	string or null	Primary genre or category.
url	string or null	Canonical app detail URL.
icon	string or null	App icon URL reported by the source.

Use cases

• Take keyword-rank snapshots for app store optimization work.
• Compare the apps visible for the same term across countries or between the two stores.
• Find competing apps, their publishers, ratings, prices, and categories.
• Schedule repeated runs and compare exported datasets to track source-order changes over time.

Source, coverage, freshness, and responsible use

Apple results come from the public iTunes Search API. Google Play results come from the public catalog through the maintained google-play-scraper search client. The Actor fetches both sources at run time and does not maintain a historical index.

Source catalogs, localization, availability, and ranking logic differ. The App Store supports up to 200 requested results per term, while Google Play usually exposes roughly 30 through this search path. A returned list is a current source observation, not a complete catalog or a promise that the same order will appear later.

Use the data in line with Apple and Google terms and applicable law. Do not use ratings or rankings as proof of quality, and avoid decisions that require stronger evidence than a public catalog snapshot.

Troubleshooting

• Input rejected: searchTerms must be a non-empty array, and maxResults must be an integer from 1 to 200. Use only app_store or google_play for store.
• Zero results: check the keyword and two-letter country code. For Google Play, also check the language code. Try a broad public term such as habit tracker; a source can also return no data during a temporary failure.
• Fewer results than requested: the source may have fewer matches. Google Play is limited to roughly 30 even when maxResults is higher.
• Ranks differ from another storefront or later run: country, language, catalog changes, and each store's own ranking logic can change both membership and order.