# Google Play Reviews Scraper – Android Reviews & App Data (`dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews`) Actor

Scrape unlimited Google Play reviews and full app details (installs, rating histogram, developer email) by package name, Play Store URL or search. Filter by stars, keywords and date, sort by newest or most helpful, include developer replies. No login needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews.md
- **Developed by:** [David Simpkins Jr.](https://apify.com/dbsimpjr28) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.12 / 1,000 reviews

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Play Reviews Scraper – Android Reviews & App Data

Scrape **unlimited** Google Play reviews for any Android app, plus full app details: installs, rating histogram, developer email, website and address, price, in-app purchases, content rating and recent changes. There's no login and no API key.

Built for:

- **Product teams:** export every low-star review since a release.
- **App marketers and ASO:** watch ratings, installs and reviews by country and language.
- **Lead generation:** app developer emails and websites from the details row.
- **AI and NLP:** large review datasets for sentiment and topic models.

### Features

- Input **Play Store URLs, package names, or search terms**.
- **No 500-review cap.** It pages through as many reviews as you ask for.
- Sort by **newest, most helpful or rating**. Filter by **star rating, keywords and since-date**.
- **Developer replies** and reply dates are included.
- **Multiple countries** and any review **language**.

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "review",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "appName": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "country": "us",
  "rating": 1,
  "text": "Shuffle plays the same 20 songs…",
  "author": "A Google user",
  "appVersion": "9.0.80.1234",
  "date": "2026-10-20T03:46:39.801Z",
  "thumbsUp": 12,
  "developerReply": "Hi there, sorry to hear that…",
  "developerReplyDate": "2026-10-20T09:10:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay **per review** and **per app details row**.

### Tips

- For monitoring, schedule the Actor daily with **Sort: Newest** and **Only reviews since** set to yesterday.
- Large apps have millions of reviews. Set **Max reviews per app** to what you actually need.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

Play Store URLs (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music) or package names.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Find apps by keyword, e.g. "budget tracker".

## `maxAppsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many top search results to scrape for each search term.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code, e.g. en, es, de.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many reviews for each app and country.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order in which reviews are collected.

## `stars` (type: `integer`):

Leave empty for all.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only keep reviews that contain any of these words (case-insensitive).

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Only keep reviews posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Works with Newest sort.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Add one row per app and country with rating, version, developer and other app data.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "maxAppsPerSearch": 5,
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 1000,
  "sort": "newest",
  "includeAppDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All items the run produced, in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "apps": [
        "com.spotify.music"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "apps": ["com.spotify.music"],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "apps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dbsimpjr28/google-play-reviews"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CNqcpdE9a9OMaQd6f/builds/DHrrUGoOvZ0yH8qfp/openapi.json