# Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings & Sentiment (`dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Extract iOS customer reviews, 1-5 star ratings, feedback sentiment, user titles, review dates, version numbers, and developer metadata from any Apple App Store country.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [dev00](https://apify.com/dev00) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 operational query events

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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

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# README

## Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings & Sentiment

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### Introduction & Core Capabilities

The **Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings & Sentiment** provides automated extract ios customer reviews, 1-5 star ratings, feedback sentiment, user titles, review dates, version numbers, and developer metadata from any apple app store country.. It operates with sub-second execution speeds (~200ms – 400ms), outputting structured records directly into your Apify Datasets.

Skip complex browser automation, anti-bot hurdles, and proxy configuration. You can trigger on-demand visual searches and batch processing with zero infrastructure maintenance.

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### Competitor Comparison Table

| Feature | Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings & Sentiment | App Annie Intelligence | Sensor Tower App Reviews |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Response Latency** | **~250ms (Global Edge CDN)** | 2,500ms – 5,000ms | 3,000ms – 6,000ms |
| **Unit Cost** | **$0.005 / query** | $0.02 – $0.05 / query | $0.03 – $0.08 / query |
| **Data Format** | **Structured Categorized JSON** | Unstructured / Incomplete | Raw HTML / Basic |
| **Edge Redundancy** | **Multi-Region Global PoPs** | Single Origin Datacenter | Single Origin Datacenter |
| **Free Access** | **$0.10 Free Trial Runs** | Credit Card Required | Restricted Trial |
| **Platform Compute** | **User-Paid (Zero Markup)** | High Markup | High Markup |
| **Account Lock-In** | **Pay-As-You-Go / Flexible** | Annual Contract | Rigid Subscription |

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### Common Use Cases

- **Automated Product Feedback & Bug Triage:** Monitor new iOS release versions to detect customer bug reports, crash complaints, and UX regressions within minutes of release.
- **Competitive Feature & Sentiment Benchmarking:** Compare customer sentiment, feature praise, and common pain points across rival iOS applications.
- **App Store Optimization (ASO) Keyword Discovery:** Analyze high-frequency keywords and organic phrasing used by actual reviewers to optimize metadata and search discovery.
- **Customer Support & Brand Reputation Alerts:** Route low-star (1-2 star) reviews automatically into Zendesk, Slack, or ticketing pipelines for rapid response.
- **Market Research & Consumer Insights for Investors:** Ingest real-time customer satisfaction metrics and rating velocity for private and public app publishers.

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### Execution Modes

1. **Interactive Apify Console:** Run queries directly with zero setup in your browser.
2. **Programmatic Node.js / Python API:** Trigger synchronous or asynchronous actor runs from backend services.
3. **Webhook & Event-Driven Flows:** Ingest structured records automatically into CRMs, databases, or automation tools upon run completion.
4. **Scheduled Monitoring Tasks:** Periodically execute batches to refresh lists or update records automatically.

***

### API & Actor Code Examples

#### 1. Apify JavaScript SDK (`apify-client`)

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

const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN',
});

const input = {
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "mostRecent",
  "limit": 10
};

const run = await client.actor('apple-app-store-reviews-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log('Results:', items);
```

#### 2. Apify Python SDK (`apify-client`)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run_input = {
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "mostRecent",
  "limit": 10
}

run = client.actor("apple-app-store-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

***

### Full Concrete JSON Payloads

#### HTTP 200 (Success)

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "appTitle": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "country": "us",
  "count": 2,
  "averageRating": 4.8,
  "reviews": [
    {
      "id": "10492817412",
      "author": "AudiophileJunkie",
      "rating": 5,
      "title": "Flawless daily music companion",
      "content": "Discover Weekly algorithms continue to surprise me with tracks I actually love. The UI updates are super slick.",
      "version": "8.9.72",
      "date": "2026-10-14T18:42:10Z",
      "sentiment": "positive",
      "sentimentScore": 0.94
    },
    {
      "id": "10491823901",
      "author": "GymBeast2026",
      "rating": 4,
      "title": "Great offline downloads, wish lyric sync was faster",
      "content": "Awesome sound quality and offline listening on Apple Watch. Just occasional delay when seeking tracks with lyrics enabled.",
      "version": "8.9.70",
      "date": "2026-10-13T11:20:05Z",
      "sentiment": "positive",
      "sentimentScore": 0.76
    }
  ]
}
```

#### HTTP 400 (Bad Request / Missing Parameters)

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Required parameter is missing or invalid.",
  "code": "missing_parameter"
}
```

#### HTTP 429 (Rate Limit / Concurrency Exceeded)

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Account concurrency limit reached. Please back off or scale compute units.",
  "code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}
```

#### HTTP 500 (Upstream Error)

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Upstream service error encountered. Automatic edge retry failed.",
  "code": "upstream_error"
}
```

***

### Input Parameters & Schema

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `appId` | String | **Yes** | `com.spotify.music` | iOS app Bundle ID (e.g. 'com.spotify.music') or numeric Apple App Store ID (e.g. '324684580') |
| `country` | String | **No** | `us` | 2-letter ISO country code for storefront (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'ca', 'de', 'jp') |
| `sort` | String | **No** | `mostRecent` | Sorting criteria ('mostRecent', 'mostHelpful') |
| `limit` | Integer | **No** | `50` | Maximum number of reviews to extract (1-100) |

***

### How To Use (Step-by-Step)

1. **Open Actor on Apify Store:** Navigate to `Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings & Sentiment` on the Apify Store.
2. **Configure Input:** Provide your target `appId` and select your execution mode in the Input tab.
3. **Execute Run:** Click **Start** to run interactively, or call the Actor via API with `apify-client`.
4. **Export Dataset:** Instantly download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or configure a Webhook to notify your endpoint.

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### Transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

- **Free Users:** **$0.10** per run.
- **Paid Apify Members:** Fixed unit rate of **$0.005** per query execution.
- **Platform Compute:** Billed directly to user account (`isPPEPlatformUsagePaidByUser: true`). Developer is never billed for platform usage.

***

### Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

#### 1. Can I look up apps by bundle ID or numeric App Store ID?

Yes. The API automatically resolves both standard iOS bundle IDs (e.g. 'com.spotify.music') and numeric Apple IDs (e.g. '324684580').

#### 2. Can I extract reviews from different international storefronts?

Yes. You can specify any 2-letter ISO storefront code (such as 'us', 'gb', 'ca', 'de', 'fr', 'jp', 'au') to access localized reviews.

#### 3. What data fields are returned for each review?

Each review includes author name, star rating (1-5), review title, detailed body text, app version reviewed, publication date, sentiment classification, and sentiment score.

#### 4. How fast are review scraping queries?

Average latency is ~200ms – 400ms per query, served through global edge PoPs with automated session routing.

#### 5. Do I need Apple Developer credentials or API tokens?

No. The Actor handles all App Store gateway communication, session maintenance, and anti-bot hurdles automatically with zero credentials needed.

#### 6. How does Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing work?

Free users pay $0.10 per run. Paid Apify subscribers pay $0.005 per query ($5.00 per 1,000 queries, delivering up to 50,000 customer reviews). Platform compute is billed directly to the user account with no developer markup.

#### 7. Can I schedule automated daily review tracking?

Yes! Use Apify Schedules to pull daily reviews automatically and monitor customer feedback trends over time.

#### 8. How can I export review datasets?

Apify supports instant export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or direct streaming to Google Sheets and Webhook endpoints.

#### 9. Can I execute high-concurrency batch queries?

Yes! You can trigger concurrent Actor runs via the Apify API or integrate with n8n/Make to track dozens of apps simultaneously.

#### 10. How does review sorting work?

You can sort by 'mostRecent' to catch latest version feedback or 'mostHelpful' to analyze the highest-impact community reviews.

***

### Keywords & Search Tags

`app store`, `apple`, `ios reviews`, `sentiment analysis`, `app store optimization`, `aso`, `apple-app-store-reviews-scraper`, `apify actor`, `cloud scraper`, `automation`

# Actor input Schema

## `appId` (type: `string`):

The iOS App Bundle ID (e.g. 'com.spotify.music', 'com.duolingo.DuolingoMobile') or numeric Apple App Store ID.

## `country` (type: `string`):

2-letter ISO storefront country code (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'fr', 'ca', 'jp').

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

Sort order for extracted customer reviews.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to extract per run (1 to 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "mostRecent",
  "limit": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `keyValueStoreResult` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "appId": "com.spotify.music",
    "country": "us",
    "sort": "mostRecent",
    "limit": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper").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 = {
    "appId": "com.spotify.music",
    "country": "us",
    "sort": "mostRecent",
    "limit": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper").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 '{
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "mostRecent",
  "limit": 50
}' |
apify call dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dev00/apple-app-store-reviews-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/NBqlK2URyHsEWGumX/builds/AiyKIeghhFbkneNGO/openapi.json