Google Play Scraper: apps, ratings, installs, and reviews

Google Play Scraper collects app details and user reviews from the Google Play Store. For every app you get the title, developer and contact details, category, rating, ratings by stars, install count, price, in-app purchases, content rating, version, update date, icon, and screenshots. For every review you get the reviewer, stars, text, helpful votes, app version, date, and the developer's reply.

You don't need a Google account, an API key, or any code. Add app IDs, Play Store links, or search terms, press Start, and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

What can you do with Google Play data?

• Monitor your app's reviews. Pull new reviews every day, catch bugs and complaints early, and see which version users are reviewing.
• Analyze sentiment. Feed review text and star ratings into your sentiment or topic analysis.
• Track competitors. Watch competitors' ratings, install counts, prices, and update cadence.
• Research a market. Search a category keyword and compare the top 30 apps side by side.
• Generate leads. Collect developer emails and websites for apps in your niche.
• Do app store optimization (ASO). See which apps rank for a search term and how they write their titles and descriptions.

What data does Google Play Scraper extract?

Group	Fields
App	app ID, URL, title, short description, full description, category, content rating, release date, last update, version, minimum Android version, icon, screenshots
Developer	name, developer ID, developer page, email, website
Ratings	average rating, number of ratings, number of written reviews, ratings by stars (1 to 5)
Installs	install bracket (for example 1,000,000,000+), minimum installs, Google Play's install count
Price	price, currency, free flag, in-app purchases and their price range, ads flag
Reviews	review ID, reviewer name and avatar, stars, text, helpful votes, app version, date, developer reply and its date

How to scrape Google Play

1. Open the actor and go to the Input tab.
2. Add app IDs (com.spotify.music), app links, or search queries.
3. Turn on Include reviews if you need them and set how many per app.
4. Pick the language and country you want to see Google Play in.
5. Press Start. When the run finishes, open the Output tab or press Export.

Input

Field	Type	Description
appIds	array of strings	Package names, the part after id= in a Play Store link.
startUrls	array	Links to Google Play app pages.
searchQueries	array of strings	Search terms. The actor scrapes the apps Google Play finds.
maxAppsPerSearch	integer	Apps to take from each search, up to 30.
includeReviews	boolean	Also scrape reviews, one dataset item per review.
maxReviewsPerApp	integer	The maximum number of reviews per app.
reviewsSort	string	newest, most_relevant, or rating (highest first).
reviewsRating	integer	Keep only reviews with this many stars, from 1 to 5. Leave empty for all.
language	string	Two-letter language code, for example en or uk.
country	string	Two-letter country code, for example us or ua.
proxyCountryCode	string	A country code such as US to use Apify residential proxy in that country. None uses Apify datacenter proxy.

You need at least one of appIds, startUrls, or searchQueries.

Input example

{
  "appIds": ["com.spotify.music", "com.mojang.minecraftpe"],
  "searchQueries": ["photo editor"],
  "maxAppsPerSearch": 10,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "proxyCountryCode": "None"
}

Output

The dataset holds two kinds of items, told apart by type. The Apps and Reviews views in the Output tab show each kind in its own table.

App example

A real item, with the description and links shortened:

{
  "type": "app",
  "appId": "com.mojang.minecraftpe",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe",
  "title": "Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!",
  "summary": "Millions of crafters have smashed billions of blocks! Now you can join the fun!",
  "description": "Dive into an open world of building, crafting, and survival in the ultimate sandbox adventure...",
  "developer": "Mojang",
  "developerId": "4772240228547998649",
  "developerUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=4772240228547998649",
  "developerEmail": "help@minecraft.net",
  "developerWebsite": "http://help.mojang.com",
  "category": "Arcade",
  "categoryId": "GAME_ARCADE",
  "score": 4.3040857,
  "ratingsCount": 5862656,
  "reviewsCount": 635123,
  "histogram": { "1": 627041, "2": 178108, "3": 271058, "4": 495277, "5": 4291160 },
  "installs": "50,000,000+",
  "minInstalls": 50000000,
  "maxInstalls": 99171536,
  "price": 6.99,
  "free": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "inAppPurchases": true,
  "inAppPurchasesRange": "$0.99 - $49.99 per item",
  "containsAds": false,
  "contentRating": "Everyone 10+",
  "released": "Aug 15, 2011",
  "updatedISO": "2026-09-25T17:26:28.000Z",
  "version": "1.26.52.3",
  "androidVersion": "8.0",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
  "screenshots": ["https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/..."],
  "input": "com.mojang.minecraftpe"
}

Review example

{
  "type": "review",
  "reviewId": "e69559f3-df39-46b7-b01f-b75c35f1685a",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "appTitle": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "userName": "Stephen M",
  "userImage": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
  "score": 4,
  "text": "Really enjoy using the app it was easy to build some great playlists...",
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "appVersion": "9.1.90.2270",
  "createdAtISO": "2026-10-17T15:02:22.000Z",
  "replyText": "Hi! We appreciate your feedback. Our catalog depends on rights holders and can vary by country...",
  "replyDateISO": "2026-10-17T20:52:01.000Z",
  "input": "com.spotify.music"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
type	app or review.
score	For an app, the average rating. For a review, the stars the reviewer gave.
installs, minInstalls, maxInstalls	The bracket Google Play shows, its lower bound, and Google Play's own install count.
price	0 for free apps, in the currency of the chosen country.
version, androidVersion	Varies with device when the app ships different builds per device.
released	The release date as Google Play prints it. Some apps don't show one.
updatedISO, createdAtISO, replyDateISO	ISO 8601 times in UTC.
replyText	The developer's public reply to a review, when there is one.
input	The app ID, link, or search query that found the item.

Language and country

Google Play shows different things in different places, and the actor follows the language and country you set:

• App titles and descriptions come in the chosen language when the developer translated them.
• Prices and currency follow the country. An app missing in that country is skipped and noted in the log.
• Google Play shows reviews written in the chosen language, so language: "uk" gives you Ukrainian reviews.
• Search ranking differs by country.

Limits

• Google Play's web search returns up to 30 apps per query. Use several specific queries to cover a market.
• Reviews have no fixed cap. In our tests the actor read 2,000 Spotify reviews in about 3 seconds with no duplicates.
• Each app is scraped once per run, even when several inputs find it.

How much does it cost?

You pay $0.50 per 1,000 dataset items. An app is one item and each review is one item, so 10 apps with 100 reviews each cost $0.505. The actor runs without a browser, so runs finish in seconds and use little memory.

Export and integrations

Download the results from the Output tab, send them to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, or Make through Apify integrations, schedule daily runs to track new reviews, or start runs from your own code:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<username>~google-play-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"appIds": ["com.spotify.music"], "includeReviews": true, "maxReviewsPerApp": 200}'

FAQ

Do I need a Google account?

No. The actor reads public Google Play pages the way a logged-out visitor sees them.

Can I get only negative reviews?

Yes. Set reviewsRating to 1 or 2. Run it once per star count to collect several ratings.

Why do I see reviews in only one language?

Google Play shows reviews in the language you browse in. Set language to the language you want, or run the actor once per language.

Can I scrape the App Store too?

Not with this actor. It covers Google Play only.

Is it legal to scrape Google Play?

The actor collects only public data that anyone can see without logging in. Reviews include reviewer names, which count as personal data in many places, so make sure you have a legitimate reason to collect them and follow the GDPR and other laws that apply to you. If you're not sure, ask a lawyer.

Disclaimer

This actor is provided as is, without warranty. You're responsible for how you use it and for following Google's terms of service and the laws that apply to you. Google isn't affiliated with this actor.