# App Store rankings by category (US Top Free charts)

**Use case:** 

Get the top 20 Top Free iPhone apps in 5 App Store categories (Productivity, Finance, Health & Fitness, Education, Photo & Video) for the US store in one run. Each row has the category, rank, app name, developer, price and App Store link. Swap in any category ID or country to research other niches.

## Input

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free-iphone"
  ],
  "genres": [
    "Productivity",
    "Finance",
    "Health & Fitness",
    "Education",
    "Photo & Video"
  ],
  "chartLimit": 20,
  "keywords": [
    "habit tracker"
  ],
  "keywordResultsLimit": 10,
  "trackAppIds": [],
  "trackedAppsOnly": false,
  "includeAppDetails": false,
  "requestDelaySecs": 3
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "chart": {
    "label": "Chart",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "genreName": {
    "label": "Category",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "keyword": {
    "label": "Keyword",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "appName": {
    "label": "App",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "developer": {
    "label": "Developer",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "found": {
    "label": "Tracked app found",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "ratingCount": {
    "label": "Ratings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "appUrl": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "checkedAt": {
    "label": "Checked at",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The App Store Top Charts & Keyword Rank Tracker Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "App Store rankings by category (US Top Free charts)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/h2N31XaJ6N4jm4gOp) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "App Store rankings by category (US Top Free charts)" task

The App Store Top Charts & Keyword Rank Tracker Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like countries, top charts, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "App Store rankings by category (US Top Free charts)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, country, chart, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "App Store rankings by category (US Top Free charts)" task via API](https://apify.com/echolab/app-store-rank-tracker.md).

## FAQ

### What does the App Store rankings by category task return?

The App Store rankings by category task returns one row per app and category: category name and ID, rank, app name, developer, price, release date and App Store link.

### Which categories can I use?

Any App Store category by name or ID, for example 6000 Business, 6015 Finance, 6013 Health & Fitness, 6014 Games or a game subcategory like 7012 Puzzle. The Actor README lists all IDs.

### Can I get paid or grossing rankings per category?

Yes. Change charts to top-paid-iphone or top-grossing-iphone, or add both to get every chart per category in one run.

### Can I add ratings and versions?

Yes. Turn on includeAppDetails to add average rating, rating count, current version and size to every chart row.

### How much does one run cost?

Each saved row is one result at $1.00 per 1,000 results (see the Pricing tab). This example saves 100 rows, about $0.10 per run.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [App Store Top Charts & Keyword Rank Tracker](https://apify.com/echolab/app-store-rank-tracker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/echolab/app-store-rank-tracker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/echolab/app-store-rank-tracker.md

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`).