# Find look-alike and repackaged apps in Chinese stores

**Use case:** 

Search Chinese Android stores by app name and return the near-matches as well as the best match, with each candidate’s package name, developer and similarity score. Useful for brand protection: the top result for "Spotify" on AppGallery is a third-party wrapper under a different package name, not Spotify.

## Input

```json
{
  "packageNames": [
    "com.duolingo",
    "com.spotify.music",
    "com.tencent.mm"
  ],
  "appNames": [
    "Spotify"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "tencent_myapp",
    "huawei",
    "xiaomi",
    "vivo"
  ],
  "includeSimilar": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "packageName": {
    "label": "Package",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "listedAnywhere": {
    "label": "Listed?",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "listedStores": {
    "label": "Stores",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "totalDownloads": {
    "label": "Total downloads",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "latestVersion": {
    "label": "Latest version",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "stores.tencent_myapp.status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "stores.tencent_myapp.downloads": {
    "label": "Downloads"
  },
  "stores.tencent_myapp.rating": {
    "label": "Rating"
  },
  "stores.tencent_myapp.version": {
    "label": "Version"
  },
  "stores.huawei.status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "stores.huawei.downloads": {
    "label": "Downloads"
  },
  "stores.huawei.rating": {
    "label": "Rating"
  },
  "stores.huawei.version": {
    "label": "Version"
  },
  "stores.xiaomi.status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "stores.xiaomi.rating": {
    "label": "Rating"
  },
  "stores.xiaomi.version": {
    "label": "Version"
  },
  "stores.vivo.status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "stores.vivo.downloads": {
    "label": "Downloads"
  },
  "stores.vivo.rating": {
    "label": "Rating"
  },
  "stores.vivo.version": {
    "label": "Version"
  },
  "matchConfidence": {
    "label": "Match confidence"
  },
  "fetchedAt": {
    "label": "Fetched at"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [China Android App Store Checker](https://apify.com/evanlin/china-android-app-store-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/evanlin/china-android-app-store-checker.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/evanlin/china-android-app-store-checker.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`).