Apple App Store Scraper: Reviews, Apps & Charts

What does Apple App Store Scraper do?

Apple App Store Scraper collects app details, keyword search rankings, top charts, a developer's apps and reviews from the Apple App Store, for any country, without a browser. It reads Apple's public iTunes Search API and RSS feeds, at the pace Apple asks for.

It costs $0.50 per 1,000 apps and $0.10 per 1,000 reviews, with no start fee beyond Apify's tiny run fee. Apps that don't exist, searches with no results and reviews your filters leave out are free. Apify's free plan ($5 of credit every month) covers about 10,000 app details or 50,000 reviews a month.

What data can you get?

• App details: title, bundle ID and numeric app ID, developer and seller, genres, average rating and number of ratings, price in the local currency, age rating and the reasons for it, version, release date and last update, what's new, description, size, minimum iOS version, languages, supported devices, icon, iPhone and iPad screenshots.
• Search: the apps the App Store shows for a keyword, in order, with each app's position and full details. Track keyword rankings (ASO) and see who you compete with.
• Reviews: rating, title, text, date, app version and helpful votes. Nothing about the reviewer: no name, nickname, profile link or review ID. Filter by rating or date range: reviews left out are not charged.
• A developer's apps: up to 200 apps of a developer, Mac apps included, from the developer's ID or App Store link.
• Top charts: top free, top paid or top grossing, for all apps and games or one genre (Games, Productivity, Games: Puzzle...), up to 100 apps per country, each with full details.

Every mode works for several countries in one run.

Why use this App Store scraper?

• No reviewer personal data. Reviews come with rating, title, text, date, app version and votes, and nothing that identifies their author, so there is nothing to scrub before you analyse them.
• You only pay for what you keep. Reviews your rating or date filters leave out are never charged, and with most-recent order the scraper stops paging as soon as reviews get older than your start date.
• Full details everywhere. Search results, chart entries and developer lists carry the same complete app record as the details mode, at the same price.
• Fast where it can be. Up to 200 apps are looked up in a single request, so tracking 1,000 apps takes seconds, not minutes.
• A good citizen. Requests are paced to Apple's published limit of about 20 per minute, and the scraper only switches IP after Apple says no, never to go faster.
• Safe restarts. If the platform moves your run to another server, it resumes where it stopped, without duplicate rows or double charges.
• Same input as our Google Play Scraper. mode, searchTerms, appIds, developerIds, maxResults, country, countries, reviewScores, reviewsSince and reviewsUntil have the same names in both, so one workflow covers both stores.

How to use Apple App Store Scraper

1. Click Try for free (you need a free Apify account; no credit card).
2. Pick what to collect: app details, search results, reviews, a developer's apps or top charts.
3. Add app IDs, bundle IDs or App Store links (e.g. 310633997, com.spotify.client), keywords, developer IDs, or a chart and genre.
4. Choose one or several countries and, for reviews, the order and filters you need.
5. Click Start and download the data as JSON, CSV or Excel, or save the input as a task and schedule it to track rankings, ratings and new reviews over time.

Use cases

• ASO keyword tracking: see where your app and your competitors rank for the keywords that matter, country by country.
• Competitor monitoring: follow ratings, prices, versions and release notes of any app.
• Review analysis: collect reviews for sentiment, bug reports and feature requests, without personal data.
• Market research: compare charts, genres and prices across countries.

Input examples

App details from IDs, bundle IDs or App Store links:

{ "mode": "details", "appIds": ["310633997", "com.spotify.client", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252"] }

Keyword rankings in the UK and Germany:

{ "mode": "search", "searchTerms": ["photo editor", "vpn"], "countries": ["gb", "de"], "maxResults": 200 }

Last week's one- and two-star reviews, newest first:

{ "mode": "reviews", "appIds": ["310633997"], "reviewSort": "mostRecent", "reviewsSince": "7 days", "reviewScores": [1, 2], "maxResults": 500 }

The same app's reviews in five countries (up to 500 each):

{ "mode": "reviews", "appIds": ["com.spotify.client"], "countries": ["us", "gb", "ca", "au", "ie"], "maxResults": 500 }

A developer's apps, by ID or developer link:

{ "mode": "developer", "developerIds": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/google/id281956209"] }

The top grossing games in Japan, with English texts:

{ "mode": "topCharts", "chartCollection": "topGrossing", "chartCategory": "games", "country": "jp", "language": "en_us" }

Output examples

A search result, from a real run (long texts and lists shortened):

{
  "searchTerm": "photo editor",
  "position": 2,
  "appId": "com.magicv.AirBrush",
  "trackId": 998411110,
  "title": "Airbrush: Face Photo Editor",
  "developer": "PIXOCIAL TECHNOLOGY (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.",
  "developerId": 1533253001,
  "genre": "Photo & Video",
  "categories": ["Photo & Video", "Graphics & Design"],
  "score": 4.79643,
  "ratings": 203083,
  "price": 0.0,
  "free": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "contentRating": "12+",
  "version": "8.17.0",
  "updated": "2026-09-26T07:54:25Z",
  "released": "2015-10-08T05:51:37Z",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airbrush-face-photo-editor/id998411110",
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T11:35:51Z"
}

App details, from a real run (long texts and lists shortened):

{
  "appId": "net.whatsapp.WhatsApp",
  "trackId": 310633997,
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "developer": "WhatsApp Inc.",
  "developerId": 310634000,
  "developerUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/whatsapp-inc/id310634000",
  "sellerName": "WhatsApp Inc.",
  "sellerUrl": "http://www.whatsapp.com/",
  "genre": "Social Networking",
  "genreId": 6005,
  "categories": ["Social Networking", "Utilities"],
  "categoryIds": [6005, 6002],
  "score": 4.68374,
  "ratings": 18687721,
  "price": 0.0,
  "free": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "formattedPrice": "Free",
  "contentRating": "12+",
  "advisories": ["Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information", "Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes", "..."],
  "version": "26.38.74",
  "updated": "2026-09-28T15:54:35Z",
  "released": "2009-05-04T02:43:49Z",
  "recentChanges": "We update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience...",
  "description": "WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app used by over 2 billion people...",
  "minimumOsVersion": "15.1",
  "fileSizeBytes": 385214464,
  "languages": ["AR", "BN", "CA", "..."],
  "supportedDevices": ["MacDesktop-MacDesktop", "iPhone5s-iPhone5s", "..."],
  "features": ["iosUniversal"],
  "gameCenterEnabled": false,
  "kind": "software",
  "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/54/08/2d/.../512x512bb.jpg",
  "screenshots": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/d8/95/88/.../320x480bb.jpg", "..."],
  "ipadScreenshots": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/9a/1e/81/.../360x480bb.jpg", "..."],
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T11:36:02Z"
}

A review, from a real run:

{
  "appId": "net.whatsapp.WhatsApp",
  "trackId": 310633997,
  "appTitle": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "score": 5,
  "title": "WhatsApp",
  "text": "I need to update my chat",
  "date": "2026-09-28T13:34:56Z",
  "appVersion": "26.37.76",
  "voteSum": 0,
  "voteCount": 0,
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T11:36:23Z"
}

A chart entry, from a real run (developer rows look the same, with developerId first instead of the chart fields; every app field of the details mode follows):

{
  "chartCollection": "topGrossing",
  "chartCategory": 6014,
  "chartCategoryName": "Games",
  "position": 1,
  "appId": "com.scopely.monopolygo",
  "trackId": 1621328561,
  "title": "MONOPOLY GO!",
  "developer": "Scopely, Inc.",
  "score": 4.79775,
  "ratings": 3842481,
  "price": 0.0,
  "genre": "Games",
  "version": "1.77.1",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monopoly-go/id1621328561",
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T11:37:29Z"
}

An app ID the App Store doesn't know becomes a free row that says what to fix:

{ "trackId": 999999999999, "country": "us", "error": "The App Store of country us has no app with this ID: it may not exist, or not be sold there. Check the ID, or try another country." }

How much does it cost to scrape the App Store?

What you get	Price
Each app (app details, search result, developer app, chart entry)	$0.0005 ($0.50 per 1,000)
Each review	$0.0001 ($0.10 per 1,000)
Apps not found, searches or charts with no results, reviews left out by your filters	Free

Apify adds a tiny start fee of $0.00005 per run, which also buys the run's first seconds of compute. There are no proxy or compute charges on top.

Examples: the 500 newest reviews of an app in five countries cost $0.25; tracking the details of 100 competitor apps every week costs about $0.22 a month; the top 100 free apps in one country cost $0.05.

Good to know

• 500 reviews per app and country. Apple's review feed gives at most 10 pages of 50 reviews for each app in each country, newest first or most helpful first. Reviews differ from one country's App Store to another (in our checks, the UK and Australia shared none of the 50 newest WhatsApp reviews), so adding countries is how you get more.
• Speed follows Apple's limit. Apple asks for no more than about 20 requests a minute, so the scraper makes one request every 3 seconds: 1,000 app details take 5 to 7 requests, 500 reviews of one app take 11 requests (about 35 seconds), a search or a developer's list takes 1, a chart 2.
• No reviewer data, by design. The reviewer's nickname, profile link and the review's ID are never read.
• Keep the default Apify proxy for reviews. Apple sometimes serves one IP a review feed cut short after its first page. The scraper notices and asks again through a new proxy IP, which needs a proxy: without one, a few apps may stop at 50 reviews.
• Apple's review feed runs behind the App Store. In our checks its newest reviews were about two days old, and for the busiest apps the 500 most recent reviews covered about a day and a half (Spotify in the US). For regular tracking, use a window a little longer than your schedule and drop the few repeats by matching appId, country, date and title.
• score is the average in the chosen country; it is empty for apps nobody has rated yet (Apple says 0).
• A search returns up to 200 apps (182 for "photo editor" in our checks). Apple leaves a few apps out of each answer, so the scraper asks for more than maxResults and keeps the first ones. Charts hold up to 100 apps.
• countries repeats every input in each country (up to 50 per run); country still works for one.
• language sets the language of titles, descriptions and release notes where that App Store offers it, e.g. en_us in Germany or Japan, es_mx in the US; other codes Apple knows are ignored, and codes it doesn't know are refused. Without it, each country's own language is used.
• chartCategory takes a genre name (games, productivity, photo-video, games-puzzle...) or Apple's genre ID (6014). Unknown genres are refused, because Apple would silently answer with the overall chart.
• A developer's list includes their Mac apps (kind is mac-software).
• Apps not sold in the chosen country, unknown developers and country codes without an App Store become free rows with a clear error.

FAQ

Does it collect reviewer names? No, by design: only the review itself.

How many reviews can I get? Up to 500 per app in each country, which is all Apple's feed shows. Run several countries to get more.

Which countries? Any App Store country, by its two-letter code (us, gb, de, jp...).

Can I use App Store links? Yes, for apps (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/.../id310633997) and developers (https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/.../id281956209). Bundle IDs work for apps too.

Why are there fewer than 200 apps for my search? Apple leaves a few apps out of each search answer; the scraper returns every app Apple gives, up to maxResults.

How do I get only new reviews every day? Sort by most recent, set reviewsSince to 3 days and schedule the task daily. Apple's feed runs about two days behind, so a one-day window can come back empty; paging stops at the first older review, so you pay only for the reviews in the window. Match rows on appId, country, date and title to drop the repeats of overlapping days.

Do I need an Apple account? No.

Can AI agents use it? Yes. Through the Apify MCP server, your agent can call it as a tool with app IDs, keywords or a chart.

Something doesn't work? Open an issue on the Issues tab and include a link to your run.

Is it legal to collect this data? The Actor reads Apple's public iTunes Search API and RSS feeds within the rate Apple asks for, and collects no personal data about reviewers. Check the terms that apply to your use case.

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This Actor uses Apple's public iTunes Search API and RSS feeds. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. App Store is a trademark of Apple Inc.