App Store & Google Play Data Scraper

Collect normalized, non-personal app metadata from the Apple App Store and Google Play into one Apify dataset for ASO, competitor tracking, app-market research, pricing/version monitoring, and product intelligence.

This Actor focuses on app-level public metadata and aggregate ratings. It does not collect individual reviews, reviewer identities, developer contact fields, emails, phone numbers, or user-level data.

What It Extracts

• App identity: app name, Apple app ID, bundle ID, Google Play package name, app URL, and store source.
• Publisher and category data: developer company or studio name, category, country/region, and language.
• Commercial data: price, currency, Google Play install range when available, version, content rating, release date, and last update date.
• Aggregate ratings only: rating value, rating count, and Google Play rating histogram when available.
• Store media: icon URL, screenshots, and redacted app description.

Supported Sources

Source	Input value	Lookup inputs	Best for
Apple App Store	app_store	Apple numeric app IDs, bundle IDs, or keyword search	iOS app metadata, ratings summary, price, version, release/update dates
Google Play Store	google_play	Package names, Google Play URLs, or keyword search	Android app metadata, ratings summary, histogram, installs, price, version, screenshots

Apple data is fetched through the public iTunes Search and Lookup APIs. Google Play data is parsed from public app-level store pages. Requests are bounded and retried only for transient failures; permanent errors and unusable parser responses are not hidden as empty success.

Use Cases

• ASO keyword and competitor research
• Cross-store app-market intelligence
• Pricing, version, and update monitoring
• Category and publisher benchmarking
• App portfolio monitoring for agencies, publishers, and investors
• Lightweight market sample datasets for reports and dashboards

Quick Start

Search both stores for a keyword

{
  "sources": ["app_store", "google_play"],
  "searchQueries": ["whatsapp"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "includeRatingsSummary": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}

Look up one app on both stores

{
  "sources": ["app_store", "google_play"],
  "appIds": ["310633997"],
  "packageNames": ["com.whatsapp"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "includeRatingsSummary": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}

Search Google Play only

{
  "sources": ["google_play"],
  "searchQueries": ["fitness tracker"],
  "country": "in",
  "language": "en",
  "includeRatingsSummary": true,
  "maxResults": 20
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
sources	array	["app_store", "google_play"]	Select app_store, google_play, or both.
searchQueries	array	["whatsapp"]	Keywords to search in selected stores.
appIds	array	Empty	Apple numeric app IDs, App Store URLs, or bundle IDs. Example: 310633997.
packageNames	array	Empty	Google Play package names or app URLs. Example: com.whatsapp.
country	string	us	Store country/region code, such as us, in, or gb.
language	string	en	Two-letter language code. Google Play receives it directly. Apple returns English for most values and Japanese for ja, matching Apple's supported API response languages.
includeRatingsSummary	boolean	true	Include aggregate ratings and Google Play histogram when available. Individual reviews are never output.
maxResults	integer	10	Maximum clean app metadata records to save across selected sources, capped at 1000.
userAgent	string	AppStoreGooglePlayDataScraper/1.0 app-market-research	Descriptive User-Agent for public API/page requests.
proxyConfiguration	object	No proxy	Optional for Google Play. If a requested proxy cannot be created, the run stops instead of silently using a direct connection. Apple iTunes API requests never use this proxy setting.

If all three target fields are omitted, the Actor uses the safe sample keyword whatsapp. If target fields are explicitly supplied as empty arrays, validation fails so a production run cannot accidentally scrape an unrelated sample.

Output Overview

Each dataset item is one clean app-level record.

Field group	Example fields
Store and identity	source, query, recordKey, appId, bundleId, appName, appUrl, country, language, scrapedAt
Publisher and category	developer, category, contentRating
Price and availability	price, currency, installRange
Ratings summary	ratingValue, ratingCount, ratingHistogram
Version and dates	version, releaseDate, lastUpdated
Media and text	description, iconUrl, screenshots

Sample Output

{
  "source": "google_play",
  "query": "whatsapp",
  "recordKey": "google_play:com.whatsapp",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "bundleId": "com.whatsapp",
  "appName": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "category": "Communication",
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "ratingValue": 4.3,
  "ratingCount": 200000000,
  "ratingHistogram": {
    "oneStar": 1000000,
    "twoStar": 500000,
    "threeStar": 900000,
    "fourStar": 3000000,
    "fiveStar": 15000000
  },
  "installRange": "5,000,000,000+",
  "version": "Varies with device",
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "releaseDate": "2010-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "Simple. Reliable. Private messaging...",
  "iconUrl": "https://...",
  "screenshots": ["https://..."],
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z"
}

recordKey is stable and source-scoped, so downstream workflows can deduplicate or compare snapshots without depending on the scrape time.

Run Outcomes And Automation

Every run writes RUN_SUMMARY to the default key-value store. The output schema links to it directly.

Outcome	Meaning
success	One or more clean records were saved without source warnings.
empty	Requests succeeded but no matching apps were found.
partial	At least one operation worked and at least one warning or source failure occurred.
charge_limit	Collection stopped at the user's maximum charge limit.
failed	Every attempted store operation failed; the Actor run fails instead of returning a false empty result.

The summary includes saved, attempted, successful, and failed operation counts; warning totals; locale; selected sources; and spending-limit status. This makes schedules, webhooks, API clients, and AI-agent workflows able to distinguish a real zero-result search from a source outage.

Tips For Better Results

• Use direct IDs for exact app monitoring: Apple app IDs or bundle IDs for iOS, package names for Google Play.
• Use keyword searches for market discovery, category comparisons, and competitor mapping.
• Set country to the market you care about because price, availability, ranking, and metadata can vary by region.
• Keep maxResults small for exploratory searches, then increase it once the query and region are right.
• If Google Play starts rate-limiting repeated workloads, enable a proxy configuration. Apple iTunes API requests usually do not need a proxy.

Known Limits

• The Actor collects app-level public metadata, not individual review text or reviewer profiles.
• Google Play install range is approximate and only available when the source exposes it.
• Apple and Google store pages can vary by country, language, and source availability.
• Google Play metadata depends on parsing public store pages. Layout or anti-automation changes can temporarily cause partial or failed runs; the Actor reports those states explicitly, but no page parser can guarantee permanent compatibility.
• Apple documents an approximate Search API limit of 20 calls per minute. Apple requests are paced to remain within that published guidance.
• Store-hosted icons and screenshots remain subject to the source platforms' terms and applicable brand or media-use rules.
• Descriptions are redacted for email/phone-like text before output.
• Ratings and update timestamps reflect the store data available at run time.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

Event	When charged	Price
Actor start	When the Actor starts; priced by allocated memory	$0.00005 per GB
app-scraped	One clean non-personal app metadata record saved	$0.001

These are the active Store prices at the time of this update; the price shown in Apify Console is authoritative. Each clean app record is saved and charged atomically. Collection stops before further store requests when the user's spending limit is reached.

Data Safety

This Actor is designed for non-personal app and publisher metadata only. It does not output individual reviews, reviewer names, reviewer handles, developer emails, phone numbers, or contact fields.

Responsible Use

This Actor is intended for lawful collection and processing of publicly available information only. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with source terms, applicable privacy laws, and all local regulations.

Do not use this Actor to collect, store, sell, or misuse personal data without a lawful basis. The Actor author is not responsible for misuse by end users.

License

Apache-2.0