Playstore Similar Apps Scraper

Google Play Similar Apps Scraper

Get the apps that appear under Similar on Google Play for any seed app. Provide a Play Store URL and download a clean list of competitors with titles, scores, links, and icons. Uses Apify datacenter proxies by default; if you hit captchas/blocks, switch to a residential proxy group.

Why use this actor

• Quickly map competing apps for UA, ASO, or market research.
• Seed outreach or cross-promo lists with relevant alternatives.
• Pull localized similar-app lists (language + country aware).

What you get

• One dataset item per similar app with fields: appId (package name), title, developer, score, free, price, url, icon.
• Ordering mirrors the Similar section for your seed app.

How to run

1. Open the actor on Apify. 2) Fill the input form. 3) Click Run. Results appear in the Dataset tab, ready to preview or download as JSON/CSV/NDJSON.

Input fields

• playStoreUrl (string): Full Play Store URL (e.g., https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp).
• count (integer, default 100, max 100): Number of similar apps to return (requests above 100 are capped).
• lang (string, default en): Language code for store content.
• country (string, default us): Country code for localized results.
• proxyConfiguration (object, default {"useApifyProxy": true}): Uses Apify datacenter proxies. If you encounter blocks, set apifyProxyGroups to a residential group (e.g., ["RESIDENTIAL"]).

Example input:

{
  "playStoreUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
  "count": 50,
  "lang": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

Stored in the default dataset. Example item:

{
  "appId": "org.telegram.messenger",
  "title": "Telegram",
  "developer": "Telegram FZ-LLC",
  "score": 4.2,
  "free": true,
  "price": 0,
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/..."
}

Download via API (JSON example):

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?clean=true&format=json"

Tips

• Provide playStoreUrl as a full Google Play URL with the id= query parameter.
• Tune count for speed vs. coverage (up to 100 similar apps).
• Match lang and country to the market you care about.
• If blocked, switch proxies to residential with apifyProxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"].