# App Store Reviews & App Data Scraper (iOS) (`fjordlabs/app-store-reviews`) Actor

Scrape Apple App Store reviews and app details for many apps and countries in one run. Star filters, incremental monitoring and app search. GDPR-friendly: reviewer names off by default.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fjordlabs/app-store-reviews.md
- **Developed by:** [Mivah](https://apify.com/fjordlabs) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.20 / 1,000 reviews

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## App Store Reviews & App Data Scraper (iOS)

Scrape **Apple App Store reviews** and **app details** for many apps and countries in one run, built on Apple's official public feeds, so it's fast and reliable.

### What you get

- ⭐ **Reviews:** stars, title, text, app version, date, helpful votes
- 📱 **App details:** name, developer, average rating and rating count (overall and current version), version, release notes, price, genre, size, age rating, supported languages
- 🌍 **Many countries at once:** reviews differ per App Store country
- 🔎 **Search mode:** find apps by keyword
- 🎯 **Star filters:** e.g. only 1–2★ complaints
- 🔁 **Incremental monitoring:** `reviewsNewerThan: "1 day"` on a daily schedule
- 🛡️ **GDPR-friendly:** reviewer names off by default

Using Google Play too? Pair it with our **Google Play Reviews & App Data Scraper** (`fjordlabs/google-play-reviews`) for both stores in the same format.

### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
  "searchTerms": ["habit tracker"],
  "countries": ["us", "gb", "de"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "maxStars": 2
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "review", "appId": "324684580", "country": "us", "reviewId": "14689685858",
  "userName": null, "score": 1, "title": "Shuffle isn't random",
  "content": "Plays the same songs every time…", "appVersion": "9.1.92",
  "voteCount": 0, "voteSum": 0, "at": "2026-10-20T08:06:46-07:00"
}
```

App rows have `"type": "app"`.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Actor start | $0.00005 |
| Review | $0.0002 (**$0.20 per 1,000**) |
| App details row | $0.002 |

### Notes

- Apple's public feed exposes up to **500 most recent reviews per country** (or 500 most helpful). For more history, run several countries or schedule daily monitoring so you collect reviews as they arrive.
- Apps not sold in a country are skipped with a warning.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

App Store URLs (https://apps.apple.com/.../id324684580) or numeric app IDs.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Find apps by keyword; each term adds the top matching apps.

## `appsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many top apps to take from each search term.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter App Store country codes, e.g. us, gb, dk, de.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

Apple exposes up to 500 recent reviews per country and sort order. Set 0 for app details only.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Most recent is best for monitoring.

## `minStars` (type: `integer`):

Lowest star rating to include.

## `maxStars` (type: `integer`):

Highest star rating to include.

## `reviewsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

ISO date like 2026-10-01 or relative like '7 days'. Works with sort = most recent.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

One row per app and country: rating, rating count, version, release notes, price, genre and more.

## `includeReviewerNames` (type: `boolean`):

Off by default to minimise personal data (GDPR).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "appsPerSearch": 5,
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "sort": "most_recent",
  "minStars": 1,
  "maxStars": 5,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "includeReviewerNames": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fjordlabs/app-store-reviews").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fjordlabs/app-store-reviews").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call fjordlabs/app-store-reviews --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fjordlabs/app-store-reviews"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/g3LdLpf1wGMrnATdg/builds/FYFa5VkOygYT1TZ0N/openapi.json