Google Play Store Tracker

What does Google Play Store Tracker do?

Google Play Store Tracker is an Apify Actor that extracts Android app metadata from the Google Play Store — ratings, review counts, install ranges, pricing, developer info, category, last update date, and direct store links. It supports keyword search and direct package ID lookup, making it a flexible Play Store data API for competitive research, ASO (App Store Optimization), and market intelligence. No API key required.

Whether you need to track a handful of competitor apps or scrape an entire category, this Google Play Store tracker delivers structured JSON output ready for analysis, dashboards, or automated monitoring.

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Why use Google Play Store Tracker?

• Competitive research — track competitor Android apps' star ratings, review counts, and install milestones over time to benchmark your own product and spot gaps in the market.
• App Store Optimization (ASO) — compare your app's positioning against top-ranking apps in your category using real Android app rankings data from multiple countries.
• Investment due diligence — verify the real-world traction of apps cited in pitch decks or funding rounds by checking live install ranges, ratings, and update cadence.
• Price monitoring — identify when apps switch from paid to free (or add in-app purchases) to track competitive pricing strategy shifts across categories.
• Market and category intelligence — scrape entire categories or keyword searches to discover emerging apps, declining incumbents, and white-space opportunities using the Play Store data API.

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How to use Google Play Store Tracker

1. Open the Actor on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Choose your input method: provide packageIds for direct lookup, a keyword for search, or both.
3. Set country to the Play Store country code (e.g. us, kr, gb).
4. Set maxResults (1–100) for keyword search runs.
5. Click Start — each app produces one record in the dataset.
6. Export as JSON or CSV, or poll results via the Google Play Store tracker API endpoint.
7. Schedule runs daily or weekly in Apify to build a time-series tracking dataset.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
packageIds	array	—	Android package names to look up (e.g. ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"])
keyword	string	—	Search term to find apps on the Play Store
maxResults	integer	20	Max apps to return from keyword search (1–100)
country	string	us	Two-letter Play Store country code

Provide either packageIds, keyword, or both. At least one is required.

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Output

Sample Android app rankings data records:

[
  {
    "package_id": "com.spotify.music",
    "name": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
    "developer": "Spotify AB",
    "category": "Music & Audio",
    "rating": 4.3,
    "rating_count": 28745123,
    "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
    "price": "Free",
    "is_free": true,
    "last_updated": "2026-08-20",
    "content_rating": "Teen",
    "description": "With Spotify, you can play millions of songs and podcasts for free. Browse your library...",
    "icon_url": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
    "play_store_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music"
  },
  {
    "package_id": "com.whatsapp",
    "name": "WhatsApp Messenger",
    "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
    "category": "Communication",
    "rating": 4.1,
    "rating_count": 199843200,
    "installs": "5,000,000,000+",
    "price": "Free",
    "is_free": true,
    "last_updated": "2026-08-28",
    "content_rating": "Everyone",
    "description": "WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones...",
    "icon_url": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
    "play_store_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  }
]

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Data fields

Field	Type	Description
package_id	string	Android package name (e.g. com.whatsapp)
name	string	App display name
developer	string	Developer or publisher name
category	string	Primary Play Store category (e.g. Finance, Social)
rating	number	Average star rating (0–5.0)
rating_count	integer	Total number of ratings and reviews
installs	string	Install count range (e.g. 1,000,000+)
price	string	Free or price with currency (e.g. 2.99 USD)
is_free	boolean	true if the app is free
last_updated	string	Date the app was last updated (YYYY-MM-DD)
content_rating	string	ESRB/PEGI content rating (e.g. Everyone, Teen)
description	string	First 500 characters of the Play Store description
icon_url	string	URL of the app icon
play_store_url	string	Direct link to the Play Store listing

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Cost estimation

Pricing is Pay-Per-Event at $0.005 per app successfully fetched. Failed lookups are not charged.

Run scenario	Apps	Estimated cost
Lookup 10 specific package IDs	10	$0.05
Keyword search, 50 results	50	$0.25
Category sweep, 100 apps	100	$0.50
Daily competitor monitor, 20 apps	20/day	$0.10/day
Monthly market analysis, 1,000 apps	1,000	$5.00

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FAQ

Does the Google Play Store Tracker require a Google API key? No. The Actor parses Google Play Store public HTML pages — the same content a mobile browser renders. No Google Cloud credentials, no developer account, no API quota is needed for this Play Store data API.

Can I track Android app rankings changes over time? Yes. Schedule the Actor on a daily or weekly cron via Apify's built-in scheduler. Each run appends new records to the dataset, giving you a rolling time series of ratings, install counts, and last_updated dates. Combine with your own alerting to detect significant rating drops or install milestones.

Which countries are supported? Any country code recognized by the Google Play Store can be passed as the country parameter (e.g. us, kr, jp, de, gb, br). Note that some apps have regional availability restrictions — the Actor returns only apps accessible in the specified country.

Disclaimer: This Actor parses publicly accessible Google Play Store pages for research, competitive analysis, and market intelligence purposes. Users are responsible for complying with Google's Terms of Service. Do not use to circumvent access controls, scrape at abusive rates, or redistribute data in ways that violate Google's policies.

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Keywords: Google Play Store tracker, Android app rankings, Play Store data API, Google Play scraper, ASO tool, app competitive research, Android market intelligence, app ratings tracker

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