# App Reviews Scraper (`incisive_ovation/app-reviews-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/incisive_ovation/app-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [pey vodu](https://apify.com/incisive_ovation) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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

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# README

## App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper

Get app reviews from **both the Apple App Store and Google Play in one run and one table**. Paste app links, IDs or package names, pick how many reviews you want, and download the results as CSV, Excel or JSON.

### What you get for each review

- **Store, app ID and country**
- **Rating** (1–5), **title** (App Store) and **review text**
- **Date** and the **app version** the reviewer used
- **Helpful votes** and, on Google Play, the **developer's reply** and its date
- Reviewer name and a link back to the store

### Why this actor

- **Two stores, one format**: compare iOS and Android feedback without merging files
- **Several countries at once** for the App Store, where each country has its own reviews
- **Newest or most helpful first**
- Fast and light: no browser, so runs finish in seconds

### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997", "com.whatsapp"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "sort": "newest",
  "countries": ["us", "gb"],
  "language": "en"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "store": "google_play",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "rating": 4,
  "text": "Works great, but backups take too long.",
  "date": "2026-10-18T09:12:44.000Z",
  "appVersion": "2.26.21.7",
  "thumbsUp": 12,
  "replyText": null,
  "userName": "A Google user",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&reviewId=..."
}
```

### Limits

Apple's public feed returns up to 500 of the latest (or most helpful) reviews per app and country. Add more countries to get more App Store reviews. Google Play has no such cap.

### Use cases

App store optimization, competitor research, sentiment analysis, bug triage from user feedback, and feeding reviews to an LLM for summaries.

# Actor input Schema

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

App Store links or IDs (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997 or 310633997) and Google Play links or package names (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp or com.whatsapp). Mix both stores freely.

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

The App Store feed gives at most 500 reviews per app per country. Google Play has no such limit.

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

Newest reviews first, or the ones other users found most helpful.

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

Two-letter country codes. App Store reviews differ per country, so add several to get more. Google Play uses the first one.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code for Google Play reviews.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 100,
  "sort": "newest",
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
```

# 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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("incisive_ovation/app-reviews-scraper").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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "com.whatsapp",
    ],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("incisive_ovation/app-reviews-scraper").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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call incisive_ovation/app-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/dtbcwWpagWBfYLtaj/builds/hY0edFN12aCPX3WHo/openapi.json