# App Store & Google Play Scraper: Apps, Search & Charts (`inimi/app-store-google-play-scraper`) Actor

Scrape apps from the Apple App Store and Google Play in one run: search by keyword, look up app URLs/IDs, or pull the App Store top charts. Name, developer, rating, rating count, installs, price, category, version, update date, description, screenshots.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/inimi/app-store-google-play-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Inimi](https://apify.com/inimi) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 apps

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.

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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 Scraper: Apps, Search & Charts

Scrape **apps from the Apple App Store and Google Play** in one run. Search by keyword, look up specific apps, or pull the App Store top charts, and get one clean row per app with ratings, installs, price, category, version, release dates, description and screenshots.

No login, no API key and no browser: the Actor reads the data directly, which makes it **fast and cheap**. Proxies are included in the price.

### What can you use it for?

- **App Store Optimization (ASO)**: see who ranks for your keywords in both stores.
- **Competitor research**: track ratings, updates and pricing of rival apps.
- **Market research**: find every app in a niche and compare them.
- **Lead generation**: collect developer names and websites.
- **Investment & trend research**: watch the top charts over time.

### Features

| | |
|---|---|
| Inputs | Search terms, App Store/Google Play URLs or IDs, App Store top free / top paid charts |
| Per app | Store, ID, bundle ID, name, developer and website, rating, rating count, installs (Google Play), price, currency, category, content rating, version, release and update date, size, minimum OS, languages, release notes, description, icon, screenshots, URL |
| Ranking | Search / chart position and the source it came from |
| Countries | Any country code; language for Google Play texts |

### How to use

1. Fill in the input (the form explains every field).
2. Click **Start**.
3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or use them through the API, webhooks, Zapier, Make or n8n.

### Input example

```json
{
    "searchTerms": [
        "budget tracker",
        "habit tracker"
    ],
    "apps": [
        "com.spotify.music",
        "324684580"
    ],
    "appleCharts": [
        "top-free"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
    "country": "us"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "store": "app_store",
    "appId": "324684580",
    "bundleId": "com.spotify.client",
    "name": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
    "developer": "Spotify",
    "developerId": "324684583",
    "developerUrl": "https://www.spotify.com/",
    "rating": 4.77034,
    "ratingCount": 42829788,
    "price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "isFree": true,
    "category": "Music",
    "genres": [
        "Music",
        "Entertainment"
    ],
    "contentRating": "12+",
    "installs": null,
    "version": "9.1.94",
    "releasedAt": "2011-07-14T11:22:37Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-23T17:59:53Z",
    "sizeBytes": 325112832,
    "minimumOs": "16.1",
    "languages": [
        "AF",
        "AM",
        "AR"
    ],
    "releaseNotes": "We’re always making changes and improvements to Spotify. To make sure you don’t miss a thing, just keep your Updates turned on.",
    "description": "With the Spotify app, you can explore an extensive library of music and podcasts for free. Curate the best playlists and stream millions of free songs, album...",
    "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/8b/f2/6a/8bf26ab9-3ced-cb5c-a2b3-19f65e7f5cc6/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
    "screenshots": [
        "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/f3/ce/05/f3ce0547-690a-b355-b1dd-6b6e91808279/IOS_-_5.5_-_S01_-_EN_-_CA_U005bEnglish__U0028Canada_U0029_U005d.png/392x696bb.png",
        "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/78/81/ca/7881ca10-b441-1a6c-e030-92e08dd76144/IOS_-_5.5_-_S02_-_EN_-_CA_U005bEnglish__U0028Canada_U0029_U005d.png/392x696bb.png",
        "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/5b/e7/6a/5be76ae0-8bc6-59fc-58ef-92aa931b6dba/IOS_-_5.5_-_S03_-_EN_-_CA_U005bEnglish__U0028Canada_U0029_U005d.png/392x696bb.png"
    ],
    "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580",
    "country": "us",
    "source": "324684580",
    "rank": null,
    "status": "ok"
}
```

Inputs that cannot be scraped (wrong URL, not found, blocked) get a free row with `status` and `error`, so you always know what happened. A run summary is saved to the key-value store as `SUMMARY`.

### Pricing

You pay **per app** saved. Proxies and compute are included. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

### FAQ

**Do the two stores return the same fields?**
Most fields are shared. Installs are Google Play only; version, size, minimum OS and release notes are App Store only. Missing values are null.

**Can I get the reviews too?**
Use our App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper with the app IDs from this Actor.

**Do I need an account or API key?**
No.

**Can I call it from code or an AI agent?**
Yes, via the Apify API, the official JS/Python clients, or Apify's MCP server.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search for in the stores, one per line.

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

Google Play URLs or package names (com.spotify.music), App Store URLs or numeric IDs (324684580).

## `appleCharts` (type: `array`):

Optional: top-free and/or top-paid. Returns the current top apps for the chosen country.

## `stores` (type: `string`):

Which stores the search terms run in.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Up to 200 for the App Store; Google Play shows about 30 per search. 0 = as many as possible.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code, e.g. us, gb, de.

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

Two-letter language code for Google Play texts, e.g. en, de.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many items to process at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxies are included in the price. Switch to residential proxies if you see many blocked requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "budget tracker"
  ],
  "stores": "both",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "budget tracker"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("inimi/app-store-google-play-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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["budget tracker"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("inimi/app-store-google-play-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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "budget tracker"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call inimi/app-store-google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,inimi/app-store-google-play-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/JpPyCEWyL60IOQurL/builds/AOMD1nCEnV9QyzsZF/openapi.json