# Apple App Store Scraper - Apps, Search & Top Charts (`kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-scraper`) Actor

Get iOS app details from the Apple App Store by keyword search, app ID, bundle ID or top chart, in any country. Ratings, price, version, release notes, description, genres, screenshots and more.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kasumi Lab](https://apify.com/kasumilab) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, SEO tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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?

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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.

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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

## Apple App Store Scraper - Apps, Search & Top Charts

Get app details from the **Apple App Store** in any country: search by keyword, look up apps by ID, URL or bundle ID, or take the top free / top paid chart.

The Actor reads Apple's public iTunes Search API and chart feeds. There is no browser, no proxy and no login. A search for one keyword finishes in about a second.

### What you can do with it

- **ASO and keyword research**: see which apps rank for a keyword, in which order, in each country.
- **Competitor tracking**: follow ratings, rating counts, price, version and release notes of a list of apps over time.
- **Market research**: export the top free or top paid chart of a country with full app details.
- **Localization checks**: compare the same app's name, description and rating across countries.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | Keywords to search. Results keep the App Store's ranking order. |
| `appIds` | App Store URLs, numeric app IDs or bundle IDs to look up. |
| `chart` | `none`, `top-free` or `top-paid`. |
| `chartLimit` | How many apps to take from the chart (1-100). |
| `countries` | Two-letter country codes. Everything is repeated for each country. Default `us`. |
| `language` | Optional, for example `ja_jp`. Changes texts such as genre names. |
| `maxResultsPerSearch` | Up to 200 per search term. Default 50. |
| `maxItems` | Total limit for the run. `0` means no limit. |

Use any combination of `searchTerms`, `appIds` and `chart`.

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["habit tracker", "meditation"],
  "appIds": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252", "com.spotify.client"],
  "chart": "top-paid",
  "chartLimit": 25,
  "countries": ["us", "gb", "jp"]
}
```

### Output

One item per app, per country and per query:

```json
{
  "appId": 1438388363,
  "bundleId": "com.davetech.habit",
  "name": "Habit Tracker",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/habit-tracker/id1438388363",
  "developer": "InnerGrow",
  "developerId": 1828382777,
  "developerUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/innergrow/id1828382777",
  "sellerName": "Inner Grow Limited",
  "sellerUrl": null,
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "formattedPrice": "Free",
  "isFree": true,
  "rating": 4.79179,
  "ratingCount": 147771,
  "ratingCurrentVersion": 4.79179,
  "ratingCountCurrentVersion": 147771,
  "version": "2.25.1",
  "releasedAt": "2019-01-31T09:10:14Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T23:42:16Z",
  "releaseNotes": "- support iOS 27\n- fix bugs\n----- Beta Tester needed -----\nI…",
  "description": "Habit Tracker: A simple daily planner to schedule and track…",
  "primaryGenre": "Productivity",
  "primaryGenreId": 6007,
  "genres": [
    "Productivity",
    "Health & Fitness"
  ],
  "genreIds": [
    "6007",
    "6013"
  ],
  "contentRating": "4+",
  "advisories": [],
  "minimumOsVersion": "15.0",
  "sizeBytes": 412291072,
  "languages": [
    "EN",
    "FR",
    "DE",
    "IT"
  ],
  "features": [
    "iosUniversal"
  ],
  "isGameCenterEnabled": false,
  "supportedDeviceCount": 131,
  "kind": "software",
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-10T09:25:37.580Z",
  "source": "search",
  "query": "habit tracker",
  "rank": 1
}
```

- `source` is `search`, `lookup` or `chart`. `query` is the search term, the app reference or the chart name.
- `rank` is the position in the search results or in the chart. It is `null` for lookups.
- The same app appears once for every country and query it matches, so you can compare rankings.

### Good to know

- **Reviews are not included.** This Actor returns app details and ratings, not the text of user reviews.
- Apple limits the Search API to roughly 20 requests per minute. Runs with many search terms and countries are slowed down on purpose to stay under that limit: plan for about 3 seconds per search term and country once a run needs more than 15 requests. Lookups are batched, so hundreds of app IDs still need only a few requests.
- A search returns at most 200 apps. That is Apple's limit.
- Apple's chart feed is sometimes slow or briefly unavailable. The Actor retries, and if a chart still cannot be read it is reported in the log while the rest of the run continues.
- An app that is not sold in a country is reported as not found for that country.
- Icons and screenshots are not included. Apple allows its promotional artwork to be used only to promote the apps in the App Store, so this Actor returns app data only.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search in the App Store. Each term returns apps in the store's ranking order.

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

App Store URLs (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252), numeric app IDs (389801252) or bundle IDs (com.burbn.instagram).

## `chart` (type: `string`):

Also get the apps on a top chart for each country.

## `chartLimit` (type: `integer`):

How many apps to take from the top of the chart (1-100).

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

Two-letter App Store country codes, for example `us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`. Every search, lookup and chart is repeated for each country.

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

Optional language for texts such as genre names, for example `en_us` or `ja_jp`. Leave empty for the store's default.

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

The App Store returns at most 200 apps per search.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

The run stops after saving this many apps. 0 means no limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "appIds": [],
  "chart": "none",
  "chartLimit": 50,
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All apps saved by this run, as JSON. Add ?format=csv or ?format=xlsx for other formats.

# 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": [
        "meditation"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-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": ["meditation"],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-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": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kasumilab/apple-app-store-apps-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/VmfbbTKBOZEH3weY0/builds/77sWba3sPzQZxjybg/openapi.json