Google Play Store Scraper

Scrapes app details, reviews, search results, category lists, developer apps, similar apps, permissions, and data safety info from Google Play Store — all without a browser.

Built on google-play-scraper — no Playwright/Puppeteer, so it's fast and cheap to run.

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Features

• 8 action types in one actor
• 47+ fields per app in full detail mode
• Full review pagination — up to 5,000 reviews per app
• Batch app IDs — process multiple apps in parallel
• Auto-enrich — fetch full details for search/list/developer results with one flag
• Localization — any country + language combination
• Proxy support — works with Apify residential proxies
• Rate throttling — configurable requests/second

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
action	enum	appDetails	What to scrape (see actions below)
appIds	string[]	—	Package IDs, e.g. com.spotify.music
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword for search action
developerId	string	—	Developer name/ID for developer action
country	string	us	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
language	string	en	ISO 639-1 language code
maxResults	integer	50	Max items for search/list/developer (1–250)
maxReviews	integer	100	Max reviews per app (1–5000)
reviewSort	enum	newest	newest, rating, or helpfulness
filterByRating	integer	—	Filter reviews by star rating (1–5)
collection	enum	TOP_FREE	TOP_FREE, TOP_PAID, GROSSING, NEW_FREE, NEW_PAID
category	string	—	Category slug for list action (e.g. MUSIC, GAME_ACTION)
throttle	integer	10	Max requests/second (1–20)
fetchFullDetails	boolean	false	Enrich search/list/developer results with full app details

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Actions

appDetails

Returns 47+ fields for each app in appIds.

{ "action": "appDetails", "appIds": ["com.spotify.music", "com.netflix.mediaclient"] }

search

Searches the Play Store by keyword.

{ "action": "search", "searchQuery": "vpn", "maxResults": 20, "fetchFullDetails": true }

reviews

Paginates through reviews for apps in appIds.

{ "action": "reviews", "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"], "maxReviews": 500, "reviewSort": "newest" }

list

Browses a Play Store collection (top charts, new releases, etc.).

{ "action": "list", "collection": "TOP_FREE", "category": "MUSIC", "maxResults": 100 }

developer

Returns all apps published by a developer.

{ "action": "developer", "developerId": "Spotify AB" }

similar

Returns apps similar to those in appIds.

{ "action": "similar", "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"] }

permissions

Returns all permissions requested by apps in appIds.

{ "action": "permissions", "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"] }

dataSafety

Returns the data safety section for apps in appIds.

{ "action": "dataSafety", "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"] }

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Output Fields

Full app details (47+ fields): appId, title, url, icon, score, scoreText, ratings, reviews, histogram, price, free, currency, offersIAP, IAPRange, size, androidVersion, androidVersionText, developer, developerId, developerEmail, developerWebsite, developerAddress, privacyPolicy, genre, genreId, categories, headerImage, screenshots, video, videoImage, contentRating, contentRatingDescription, adSupported, released, updated, version, recentChanges, description, descriptionHTML, summary, minInstalls, maxInstalls, installs, available, comments, editorsChoice

Reviews: id, userName, userImage, date, score, scoreText, title, text, replyDate, replyText, version, thumbsUp, criterias

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Local Development

npm install
npx apify run   # uses INPUT.json

Results are saved to storage/datasets/default/.