🍎 Apple App Store API — Scrape iOS Apps, Reviews, Ratings & ASO Data

Unofficial Apple App Store API in a single Apify Actor. Scrape iOS app details, search the App Store by keyword, pull user reviews, fetch top charts, find similar apps, mine ASO autocomplete keywords, get rating histograms, read Apple Privacy Labels, and pull version history — all as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel. No App Store Connect account, no API key, no headless browser: pure HTTP with a sub-3-second cold start.

Built for iOS developers, ASO platforms, app-intelligence tools, market researchers, and AI agents who need reliable App Store data without Apple's authenticated developer APIs.

✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 10 endpoints in one Actor — pick a mode and the Actor calls the matching App Store endpoint.
• Search iOS apps by keyword, exactly like the App Store search box.
• Full app details — 40+ fields including description, screenshots, pricing, ratings, version, supported devices, content rating, and developer info.
• Reviews scraper — up to ~500 reviews per app per storefront, sorted by recent or helpful.
• Top charts — free, paid, grossing and new charts across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, filterable by category.
• Similar apps & developer portfolios — map competitors and publisher catalogs.
• ASO keyword research — autocomplete suggest mode reflects real user search behavior.
• iOS-exclusive data — rating histograms, Apple Privacy Labels, and full version release history.
• Batch lookups — pass arrays of numeric IDs or bundle IDs for concurrent processing.
• 115+ country storefronts with per-country pricing, availability, and localization.
• Structured output with a documented dataset schema and pre-built dataset views.

🔍 Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	string (enum)	Required. Which App Store endpoint to call: search, app, reviews, list, similar, developer, suggest, ratings, privacy, versionHistory.
id	integer	Numeric App Store ID (digits after id in the URL). Used by app, reviews, similar, ratings, privacy, versionHistory.
ids	array	Array of numeric App Store IDs for batch operations.
appId	string	Reverse-DNS bundle ID (e.g. com.spotify.client) — alternative to numeric id.
appIds	array	Array of bundle IDs for batch operations.
query	string	Search keyword for search mode, or partial term for suggest autocomplete.
devId	integer	Numeric developer artistId — required for developer mode.
collection	string (enum)	Top-chart collection for list mode (e.g. TOP_FREE_IOS, TOP_PAID_IPAD, TOP_GROSSING_MAC).
category	string	Optional category filter for list mode (e.g. GAMES, FINANCE, GAMES_PUZZLE).
device	string (enum)	Optional device filter: IPAD, MAC, ALL.
reviewSort	string (enum)	Review order for reviews mode: RECENT (default) or HELPFUL.
country	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 storefront code (default us).
language	string	BCP 47 language code with region (default en-us).
maxResults	integer	Max results. Per-app for reviews (cap 500); overall for list/search/similar/developer.
idsOnly	boolean	For search mode: return only numeric app IDs (faster). Default false.

🚀 Example input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "meditation",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en-us",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "idsOnly": false
}

Get full details for specific apps in batch:

{
  "mode": "app",
  "ids": [324684580, 389801252, 686449807],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en-us"
}

📦 Output

Each dataset item is tagged with _mode and scrapedAt so you can mix runs and slice afterwards. Key output fields:

Field	Description
_mode	Which endpoint produced this item.
scrapedAt	UTC ISO 8601 timestamp of the scrape.
id	Numeric App Store ID.
appId	Reverse-DNS bundle identifier.
title	App display name.
description	Full App Store description text.
url	Canonical App Store URL.
developer / developerId / developerUrl / developerWebsite	Publisher name, artistId, and links.
icon / screenshots / ipadScreenshots / appletvScreenshots	Image and screenshot CDN URLs.
score / reviews	All-time average rating and total review count.
currentVersionScore / currentVersionReviews	Ratings for the current version only.
ratings / histogram	Total rating count and 1-to-5-star breakdown (ratings mode).
price / free / currency	Pricing in the storefront currency.
version / released / updated / releaseNotes	Version string, release dates, changelog.
requiredOsVersion / size / supportedDevices / languages / features	Compatibility metadata.
primaryGenre / genres / contentRating / advisoryRating	Category and age-rating data.
userName / text / date	Reviewer name, review text, and date (reviews mode).
term / position	Autocomplete suggestion and rank (suggest mode).
versionDisplay	Version string in versionHistory mode.
data / privacyTypes / managePrivacyChoicesUrl	Apple Privacy Label data (privacy mode).

Pre-built dataset views: Overview, App catalog, Reviews, and App details. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML, RSS, or JSONLines.

💡 Use cases

• ASO platforms — track keyword rankings with search, mine long-tail keywords with suggest, and monitor competitor metadata changes.
• App intelligence dashboards — bulk-ingest app metadata, pricing, and ratings across countries.
• Review analytics — run sentiment analysis and 1-star spike alerts on your own or competitor apps.
• Market researchers — benchmark categories with top charts and rating histograms by country.
• Privacy & compliance teams — audit Apple Privacy Labels for vendor procurement and GDPR/CCPA research.
• AI agents & RAG pipelines — wrap the Actor as a tool to answer "what are the top fitness apps in Japan?" or pull app context for embeddings.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is this an official Apple API? No. It is an unofficial scraper that uses the public iTunes Search API and public App Store endpoints — the same data the App Store website serves. There is no affiliation with Apple.

Do I need an API key, login, or Apple Developer account? No. You only need an Apify account. There is no App Store Connect account, JWT, or certificate setup.

Is it legal to use? The Actor accesses publicly available data from apps.apple.com and itunes.apple.com. Use it responsibly: respect rate limits and Apple's terms, and use the data for legitimate research, analytics, or product work. Bulk redistribution or resale of Apple's data may need legal review on your side.

How many reviews can I get? Up to roughly 500 per app per storefront — this is Apple's public review feed limit, not an Actor limit. To gather more, run reviews for additional country storefronts and dedupe.

Can I filter by category or country? Yes. list mode supports collection, category, and device filters, and every mode accepts a country storefront and language. The same app can differ per storefront in price, screenshots, and availability.

Should I use the numeric id or the bundle appId? Both work. Numeric id is supported by every mode. Bundle appId works for app, reviews, similar, ratings, privacy, and versionHistory — for ratings and privacy the Actor resolves it to the numeric ID automatically.

What output formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML, RSS, and JSONLines, available through the Apify dataset and API.

Can I run multiple modes at once? Each run executes one mode. To combine modes, call the Actor multiple times and join datasets on id — the _mode field keeps everything separable in one dataset.

⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule the Actor on Apify to refresh App Store data hourly or daily, and export results to JSON, CSV, or Excel. Call it from the Apify API, the JavaScript/Python clients, or no-code tools like Make, n8n, and Zapier, and push results to Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, or your data warehouse via webhooks.

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Changelog

• 2026-06-01 — Maintenance & reliability pass: pulled the latest source and rebuilt the Actor on the current base image; build verified.

• 2026-05-25 — Maintenance & reliability pass: pulled the latest source and rebuilt the Actor on the current base image; build verified.

Last reviewed: 2026-06-01.