# Compare Google Play Ratings & Installs of Competitor Apps

**Use case:** 

Compare several Android apps side by side: rating, star histogram, installs, last update, price and category from Google Play. Swap in your own competitors' package IDs.

## Input

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "com.spotify.music",
    "com.pandora.android",
    "com.soundcloud.android",
    "deezer.android.app"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "onlyChangesSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateStoreName": "google-play-scraper-state",
  "ratingChangeThreshold": 0.05
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "eventType": {
    "label": "Event type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "appId": {
    "label": "App id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "developer": {
    "label": "Developer",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousScore": {
    "label": "Previous score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currentScore": {
    "label": "Current score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scoreDelta": {
    "label": "Score delta",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "ratingsCount": {
    "label": "Ratings count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "previousRatingsCount": {
    "label": "Previous ratings count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "currentRatingsCount": {
    "label": "Current ratings count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "installsText": {
    "label": "Installs text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousInstallsBand": {
    "label": "Previous installs band",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currentInstallsBand": {
    "label": "Current installs band",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousPrice": {
    "label": "Previous price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currentPrice": {
    "label": "Current price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "updated": {
    "label": "Updated",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currentUpdated": {
    "label": "Current updated",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changeCount": {
    "label": "Change count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "deliveredChangeCount": {
    "label": "Delivered change count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Play Store page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Play App Monitor & Scraper - Ratings, Installs & Updates](https://apify.com/lukehunter/google-play-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lukehunter/google-play-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/lukehunter/google-play-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).