Google Play Apps Scraper: Top Charts & App Details

Get Google Play apps with every field of their store page, from search terms, whole top charts (all 200 ranks), category pages or app links: installs with the exact count, the rating with the count for each star and the rating on each kind of device, price, developer contact and legal address, permissions, data safety, version, dates, similar apps and top reviews. No Google account, login or cookies needed.

Tested daily. Latest checks: six US top charts (free, paid and grossing, for apps and for games) read whole, 1,006 of 1,006 distinct apps, in under 8 minutes; and 67 apps with data safety details from a German search, a category page and an app with its similar apps.

What does this Actor do?

You give it search terms, Google Play links or package names, or pick top charts. For each source it finds the apps in the order the store shows them and saves one row per app with everything on that app's store page. A source can be:

• a search term such as meditation (the featured top match first, then the results)
• a top chart: Top free, Top paid or Top grossing, for all apps, all games, kids, or one category such as Productivity or Games: Puzzle, read whole in rank order
• a category page such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/GAME_PUZZLE (every app on its shelves)
• an app page or a package name such as com.duolingo

Each row comes with:

• the app id, title, summary, description (as text and as HTML), icon, header image, screenshots and video
• installs as shown (10,000,000+), its lower bound and the exact count
• the rating, the number of ratings and reviews, the count of 1- to 5-star ratings, and the rating on phones, tablets, Chromebooks and watches
• price, currency, sale price, in-app purchase range, whether it shows ads
• the developer, their id and page, email, website and address, and the legal name, email, address and phone the store shows
• the category, every category and tag the store gives it, the content rating and its descriptors, and its rank badge (such as #1 top free communication)
• version, required Android version, minimum and target SDK, release and update dates, and what's new
• the permissions it asks for, the data-safety summary, and its privacy policy
• the ids of similar apps and of the developer's other apps, and the top reviews shown on the page
• where it was found (search, chart, category, link or similar app), its position there, and the country and language read

Why use it?

• Whole top charts. Each chart is read to its last rank, up to 200, for any category and any country.
• The fields other tools leave out. The exact install count, the count for each star, the rating per device, the developer's legal address and phone, permissions and the data-safety summary are on every row, at no extra cost.
• Similar apps and data safety on request. Turn on Include similar apps to save the apps the store lists as similar to each one, or Include data safety details to add every data type the developer says the app shares or collects, with its purposes.
• Any country and language. Prices, charts and search results are those of the store you pick; tested on the US and German stores.
• Use the data anywhere. Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your own tools through Apify's API and integrations.

How to use it

1. Type Search terms, paste Google Play links or app ids, or pick Top charts and Chart categories.
2. Optionally, set Country, Language and Max apps per source, and turn on similar apps or data safety.
3. Click Start. When the run ends, open the Output tab to view the apps or download them.

Run it with no input to see a sample: 20 apps for the search meditation and the top 20 free games in the US, charged as usual.

Input

Field	What it does	Default
Search terms (searchTerms)	Words to search Google Play apps for	—
Google Play links or app ids (startUrls)	App, search or category pages, or package names such as com.duolingo	—
Top charts (topCharts)	free, paid, grossing: each chart is read for every chart category	—
Chart categories (chartCategories)	APPLICATION (all apps), GAME, FAMILY, or a category id such as TOOLS	["APPLICATION"]
Country (country)	The store to read, as a two-letter code	us
Language (language)	The language of titles, descriptions and labels	en
Max apps per source (maxAppsPerSource)	The most apps to save from each search term, link or chart (1 to 2,000)	100
Include similar apps (includeSimilarApps)	Also save each app's similar apps, one level deep	off
Include data safety details (includeDataSafety)	Add the full data-safety section to each app	off

Give at least one search term, link, app id or chart. Example input:

{
  "searchTerms": ["budget planner"],
  "startUrls": ["com.duolingo"],
  "topCharts": ["free", "grossing"],
  "chartCategories": ["GAME_PUZZLE"],
  "country": "gb",
  "maxAppsPerSource": 50
}

Output

One row per app. An example, with made-up values and shortened lists:

{
  "app_id": "com.example.notes",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.notes",
  "title": "Notes: Simple Notepad",
  "summary": "Write notes and lists in seconds",
  "description": "Notes is a simple notepad…",
  "description_html": "Notes is a simple notepad…<br>",
  "developer": "Example Studio",
  "developer_id": "Example Studio",
  "developer_internal_id": "5191370068110375942",
  "developer_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Example+Studio",
  "developer_email": "help@studio.example",
  "developer_website": "https://studio.example",
  "developer_address": null,
  "developer_legal_name": "Example Studio Ltd",
  "developer_legal_email": "legal@studio.example",
  "developer_legal_address": "1 Main St\nSpringfield\nUnited States",
  "developer_legal_phone": "+1 555-0100",
  "privacy_policy": "https://studio.example/privacy",
  "score": 4.6,
  "score_text": "4.6",
  "ratings": 120345,
  "reviews": 9876,
  "ratings_1_star": 5012,
  "ratings_2_star": 1803,
  "ratings_3_star": 4120,
  "ratings_4_star": 15210,
  "ratings_5_star": 94200,
  "rating_by_device": { "phone": 4.6, "tablet": 4.4, "chromebook": 4.5 },
  "installs": "10,000,000+",
  "min_installs": 10000000,
  "real_installs": 12453866,
  "price": 0,
  "original_price": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "price_text": null,
  "free": true,
  "price_note": null,
  "offers_iap": true,
  "iap_range": "$0.99 - $49.99 per item",
  "contains_ads": true,
  "genre": "Productivity",
  "genre_id": "PRODUCTIVITY",
  "categories": [{ "name": "Productivity", "id": "PRODUCTIVITY" }],
  "tags": ["Note-taking"],
  "content_rating": "Everyone",
  "content_rating_descriptors": null,
  "interactive_elements": "In-App Purchases",
  "chart_name": "top free productivity",
  "chart_rank": 12,
  "version": "5.2.1",
  "android_version": "8.0",
  "min_sdk": 26,
  "target_sdk": 35,
  "released": "Mar 1, 2018",
  "released_at": "2018-03-01T10:00:00Z",
  "updated": "Oct 20, 2026",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-20T08:15:00Z",
  "recent_changes": "Bug fixes",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/example-icon",
  "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/example-header",
  "screenshots": ["https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/example-1"],
  "video": null,
  "video_image": null,
  "preview_video": null,
  "preregister": false,
  "family_library_eligible": false,
  "available_in_play_pass": false,
  "play_pass_note": null,
  "permissions": [{ "group": "Camera", "permission": "take pictures and videos" }],
  "data_safety_summary": [
    {
      "heading": "No data shared with third parties",
      "detail": "Learn more about how developers declare sharing"
    }
  ],
  "similar_app_ids": ["com.example.todo", "com.example.memo"],
  "more_by_developer_app_ids": ["com.example.scanner"],
  "top_reviews": [
    {
      "review_id": "b0000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
      "reviewer_name": "A reviewer",
      "rating": 5,
      "review_text": "Works well",
      "review_date": "2026-10-01T12:00:00Z",
      "thumbs_up": 3
    }
  ],
  "source_type": "chart",
  "source": "topselling_free/PRODUCTIVITY",
  "position": 12,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}

With Include data safety details on, each row also has data_safety: shared and collected (each data type with its category, purposes and whether it is optional) and security_practices.

Output fields

• app_id, url, title, summary, description, description_html: the app, its link and its texts
• developer, developer_id, developer_internal_id, developer_url: the developer as shown, the id in its page's link, its number and its page
• developer_email, developer_website, developer_address: the contact the store shows
• developer_legal_name, developer_legal_email, developer_legal_address, developer_legal_phone: the legal entity, for apps where the store shows it
• privacy_policy: the privacy policy link
• score, score_text, ratings, reviews: the rating out of 5 (exact and as shown), the number of ratings and of written reviews
• ratings_1_star … ratings_5_star: the number of ratings for each star
• rating_by_device: the rating on each kind of device the store rates it on
• installs, min_installs, real_installs: installs as shown, its lower bound and the exact count
• price, original_price, currency, price_text, free, price_note: the price as a number, the price before a sale, the currency, the price as shown, whether it is free, and any note on the price
• offers_iap, iap_range, contains_ads: in-app purchases, their price range, and ads
• genre, genre_id, categories, tags: the main category, every category with its id, and the store's tags
• content_rating, content_rating_descriptors, interactive_elements: the age rating and what it warns about
• chart_name, chart_rank: the chart badge the app page shows
• version, android_version, min_sdk, target_sdk: the current version and its Android requirements (empty when it varies with the device)
• released, released_at, updated, updated_at, recent_changes: dates as shown and as timestamps, and what's new
• icon, header_image, screenshots, video, video_image, preview_video: media
• preregister, family_library_eligible, available_in_play_pass, play_pass_note: pre-registration, Family Library, and whether the app is free with a Play Pass subscription
• permissions: each permission the app asks for, with its group
• data_safety_summary: the data-safety lines the app page shows
• data_safety: the full data-safety section, when you turn it on
• similar_app_ids, more_by_developer_app_ids: the apps on the page's "Similar apps" and "More by" shelves
• top_reviews: the reviews shown on the app page, each with its id, reviewer, stars, text, date, helpful votes, app version, device and the developer's reply
• source_type, source, position: how the app was found (search, chart, category, app or similar), the search term, chart, category or link, and its place in that list
• language, country: the store read

How much does it cost?

No surcharges and no paid options; an item that fails is not charged.

This Actor is priced per app saved:

• $1 per 1,000 apps ($0.001 an app). An app found by two sources in one run is saved and charged once.
• No start fee and nothing per search or chart. Similar apps, when you turn them on, are apps like any other. Data safety details add no charge.

So a whole top chart of 200 apps costs $0.20. If you set a maximum cost for a run, the Actor stops when it reaches it and keeps every app saved so far.

How long does a run take?

About 20 seconds for the sample (40 apps). Six whole US top charts, 1,006 apps, took 466 seconds, about 2 apps a second. Data safety details add one page per app: 67 apps with them and with similar apps took 113 seconds.

Good to know

• A search reads one page of results, the featured match and the apps below it, about 20 to 30 apps. To get more apps on a topic, add more search terms or read the matching category's top charts.
• Charts hold up to 200 apps. Some are shorter (Top paid for all apps in the US held 120 in our test); a chart is read whole.
• An app found twice in a run is saved once, with the first source that found it as its source: six US charts list 1,120 places but 1,006 different apps. This holds across stores too: to read the same app in two countries, run each country separately. With similar apps on, an app may be saved as another app's similar app before its own chart reaches it.
• Similar apps count toward Max apps per source. A source whose own list already fills the cap may save few or none; raise the cap to get them.
• Some fields are only on some apps. The legal address and phone show only where the store shows them; the Android requirement and version are empty when they vary with the device; chart_name only when the app holds a rank badge.
• Data safety details read one more page per app, so a run with them on takes about twice as long. The summary lines are on every row without it.
• One source that cannot be read does not stop the run. The others carry on, and the run's status lists the ones that could not be read.
• Check your links first. A link that is not a Google Play app, search or category page stops the run before anything is read, and the message names it.
• This Actor reads app pages, not every review. Each row has the few reviews the app page shows; for all of an app's reviews, use our Google Play Reviews Scraper.

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Use it from an AI agent or the API

One call starts a run and returns its items (Apify waits up to 300 seconds; for a longer run, start it with POST /v2/acts/…/runs and read its dataset):

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/luzivanlt~google-play-apps-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>

With the sample input as its JSON body:

{
  "searchTerms": ["meditation"],
  "topCharts": ["free"],
  "chartCategories": ["GAME"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxAppsPerSource": 20,
  "includeSimilarApps": false,
  "includeDataSafety": false
}

Its inputs, in the order of the input form:

Input	What it takes	Default
searchTerms (Search terms)	Words to search Google Play apps for, as you would type them in the store, e.g. meditation or photo editor.	—
startUrls (Google Play links or app ids)	Google Play app pages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=…), search pages (https://play.google.com/store/search?q=…&c=apps), category pages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/GAME_PUZZLE), or package names such as com.duolingo.	—
topCharts (Top charts)	Google Play’s top charts to read, for each category in Chart categories: Top free, Top paid and Top grossing.	—
chartCategories (Chart categories)	The categories whose top charts to read: All apps (not games), All games, Kids, or one category such as Productivity or Games: Puzzle.	["APPLICATION"]
country (Country)	The Google Play store to read, as a two-letter country code: us, gb, de, in, br, vn, … Prices, charts and search results are that country’s.	"us"
language (Language)	The language of titles, descriptions, labels and top reviews, as a code: en, de, es, fr, pt-BR, ja, vi, … A link’s own hl overrides it for that link.	"en"
maxAppsPerSource (Max apps per source)	The most apps to save from each search term, link or chart (similar apps count toward it).	100
includeSimilarApps (Include similar apps)	Also save the apps Google Play lists as similar to each app found (about 6 each), one level deep.	false
includeDataSafety (Include data safety details)	Add the full data-safety section to each app: every data type the developer says is shared or collected, with its purposes and whether it is optional, and the security practices.	false

Apify's MCP server, https://mcp.apify.com, lists it as luzivanlt/google-play-apps-scraper. To give an AI agent this Actor as a tool, add the server to the agent's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=luzivanlt/google-play-apps-scraper"
    }
  }
}

The client signs in with OAuth, or add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }.

Charged per app delivered; the sample input above costs at most $0.06.

FAQ

Do I need a Google account or cookies? No. The Actor reads what anyone can see on Google Play.

Can I track charts and ratings over time? Yes. Run it on a schedule; each row has the app's position in its chart and its rating, ratings and installs, so you can compare runs.

Can I get all reviews of an app? This Actor saves the top reviews shown on each app page. For every review, with filters by star, language and date, use our Google Play Reviews Scraper.

Can I run it from my own code, on a schedule, or with other apps? Yes. Like any Apify Actor, you can start it through the Apify API, run it on a schedule, and connect it to other apps with Apify's integrations and webhooks.

Is it legal to scrape Google Play?

This Actor reads only what anyone can see on Google Play without logging in. Some fields name people (the developer's contact, reviewers' names): check Google's terms and the laws that apply to you, such as the GDPR, before you use the data. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer.

Support

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