# Apple App Store Scraper (`mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper`) Actor Scrape Apple App Store data with no API key or login. Search by keyword or look up apps by URL or ID and get ratings, price, developer, description, screenshots, version history, and 25+ fields in clean JSON. Works on any country store. Uses Apple's public iTunes API, so data stays accurate. - **URL**: https://apify.com/mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [MangudΓ€i](https://apify.com/mangudai) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce, Open source - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.48 / 1,000 results 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Apple App Store Scraper Pull structured data on iOS apps straight from Apple's public App Store. Search by keyword, or point the scraper at exact apps by URL or ID, and get back clean JSON with ratings, pricing, developer, description, screenshots, and more. No API key, no login, no captcha. It runs on Apple's own public iTunes endpoints, so the data matches what you see on the App Store and does not depend on fragile HTML scraping that breaks when Apple changes a page. ### What you can do with it - Track competitor apps: ratings, review counts, version history, and release dates. - Build an app catalog for a category or keyword in any country store. - Feed app metadata into ASO research, market analysis, or an AI agent. - Monitor your own app's public rating and version over time on a schedule. ### Input You give it search terms, app URLs or IDs, or both. - **Search terms**: keywords like `fitness tracker` or `budget app`. Each term returns up to your result limit. - **App URLs or IDs**: paste full App Store links (for example `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252`) or bare numeric IDs like `389801252`. - **Country**: two-letter store code, `us` by default. Use `gb`, `de`, `jp`, and so on to read other regional stores. - **Results per search term**: up to 200, which is Apple's own cap per query. - **Price filter**: all apps, free only, or paid only. - **Proxy**: Apify Proxy is on by default and keeps requests reaching Apple reliably. A run with no input returns apps for the search term `fitness tracker` so you always get a non-empty sample. ### Output One row per app. Fields include: - `appId`, `appName`, `bundleId` - `developer`, `sellerName`, `developerUrl` - `primaryGenre`, `genres` - `price`, `formattedPrice`, `currency` - `averageUserRating`, `userRatingCount`, `ratingForCurrentVersion`, `ratingCountForCurrentVersion` - `contentRating`, `minimumOsVersion`, `supportedDevicesCount`, `languages` - `version`, `releaseDate`, `currentVersionReleaseDate`, `releaseNotes`, `fileSizeMB` - `description`, `icon`, `screenshotUrls`, `appStoreUrl` - `country`, `searchTerm` Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull it through the Apify API. ### Pricing Pay per result. You are charged for each app returned plus a small actor start fee. No monthly subscription. Priced below the comparable App Store scrapers on the store. ### Notes Data comes from Apple's public iTunes search and lookup endpoints. Apple caps search at 200 results per query, so to go wider, split a topic into several search terms or target specific apps by ID. Country codes follow Apple's store regions. # Actor input Schema ## `searchTerms` (type: `array`): Keywords to search the App Store for. Each term returns up to the result limit. ## `appUrlsOrIds` (type: `array`): Direct App Store URLs (like https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252) or plain numeric app IDs to look up. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter App Store country code such as us, gb, de, fr, jp. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Maximum apps returned per search term. Apple caps this at 200. ## `priceFilter` (type: `string`): Return all apps, only free apps, or only paid apps. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy routing. Keep this enabled so requests reach Apple reliably. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchTerms": [ "fitness tracker" ], "appUrlsOrIds": [], "country": "us", "limit": 50, "priceFilter": "all", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): The apps scraped in this run. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchTerms": [ "fitness tracker" ], "appUrlsOrIds": [], "country": "us", "limit": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchTerms": ["fitness tracker"], "appUrlsOrIds": [], "country": "us", "limit": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchTerms": [ "fitness tracker" ], "appUrlsOrIds": [], "country": "us", "limit": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mangudai/apple-app-store-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Apple App Store Scraper", "description": "Scrape Apple App Store data with no API key or login. Search by keyword or look up apps by URL or ID and get ratings, price, developer, description, screenshots, version history, and 25+ fields in clean JSON. Works on any country store. Uses Apple's public iTunes API, so data stays accurate.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "FcKL2JBI5cQYlWria" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/mangudai~apple-app-store-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mangudai-apple-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/mangudai~apple-app-store-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-mangudai-apple-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/mangudai~apple-app-store-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-mangudai-apple-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchTerms": { "title": "Search terms", "type": "array", "description": "Keywords to search the App Store for. Each term returns up to the result limit.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "appUrlsOrIds": { "title": "App URLs or IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct App Store URLs (like https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252) or plain numeric app IDs to look up.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter App Store country code such as us, gb, de, fr, jp.", "default": "us" }, "limit": { "title": "Results per search term", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum apps returned per search term. Apple caps this at 200.", "default": 50 }, "priceFilter": { "title": "Price filter", "enum": [ "all", "free", "paid" ], "type": "string", "description": "Return all apps, only free apps, or only paid apps.", "default": "all" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Proxy routing. Keep this enabled so requests reach Apple reliably.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```