# Shopify App Store Scraper: Apps, Pricing, Reviews & Ranks (`mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Shopify App Store apps, pricing plans, ratings, reviews and category rankings. Input: apps, categoryUrls. Output (JSON/CSV): one row per item with name, handle, rating, reviewCount, pricingSummary, plans, developerName, launchedDate, builtForShopify, categories.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jeremy Yarbrough](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Shopify App Store Scraper: Apps, Pricing Plans, Reviews & Category Rankings

**Extract structured data from the Shopify App Store:** app details, every pricing plan and its features, ratings and rating distribution, merchant reviews, developer info, launch date, languages, integrations, and **category rankings**. Turn on **Monitor mode** to get alerts when a competitor changes pricing, gains reviews, or earns or loses the *Built for Shopify* badge.

Made for Shopify app developers, agencies, investors and SaaS marketers doing competitor research, review mining and market sizing.

### What you get

- **Apps:** name, tagline, description, rating, review count, 1–5 star distribution, pricing summary, plans (name, price, monthly USD, extra charges, features), developer name/URL/location, Built for Shopify, launch date, languages, "works with" integrations, categories, icon.
- **Reviews:** stars, date, full text, store name, store country, time using the app, developer reply and reply date.
- **Category ranks:** position in each category (sponsored ads flagged and not counted), rating, review count, pricing hint.
- **Changes (monitor mode):** field-level before/after for rating, review count, pricing plans, name, categories and the BFS badge.

### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": ["klaviyo-email-marketing", "https://apps.shopify.com/judgeme"],
  "categoryUrls": ["https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing-and-conversion-marketing-email-marketing"],
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 2,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
  "monitorMode": true
}
```

### Output examples

**App**

```json
{
  "recordType": "app",
  "handle": "judgeme",
  "name": "Judge.me Product Reviews App",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewCount": 48351,
  "ratingDistribution": { "1": 155, "2": 36, "3": 73, "4": 803, "5": 47284 },
  "pricingSummary": "Free plan available. Free trial available.",
  "plans": [
    { "name": "Forever Free", "priceLabel": "Free", "monthlyPriceUsd": 0, "features": ["Unlimited product and store reviews"] },
    { "name": "Awesome", "priceLabel": "$15/month", "monthlyPriceUsd": 15, "features": ["AI (replies, summary, translations)"] }
  ],
  "developerName": "Judge.me",
  "developerLocation": "United States",
  "builtForShopify": true,
  "launchedDate": "June 25, 2015",
  "categories": ["marketing-and-conversion-social-trust-product-reviews"],
  "changes": [{ "field": "plans", "before": ["Forever Free|Free|null"], "after": ["Forever Free|Free|null", "Awesome|$15/month|null"] }]
}
```

**Review**

```json
{ "recordType": "review", "appHandle": "judgeme", "reviewId": "2391772", "rating": 5, "date": "October 11, 2026", "text": "…", "storeName": "dentalyol", "storeCountry": "Türkiye", "usageDuration": "3 days using the app", "developerReply": null }
```

**Category listing**

```json
{ "recordType": "categoryListing", "category": "marketing-and-conversion-marketing-email-marketing", "rank": 3, "sponsored": false, "name": "Grid & Pixel Email‑SMS‑Popups", "rating": 4.7, "reviewCount": 192, "pricingHint": "Free plan available", "builtForShopify": true }
```

### Tips

- Schedule daily with monitor mode on, and use a separate `stateStoreName` per competitor set.
- Some reviews are star-only, so `text` is null.
- Keep concurrency low (default 3) to stay polite.

### Pricing

Pay per event: per app record, per review, per category listing and per detected change (see the Pricing tab).

### Legal

Collects only publicly visible App Store pages, without logging in. Review author fields are merchant store names (businesses). Not affiliated with Shopify.

### Related tools

- [Shopify Store Products Scraper & Price Monitor](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/shopify-store-products-monitor)
- [WooCommerce Products Scraper & Price Monitor (Store API)](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/woocommerce-store-products-monitor)
- [Chrome & Edge Extension Intel + Permission Alerts](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/chrome-edge-extension-intel)
- [Bulk Website Tech Stack Detector & Change Monitor](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/bulk-tech-stack-detector)
- [Apple App Store Reviews Scraper & New Review Monitor](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/apple-app-store-reviews)

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

e.g. klaviyo-email-marketing or https://apps.shopify.com/judgeme

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Category pages to rank, e.g. https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing-and-conversion-marketing-email-marketing. Every app found is also scraped in detail (if enabled).

## `maxPagesPerCategory` (type: `integer`):

24 apps per page.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Name, rating, rating distribution, pricing plans, developer, launch date, languages, integrations, categories.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Merchant reviews with rating, date, text, store name, country, usage time and developer reply.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

10 reviews per page.

## `reviewSort` (type: `string`):

Newest first or most relevant.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Store each app's snapshot between runs and output a 'changes' list (pricing plans, rating, review count, name, categories, Built for Shopify badge).

## `stateStoreName` (type: `string`):

Named key-value store for snapshots.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Keep low to stay polite.

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Per worker.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "klaviyo-email-marketing",
    "judgeme"
  ],
  "categoryUrls": [],
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 3,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50,
  "reviewSort": "newest",
  "monitorMode": false,
  "stateStoreName": "shopify-app-monitor",
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "delayMs": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All result records in the default dataset (table view: overview).

## `files` (type: `string`):

Files saved by this run (download links are also in each result record).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts and stats for this run (JSON).

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "apps": [
        "klaviyo-email-marketing",
        "judgeme"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 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);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "apps": [
        "klaviyo-email-marketing",
        "judgeme",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "apps": [
    "klaviyo-email-marketing",
    "judgeme"
  ]
}' |
apify call mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mediapro-tools/shopify-app-store-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/3zElQrxArU7yuSsNt/builds/PoVDLcfSzS55xT3hj/openapi.json