# Google Play Reviews Scraper | Stars, Replies, Versions & Text (`muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor Scrape Google Play Store app reviews: star rating, review text, date, app version, thumbs up, and developer replies. Filter by score and sort order. - **URL**: https://apify.com/muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Muzaffer Kadir YILMAZ](https://apify.com/muzafferkadir) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Google Play Reviews Scraper Scrape **Google Play Store** app reviews for ASO, competitor research, and sentiment analysis. HTTP-only (no browser) — fast and cheap. ### Features - Reviews by package ID or Play Store URL - Star rating, text, date, app version, thumbs up - Developer reply text and date when present - Sort: newest, rating, or most helpful - Optional star filter (e.g. only 1–2★) - Multi-app runs in one job ### How it works 1. You provide one or more app package IDs (e.g. `com.spotify.music`). 2. The Actor calls Google Play’s public review feed (batchexecute). 3. Reviews are normalized and pushed to the dataset until `maxReviews` is reached. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `appIds` | string[] | — | Package names | | `startUrls` | links | — | Play detail URLs (`?id=`) | | `maxReviews` | int | 100 | Cap per app (1–10000) | | `sort` | enum | newest | newest / rating / helpfulness | | `lang` | string | en | Play language (`hl`) | | `country` | string | us | Play country (`gl`) | | `filterScores` | int[] | — | Keep only these stars | | `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | — | **Fallback only** — used after direct 403/429/5xx or empty first page | ### Examples **Newest 50 reviews for Spotify (US/EN)** ```json { "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"], "maxReviews": 50, "sort": "newest", "lang": "en", "country": "us" } ```` **Only 1–2 star reviews from a Play URL** ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp" }], "maxReviews": 100, "filterScores": [1, 2], "sort": "newest" } ``` **Two apps, TR market** ```json { "appIds": ["com.instagram.android", "com.zhiliaoapp.musically"], "maxReviews": 30, "lang": "tr", "country": "tr" } ``` ### Output Each dataset item: | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | `reviewId` | Play review id | | `appId` | Package name | | `userName` / `userImage` | Reviewer | | `score` | 1–5 stars | | `text` | Review body | | `date` | ISO timestamp | | `version` | App version string when shown | | `thumbsUp` | Helpful votes | | `replyText` / `replyDate` | Developer reply | | `url` | Deep link to the review | | `criterias` | Optional Play criteria ratings | | `scrapedAt` | Scrape time | Results reflect what Google Play exposes publicly for the chosen country/language. # Actor input Schema ## `appIds` (type: `array`): Google Play package names, e.g. com.spotify.music. Provide appIds and/or startUrls. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Optional full app detail URLs (the id= query is parsed). Example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music ## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many reviews for each app (1–10000). ## `sort` (type: `string`): How Play orders the review feed. ## `lang` (type: `string`): Play UI language code (hl), e.g. en, tr, de. ## `country` (type: `string`): Play country code (gl), e.g. us, tr, gb. ## `filterScores` (type: `array`): Optional. Keep only these star ratings (1–5). Leave empty for all scores. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional. Requests start without proxy. On HTTP 403/429/5xx or empty first page, retries through this proxy. ## Actor input object example ```json { "appIds": [ "com.spotify.music" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music" } ], "maxReviews": 20, "sort": "newest", "lang": "en", "country": "us" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `reviews` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "appIds": [ "com.spotify.music" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music" } ], "maxReviews": 20, "sort": "newest", "lang": "en", "country": "us" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"], "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music" }], "maxReviews": 20, "sort": "newest", "lang": "en", "country": "us", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "appIds": [ "com.spotify.music" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music" } ], "maxReviews": 20, "sort": "newest", "lang": "en", "country": "us" }' | apify call muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=muzafferkadir/google-play-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Play Reviews Scraper | Stars, Replies, Versions & Text", "description": "Scrape Google Play Store app reviews: star rating, review text, date, app version, thumbs up, and developer replies. Filter by score and sort order.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "RtymoDQB1uHEPJ5uy" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/muzafferkadir~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-muzafferkadir-google-play-reviews-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/muzafferkadir~google-play-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-muzafferkadir-google-play-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/muzafferkadir~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-muzafferkadir-google-play-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "appIds": { "title": "App package IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Google Play package names, e.g. com.spotify.music. Provide appIds and/or startUrls.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startUrls": { "title": "Play Store URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional full app detail URLs (the id= query is parsed). Example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxReviews": { "title": "Maximum reviews per app", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many reviews for each app (1–10000)." }, "sort": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "newest", "rating", "helpfulness" ], "type": "string", "description": "How Play orders the review feed." }, "lang": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Play UI language code (hl), e.g. en, tr, de." }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Play country code (gl), e.g. us, tr, gb." }, "filterScores": { "title": "Filter by stars", "type": "array", "description": "Optional. Keep only these star ratings (1–5). Leave empty for all scores." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy (fallback only)", "type": "object", "description": "Optional. Requests start without proxy. On HTTP 403/429/5xx or empty first page, retries through this proxy." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```