📱 📱 App Store & Google Play Metadata Scraper — One Schema

ASO teams and analysts pay for one normalized app record across both major mobile stores — not two brittle scrapers with mismatched fields.

Output is one None row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one app record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.003 per app record).

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out.

Use cases by team

• ASO teams: Benchmark your listing's metadata against competitors across both stores at once.
• Analysts: Pull a clean cross-store app record for dashboards without normalizing fields by hand.
• Growth: Watch competitor price, rating, and version changes and react when they move.
• Data engineering: Get one contract for iOS and Android instead of maintaining two parsers.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run WTgiuyF8PrAHCLAqK on build 0.1.16 (2026-09-17), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

app_id	title	developer	category	updated_at	collected_at
1442118788	UnitedMasters: Release Music	UnitedMasters	Music	2026-09-14T18:25:26Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325300+00:00
1460664069	Music Alarm Clock for Spotify	Make It Count LTD	Health & Fitness	2026-08-16T15:00:30Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325316+00:00
1498773489	makromusic Dating for Spotify	makromusic Inc.	Social Networking	2026-09-01T22:01:31Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325263+00:00
284882215	Facebook	Meta Platforms, Inc.	Social Networking	2026-09-15T19:19:53Z	2026-09-17T16:55:39.162358+00:00
324684580	Spotify: Music and Podcasts	Spotify	Music	2026-09-14T08:31:16Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325221+00:00
6444621447	must.fm for Spotify Stats	VICTORY LABS S.L.	Music	2026-06-30T04:22:32Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325286+00:00
6474685600	Demus: Easy Music Streaming	Simon Zvara	Music	2026-09-08T06:36:00Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325342+00:00
6746770085	Music : Offline Player	Jerome Martinage	Music	2026-07-13T10:10:43Z	2026-09-17T16:55:42.325329+00:00

The run finished with the status message: SUCCEEDED: emitted 10 item(s)

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• store (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: store
• app_id (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: app_id
• title (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: title
• developer (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: developer
• description (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: description
• category (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: category
• price (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: price
• currency (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: currency
• rating (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: rating
• rating_count (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: rating_count
• version (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: version
• updated_at (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: updated_at
• icon_url (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: icon_url
• screenshots (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: screenshots
• screenshots_hash — e.g. 230d053ba43350a752ae47a8edcc91c60338d1ae1dbc9ec3298cabfe29d3d053
• country (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: country
• source_url (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: source_url
• collected_at (string/number/integer/boolean/object/array/null) — Output field: collected_at

What you get

• Public catalog metadata from Apple and Google Play in one 17-field app-record schema
• Title, developer, description, category, price, currency, rating, and rating count
• Current version, last-updated date, icon URL, and screenshot URLs
• Store, country, source URL, and collection timestamp on every record
• Optional watch mode that emits only records that changed since the last run

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google_play"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "max_items": 10,
  "watchMode": false
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 10 × $0.003 app-record + 0 × $0.10 watch-check = $0.05 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google_play"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "max_items": 5,
  "watchMode": false
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.04 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.003).

3. Watch mode on a schedule

{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google_play"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "max_items": 10,
  "watchMode": true
}

The first run seeds a private baseline and emits zero deltas; every later run emits one row per change, billed at $0.003 each.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run WTgiuyF8PrAHCLAqK, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "store": "apple",
  "app_id": "1442118788",
  "title": "UnitedMasters: Release Music",
  "developer": "UnitedMasters",
  "description": "A PLAN FOR EVERY STAGE OF YOUR INDEPENDENCE Download the UnitedMasters app to release music to major streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, access Exclusive brand & sync deals, track your performance with advanced analytics, and m",
  "category": "Music",
  "price": "Free",
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.79108,
  "rating_count": 32390,
  "version": "26.17.0",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-14T18:25:26Z",
  "icon_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/98/d4/54/98d45471-906d-40a3-46df-072697c18b0c/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-6-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
  "screenshots": [
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/41/c5/e4/41c5e429-a25c-e09a-509b-6d0d89b91391/23eef312-ad68-4de3-8115-097c43341849_5.5inch_EN_01.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/36/06/8a/36068a29-1deb-ea41-0672-bb4065675459/c7385318-2607-49c1-a5f3-e08e677dd779_5.5inch_EN_02.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ab/25/a4/ab25a4b6-060d-ed93-62f0-79d9638e6863/6cec4355-fa19-4969-b5c9-4c3d9e01dab0_5.5inch_EN_03.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/82/8a/6e/828a6e7e-aec5-ea44-7a21-3f51796e1b0b/1a9971f9-25fb-49fc-9dbc-d5368ea10e2c_5.5inch_EN_04.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/18/18/57/181857f1-2194-916d-03e7-0b11a242f4ce/39d1421e-60bd-4e4a-a7a2-e7b8fd69a5f0_5.5inch_EN_05.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/02/23/13/022313f8-9bf0-1a54-333f-66534ca49b8d/f7ffc938-188a-404e-9063-b4d984b8ac6e_5.5inch_EN_06.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/74/43/c7/7443c79c-9f5e-bf3f-3eb5-6e7a4aebe183/db3ce7d5-78d7-4299-a62f-9d91c642559a_5.5inch_EN_07.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/32/60/5c/32605c1b-2058-c306-0df1-2e06f5f06aa4/289953e7-c0a2-4189-8792-26bcb0921f97_5.5inch_EN_08.png/392x696bb.png",
    "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/06/e8/65/06e865bf-eed0-c339-d046-a5fa6c03291c/dfc70e38-daa7-4764-b805-adcc13ce7882_5.5inch_EN_09.png/392x696bb.png"
  ],
  "screenshots_hash": "230d053ba43350a752ae47a8edcc91c60338d1ae1dbc9ec3298cabfe29d3d053",
  "country": "us",
  "source_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unitedmasters-release-music/id1442118788?uo=4",
  "collected_at": "2026-09-17T16:55:42.325300+00:00"
}

🔧 How it works

Transport. Requests go through Apify residential proxy.

Watch semantics. Snapshot mode (watch_mode: false) returns a preview. Watch mode keys every record on a source-native id, stores a private baseline in a named key-value store, and on each later run emits one delta row per change (new / changed / removed). A blocked fetch is never diffed, so a source outage cannot show up as a mass removal.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each app record is charged at the moment it is pushed (app-record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

How it works

Pass a mix of Apple numeric IDs and Google Play package names in one app_ids list. It queries Apple's public Search/Lookup surface and Google Play, then normalizes both into a single app-record contract so downstream code never has to branch per store. Public catalog surfaces only.

Compliance & honest limits

• Public catalog metadata only — no login, CAPTCHA, paywall, or access-control defeating.
• Fields reflect what each store exposes publicly; a field absent at the source is returned empty, not guessed.
• A source-confirmed empty result is SUCCEEDED-0: GENUINE_EMPTY; exhausted retries fail and truncated runs are PARTIAL.

About

Part of the NexGenData App Intelligence cluster — the normalized cross-store anchor the ranking and keyword actors build on. Built by NexGenData. Questions or need a custom feed? Open an issue on the Actor page.

Preview vs Watch mode

• Preview (watchMode = false): a one-shot snapshot of current app metadata — emitted and charged per app-record. Keeps no baseline.
• Watch (watchMode = true): change detection — keeps a private baseline and emits only the app-record rows that changed since the last run under the same baseline key, plus one watch-check per run.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

⏰ Set it on a schedule

A single run is a snapshot. The value is the feed: open the actor in Apify Console → Schedules → Create new, add this actor with input 3 above (watch_mode: true), and pick a cadence:

• Daily — 0 7 * * * (07:00 UTC): catch changes within a day.
• Weekly — 0 7 * * 1: a Monday digest.

Each run is independent; keep the same input on the schedule so the results stay comparable. Schedules can also POST results to a webhook (Console → Integrations).

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
App record (app-record)	$0.003	$0.0027	$0.0024	$0.002
Watch check (watch-check)	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07

Worked at the live Free-tier price (watch mode, one delta per change):

• 8 app records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.003 = $0.04
• 25 app records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.003 = $0.10
• 100 app records: $0.02 start + 100 × $0.003 = $0.32

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 1024 MB.

Yield on the sample run: SUCCEEDED: emitted 10 item(s). max_items is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public data only. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, identifies itself, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input (in watch mode the first run always seeds the baseline and returns zero deltas); BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to max_items (default 100). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: What does watch mode remember between runs?
A: A private baseline of source-native record ids in a named key-value store. Each later run diffs the live source against it and emits only changes.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs except the watch baseline. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other app store intelligence actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers 📱 App Store & Google Play Metadata Scraper — One Schema. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (max_items) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.
• First watch run shows no deltas → expected: it seeds the baseline; changes appear from the second run.

🔗 Related Actors

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• 🤖 Google Play Reviews Scraper — Ratings, Text & Replies — Scrape public Google Play reviews for any app — rating, text, thumbs-up, version, developer response, and date. Watch mode returns only new reviews.…
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• 🏢 About NexGenData — NexGen Watch is NexGenData's fleet of 256 public monitoring and lookup actors built on official sources, pay-per-result. Browse the catalog at apify.com/nexgenwatch.

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