# 📱 App Store & Google Play Metadata Scraper — One Schema (`nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata`) Actor

Scrape public Apple App Store and Google Play app metadata by app ID — title, developer, description, category, price, rating, rating count, version, icon, screenshots. Watch mode returns changed records. Public, logged-out.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 app records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

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# README

## 📱 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.

### 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

### 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.

### Example inputs

*Both stores in one run*

```json
{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "watchMode": false
}
````

*Apple only*

```json
{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215"
  ],
  "country": "us"
}
```

*Watch for metadata changes*

```json
{
  "app_ids": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "watchMode": true
}
```

### 📊 Sample Output

```json
{
  "store": "apple",
  "app_id": "284882215",
  "title": "Facebook",
  "developer": "Meta Platforms, Inc.",
  "category": "Social Networking",
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.1,
  "rating_count": 21500000,
  "version": "500.0",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-15",
  "icon_url": "https://.../icon.png",
  "country": "us",
  "source_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id284882215",
  "collected_at": "2026-07-21T00:00:00Z"
}
```

### 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.

### Pricing

| Event | Price (FREE tier) |
|---|---|
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 |
| App record (`app-record`) | $0.00150 |
| Watch check (`watch-check`) | $0.05 |

Flat list prices; Apify applies its automatic FREE→DIAMOND plan discount on top. Worked example: 100 app records = $0.02 start + 100 × $0.0015 = **$0.17**. Blocked or zero-result runs do not intentionally charge; watch runs with no delta charge only the watch check. New to Apify? [Start free](https://apify.com/fpr=2ayu9b).

### Run it — API, CLI, MCP

API:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgenwatch~app-store-metadata/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @input.json
```

CLI:

```bash
apify call nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata -i @input.json
```

MCP: expose `nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata` through Apify's MCP server, select it as a tool, and pass the same input object.

### Related actors — App Intelligence cluster

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Review Sentiment Analyzer](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/review-sentiment-analyzer?fpr=2ayu9b) | Turn any review set into themes, complaints, sentiment % and trends. |
| [Apple App Store Reviews](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/ios-app-reviews?fpr=2ayu9b) | Scrape public Apple App Store reviews for any app. |
| [Google Play Reviews](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/google-play-reviews?fpr=2ayu9b) | Scrape public Google Play reviews for any app. |
| [App Rankings Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker?fpr=2ayu9b) | Track Apple App Store top-chart rankings by country. |
| [ASO Keyword Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/aso-keyword-tracker?fpr=2ayu9b) | Track keyword rankings across App Store & Google Play. |

### 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`.

### FAQ

**Can I mix iOS and Android IDs?**

Yes — that is the point. Put Apple numeric IDs and Play package names in the same `app_ids` list; both normalize to one schema.

**Which fields come back?**

17: store, app\_id, title, developer, description, category, price, currency, rating, rating\_count, version, updated\_at, icon\_url, screenshots, country, source\_url, collected\_at.

**Does zero mean blocked?**

No. A confirmed-empty lookup is `GENUINE_EMPTY`; only exhausted retries fail.

**How does watch mode work?**

Set `watchMode: true`. Later runs emit only records whose metadata changed since the baseline.

**How is it priced?**

$0.02 per run start plus $0.0015 per app record; watch checks with no change cost $0.05.

**Can I get screenshots and icons?**

Yes — `icon_url` and `screenshots` URLs are included where the store exposes them.

**Does it pair with rankings and keywords?**

Yes — it's the metadata anchor for the App Store Rankings Tracker and ASO Keyword Tracker.

### Troubleshooting

- **Missing fields?** A store not exposing a field returns it empty by design — it is never fabricated.
- **Wrong country's record?** Set `country`; it defaults to US.
- **Play app not found?** Use the exact package name from the store URL's `id=` parameter.
- **Watch mode emitting everything?** The first run seeds the baseline; change-only deltas start on the second run.
- **Need the reviews too?** Pair with the Apple or Google Play reviews scrapers.

### 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.

# Actor input Schema

## `app_ids` (type: `array`):

Apple numeric IDs or Google Play package IDs.

## `search_terms` (type: `array`):

Optional discovery terms.

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Storefronts to query.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter storefront country code.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter result language code.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on records delivered by this run.

## `watchMode` (type: `boolean`):

Seed a named KV baseline on first run, then emit only new or changed records.

## `proxy_configuration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy settings; a fresh session is requested for every retry.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "app_ids": [
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "search_terms": [],
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google_play"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "max_items": 100,
  "watchMode": false,
  "proxy_configuration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata").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 '{}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "📱 App Store & Google Play Metadata Scraper — One Schema",
        "description": "Scrape public Apple App Store and Google Play app metadata by app ID — title, developer, description, category, price, rating, rating count, version, icon, screenshots. Watch mode returns changed records. Public, logged-out.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "TCskVu1fVtFAo5COn"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nexgenwatch~app-store-metadata/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgenwatch-app-store-metadata",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgenwatch~app-store-metadata/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgenwatch-app-store-metadata",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgenwatch~app-store-metadata/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nexgenwatch-app-store-metadata",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "required": [
                    "app_ids"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "app_ids": {
                        "title": "App IDs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Apple numeric IDs or Google Play package IDs.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "284882215",
                            "com.spotify.music"
                        ]
                    },
                    "search_terms": {
                        "title": "Search terms",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional discovery terms.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "stores": {
                        "title": "Stores",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Storefronts to query.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "apple",
                                "google_play"
                            ]
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "apple",
                            "google_play"
                        ]
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "Country",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter storefront country code.",
                        "default": "us"
                    },
                    "language": {
                        "title": "Language",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter result language code.",
                        "default": "en"
                    },
                    "max_items": {
                        "title": "Maximum records",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Hard cap on records delivered by this run.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "watchMode": {
                        "title": "Watch mode",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Seed a named KV baseline on first run, then emit only new or changed records.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "proxy_configuration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Optional Apify proxy settings; a fresh session is requested for every retry.",
                        "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```