App Store Top Charts Scraper

Scrape the Apple App Store top charts — top free, top paid, top grossing and new apps — by country and category. No API key, no login, datacenter-proxy friendly.

This actor pulls Apple's official iTunes RSS chart feeds and returns clean, structured JSON: one row per ranked app, with rank, app ID, name, developer, price, category, icon and store URL. Perfect for App Store Optimization (ASO), app-market intelligence, competitor tracking and trend discovery.

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Why use this actor?

• ⚡ Fast & cheap — public JSON feeds, no browser, no proxies required (works on datacenter).
• 🌍 Any storefront — pass any two-letter country code (us, gb, de, jp, ...).
• 🏷️ Any category — restrict charts to a single genre (Games, Education, Finance, ...).
• 📊 All the charts — free, paid, grossing, iPad, and new-app feeds.
• 🧱 Structured output — flat rows, ready for Google Sheets, BigQuery, Excel or your DB.

Use cases

• ASO (App Store Optimization) — track where apps rank and monitor category leaders.
• App market intelligence — see which apps and developers dominate each storefront.
• Competitor tracking — watch competitor rank movements across countries.
• Trend discovery — spot fast-rising new apps before they go mainstream.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	charts	Scraping mode (only charts today).
country	string	us	Two-letter App Store storefront code.
feeds	array	["topfreeapplications","toppaidapplications","topgrossingapplications"]	Which chart feeds to scrape.
genreId	string	(empty)	Optional genre ID, e.g. 6014 for Games.
limit	integer	100	Apps per feed (1–200).

Available feeds: topfreeapplications, toppaidapplications, topgrossingapplications, topfreeipadapplications, toppaidipadapplications, newapplications, newfreeapplications, newpaidapplications.

Example input

{
  "mode": "charts",
  "country": "us",
  "feeds": ["topfreeapplications", "topgrossingapplications"],
  "genreId": "6014",
  "limit": 100
}

Output

One item per app:

{
  "rank": 1,
  "app_id": "479516143",
  "name": "Minecraft: Play with Friends!",
  "developer": "Mojang",
  "developer_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/mojang/id479516146?uo=2",
  "price": 6.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "category": "Games",
  "category_id": "6014",
  "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/.../100x100bb.png",
  "release_date": "2011-11-17T00:00:00-07:00",
  "app_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minecraft/id479516143?uo=2",
  "country": "us",
  "feed": "toppaidapplications",
  "source": "appstore",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-20T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Pricing

Roughly ~$0.50 per 1,000 apps scraped — a full 200-app chart costs about $0.10. Actual cost depends on platform usage.

Common genre IDs

ID	Category	ID	Category
6014	Games	6017	Education
6015	Finance	6023	Food & Drink
6016	Travel	6024	Shopping
6018	Books	6002	Utilities
6012	Lifestyle	6008	Photo & Video

Related actors

• App Store Scraper
• App Store Reviews Scraper
• Google Play Scraper
• Amazon Keyword Scraper

Keywords

app store scraper, top charts, top free apps, top paid apps, top grossing, ASO, app store optimization, app market intelligence, competitor tracking, iOS apps, iTunes RSS, app rankings, mobile app data, appstore, app intelligence

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This actor uses Apple's public iTunes RSS feeds. It collects only publicly available chart data and no personal information.