# App Store Top Charts Scraper - Free, Paid & Grossing Ranks (`ninhothedev/app-store-charts-scraper`) Actor

$0.35/1K 🔥 Fast App Store charts scraper! Top free, paid & grossing apps by country & category — rank, developer & price. No key. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Pull the charts for ASO & market intel ⚡

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/app-store-charts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.35 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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.

***

### 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

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

### Output

One item per app:

```json
{
  "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](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/app-store-scraper)
- [App Store Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/app-store-reviews-scraper)
- [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/google-play-scraper)
- [Amazon Keyword Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/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

***

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

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode. Currently only 'charts' is supported: for each country x feed (x optional genre) the top-ranked apps are fetched.

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

Two-letter App Store storefront code, e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de', 'jp'. Determines which country's charts are returned.

## `feeds` (type: `array`):

Which chart feeds to scrape. Options: topfreeapplications, toppaidapplications, topgrossingapplications, topfreeipadapplications, toppaidipadapplications, newapplications, newfreeapplications, newpaidapplications.

## `genreId` (type: `string`):

Optional App Store genre ID to restrict charts to one category, e.g. '6014' (Games), '6017' (Education), '6012' (Lifestyle). Leave empty for all categories.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

How many top apps to fetch per feed (1-200). Apple caps most feeds at 200.

## Actor input object example

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

# 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 = {
    "feeds": [
        "topfreeapplications",
        "toppaidapplications",
        "topgrossingapplications"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/app-store-charts-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 = { "feeds": [
        "topfreeapplications",
        "toppaidapplications",
        "topgrossingapplications",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/app-store-charts-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 '{
  "feeds": [
    "topfreeapplications",
    "toppaidapplications",
    "topgrossingapplications"
  ]
}' |
apify call ninhothedev/app-store-charts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ninhothedev/app-store-charts-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/JFeVD3VW1tdjxcDGf/builds/LZSymEGk1rKLbmASy/openapi.json