App Store Search Scraper 🔎📱

Search the Apple App Store by keyword and export structured app data — name, developer, rating, price, category, version and more. No API key, no login, no cookies.

Powered by Apple's public iTunes Search API, this Actor is the fastest way to run App Store Optimization (ASO) keyword research, size up competitors, and build app-market datasets. Runs on cheap datacenter infrastructure, so your cost per app stays tiny.

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✨ What it does

• 🔍 Search mode — feed a list of keywords, get back the top matching apps for each.
• 🎯 Lookup mode — pass App Store IDs (284882215) or bundle IDs (com.example.app) and fetch those exact apps.
• 🌍 Any storefront — pick a country code (us, gb, de, fr, …) for localized pricing and metadata.
• 📱 iPhone or iPad — switch the entity between software and iPadSoftware.
• 🧾 One clean row per app — ready for Excel, Google Sheets, or your database.

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💡 Use cases

• ASO / keyword research — see which apps rank for a keyword and how strong they are.
• App research — pull ratings, categories, versions and update cadence at scale.
• Competitor analysis — track competitors' prices, ratings and release history.
• Market intelligence — build datasets across categories and countries for trend analysis.

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📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search (by keyword) or lookup (by app / bundle ID). Default search.
terms	array	Keywords to search for (search mode). E.g. ["meditation", "budget tracker"].
appIds	array	App Store IDs or bundle IDs (lookup mode). E.g. ["284882215"].
country	string	Two-letter storefront code. Default us.
entity	select	software (iPhone) or iPadSoftware (iPad). Default software.
limit	integer	Apps per term, 1–200. Default 50.

Example input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "terms": ["meditation", "budget tracker"],
  "country": "us",
  "entity": "software",
  "limit": 50
}

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📤 Output

Each dataset item is one app:

{
  "app_id": 337472899,
  "name": "Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep",
  "bundle_id": "com.spotlightsix.zentimer",
  "developer": "Insight Network Inc",
  "category": "Health & Fitness",
  "genres": ["Health & Fitness", "Lifestyle"],
  "price": 0.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.89,
  "rating_count": 443024,
  "version": "20.26.0",
  "release_date": "2009-11-05T18:55:12Z",
  "updated": "2026-07-17T11:16:47Z",
  "description": "…",
  "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/…/512x512.jpg",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id337472899",
  "content_rating": "12+",
  "min_os": "15.0",
  "size_mb": 236.18,
  "country": "us",
  "term": "meditation",
  "source": "appstore",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-20T17:20:00+00:00"
}

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or RSS from the dataset, or pull via the Apify API.

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💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result and cheap: roughly $0.50 per 1,000 apps. A 50-result keyword search costs about $0.025. No proxies required.

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🔗 Related actors

• App Store Scraper
• App Store Charts Scraper
• App Store Reviews Scraper
• Google Play Scraper

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❓ FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. This uses Apple's public iTunes Search API.

How many apps can I get per keyword? Up to 200 (Apple's cap), set via limit.

Which countries are supported? Any App Store storefront — use its two-letter code.

Is this legal? It reads publicly available catalog data. You are responsible for complying with Apple's terms and applicable law.

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