Google Play Search Scraper

Search the Google Play Store by keyword and get a clean, structured list of matching Android apps — title, developer, rating, price, currency, package ID (app_id) and icon — with no API key, no login, and no Google account.

Perfect for ASO (App Store Optimization), app research, competitor analysis, and mobile market intelligence. Datacenter-proxy friendly and cheap to run.

Related: Google Play Scraper · Google Play Reviews Scraper · App Store Search Scraper · App Store Charts Scraper

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What it does

Give it a list of keywords (e.g. vpn, habit tracker, budget app) and a storefront country/language, and the actor returns the apps Google Play ranks for each keyword — the exact search results a real user sees. Data is extracted directly from Google Play's own embedded page data, so it stays accurate.

Use cases

• ASO / App Store Optimization — see who ranks for your target keywords and benchmark titles, ratings and pricing.
• App research — quickly build a shortlist of apps in any niche.
• Competitor analysis — track which rivals surface for your core terms.
• Market intelligence — map pricing, free-vs-paid mix and top developers per category across countries.

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	Scraping mode. Currently search (keywords → apps).
queries	array	Keywords to search on Google Play. Prefilled with ["vpn", "habit tracker"].
country	string	Two-letter storefront code (gl), e.g. us, de, gb. Default us.
language	string	Two-letter UI language (hl), e.g. en, de. Default en.
maxItems	integer	Max apps per query (1–250). Default 50.

Example input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": ["vpn", "habit tracker"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output

One dataset item per app:

{
  "query": "vpn",
  "app_id": "com.nordvpn.android",
  "title": "NordVPN – fast VPN for privacy",
  "developer": "Nord Security",
  "rating": 4.588,
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "free": true,
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/...",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordvpn.android",
  "source": "googleplay",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-20T17:00:00+00:00"
}

Field	Description
query	The keyword this app matched.
app_id	Android package name (unique app ID).
title	App name.
developer	Publisher / developer name.
rating	Average star rating (float).
price	Numeric price, 0 for free apps.
currency	ISO currency code, e.g. USD.
free	true if the app is free.
icon	High-res app icon URL.
url	Canonical Google Play listing URL.
source	Always googleplay.
scraped_at	UTC timestamp of the run.

Pricing

Runs on tiny compute (512 MB, plain HTTP requests). Budget roughly $0.50 per 1,000 apps returned — a fraction of a cent per app. No proxies required for most storefronts; datacenter proxies work fine.

Tips

• Use specific keywords to surface niche competitors.
• Change country to compare rankings and pricing across storefronts.
• Feed the resulting app_id values into the Google Play Scraper for full app detail, or the Google Play Reviews Scraper for review mining.

Keywords

google play scraper, play store search, app store optimization, aso tool, android app research, keyword ranking, competitor analysis, mobile market intelligence, app pricing, google play api, package name lookup, app metadata.

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Not affiliated with Google. Scrapes only public search results. Respect Google Play's terms and applicable laws when using this data.