# App Store & Google Play Scraper (apps + reviews) (`ninja.dev/app-store-google-play`) Actor

Search and scrape apps and reviews from both the Apple App Store and Google Play in one run. Returns app details (rating, ratings count, installs, price, version, developer) and reviews with rating, text, date and developer reply, plus recent-review stats per app.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninja.dev/app-store-google-play.md
- **Developed by:** [Matheus Coelho](https://apify.com/ninja.dev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.20 / 1,000 reviews

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## App Store & Google Play Scraper (apps + reviews)

One Actor for both mobile stores. Search by keyword or pass app IDs, and get:

- **App details** from the **Apple App Store** and **Google Play** in the same format: title, developer, rating, ratings count, installs (Play), price, genre, content rating, version, last update, description, release notes, icon and screenshots.
- **Reviews**: rating, title, text, date, app version, thumbs-up and the developer's reply (Play).
- **Recent-review stats per app**: average rating of the reviews fetched, star distribution and share of 1-2 star reviews. The store rating is an all-time average; these stats show how users feel **now**.

### Example insight

Spotify on the App Store shows **4.77 stars** overall, but its 30 most recent reviews average **3.77** with **23% negative**. That gap is what competitor research, ASO and product teams look for.

### Use cases

- Competitor research before building an app: who leads a keyword in each store and how users rate them lately.
- Review mining for feature ideas and complaints.
- ASO tracking: rating, ratings count and version over time with scheduled runs.
- Feeding reviews to an LLM for sentiment or topic analysis.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | Keywords, e.g. `habit tracker`. |
| `store` | `both` (default), `apple` or `google`. |
| `appleAppIds` | Numeric IDs or App Store URLs. |
| `googlePlayAppIds` | Package names or Play URLs. |
| `country` / `language` | Store country (`us`, `br`, `gb`...) and Play language. |
| `maxSearchResults` | Apps per term per store (default 5). |
| `maxReviewsPerApp` | Reviews per app (default 20, `0` = details only). |
| `reviewSort` | `newest` or `helpful`. |

### Output

**`app`**

```json
{
  "recordType": "app",
  "store": "google",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "title": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "rating": 4.35,
  "ratingsCount": 36467893,
  "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
  "free": true,
  "genre": "Music & Audio",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "reviewStats": {
    "reviewsAnalyzed": 30,
    "averageRating": 3.6,
    "distribution": { "1": 9, "2": 2, "3": 3, "4": 4, "5": 12 },
    "negativeShare": 0.367
  }
}
```

**`review`**

```json
{
  "recordType": "review",
  "store": "apple",
  "appId": "324684580",
  "appTitle": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Very Awesome",
  "text": "...",
  "date": "2026-10-11T04:42:25-07:00",
  "appVersion": "9.0.88"
}
```

**`error`**: app not found or no search results, each with a `hint`.

### Notes

- Apple data comes from Apple's official iTunes Search API and public customer-review feed (up to 500 recent reviews per app and country).
- Google Play data uses the open-source google-play-scraper library (MIT).

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# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search in the stores, e.g. habit tracker, budget app.

## `store` (type: `string`):

Which store(s) to search.

## `appleAppIds` (type: `array`):

Numeric app IDs or App Store URLs, e.g. 324684580 or https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify/id324684580.

## `googlePlayAppIds` (type: `array`):

Package names or Play URLs, e.g. com.spotify.music.

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

Two-letter store country, e.g. us, gb, br, de.

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

Language for Google Play texts and reviews, e.g. en, pt, es.

## `maxSearchResults` (type: `integer`):

Top results for each search term in each store.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

0 = app details only. Apple's public feed returns at most 500 recent reviews per country.

## `reviewSort` (type: `string`):

Newest first or most helpful first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "habit tracker"
  ],
  "store": "both",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxSearchResults": 5,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
  "reviewSort": "newest"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

App details from the App Store and Google Play, their reviews, and error rows with hints.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Number of apps and the list of issues.

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "habit tracker"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninja.dev/app-store-google-play").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 = { "searchTerms": ["habit tracker"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninja.dev/app-store-google-play").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "habit tracker"
  ]
}' |
apify call ninja.dev/app-store-google-play --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ninja.dev/app-store-google-play"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Dh7RKzWztiYBi5VAQ/builds/43p9CkcLm9FIdsFqT/openapi.json