App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper — ASO Ratings API

Dual-platform reviews API for Apple App Store and Google Play: extract star ratings, review titles, body text, author, date and app version into one unified JSON schema.

Built for ASO, sentiment analysis, release monitoring and competitor research — scrape iOS and Android feedback in a single Actor run.

Coverage note: Apple’s public reviews feed returns roughly the most recent ~500 reviews per country (platform limit). Google Play can return more via pagination. No App Store Connect / Play Console login required for reading public reviews.

Why this Actor: App Store + Google Play in one run · Unified fields · App ID or store URL · Country / language filters · Ready for CSV, Excel, webhooks and MCP

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Table of contents

1. What this Actor does
2. What you get from every review
3. Features
4. Input
5. Output example
6. Output fields
7. Quick start (API)
8. Use cases
9. Who this is for
10. Limitations
11. FAQ
12. Keywords

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What this Actor does

Step	Action
1	Read App Store reviews via Apple’s public customer-reviews feed (JSON)
2	Read Google Play reviews for the same product (package / URL)
3	Normalize both into a shared schema (platform, rating, content, …)
4	Stop at maxReviews per app and push rows to the Dataset

Input: Apple app id / App Store URL and/or Play package / Play URL.
Output: one Dataset row per review (platform: app_store | google_play).

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What you get from every review

Review content

• Star rating (1–5)
• Title (App Store) + full review body
• Publication timestamp
• Optional developer reply (Google Play, when present)

App context

• App id / package name
• App version at review time (when available)
• Country / language storefront

Attribution

• Author display name
• Stable reviewId for deduplication
• Deep link / store URL when available

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Features

Capability	Detail
Dual store	App Store + Google Play in one Actor
Flexible input	Numeric Apple id, apps.apple.com URL, Play package, or Play URL
Unified schema	Same JSON keys for both platforms → easier pipelines
Country targeting	Storefront code (us, es, de, gb, …)
Sort options	Most recent or most helpful / relevant
Play star filter	Optional keep only 1–5★ on Google Play
No owner login	Reads public reviews (not Connect / Console private APIs)

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Input

Field	Required	Description
platform	No	both (default), app_store, or google_play
appStoreApps	Cond.	Apple ids or App Store URLs
googlePlayApps	Cond.	Packages or Play URLs
maxReviews	No	Per app (default 100; App Store RSS ~500 cap)
country	No	Storefront, default us
language	No	Play language, default en
sortBy	No	mostRecent | mostHelpful
scoreFilter	No	Play only: 1–5
proxyConfiguration	No	Usually off; enable if rate-limited

Example — Spotify on both stores

{
  "platform": "both",
  "appStoreApps": ["324684580"],
  "googlePlayApps": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "maxReviews": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "sortBy": "mostRecent"
}

Example — Instagram App Store only (Spain)

{
  "platform": "app_store",
  "appStoreApps": ["https://apps.apple.com/es/app/instagram/id389801252"],
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "country": "es"
}

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Output example

{
  "recordType": "review",
  "platform": "app_store",
  "appId": "324684580",
  "reviewId": "12884999012",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Love it",
  "content": "Best music app for daily listening.",
  "author": "User123",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-09-01T12:00:00-07:00",
  "appVersion": "9.0.0",
  "country": "us",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-19T21:00:00.000Z"
}

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Output fields

Field	Type	Notes
platform	string	app_store or google_play
appId	string	Apple id or Play package
reviewId	string	Dedupe key
rating	number	1–5
title	string|null	Stronger on App Store
content	string|null	Review body
author	string|null	Display name
reviewedAt	string|null	ISO when available
appVersion	string|null	Version at review time
country	string|null	Storefront
language	string|null	Play language
thumbsUp	number|null	Play helpful votes
replyContent / replyAt	string|null	Play developer reply
url	string|null	Store / review link

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Quick start (API)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/app-store-google-play-reviews").call(
    run_input={
        "platform": "both",
        "appStoreApps": ["389801252"],
        "googlePlayApps": ["com.instagram.android"],
        "maxReviews": 80,
        "country": "us",
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Schedule the Actor in Apify Console to refresh ASO dashboards weekly, or chain a webhook into your warehouse / Slack.

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Use cases

• ASO & product — track rating shifts after each release
• Sentiment / NLP — feed review text into classifiers or LLMs
• Competitor intel — compare your app vs rivals on iOS and Android
• Support ops — surface recurring complaints by version
• Market research — sample voice-of-customer by country

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Who this is for

• Mobile PMs and ASO specialists
• Data / ML teams building review corpora
• Agencies monitoring client apps
• Founders validating category sentiment before launch

Typical searches: App Store reviews scraper · Google Play reviews API · ASO ratings export · iOS + Android reviews dataset

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Limitations

• App Store public feed ≈ latest ~500 reviews / country (Apple limit); empty pages can appear mid-range — we skip and dedupe.
• Not App Store Connect / Play Console: no posting replies, no private developer-only data.
• Play endpoints can change; keep the Actor updated.
• Respect Apple and Google Terms of Service; use for legitimate analytics.

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FAQ

Do I need proxies?
Usually no. Enable Apify Proxy only if you hit rate limits.

Can I scrape any app or only my own?
Public reviews for any app id / package (read-only).

Why fewer than maxReviews on App Store?
Apple caps the public RSS window; try more countries for broader coverage.

Are fields identical on both stores?
Same schema; some fields are store-specific (title richer on iOS, thumbsUp / replies on Play).

Does this replace Connect / Console APIs?
No — complementary for public competitive / ASO reads.

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Keywords

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