# Google Play Reviews Scraper (`obsidian937/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Extract Google Play app reviews and metadata without proxy. Get rating, review text, author, version, date, developer replies, for any Android app in any language/country. Pair with App Store Reviews for cross-platform coverage.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/obsidian937/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Obsidian IT Consulting SRL](https://apify.com/obsidian937) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.15 / 1,000 review or app info extracteds

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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

## Google Play Reviews Scraper

Extract Google Play reviews and app metadata without proxy. Get ratings, review text, developer replies and install counts for any Android app, in any language and country. Built-in **delta monitoring** (watchlist mode) returns only new reviews on each scheduled run, ideal for ASO and reputation tracking.

### What you get

#### App metadata (`type: "app_info"`)

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `appId` | Package name (e.g. `com.whatsapp`) |
| `appName` | App name |
| `developer` | Developer name |
| `category` | App category |
| `price` | Price (0 = free) |
| `rating` | Average star rating |
| `reviewCount` | Total number of ratings |
| `installs` | Install count (e.g. "1,000,000+") |
| `version` | Current version |
| `updated` | Last update timestamp |

#### Reviews (`type: "review"`)

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `reviewId` | Unique review ID |
| `author` | Reviewer username |
| `rating` | Star rating (1-5) |
| `review` | Full review text |
| `date` | Review date (ISO) |
| `thumbsUp` | Helpful vote count |
| `appVersion` | App version reviewed |
| `developerReply` | Developer response text (if any) |
| `developerReplyDate` | Date of developer response |

### Watchlist mode: delta tracking

Enable `watchlistMode: true` to only get reviews published **since your last run**. The actor saves a timestamp after each run and uses it automatically next time.

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "watchlistMode": true
}
```

Run on a schedule and only new reviews flow into your pipeline each time. When sorted by `newest`, the actor stops pagination as soon as it reaches already-seen reviews, fast and efficient.

You can also set a one-time start date manually with `sinceDate`:

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "sinceDate": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Product feedback**: monitor your own app reviews across all markets
- **ASO (App Store Optimization)**: find what users request most
- **Competitor analysis**: track rival app ratings and sentiment over time
- **Developer reply monitoring**: learn how top apps respond to negative reviews
- **Recurring watchlist**: schedule runs and only process new reviews each time
- **Cross-platform**: pair with [App Store Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/obsidian937/app-store-reviews-scraper) for full iOS + Android coverage

### Example input

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.spotify.music", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"],
  "languages": ["en", "fr"],
  "countries": ["us", "fr"],
  "maxReviews": 200,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "minRating": 0
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "type": "review",
  "store": "google_play",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "author": "MusicLover42",
  "rating": 4,
  "review": "Great app overall, but the offline mode has been buggy lately",
  "date": "2026-05-15T10:23:00.000Z",
  "thumbsUp": 12,
  "appVersion": "8.9.14",
  "developerReply": "Thanks for the feedback! We're looking into the offline issue.",
  "developerReplyDate": "2026-05-16T09:00:00.000Z",
  "lang": "en",
  "country": "us"
}
```

### Sorting options

| Value | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `newest` | Most recent reviews first (default) |
| `rating` | Highest rated first |
| `helpfulness` | Most helpful first |

### Pricing

**$0.15 per 1,000 results** ($0.00015/item). Only pay for what you extract.

### FAQ

**Does it require a proxy?**
No. It reads public data from Google Play without needing any proxy.

**Can I scrape multiple apps at once?**
Yes. Pass a list of app IDs or full Google Play URLs in the `apps` field.

**Can I filter by minimum rating?**
Yes. Set `minRating: 4` to only get reviews with 4+ stars.

**How many reviews can I get?**
Controlled by `maxReviews` per app/language/country combination. No hard cap.

**What formats are supported?**
Output is available as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML via the Apify dataset viewer.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

Google Play app IDs or URLs. Example: 'com.notion.id' or 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.notion.id'

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Language codes for reviews (e.g. 'en', 'fr', 'de')

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Country codes (e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'fr')

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to extract per combination

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort order for reviews

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Only return reviews with this rating or above (0 = all)

## `includeAppInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Include app name, developer, category, rating summary

## `watchlistMode` (type: `boolean`):

Only emit reviews newer than the last run. Saves last run timestamp automatically — ideal for recurring monitoring with Make/Zapier/n8n.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Only return reviews published after this ISO date (e.g. 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z). Overridden by watchlistMode if both are set.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.google.android.youtube"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "minRating": 0,
  "includeAppInfo": true,
  "watchlistMode": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "apps": [
        "com.google.android.youtube"
    ],
    "languages": [
        "en"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("obsidian937/google-play-reviews-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 = {
    "apps": ["com.google.android.youtube"],
    "languages": ["en"],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("obsidian937/google-play-reviews-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 '{
  "apps": [
    "com.google.android.youtube"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call obsidian937/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,obsidian937/google-play-reviews-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/CrG2tpaUhccIY0sPZ/builds/qW62DUwW8SzSVu21K/openapi.json