# Google Play Reviews Scraper — All Reviews for Any Android App (`ocrad/googleplay-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play user reviews for any Android app by store URL or package id: score, text, user name, app version, date, thumbs-up count and developer reply, sorted by newest, rating or helpfulness, in any language and country. No browser needed. Export JSON/CSV/Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ocrad/googleplay-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ocrad](https://apify.com/ocrad) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 records

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

***

Scrape **user reviews of any Android app** from Google Play. Provide the app's Play Store URL (or its package id) — the Actor fetches the reviews page by page, exactly as the Play web app does, and returns each review as structured data: score, text, user name, app version, date, thumbs-up count and the developer's reply. Choose the language, country and sort order (newest, rating or most helpful). No browser is used, so runs are fast and cheap.

***

#### **📋 Example Output**

```json
{
  "id": "4b6147af-935d-49af-acc4-9c8285ede340",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "appName": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "userName": "Abu Sayem",
  "text": "Hey, I understand that it needs advertisements to keep itself running and stuff. But genuinely, how much ads do you guys need to run? I'm not even lying but today, I got 6 consecutive song-ad-song plays. This pissed me off so bad. Like, I understand 3 songs+1 ad. But what the hell is this?!",
  "score": 1,
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "version": "9.1.92.3058",
  "date": "2026-10-22T19:51:41.467Z",
  "replyText": "Hi. Thanks for bringing this up. We'll pass this on to our ads team. If you're seeing more ads than usual, can you try a quick reinstall? If that doesn't help, reach out to our Customer Service in support.spotify.com and search \"Contact us\". They'll help you report this.",
  "replyDate": "2026-10-22T20:22:28.577Z",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music&reviewId=4b6147af-935d-49af-acc4-9c8285ede340",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T20:04:33.466Z"
}
```

`replyText` and `replyDate` are `null` when the developer has not answered; `version` is `null` when Google does not report it for a review.

#### ⚙️ **Configuration**

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `appUrl` | String | *(required)* | Google Play app URL, e.g. `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music`, or the package id alone (`com.spotify.music`). |
| `lang` | String | `en` | Language of the reviews (Play's `hl`), e.g. `de`, `fr`, `es`, `pt-BR`, `ja`. |
| `country` | String | `us` | Two-letter country (Play's `gl`), e.g. `gb`, `de`, `in`, `br`. |
| `sort` | String | `newest` | `newest`, `rating` or `helpfulness`. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `0` | Max reviews to return (0 = all available; the Actor follows Play's pagination until it runs out). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify Proxy (auto) | Proxy settings. Switch to RESIDENTIAL only if results are empty. |

##### Example Input

```json
{
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "lang": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

##### Getting the app URL

1. Open the app's page on Google Play (`play.google.com/store/apps/details?id={package}`)
2. Copy the full URL from your browser (or just the `id=` value)
3. Paste it as the `appUrl` input

Google Play returns reviews in pages of 150. Popular apps have millions of reviews, so set `maxItems` to what you actually need; `0` keeps paging until Play stops returning a continuation token.

***

#### 💬 **Support and Feedback**

Reach out via Apify support channels or leave feedback on the Actor's page.

#### **Is it legal to scrape Google Play reviews?**

It is legal to scrape publicly available data such as app reviews and ratings. Reviews contain personal data (reviewer names); scrape and store personal data only with a legitimate reason and in line with GDPR/CCPA. Consult your legal advisor if unsure.

# Actor input Schema

## `appUrl` (type: `string`):

A Google Play app URL, e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music, or the package id alone (com.spotify.music).

## `lang` (type: `string`):

Language code for the reviews (Play's hl parameter), e.g. en, de, fr, es, pt-BR, ja.

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

Two-letter country code (Play's gl parameter), e.g. us, gb, de, in, br.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order in which Google Play returns the reviews.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to return (0 = all available, following Play's pagination tokens until they run out).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Defaults to Apify Proxy (auto). Switch to RESIDENTIAL only if results are empty.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "lang": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Google Play review ID (UUID)

## `appId` (type: `string`):

Android package id the review belongs to

## `appName` (type: `string`):

App name

## `developer` (type: `string`):

App developer name

## `userName` (type: `string`):

Reviewer display name

## `text` (type: `string`):

Review text (plain text)

## `score` (type: `string`):

Star rating 1-5

## `thumbsUp` (type: `string`):

Number of users who found the review helpful

## `version` (type: `string`):

App version the review was written for

## `date` (type: `string`):

Review date (ISO 8601)

## `replyText` (type: `string`):

Developer reply text, if any

## `replyDate` (type: `string`):

Developer reply date (ISO 8601), if any

## `url` (type: `string`):

Deep link to the review on Google Play

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was scraped

# 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 = {
    "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
    "lang": "en",
    "country": "us",
    "sort": "newest",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ocrad/googleplay-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 = {
    "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
    "lang": "en",
    "country": "us",
    "sort": "newest",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ocrad/googleplay-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 '{
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "lang": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call ocrad/googleplay-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ocrad/googleplay-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/9g0bjcfjv7lR5bYoU/builds/O4ZHNKeOq3uf1xBze/openapi.json