# App Store Reviews Scraper (`originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape iOS App Store reviews and app details for any app by id, URL, or name — ratings, review text, version, helpful votes, across 20+ countries.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew Schneidwind](https://apify.com/originalvi) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 review scrapeds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## App Store Reviews Scraper — iOS reviews & ratings across 20+ countries

Pull **iOS App Store reviews** and **app details** for any app — by numeric id, App Store URL, or just the app's name. Get real user ratings, review titles and text, the app version each review was left on, helpful-vote counts, and full app metadata, across **20+ country stores**.

No login, no API key. Fast and reliable — reads Apple's own public feeds.

### What you get

One dataset item per review:

```json
{
  "appId": "570060128",
  "appName": "Duolingo - Language Lessons",
  "reviewId": "14278057385",
  "userName": "Maddox hodge",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Best app in the world",
  "review": "I got super premium with my mom but I wish that there were more languages…",
  "appVersion": "9.1.62",
  "helpfulVotes": 4,
  "totalVotes": 5,
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-08T06:38:10-07:00",
  "reviewUrl": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/review?id=570060128&type=Purple",
  "country": "us",
  "status": "SUCCEEDED"
}
````

Plus (optional) one `APP_DETAILS` item per app:

```json
{
  "type": "APP_DETAILS",
  "appId": "570060128",
  "appName": "Duolingo - Language Lessons",
  "developer": "Duolingo, Inc.",
  "averageUserRating": 4.7,
  "userRatingCount": 1723004,
  "version": "9.1.62",
  "currentVersionReleaseDate": "2026-07-01T00:00:00Z",
  "primaryGenre": "Education",
  "price": 0,
  "formattedPrice": "Free",
  "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128",
  "iconUrl": "https://.../512x512.png"
}
```

### How to scrape App Store reviews

1. Paste **app ids or App Store URLs** — or just type app **names** and let the Actor find them.
2. Pick the **country store** (reviews are country-specific) and how many reviews you want.
3. Sort by **most recent** or **most helpful**.
4. Click **Start** and export as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or pull via API.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `appIds` | App Store ids or URLs, one per line (e.g. `570060128` or the full `apps.apple.com/...` link) |
| `searchTerms` | Or just app names — the Actor finds the matching app for you |
| `maxAppsPerSearchTerm` | Top N matching apps per search term (default 1) |
| `country` | Which country's App Store to read (default US) — reviews are country-specific |
| `maxReviewsPerApp` | Cap per app (default 200, up to ~500 available) |
| `sortBy` | Most recent or most helpful |
| `includeAppDetails` | Add the per-app metadata item (default on) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Apify Proxy settings (defaults are fine) |

### Pricing

You pay a small fee **per review delivered** — $1.00 per 1,000 reviews plus a few cents of platform usage. App-detail items and apps with no reviews are free. No subscriptions, no minimums.

### Use cases

- **App developers** — monitor your own reviews and triage bugs by app version; catch a broken release within hours.
- **Competitor research** — see what users love and hate about rival apps before building your roadmap.
- **ASO & marketing agencies** — track sentiment and rating trends for client apps across countries.
- **Product & UX teams** — mine feature requests and complaints at scale, feed them into your backlog automatically.
- **LLM sentiment analysis** — reviews drop straight into a prompt; classify complaints, cluster feature requests, summarize churn reasons.

### Run it from your own code

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchTerms": ["Duolingo"],
    "country": "us",
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 300,
    "sortBy": "mostRecent",
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if item.get("rating"):
        print(item["rating"], "★", item["title"])
```

Works the same with the JavaScript `apify-client`, raw HTTP API, or no-code tools (Make, Zapier, n8n).

### FAQ

**How many reviews can I get per app?**
Apple's public feed exposes roughly the **500 most recent reviews per country**. Run the same app across several `country` stores to multiply coverage — an app popular in 10 countries yields up to ~5,000 recent reviews.

**Can I get reviews from the UK / German / Japanese store?**
Yes — set `country` per run. Reviews are fully separate per country store.

**Do I need the app's numeric id?**
No. Put the app's name in `searchTerms` and the Actor resolves it via Apple's search. Use `maxAppsPerSearchTerm` to pull several matching apps at once (e.g. every "meditation" app).

**Does this include Google Play reviews?**
No — iOS App Store only, which keeps it fast and reliable.

**Is this allowed?**
The Actor reads Apple's own public RSS/JSON feeds — the same data visible on any app's store page. Reviewer names are public usernames chosen by the reviewers.

**Can I monitor reviews automatically?**
Yes — schedule the Actor daily with `sortBy: mostRecent`, then diff by `reviewId` or wire a webhook to Slack. Each run costs only what it returns.

### More Actors by this developer

- [Google Trends Explorer](https://apify.com/originalvi/google-trends-explorer) — is interest in your app's niche rising or fading?
- [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/originalvi/google-news-scraper) — press coverage for any app or company
- [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/originalvi/hacker-news-scraper) — what developers are saying
- [eBay Sold Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/originalvi/ebay-sold-listings) — real sold prices + price statistics
- [Website Screenshot Pro](https://apify.com/originalvi/website-screenshot-pro) — pixel-perfect full-page screenshots

### Found a problem?

Open an issue on the **Issues** tab and I'll fix it fast — usually within a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

One per line. Accepts a numeric App Store id (e.g. `324684580`), an `id324684580` string, or a full App Store URL (e.g. `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128`).

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

Don't know the id? Enter app names and the actor finds the matching app(s) automatically.

## `maxAppsPerSearchTerm` (type: `integer`):

How many top-matching apps to scrape for each search term above.

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

Which country's App Store to read reviews from. Reviews are country-specific.

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

Upper limit of reviews per app. Apple exposes at most ~500 recent reviews per country via the public feed.

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

Most recent, or most helpful (highest voted).

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Push one APP\_DETAILS item per app (rating, rating count, version, developer, description, icon, screenshots).

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

Proxies to use. The default Apify Proxy works well for the App Store API — you rarely need to change this.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128"
  ],
  "maxAppsPerSearchTerm": 1,
  "country": "us",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "sortBy": "mostRecent",
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("originalvi/app-store-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 = {
    "appIds": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "appIds": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=originalvi/app-store-reviews-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "App Store Reviews Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape iOS App Store reviews and app details for any app by id, URL, or name — ratings, review text, version, helpful votes, across 20+ countries.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "GIKQiUGO0Au3dhKFZ"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/originalvi~app-store-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-originalvi-app-store-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/originalvi~app-store-reviews-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-originalvi-app-store-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/originalvi~app-store-reviews-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-originalvi-app-store-reviews-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "appIds": {
                        "title": "App IDs or App Store URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "One per line. Accepts a numeric App Store id (e.g. `324684580`), an `id324684580` string, or a full App Store URL (e.g. `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128`).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchTerms": {
                        "title": "Search by app name (optional)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Don't know the id? Enter app names and the actor finds the matching app(s) automatically.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxAppsPerSearchTerm": {
                        "title": "Apps per search term",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 10,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many top-matching apps to scrape for each search term above.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "App Store country",
                        "enum": [
                            "us",
                            "gb",
                            "ca",
                            "au",
                            "de",
                            "fr",
                            "it",
                            "es",
                            "nl",
                            "br",
                            "mx",
                            "in",
                            "jp",
                            "kr",
                            "cn",
                            "ru",
                            "se",
                            "no",
                            "dk",
                            "pl",
                            "tr"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Which country's App Store to read reviews from. Reviews are country-specific.",
                        "default": "us"
                    },
                    "maxReviewsPerApp": {
                        "title": "Max reviews per app",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Upper limit of reviews per app. Apple exposes at most ~500 recent reviews per country via the public feed.",
                        "default": 200
                    },
                    "sortBy": {
                        "title": "Sort reviews by",
                        "enum": [
                            "mostRecent",
                            "mostHelpful"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Most recent, or most helpful (highest voted).",
                        "default": "mostRecent"
                    },
                    "includeAppDetails": {
                        "title": "Include app details",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Push one APP_DETAILS item per app (rating, rating count, version, developer, description, icon, screenshots).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxies to use. The default Apify Proxy works well for the App Store API — you rarely need to change this."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```