Apple App Store Scraper

Apple App Store Scraper

Apple App Store Scraper extracts app data from the Apple App Store by keyword, App ID, bundle ID, developer ID, or App Store URL. You get ratings, rating counts, prices, versions, release notes, file sizes, genres, screenshots, and age ratings, plus optional customer reviews and similar apps, as clean JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Search any of 115 country stores in Apple's own ranking order, or look up apps by ID, bundle ID, developer, or URL, and get 45+ fields per app, with up to 5,000 reviews per app (4 sort orders, developer replies included) and about 60 "You Might Also Like" apps.

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Apify Actor: parsebird/app-store-scraper. Scrapes the Apple App Store (apps.apple.com): app details, ratings, prices, versions, release notes, screenshots, genres, age ratings, plus optional customer reviews and similar apps. Call via ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/app-store-scraper").call(run_input={"term": "photo editor", "country": "us", "endPage": 1, "maxItems": 20, "includeReviews": true, "reviewsSort": "mostRecent"}). Inputs: term (string keyword; results in App Store ranking order, up to ~250 apps, 50 per page), startUrls (array of App Store app URLs like https://apps.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252 or developer URLs like https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/meta-platforms-inc/id284882218), appIds (array of numeric App Store IDs), bundleIds (array, e.g. com.burbn.instagram), developerIds (array of numeric developer IDs; returns up to 200 apps each), mode (optional: "search" = keyword only, "lookup" = IDs/URLs only; empty = run everything given), country (two-letter store code, default us, 115 stores), lang (optional language such as en, es, fr-CA, pt-BR), page (first search page, default 1), endPage (last search page; also max review pages per app; empty = unbounded), maxItems (max apps saved, empty = all), includeReviews (boolean, 20 reviews per page, max 5,000 per app), reviewsSort (mostRecent, mostHelpful, mostFavorable, mostCritical), includeSimilarApps (boolean, "You Might Also Like" list), customMapFunction (JavaScript function string to reshape each item), outputConnector/deliverTarget/deliverMode/deliverMaxItems (optional delivery to Notion, Todoist and other apps via Apify MCP connectors). Output fields per app: inputSource (flow, sourceId, page, position), country, trackId, bundleId, trackName, trackViewUrl, artworkUrl60/100/512, description, primaryGenreName, genres, contentAdvisoryRating, advisories, languageCodesISO2A, fileSizeBytes, minimumOsVersion, releaseDate, currentVersionReleaseDate, releaseNotes, version, price, formattedPrice, currency, artistId, artistName, sellerName, sellerUrl, averageUserRating, userRatingCount, averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion, userRatingCountForCurrentVersion, screenshotUrls, ipadScreenshotUrls, supportedDevices, similarApps, reviews (id, userName, title, review, rating, date, isEdited, developerResponse), scrapedAt. Pricing: pay per event (app saved, direct lookup, search page, review page, similar-apps lookup, developer lookup). Full API spec: https://apify.com/parsebird/app-store-scraper/api. Get your token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations.

What is Apple App Store Scraper?

Apple App Store Scraper turns the App Store into a dataset. Type a keyword to get the apps in the same order the App Store ranks them, or paste App IDs, bundle IDs, developer IDs, or App Store links to pull exact apps. It's an easy App Store API alternative: you don't need an Apple developer account, an API key, or any code.

Use it to track competitors, monitor ratings and releases, research keywords and app store optimization (ASO), or collect app reviews for analysis.

What can Apple App Store Scraper do?

• 🔎 Keyword search in App Store ranking order. Get up to about 250 apps per keyword in the order the App Store shows them, with each app's search position saved in inputSource.position.
• 🆔 Lookups by ID, bundle ID, or URL. Pull exact apps by numeric App ID (389801252), bundle ID (com.burbn.instagram), or App Store link. Mix all of them in one run.
• 🏢 Every app by a developer. Add a developer ID or developer page URL to get up to 200 apps that developer publishes in the chosen store.
• 💬 App Store reviews. Collect up to 5,000 customer reviews per app, sorted by most recent, most helpful, most favorable, or most critical, with the developer's reply when there is one.
• 🧭 Similar apps. Get the app's "You Might Also Like" list, usually about 60 apps, with names, bundle IDs, prices, and ratings.
• 🌍 115 country stores. Read prices, currencies, rankings, ratings, and reviews from any of 115 App Store storefronts, with an optional language such as es or fr-CA.
• 🧩 Custom output. Reshape every item with your own JavaScript map function, or send results straight to Notion, Todoist, and other apps through Apify MCP connectors.
• 📅 Scheduling, API, and integrations. Run daily with Apify Schedules, call it from the Apify API, and connect Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, Slack, or webhooks with Apify integrations.

What data can you extract from the App Store?

Field	Description
trackId / bundleId / trackName / trackViewUrl	App Store ID, bundle ID, app name, and App Store link
averageUserRating / userRatingCount	Average star rating and total number of ratings
averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion / userRatingCountForCurrentVersion	Rating and rating count for the current version
price / formattedPrice / currency	Price in the store's currency (0 and Free for free apps)
version / currentVersionReleaseDate / releaseNotes	Latest version, when it shipped, and its "What's New" text
releaseDate	Date the app was first released
artistId / artistName / sellerName / sellerUrl	Developer ID and name, seller, and developer website
primaryGenreName / genres / genreIds	Primary category and all categories
contentAdvisoryRating / advisories	Age rating (like 12+) and content warnings
description	Full App Store description
fileSizeBytes / minimumOsVersion / supportedDevices	Download size, minimum iOS version, and supported devices
languageCodesISO2A	Languages the app supports
artworkUrl60 / artworkUrl100 / artworkUrl512	App icon in three sizes
screenshotUrls / ipadScreenshotUrls / appletvScreenshotUrls	Screenshot image URLs
features / isGameCenterEnabled	Features such as iosUniversal, and Game Center support
inputSource	How the app was found: search, lookup-app, lookup-bundle, or developer, plus the keyword or ID, and the search page and position
reviews	Customer reviews: id, userName, title, review, rating, date, isEdited, developerResponse
similarApps	"You Might Also Like" apps: trackId, bundleId, trackName, artistName, price, averageUserRating, and more

How to scrape the Apple App Store

1. Open Apple App Store Scraper on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Enter a Search keyword, like photo editor, or add App Store URLs, App IDs, Bundle IDs, or Developer IDs.
3. Pick a Store country, and optionally a Language.
4. Set Last page and Max apps to control how many apps you get. Each search page holds up to 50 apps.
5. Turn on Include reviews or Include similar apps if you need them, and choose a Review sort order.
6. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
7. Download the data as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML from the Output tab, or read it with the API.

How much does it cost to scrape the App Store?

Apple App Store Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing, so you only pay for what the run actually does. Compute and proxy costs are included in the event prices.

Event	When it's charged	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
app-data	Each app saved to the dataset	$0.10 / 1,000	$0.10 / 1,000	$0.10 / 1,000	$0.10 / 1,000
app-detail	Each app found by a direct App ID, bundle ID, or app URL lookup	$0.20 / 1,000	$0.20 / 1,000	$0.20 / 1,000	$0.20 / 1,000
search-page	Each page of keyword search results (up to 50 apps)	$3.99 / 1,000	$3.79 / 1,000	$3.59 / 1,000	$3.39 / 1,000
review-page	Each page of reviews (20 reviews) when Include reviews is on	$4.99 / 1,000	$4.49 / 1,000	$3.99 / 1,000	$3.49 / 1,000
similar-apps	Each app's similar-apps list when Include similar apps is on	$1.49 / 1,000	$1.39 / 1,000	$1.29 / 1,000	$1.19 / 1,000
developer-profile	Each developer lookup, which returns all of that developer's apps	$2.99 / 1,000	$2.79 / 1,000	$2.59 / 1,000	$2.39 / 1,000

Examples on the Free plan:

• Full keyword search (5 pages, about 245 apps): 5 × $0.00399 + 245 × $0.0001 ≈ $0.04
• One app with 1,000 reviews (50 review pages): $0.0002 + $0.0001 + 50 × $0.00499 ≈ $0.25
• A developer with 17 apps: $0.00299 + 17 × $0.0001 ≈ $0.005
• 100 search results with similar apps: 2 × $0.00399 + 100 × $0.0001 + 100 × $0.00149 ≈ $0.17

You can set a maximum cost per run in Apify Console. The Actor stops when it's reached and keeps everything collected so far.

Input

Every field is optional, but each run needs a keyword or at least one ID or URL. See the Input tab for every option.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
term	string	No*	—	Keyword to search the App Store for
startUrls	array	No*	—	App Store app pages (…/app/…/id123) or developer pages (…/developer/…/id123). The country in the URL is used for that lookup
appIds	array	No*	—	Numeric App Store IDs, like 389801252
bundleIds	array	No*	—	Bundle IDs, like com.burbn.instagram
developerIds	array	No*	—	Numeric developer IDs. Returns up to 200 apps per developer
mode	string	No	—	search (keyword only) or lookup (IDs and URLs only). Empty runs everything you entered
country	string	No	us	App Store country (115 stores)
lang	string	No	—	Language for names, descriptions, and genres, like en, es, fr-CA. Falls back to the store's language
page	integer	No	1	First search page (50 apps per page)
endPage	integer	No	—	Last search page. With reviews on, also the maximum review pages per app. Empty = no limit
maxItems	integer	No	—	Maximum apps to save. Empty = all
includeReviews	boolean	No	false	Attach customer reviews to each app
reviewsSort	string	No	mostRecent	mostRecent, mostHelpful, mostFavorable, or mostCritical
includeSimilarApps	boolean	No	false	Attach the "You Might Also Like" list to each app
customMapFunction	string	No	—	JavaScript function that reshapes each item before it's saved
outputConnector	string	No	—	MCP connector (Notion, Todoist, …) to send results to
deliverTarget	string	No	—	Where the connector writes, like a Notion page URL
deliverMode	string	No	perPost	perPost (one record per app) or summary (one roll-up per run)
deliverMaxItems	integer	No	—	Cap on records delivered in perPost mode

* Add a term, or at least one of startUrls, appIds, bundleIds, or developerIds.

How do you run an App Store keyword search?

Set a keyword and a page range. The Actor stops at endPage, at maxItems, or when the results run out.

{
    "term": "photo editor",
    "mode": "search",
    "country": "us",
    "page": 1,
    "endPage": 5,
    "maxItems": 200
}

How do you look up apps by App ID, bundle ID, or developer?

Combine any identifiers in one run.

{
    "mode": "lookup",
    "appIds": ["389801252"],
    "bundleIds": ["com.burbn.barcelona"],
    "developerIds": ["284882218"],
    "startUrls": ["https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/instagram/id389801252"],
    "country": "us",
    "lang": "en"
}

How do you scrape App Store reviews?

Turn on includeReviews. Reviews come in pages of 20, and endPage caps the pages per app. Leave endPage empty to collect up to 5,000 reviews per app.

{
    "appIds": ["389801252"],
    "includeReviews": true,
    "reviewsSort": "mostCritical",
    "endPage": 3
}

How do you get similar apps?

Turn on includeSimilarApps. If that step fails for an app, the app is still saved, with similarApps set to null.

{
    "term": "meditation",
    "endPage": 1,
    "maxItems": 10,
    "includeSimilarApps": true
}

How do you reshape the output with a custom map function?

customMapFunction runs on each app right before it's saved. It must be a plain synchronous function that returns an object. Async functions, generators, and functions that contain new Date, Date.now, or 1970 are rejected. If the function is rejected or fails on an item, the original item is saved and the log says why.

{
    "appIds": ["389801252", "6446901002"],
    "customMapFunction": "(app) => ({ name: app.trackName, rating: app.averageUserRating, ratings: app.userRatingCount })"
}

How do you send App Store results to Notion, Todoist, and more?

1. Authorize a connector once in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors. Any service whose MCP server offers non-destructive write tools works.
2. Pick it in Send results to Notion, Todoist, ….
3. Set Destination target. For Notion, paste a page URL and the Actor creates a typed database there, or paste an existing database URL to fill the columns it already has. Share the page with your connector first through Notion's ••• → Connections menu. For Todoist, paste a project URL or ID.
4. Pick Write mode: perPost writes one record per app, and summary writes one roll-up for the run.

Lists like genres become comma-joined columns. Long fields such as descriptions and reviews go into each row's page body. The connector only uses non-destructive write tools, so it can't delete or overwrite your existing data. Delivery runs after scraping and is best-effort: if it fails, the run still finishes with all results in the dataset, and the log explains the failure.

Output example

Each app is one item in the dataset. Lists are shortened here.

{
    "inputSource": { "flow": "search", "sourceId": "photo editor", "page": 1, "position": 1 },
    "country": "us",
    "wrapperType": "software",
    "kind": "software",
    "trackId": 587366035,
    "bundleId": "com.picsart.studio",
    "trackName": "Picsart AI Photo Editor, Video",
    "trackCensoredName": "Picsart AI Photo Editor, Video",
    "trackViewUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/picsart-ai-photo-editor-video/id587366035",
    "artworkUrl60": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/29/70/0f/29700f73-1932-2d9a-d03d-971142f9ea57/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-sRGB-85-220.png/60x60bb.jpg",
    "artworkUrl100": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/29/70/0f/29700f73-1932-2d9a-d03d-971142f9ea57/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-sRGB-85-220.png/100x100bb.jpg",
    "artworkUrl512": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/29/70/0f/29700f73-1932-2d9a-d03d-971142f9ea57/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-sRGB-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
    "description": "Ignite your creative potential with Picsart — the all-in-one AI photo editor, AI video editor, and design studio ...",
    "primaryGenreName": "Photo & Video",
    "primaryGenreId": "6008",
    "genres": ["Photo & Video", "Graphics & Design"],
    "genreIds": ["6008", "6027"],
    "contentAdvisoryRating": "12+",
    "trackContentRating": "12+",
    "advisories": ["Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor"],
    "languageCodesISO2A": ["SQ", "AR", "HY", "BN", "HR", "CS", "EN", "FR"],
    "fileSizeBytes": "270485504",
    "minimumOsVersion": "15.0",
    "releaseDate": "2013-01-02T22:14:40Z",
    "currentVersionReleaseDate": "2026-10-06T04:02:28Z",
    "releaseNotes": "Most of what we build doesn't wait for an app update. While this one tidies up a few bugs, ...",
    "version": "30.9.2",
    "price": 0.0,
    "formattedPrice": "Free",
    "currency": "USD",
    "artistId": 587366038,
    "artistName": "PicsArt, Inc.",
    "artistViewUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/picsart-inc/id587366038",
    "sellerName": "PicsArt, Inc.",
    "sellerUrl": "https://picsart.com",
    "averageUserRating": 4.66523,
    "userRatingCount": 1195866,
    "averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion": 4.66523,
    "userRatingCountForCurrentVersion": 1195866,
    "features": ["iosUniversal"],
    "isGameCenterEnabled": false,
    "isVppDeviceBasedLicensingEnabled": true,
    "screenshotUrls": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/18/66/70/1866705a-8f24-0fe8-78e5-99cf0a4490cd/1.AI_Try-on.jpg/320x480bb.jpg"],
    "ipadScreenshotUrls": [],
    "appletvScreenshotUrls": [],
    "supportedDevices": ["iPhone5s-iPhone5s", "iPadAir-iPadAir"],
    "similarApps": [
        {
            "trackId": 1481174327,
            "bundleId": "com.photoeditor.polish",
            "trackName": "Polish - AI Photo Editor",
            "artistName": "SHANTANU PTE. LTD.",
            "primaryGenreName": "Photo & Video",
            "trackViewUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polish-ai-photo-editor/id1481174327",
            "artworkUrl100": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/c4/0a/fb/c40afb42-bb37-005c-e46c-c11550d0b782/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007ephone-0-1-0-85-220.png/100x100bb.jpg",
            "price": 0.0,
            "formattedPrice": "Free",
            "currency": "USD",
            "averageUserRating": 4.75889,
            "userRatingCount": 12961
        }
    ],
    "reviews": [
        {
            "id": "14643925441",
            "userName": "Gackersry",
            "title": "iPad viewing",
            "review": "Why the hell is everything so small on an iPad? ...",
            "rating": 1,
            "date": "2026-10-09T00:23:53Z",
            "isEdited": false,
            "developerResponse": null
        }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-10T10:47:37Z"
}

When reviews or similar apps aren't requested, reviews and similarApps are null.

Use the Apple App Store Scraper API

Call the Actor from your own code with the Apify API client. Find your token in Apify Console → Settings → Integrations.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("parsebird/app-store-scraper").call(run_input={
    "term": "budget planner",
    "country": "us",
    "endPage": 2,
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for app in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(app["inputSource"]["position"], app["trackName"], app["averageUserRating"], app["userRatingCount"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('parsebird/app-store-scraper').call({
    appIds: ['389801252'],
    includeReviews: true,
    reviewsSort: 'mostRecent',
    endPage: 5,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const review of items[0].reviews) {
    console.log(review.rating, review.title, review.date);
}

You can also start runs over plain HTTP from the API tab, or connect the Actor to AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Use cases

• App Store keyword ranking (ASO). Track where your app and your competitors rank for a keyword, in any country, with scheduled runs.
• Competitor monitoring. Watch competitors' versions, release notes, prices, and ratings over time.
• Review analysis. Collect the most recent or most critical reviews to find bugs, feature requests, and sentiment trends.
• Market research. Map a category: which apps rank, how they're priced, how many ratings they have, and who publishes them.
• Lead generation. Build lists of developers and seller websites in a niche.
• App databases. Enrich your own catalog with icons, screenshots, genres, sizes, and age ratings.

How it works

1. Keyword search reads the App Store's own search results for the selected country, so apps come in the order the App Store ranks them. Results are split into pages of 50 apps.
2. Lookups read app details from Apple's public iTunes Search API for App IDs, bundle IDs, developer IDs, and App Store URLs.
3. Reviews and similar apps come from the public App Store website for the same country.
4. Each app is saved once per source in the run, in the order it was found, and the run stops at your page range, maxItems, or maximum cost.

FAQ

Do I need an Apple developer account or API key? No. The Actor reads public App Store data that anyone can see without signing in.

How many apps does a keyword search return? The App Store returns up to about 250 apps per keyword. In our October 2026 tests, "photo editor" in the US returned 245 apps and "notes" in the UK returned 247. Very specific or made-up keywords return fewer.

How is this different from Apple's iTunes Search API? The iTunes Search API returns at most 200 results, has no reliable paging, and its results don't always match what the App Store shows. In our test, its "photo editor" results skipped the App Store's 5th app. It also has no reviews or similar apps. This Actor gives you the App Store's own search order, reviews, and similar apps, and handles retries and throttling for you.

How many reviews can I get per app? Up to 5,000 per app in one run (250 pages of 20). Reviews are attached to the app's dataset item, and this cap keeps the item within Apify's dataset item size limit. Reviews are per country store, so run other countries to get their reviews. In our test on Apify, 5,000 reviews for one app took about 75 seconds.

Why does an app have fewer reviews than its rating count? Many people leave a star rating without writing a review. userRatingCount counts all ratings, and reviews contains written reviews only.

What does the lang setting change? It changes the language of names, descriptions, release notes, and genres when the store offers that language. For example, es works in the US store. Reviews are always in the language their authors wrote them in.

How long does a run take? In our October 2026 tests on Apify, 20 apps took about 5 seconds, a full 247-app keyword search took about 40 seconds, 10 apps with 200 reviews each took about 10 seconds, and 12 apps with similar apps took about 25 seconds.

Why wasn't an app found? The app isn't sold in the selected country store, the ID is wrong, or the app was removed. The log names every ID that wasn't found, and you aren't charged for it.

Can I schedule runs or export to Google Sheets? Yes. Use Apify Schedules for recurring runs and integrations for Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, Slack, and webhooks.

Something is missing or broken? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Feedback and feature requests are welcome there too.

Is it legal to scrape the Apple App Store?

The Actor collects only public information that the App Store shows to every visitor, like app names, prices, ratings, and published reviews. It doesn't sign in or access any account data. Reviews include public usernames, which can be personal data, so handle them in line with laws such as the GDPR. You are responsible for how you use the data. Follow Apple's terms and copyright rules when you republish descriptions, icons, or screenshots. Read more in Apify's blog post Is web scraping legal?

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