🍎 Mac App Store Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Collect Mac App Store data without writing code. Search by keyword, lookup specific apps by ID, browse top charts, or sweep the entire catalog across 30+ countries. Get app names, prices, ratings, reviews, screenshots, versions, categories, and developer info. Perfect for app developers tracking competitors, marketers analyzing trends, and researchers studying the macOS ecosystem.

The Mac App Store Scraper collects app data from Apple's App Store, supporting up to 1,000,000 apps per run across 30+ countries, multiple search modes, and instant CSV/Excel export.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🖼️ App Icon - View colorful app icons to identify products at a glance
• 📱 App ID and Name - Get the unique identifier and display name for every macOS application
• 💰 Price and Currency - Track app costs across different regions and monetization strategies
• ⭐ Ratings and Review Count - Monitor overall app quality scores and user engagement metrics
• 👨‍💻 Developer and Seller Info - Identify who created each app and track developer portfolios
• 🔗 App and Developer URLs - Access direct links to app pages and developer websites
• 📝 Description and Release Notes - Get full product descriptions and changelog information
• 📊 Version and Release Date - Track app versions and see when updates were released
• 🎮 Categories and Genres - Categorize apps by type to identify market segments
• 📋 System Requirements - Check minimum macOS version compatibility
• 🎥 Screenshots - Collect app visual previews for comparison and analysis

🔧 Input

• Mode - Choose how to find apps: search by keyword, lookup by app IDs, view top charts, or sweep the full catalog
• Search Query - Enter a keyword to search the Mac App Store (used only in search mode)
• App IDs - Provide a list of specific app IDs to get details (used only in lookup mode). Find the ID in the App Store URL, for example id497799835 for Xcode
• Max Items - Limit the number of results collected. Free users are limited to 100, paid users can collect up to 1,000,000
• Chart Type - Select which chart to view in charts mode: top free, top paid, or top grossing apps
• Category - Filter charts by category (required for paid and grossing charts). Choose from 24+ categories including Business, Games, Productivity, and more
• Country Code - Two-letter country code for the App Store region (e.g., US, GB, DE, JP). Applies to search, lookup, charts, and catalog modes
• Countries to Sweep - When using catalog mode, specify multiple country codes to find apps available in different regions

Example input:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "productivity",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "US"
}

📊 Output

Each app record includes up to 30 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🖼️ App Icon	📱 App ID	📱 App Name
🔗 App URL	👨‍💻 Developer	🔗 Developer URL
🏢 Seller Name	🔗 Seller URL	💰 Price
💵 Formatted Price	💱 Currency	📝 Description
📋 Release Notes	🔖 Version	⭐ Rating
👥 Rating Count	⭐ Current Version Rating	👥 Current Version Rating Count
📂 Category	🎮 Genres	🖥️ Minimum OS Version
📦 File Size	🛡️ Content Rating	📅 Release Date
📅 Current Version Date	🌐 Languages	🎥 Screenshot URLs
📦 Bundle ID	🕐 Scraped At	⚠️ Error

💎 Why Choose the Mac App Store Scraper?

Feature	Mac App Store Scraper	Similar Tools
Search by keyword	✔️	Partial
Lookup by app IDs	✔️	❌
View top charts (free, paid, grossing)	✔️	❌
Full catalog sweep	✔️	❌
30+ countries supported	✔️	❌
Developer and seller info	✔️	Partial
Screenshot URLs	✔️	❌
Bundle ID and system information	✔️	❌
Real-time version tracking	✔️	Partial
Deduplication (no duplicate apps)	✔️	❌
Paid tier (1,000,000 results)	✔️	Partial
Global region support (30+ countries)	✔️	❌

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "Mac App Store Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 App Developer - Search for competitor apps in your category to benchmark features, costs, and user ratings before launching a new product
• 💼 Marketing Analyst - Track trending keywords and top grossing apps to identify emerging market opportunities and plan promotional campaigns
• 🔬 Market Researcher - Sweep the full catalog across multiple countries to analyze regional app distribution patterns and localization strategies

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Mac App Store Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Mac App Store Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔍 How does it work? The scraper collects app data from the Mac App Store. It supports four modes: search by keyword, lookup by app ID, view top charts, and sweep the full catalog.

📊 Is the data accurate? Yes. Data is pulled directly from Apple's App Store. Ratings, prices, versions, and other details are updated in real time.

📅 Can I schedule automatic runs? Yes. You can set up scheduled runs on the Apify platform to collect data at regular intervals, such as daily or weekly.

⚖️ Is this legal? The scraper collects publicly available data from the Mac App Store. You are responsible for complying with Apple's terms of service and local laws when using this data.

🛡️ Will Apple block me? The scraper uses publicly available data sources from the Mac App Store. No special proxies are required.

⚡ How long does a run take? Run time depends on your settings. A search for 50 apps typically takes 10-30 seconds. A full catalog sweep across 30 countries can take 5-15 minutes. Lookup by app IDs is the fastest, usually under 1 minute for 100 apps.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 results per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

🔗 Integrate Mac App Store Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Slack - Get notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets

🔌 Integrate with any app

Mac App Store Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 results for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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