Shopify App Store Scraper — Reviews, Replies & Opportunity Intelligence

Scrape the Shopify App Store for app metadata, reviews, developer replies, and competitive intelligence. Discover what apps are failing their users — and where the opportunities are.

Find apps by direct URL, keyword search, or the full 22,000+ catalog via Shopify's official sitemap. Every result includes structured app data, complete reviews with store details, and automatic opportunity analysis.

No login. No API key. No browser automation — just clean, structured JSON.

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Why this scraper

• App metadata — name, developer, rating, review count, pricing summary, screenshots
• Complete reviews — full text, star rating, store name, country, how long they've used the app
• Developer replies — captured when the developer responds to reviews
• Structured pricing plans — individual pricing tiers extracted from the listing
• Complaint tagging — reviews automatically categorized: bugs, pricing complaints, UX issues, missing features, support problems, performance, integration issues
• Feature requests — extracted from review text ("I wish it had...", "it needs...")
• Sentiment analysis — per-review sentiment scoring
• Opportunity score — 0–100 rating of how viable it is to build a competing app
• Opportunity summary — human-readable analysis of what's wrong and what's missing

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Input example

Scrape a single app:

{
  "mode": "urls",
  "startUrls": ["https://apps.shopify.com/klaviyo-email-marketing"]
}

Search by keyword:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "search": ["email marketing", "inventory management"],
  "maxApps": 10
}

Discover from the full catalog:

{
  "mode": "sitemap",
  "maxApps": 25,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 50
}

Input fields

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	string[]	Direct Shopify App Store URLs
mode	string	urls, search, or sitemap
search	string[]	Keywords to search (mode=search)
maxApps	integer	Max apps to scrape (0 = all)
maxReviewsPerApp	integer	Max reviews per app (0 = none)
includeReviews	boolean	Scrape reviews (default: true)
enrichWebsite	boolean	Visit developer website for extra info

Output

Each dataset item is one app with embedded reviews:

{
  "slug": "klaviyo-email-marketing",
  "title": "Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS",
  "developer": "Klaviyo",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "reviewCount": 2962,
  "pricingSummary": "Free to install",
  "pricingPlans": [
    { "name": "Free", "price": "Free to install" },
    { "price": "$20/month" },
    { "price": "$45/month" }
  ],
  "reviews": [
    {
      "rating": 5,
      "date": "June 10, 2026",
      "storeName": "Acme Store",
      "country": "United States",
      "usedAppFor": "Over 3 years using the app",
      "body": "Excellent app, seamless integration with Shopify...",
      "developerReply": {
        "date": "Klaviyo replied June 12, 2026",
        "body": "Thank you for the kind words..."
      }
    }
  ],
  "featureRequests": [
    "more customizable email templates",
    "better analytics dashboard"
  ],
  "opportunity": {
    "score": 32,
    "summary": "26 positive reviews (87%), 4 negative (13%). Top complaint: UX (50% of negative reviews). Developer replied to 18 reviews. LOW opportunity — market well-served.",
    "complaints": { "ux": 2, "support": 2, "bug": 1 }
  }
}

Use cases

• Competitive research — find apps with high installs but low ratings and specific complaints
• Product discovery — extract feature requests across an entire category to find gaps in the market
• Lead generation — build lists of Shopify developers with app metadata and website enrichment
• Market monitoring — track rating changes, review volume, and developer responsiveness over time
• Investment research — evaluate the Shopify App Store ecosystem for acquisition or investment targets

Pricing

$0.002 per app — includes metadata, reviews, developer replies, and all intelligence features. 7-day free trial.