# Google Play Scraper: app details, reviews, search, developers (`pikoulas/google-play`) Actor

Scrape Google Play apps by ID, URL, search or developer: installs, rating histogram, price, developer email and address, screenshots, and reviews with replies, sorted and filtered by stars or date. Any country and language. Fast, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pikoulas/google-play.md
- **Developed by:** [Spyridon Pikoulas](https://apify.com/pikoulas) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Marketing, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 apps

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 Scraper

Scrape apps and reviews from the Google Play Store:

- **Apps:** any app by its ID (`com.whatsapp`) or Play Store URL.
- **Search:** the apps Google Play shows for a keyword.
- **Developers:** every app of a developer, by name, numeric ID or developer page URL.
- **Reviews:** as many as you need per app, newest, most relevant or by rating first. You can
  keep only some star ratings, or only reviews after a date.

Every app comes with its installs (the rounded and the exact count), rating, rating histogram,
number of ratings and reviews, price, in-app purchases, ads, genre, content rating, release and
update dates, what's new, screenshots, video, and the developer's website, email, legal name,
address and phone. Every review comes with its rating, text, date, thumbs-up count, app version,
and the developer's reply.

It works for any country and language. It needs no browser and no login, and it is fast: 2 apps
with 900 reviews took 9 seconds, 91 apps from a search and a developer 10 seconds, and 5,000
reviews of one app 39 seconds. It costs **$0.10 per 1,000 reviews** and **$1 per 1,000 apps**.

### What people use it for

- **App review analysis:** complaints, feature requests and sentiment, from 1-star reviews or all of them.
- **Competitor research:** installs, ratings and update pace of every app in a niche.
- **Lead generation:** developer emails, websites and addresses, from a search or a category of apps.
- **Monitoring:** new reviews of your own app day by day, with the replies you've sent.

### How to scrape Google Play

1. Click **Try for free**; Apify's free plan covers a first run.
2. Enter **Apps** (app IDs or Google Play URLs), **Search terms** or **Developers**, and how many reviews you want per app.
3. Click **Start**, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through
   the API.

An input with more options:

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.duolingo", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calm.android"],
  "searchTerms": ["habit tracker"],
  "developers": ["Google LLC"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "reviewStars": ["1", "2"],
  "reviewedAfter": "2026-09-01",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

With `reviewStars`, `maxReviewsPerApp` counts per star rating. Turn off `includeAppDetails` to
get reviews only.

### Output

An app:

```json
{
  "type": "app",
  "appId": "com.duolingo",
  "title": "Duolingo: Language Lessons",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo&hl=en&gl=us",
  "developer": "Duolingo",
  "developerId": "6957685454452609502",
  "developerWebsite": "https://www.duolingo.com/help/support-request",
  "developerEmail": "super-support@duolingo.com",
  "developerLegalName": "Duolingo, Inc.",
  "developerAddress": "5900 Penn Ave\nPittsburgh, PA 15206\nUnited States",
  "genre": "Education",
  "rating": 4.7314115,
  "ratings": 49118977,
  "reviews": 957015,
  "histogram": {"1": 1014386, "2": 374321, "3": 1125731, "4": 5760772, "5": 40843733},
  "installs": "500,000,000+",
  "realInstalls": 972634831,
  "free": true,
  "inAppPurchases": "$0.99 - $239.99 per item",
  "containsAds": true,
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "releasedAt": "May 29, 2013",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-23T13:49:02+00:00"
}
```

A review:

```json
{
  "type": "review",
  "appId": "com.calm.android",
  "appTitle": "Calm - Sleep, Meditate, Relax",
  "reviewId": "0333cd91-4914-48f0-81a7-bba92477a33f",
  "userName": "Vkrm Brar",
  "rating": 1,
  "text": "CHEAP",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-09-20T15:53:22+00:00",
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "appVersion": "7.1.2",
  "reply": "Thank you for your feedback. We would like to know if you're having any problem with the app? If you have any suggestion to help us improve, please let us know at support@calm.com.",
  "repliedAt": "2026-09-23T10:45:21+00:00"
}
```

### Use it as an API

One call runs it and returns the results as JSON (for runs under 5 minutes; longer ones start a
run and read its dataset). Apify's Python and JavaScript clients, and its Make, Zapier and n8n
integrations, work the same way.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/pikoulas~google-play/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"apps": ["com.duolingo"], "searchTerms": ["habit tracker"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 5}'
```

AI agents can call it as a tool through Apify's MCP server: `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=pikoulas/google-play`.

### How much does it cost to scrape Google Play?

You pay **$0.0001 per review**, which is $0.10 per 1,000, and **$0.001 per app**. Runs that go
through Apify's residential proxy also pay its traffic, $0.0012 per 100 KB: an app page is about
220 KB, 1,000 reviews about 160 KB. There are no monthly fees.

### Good to know

- A search gives the 30 apps Google Play shows for it, as the site does.
- Reviews, prices and availability are per country: set `country` to the market you want, and
  `language` to the language of the texts.
- Google Play doesn't show the version of apps that vary by device, so there is no version field.

### FAQ

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

It collects only what Google Play shows publicly, without logging in. Scraping public data is
generally legal, but personal data is protected by laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA, and
Google's terms may limit how you use what you collect. If you're unsure, ask a lawyer;
Apify's [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) is a good start.

#### Something missing or not working?

Open an issue on the **Issues** tab with the input you used, or ask there for a field you need.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

App IDs (com.whatsapp) or Google Play app URLs.

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

Keywords searched on Google Play. Each gives the 30 apps Play shows for it.

## `developers` (type: `array`):

Developer names (Google LLC), numeric developer IDs or developer page URLs. Gives all their apps.

## `maxAppsPerDeveloper` (type: `integer`):

How many apps to take from each developer.

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

One item per app with its store data. Turn off to get reviews only.

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

How many reviews per app (per star rating, when filtering by stars). 0 for none.

## `reviewsSort` (type: `string`):

Newest first, most relevant first, or by rating.

## `reviewStars` (type: `array`):

Reviews with these ratings only, 1 to 5. Leave empty for all.

## `reviewedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only reviews from this date on (YYYY-MM-DD).

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

Two-letter country code: prices, availability and reviews are per country.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code (en, de, pt-BR...) for app texts and reviews.

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

Not needed for most runs. Turn it on if Google Play starts refusing requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.duolingo"
  ],
  "maxAppsPerDeveloper": 100,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `apps` (type: `string`):

No description

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "apps": [
        "com.duolingo"
    ],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pikoulas/google-play").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 = {
    "apps": ["com.duolingo"],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pikoulas/google-play").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 '{
  "apps": [
    "com.duolingo"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20
}' |
apify call pikoulas/google-play --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pikoulas/google-play"
        }
    }
}
```

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/btFAUPevcmbgQeefS/builds/Cxb5yt5vdF1XYUwON/openapi.json