Google Play Scraper - Android App Data, ASO & Keyword Research API

Scrape Google Play Store app data at scale: search apps by keyword or look up any app by package name and get clean, structured JSON with rating, ratings count, reviews, installs, price, genre, developer, release and update dates, version, content rating and more.

This Google Play scraper is built for Android ASO (App Store Optimization), Play Store keyword research, and Google Play competitor analysis. No proxies, no account, no headless browser headaches - just reliable Android app metadata as a simple API. Run it once for a snapshot, or put it on a schedule to track installs, ratings, and keyword rankings as they change over time. Pair it with our iOS App Store ASO scraper for full cross-platform iOS + Android coverage.

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What does it do?

This actor turns the Google Play Store into a structured Android app data API. Give it a keyword and it returns the ranking apps for that search, with all their metadata. Give it one or more package names (like com.whatsapp) and it returns the full profile of each app.

Two simple modes cover every ASO and market research workflow:

• Search mode - find the apps that rank for any keyword, exactly like a user searching the Play Store. Perfect for Play Store keyword research and discovering competitors.
• Lookup mode - pull complete metadata for specific apps by package name. Perfect for competitor tracking, monitoring your own app, and building app databases.

Every result comes back as clean JSON, ready to drop into a spreadsheet, dashboard, BI tool, or your own data pipeline.

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Features

• 🔎 Keyword search - get the apps that rank for any term (e.g. "fitness tracker", "budget", "habit", a competitor's brand)
• 🆔 Package lookup - fetch full metadata for any app by its Android package name
• ⭐ Rich metadata - rating, total ratings, reviews count, installs, minInstalls, price, genre, developer, version, release & update dates, content rating
• 📈 Install counts - get real Google Play install data (e.g. 10,000,000,000+) for sizing markets and benchmarking competitors
• 🌍 Any country & language - localize results to any Google Play storefront (US, UK, BR, DE, IN, and more)
• 💵 Free / paid detection - price, currency, and a free boolean for monetization analysis
• 🧱 Clean JSON output - flat, predictable fields ready for dashboards, BI, and ML pipelines
• 🚫 No proxy required - runs reliably on the Apify cloud out of the box, no proxy configuration
• 🔁 Cross-platform ready - combine with the iOS App Store ASO scraper for unified iOS + Android datasets

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Use cases

ASO managers

Run Google Play ASO workflows end to end: research which apps rank for your target keywords, benchmark their ratings and install counts, and spot gaps where you can outrank the competition. Track how your own app's rating and reviews evolve over time.

App marketers

Quantify a category before you spend a euro on user acquisition. See who dominates a keyword, how many installs the leaders have, and whether the niche is free-first or paid. Build competitor watchlists and refresh them on a schedule.

Market researchers

Turn the Play Store into a dataset. Measure category size, pricing distribution, developer concentration, and content ratings across hundreds of apps. Export to CSV/Excel/JSON for Google Play competitor analysis and trend reports.

Indie Android developers

Validate your app idea with real data. Find out how saturated a keyword is, what the top apps charge, and how big the install base really is - before you write a line of code. Monitor your competitors without checking the Play Store by hand.

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Automate it: scheduled monitoring

App data is only useful if it's current. The real value of this Google Play scraper comes from running it on a recurring schedule and watching how installs, ratings, and keyword rankings move over time. Set it once and let it feed your dashboards automatically.

Daily Android app data tracker

Put the actor on a @daily schedule in lookup mode with a fixed list of appIds (your own app plus your top competitors). Each run captures score, ratings, reviews, installs, and version, so you build a day-by-day history of how every app is growing - no manual checking of the Play Store.

Weekly Play Store keyword competition report

Run the actor every week in search mode against the same target keyword. Because results come back in Play Store ranking order, you get a weekly snapshot of who ranks where, how their ratings and install counts are trending, and when a new competitor breaks into the top results for your Play Store keyword research.

Category and pricing monitor

Schedule search mode across a set of category keywords to track how pricing, free/paid mix, and developer concentration shift in a niche over weeks and months - ideal for ongoing Google Play competitor analysis and market-entry timing.

How to set it up

1. Open the actor and click Schedule (or use the Apify Scheduler from the console).
2. Pick a cron expression for how often it should run - for example 0 8 * * * for every day at 08:00 UTC, or 0 8 * * 1 for every Monday morning.
3. Save your input (mode, term or appIds, country, language) so every scheduled run uses the same configuration.
4. Wire the output to wherever you want it: connect Make, Zapier, or n8n to the Apify integration and push each run's dataset into Google Sheets, Slack, or email - so a fresh report lands automatically without anyone hitting "Run".

This turns a one-off scrape into an always-on Android app monitoring pipeline.

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Input

Configure the run with a few simple fields:

Field	Type	Description	Example
mode	string	search (apps by keyword) or lookup (apps by package name)	search
term	string	Keyword to search for (used in search mode)	fitness tracker
appIds	array	Android package names to look up (used in lookup mode)	["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"]
country	string	Two-letter country code for the storefront	us, gb, br, de
language	string	Two-letter language code for localized results	en, pt, de
maxResults	integer	Max apps to return in search mode (up to 30)	30

Example input - keyword search

{
  "mode": "search",
  "term": "fitness tracker",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 30
}

Example input - package lookup

{
  "mode": "lookup",
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}

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Example output

Here is a real lookup result for WhatsApp Messenger (com.whatsapp):

{
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "score": 4.66,
  "ratings": 237058214,
  "reviews": 1962977,
  "installs": "10,000,000,000+",
  "minInstalls": 10000000000,
  "price": 0,
  "free": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "genre": "Communication",
  "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "released": "Oct 18, 2010",
  "updated": "Jun 10, 2026",
  "version": "Varies with device",
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "adSupported": false,
  "summary": "Simple. Reliable. Private. Message and call for free.",
  "descriptionPreview": "WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and video calling app...",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/.../icon.png",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
}

In search mode you get an array of apps, each with a lighter subset of these fields, ordered the way the Play Store ranks them for your keyword.

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Output fields

Every app can include the following fields:

Field	Description
appId	Android package name (unique app identifier)
title	App display name
score	Average star rating (0-5)
ratings	Total number of star ratings
reviews	Number of written reviews
installs	Human-readable install count (e.g. 10,000,000,000+)
minInstalls	Minimum installs as an integer (for sorting/filtering)
price	Price as a number (0 for free apps)
free	Boolean - whether the app is free
currency	Currency code for the price
genre	Primary category / genre
developer	Developer or publisher name
released	Original release date
updated	Last update date
version	Current app version
contentRating	Content rating (e.g. Everyone, Teen)
adSupported	Boolean - whether the app shows ads
summary	Short tagline / summary
descriptionPreview	Beginning of the full app description
icon	URL of the app icon
url	Direct Google Play Store URL

Search mode returns a lighter subset of these fields for each app; lookup mode returns the full set.

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FAQ

How do I scrape Google Play app data?

Set mode to lookup and pass the app package names in appIds (for example ["com.whatsapp"]), or set mode to search with a term to get every app ranking for a keyword. Run the actor and you get structured JSON for each app - title, rating, installs, price, developer, and more. No coding, proxies, or Google account required.

Can I get install counts from Google Play?

Yes. Every result includes installs as a human-readable string (e.g. 10,000,000,000+) and minInstalls as an integer you can sort and filter on. This is ideal for sizing a market and benchmarking competitors with real Google Play install data.

How do I do Play Store keyword research?

Use search mode with your target keyword in term. The actor returns the apps that rank for that keyword in the order the Play Store shows them, along with their ratings and install counts - so you can see exactly how competitive a keyword is and who you are up against.

Does this work for any country or language?

Yes. Set country (two-letter code like us, gb, br, de) and language (two-letter code like en, pt, de) to localize results to any Google Play storefront. This is essential for international Google Play ASO and market entry research.

Do I need a proxy or a Google account?

No. This Google Play scraper runs reliably on the Apify cloud with no proxy configuration and no login. Just provide your input and run it.

Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes, and it's where this actor shines. Use the Apify Scheduler to run it automatically on any cron schedule - for example 0 8 * * * for a daily app data snapshot or 0 8 * * 1 for a weekly keyword report. Connect Make, Zapier, or n8n to deliver each run straight to Google Sheets, Slack, or email, so you track installs, ratings, and Play Store rankings over time with no manual runs.

How is this different from the iOS App Store scraper?

This actor covers Android app metadata from the Google Play Store. For full cross-platform coverage, pair it with the iOS App Store ASO scraper so you have one consistent dataset across both Google Play and the Apple App Store.

What can I do with the output?

Export it to CSV, Excel, or JSON, push it into a Google Sheet, a BI dashboard, or your own data pipeline via the Apify API. Common uses are Google Play competitor analysis, ASO keyword tracking, market sizing, and lead lists of apps and developers in a niche.

Is there a free tier?

Apify gives every new account free monthly platform credits, so you can run this actor and test it at no cost before scaling up. After that you only pay per event as described below.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing: $0.15 per 1,000 results returned, plus a minimal actor-start event. No subscription, no monthly minimums - you only pay for the app records you actually get. New Apify accounts also include free monthly credits, so you can start testing right away.

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Get started

1. Set mode to search or lookup.
2. Add a term (search) or appIds (lookup), plus optional country and language.
3. Run the actor and grab your structured Android app data as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

For full cross-platform ASO coverage across iOS and Android, run this alongside the App Store ASO scraper and merge the results into a single dataset.