# Google Play App Store Scraper — app, reviews, search, charts (`primesieve/google-play-app-scraper`) Actor

Google Play via google-play-scraper — app details, reviews, search, top charts. fetch-clean, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/primesieve/google-play-app-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Sieve](https://apify.com/primesieve) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 app results

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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Play App Store Scraper

Scrape Google Play app store data — **app details, reviews, search, and top charts** in one actor. No API key, no browser, fetch-clean. Built by **Prime Sieve**.

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### What it scrapes

| Mode | What you get |
|------|--------------|
| `app` | Full app detail — title, developer, score, ratings, reviews count, installs, genre, version, release date, summary, description, screenshots |
| `reviews` | User reviews — reviewer name, date, star score, text, title, thumbs-up |
| `search` | Keyword search results — app title, appId, score, summary |
| `charts` | Top charts by collection (TOP\_FREE, TOP\_PAID, NEW\_FREE, NEW\_PAID) and category |

### Why use this

- **Complete** — one actor covers details, reviews, search, and charts (competitors split these across separate actors).
- **Fetch-clean** — no proxy, no browser, no API key. Works reliably from any IP.
- **Actionable** — ideal for ASO research, competitor app intelligence, market/niche discovery, and review mining.

### Cost

Pay-per-result:

- **App records** (details, search, charts): **$0.002 / result**
- **Review records**: **$0.0001 / review**

### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "app",
  "appId": "com.android.chrome",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

```json
{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "appId": "com.android.chrome",
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "reviewSort": "NEWEST"
}
```

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": ["productivity", "photo editor"],
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

```json
{
  "mode": "charts",
  "collection": "TOP_FREE",
  "category": "APPLICATION"
}
```

### Output

Each item includes a `mode` field (`app` or `review`) plus the scraped data.

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# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

app = one app's full details; reviews = app reviews; search = keyword search; charts = top charts by collection/category

## `appId` (type: `string`):

Google Play package — e.g. com.android.chrome, com.instagram.android

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keyword(s) to search — e.g. \["productivity", "photo editor"]

## `collection` (type: `string`):

Which chart list to scrape (charts mode)

## `category` (type: `string`):

Google Play category to filter charts

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

2-letter country code — e.g. us, id, gb

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

2-letter language code — e.g. en, id

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on total results (per query/search)

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Max reviews to fetch (reviews mode)

## `reviewSort` (type: `string`):

Review sort order (reviews mode)

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

Optional — fetch-clean without proxy

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "app",
  "appId": "com.android.chrome",
  "queries": [],
  "collection": "TOP_FREE",
  "category": "APPLICATION",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "reviewSort": "NEWEST"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset URL

# 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 = {
    "mode": "app",
    "appId": "com.android.chrome",
    "collection": "TOP_FREE",
    "category": "APPLICATION",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "reviewSort": "NEWEST"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("primesieve/google-play-app-scraper").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 = {
    "mode": "app",
    "appId": "com.android.chrome",
    "collection": "TOP_FREE",
    "category": "APPLICATION",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "reviewSort": "NEWEST",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("primesieve/google-play-app-scraper").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 '{
  "mode": "app",
  "appId": "com.android.chrome",
  "collection": "TOP_FREE",
  "category": "APPLICATION",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "reviewSort": "NEWEST"
}' |
apify call primesieve/google-play-app-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/ZVHVrmHviAvtBPOXg/builds/58J7vSQA5sGyebyZD/openapi.json