# App rating summary and trends

**Use case:** 

One line per app and store instead of thousands of reviews: store rating, star split, share of 1-2 star reviews, top complaint topics, and trends by week and by app version. Handy for comparing competitors or feeding a dashboard or AI agent. This example compares Spotify and Netflix; add your own apps.

## Input

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "Spotify",
    "Netflix"
  ],
  "mode": "reviews",
  "summaryOnly": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "stores": [
    "apple",
    "google"
  ],
  "sort": "newest",
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "watchName": "default",
  "lookbackDays": 7,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "appName": {
    "label": "App",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "store": {
    "label": "Store",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "explanation": {
    "label": "In plain words",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "storeRating": {
    "label": "Store rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "storeRatingCount": {
    "label": "Ratings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviewsCollected": {
    "label": "Reviews read",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "averageRating": {
    "label": "Average of these",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "negativePercent": {
    "label": "% 1-2 stars",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "replyPercent": {
    "label": "% replied",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "topComplaints": {
    "label": "Top words in 1-2 star reviews",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "mostReviewedVersion": {
    "label": "Most reviewed version",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "appUrl": {
    "label": "Store page",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper & Monitor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "App rating summary and trends". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/vI4WNsrZRbf0eeWkr) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "App rating summary and trends" task

The App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper & Monitor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like apps, what do you want to do?, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "App rating summary and trends" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as app, store, country, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "App rating summary and trends" task via API](https://apify.com/quillstone-labs/app-store-google-play-reviews-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper & Monitor](https://apify.com/quillstone-labs/app-store-google-play-reviews-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/quillstone-labs/app-store-google-play-reviews-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/quillstone-labs/app-store-google-play-reviews-scraper.md

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`).