Universal App Review Scraper

Extract reviews from Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and Microsoft Store with a single actor.

What This Actor Does

The Universal App Review Scraper is an all-in-one solution for extracting user reviews from mobile and desktop applications across the three major app stores. Whether you're a product manager analyzing user feedback, a developer monitoring app reputation, or a researcher studying app store ecosystems, this actor provides a unified interface to access review data from any platform.

Perfect for:

• 📱 App Developers - Monitor user feedback across all platforms where your app is published
• 📊 Product Managers - Analyze user sentiment and feature requests from real app store reviews
• 🔍 Market Researchers - Study competitor apps and market trends across mobile and desktop platforms
• 🏢 Digital Agencies - Provide comprehensive app analytics and reputation monitoring for clients
• 📈 Data Scientists - Gather large-scale review datasets for sentiment analysis and ML projects

Why Use This Actor:

• Single Solution: One actor handles all three major app stores (Google Play, Apple App Store, Microsoft Store)
• Consistent Data Format: Standardized output regardless of source platform
• Advanced Filtering: Filter by ratings, dates, countries, and languages
• High Performance: Optimized for speed with built-in rate limiting and error handling
• Rich Metadata: Extract detailed information like app versions, helpfulness scores, and platform-specific data

Quick Start

Using Apify Console

1. Go to Apify Console
2. Configure input parameters and run

Using Apify CLI

npm install -g apify-cli
apify run e9bEKZerOg2LjDyjp --input='{"store": "google", "appId": "com.whatsapp", "limit": 50}'

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
store	string	✓	Platform: "google", "apple", or "microsoft"
appId	string	✓	App identifier (format varies by store)
limit	number		Maximum reviews to extract (default: 100)
language	string		Language code (e.g., "en", "es", "fr")
country	string		Country code (e.g., "us", "gb", "de")
ratings	array		Filter by ratings: [4,5] for 4-5 star reviews
startDate	string		Extract reviews after this date: "2024-01-01"
endDate	string		Extract reviews before this date: "2024-12-31"

App ID Formats

Store	Format	Example
Google Play	Package name	com.whatsapp
Apple App Store	Numeric ID	310633997
Microsoft Store	Store ID	9nksqgp7f2nh

Usage Examples

Google Play Store

{
  "store": "google",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "limit": 100,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}

Apple App Store

{
  "store": "apple",
  "appId": "310633997",
  "limit": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "ratings": [4, 5]
}

Microsoft Store

{
  "store": "microsoft", 
  "appId": "9nksqgp7f2nh",
  "limit": 200,
  "language": "en",
  "market": "US"
}

Using Apify SDK

Install SDK

$npm install apify-client

JavaScript Example

import { ApifyApi } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyApi({
  token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN',
});

async function getReviews() {
  const run = await client.actor('e9bEKZerOg2LjDyjp').call({
    store: 'google',
    appId: 'com.whatsapp',
    limit: 100,
    language: 'en',
    country: 'us'
  });

  const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
  console.log('Reviews:', items);
}

getReviews();

Python Example

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('e9bEKZerOg2LjDyjp').call(run_input={
    'store': 'google',
    'appId': 'com.whatsapp', 
    'limit': 100,
    'language': 'en',
    'country': 'us'
})

items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(f"Downloaded {len(items)} reviews")

cURL Examples

Run Actor

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/e9bEKZerOg2LjDyjp/runs' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "store": "google",
    "appId": "com.instagram.android", 
    "limit": 50
  }'

Get Results

curl 'https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN'

Output Format

{
  "reviews": [
    {
      "reviewId": "review_123",
      "author": "John D.",
      "rating": 5,
      "title": "Great app!",
      "text": "This app works perfectly for my needs.",
      "reviewedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "version": "2.24.1.78",
      "country": "US",
      "language": "en",
      "helpful": 12
    }
  ],
  "appInfo": {
    "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
    "developer": "WhatsApp Inc.",
    "rating": 4.2,
    "reviewCount": 12500000,
    "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-20T14:00:00.000Z",
    "totalReviews": 50,
    "store": "google"
  }
}

💳 Pricing & Cost Control

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing, so you only pay for the reviews you actually receive.

How Pricing Works

• ✅ First 10 reviews are FREE on every run
• 💵 $0.00005 per additional review
• 📦 Charges are based on the number of reviews returned, not runtime

Example:

Reviews Returned	Free Reviews	Paid Reviews	Total Cost
10	10	0	$0.00
50	10	40	$0.002
100	10	90	$0.0045
1,000	10	990	$0.0495

Popular Apps for Testing

App	Google Play	Apple Store	Microsoft Store
WhatsApp	com.whatsapp	310633997	9nksqgp7f2nh
Instagram	com.instagram.android	389801252	9nblggh5l9xt
Spotify	com.spotify.music	324684580	9ncbcszsjrsb
Netflix	com.netflix.mediaclient	363590051	9wzdncrfj3tj

Error Handling

The actor will return error information in the output:

{
  "error": {
    "type": "APP_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "App not found in the specified store",
    "appId": "invalid.package.name"
  }
}

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