# App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper (`rowsmith/app-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape user reviews from the Apple App Store and Google Play for any app, by URL or ID. Returns rating, title, text, version, date and developer reply. Pay per review.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rowsmith/app-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Pratyush Sharma](https://apify.com/rowsmith) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## 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?

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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`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper ⭐

Scrape user reviews from **both the Apple App Store and Google Play** for any app — in one run, across any country. Get clean, structured data: rating, title, review text, app version, date, and the developer's reply.

**Pay per review. No subscription. No login required. Fresh data on every run.**

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### 💡 Who it's for

- **App developers** — monitor your reviews (and your competitors') across both stores and every country.
- **ASO agencies** — track rating and review velocity over time.
- **Product & CX teams** — surface bugs, feature requests, and sentiment shifts as they happen.
- **AI / LLM pipelines** — feed structured review text into sentiment, summarization, and analysis.

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### 🚀 Quick start

Paste app URLs (App Store, Google Play, or both) — the scraper detects each store automatically:

```json
{
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "country": "us",
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
    "sort": "newest"
}
```

You can also pass raw Apple IDs (`310633997`) or Play package names (`com.whatsapp`).

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### ⚙️ Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `apps` | ✅ | App Store / Play URLs, Apple IDs, or Play package names — one per line. |
| `country` | — | Two-letter store code (`us`, `gb`, `in`, `de`…). Default `us`. |
| `maxReviewsPerApp` | — | Cap per app (default `100`; Apple's public feed maxes ~500). Charged per review. |
| `sort` | — | `newest` (default) or `most_relevant`. |

***

### 📤 Output

Both stores normalized into one clean schema:

| Field | Example |
|-------|---------|
| `store` | `"app_store"` or `"google_play"` |
| `appId` | `"310633997"` / `"com.whatsapp"` |
| `country` | `"us"` |
| `rating` | `4` |
| `title` | `"Great but…"` |
| `text` | `"Works well, though the latest update…"` |
| `appVersion` | `"26.31.74"` |
| `date` | `"2026-08-11T…"` |
| `developerReply` | `"Thanks for the feedback…"` (Google Play) |
| `reviewUrl`, `author`, `scrapedAt` | included on every row |

***

### 💰 Pricing

**Pay-per-review: you are charged only for reviews actually delivered.** No monthly fee, no charge for empty runs. Set `maxReviewsPerApp` to cap your spend exactly.

***

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need an account?** No. Public review data only.

**Both stores at once?** Yes — mix App Store and Play URLs freely in one run.

**Which countries?** Any store's country code. Run the same apps across many countries to compare.

**How many reviews can I get?** Google Play supports deep pagination. Apple's public feed caps at roughly 500 per app.

**Empty fields?** Some reviews have no title or version — those come back empty rather than guessed.

***

*Not affiliated with Apple or Google. Use responsibly and in line with applicable terms and data-protection law.*

# Actor input Schema

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

App Store URLs, Google Play URLs, Apple numeric IDs, or Play package names. One per line.

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

Two-letter country/store code, e.g. us, gb, in, de.

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

Stop after this many reviews per app. Apple's public feed caps around 500. You are charged per review returned.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Newest first, or most relevant/helpful.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 100,
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

The dataset of scraped App Store / Google Play reviews.

# 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": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowsmith/app-reviews-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 = { "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rowsmith/app-reviews-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 '{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ]
}' |
apify call rowsmith/app-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowsmith/app-reviews-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/4sEEHjy30WUQfE11i/builds/GXMIXcaUhoFhPpvCU/openapi.json