Google Play Scraper

Search Google Play apps by keyword, or look up apps by package name or app page URL. You get one record per app: title, developer with the contact details shown on the listing, rating and rating histogram, install band, price, in-app purchase and ads flags, content rating, release and update dates, description, screenshots and similar apps. Use it for app store research, competitor tracking, and lists of app publishers by niche with their public support email, website and address.

What you get

One record per app. Fields that an app or a record type does not have are null (or an empty list).

There are two record types, shown in record_type:

• detail: the full record. Every field in the table below.
• search: only what the search list shows (the fields marked "search" below). Keyword results are returned as detail records by default (includeDetails on); a search record appears when you switch that option off, or as a fallback when an app's page could not be read.

Field	Type	Records	Description
record_type	string	both	detail or search
app_id	string	both	Package name, for example com.duolingo
title	string	both	App title
url	string	both	Public app page
summary	string or null	detail	Short description
developer	string or null	both	Developer name
developer_id	string or null	detail	Developer ID
developer_url	string or null	detail	Developer page on Google Play
developer_email	string or null	detail	Support email shown on the listing
developer_website	string or null	detail	Developer website shown on the listing
developer_address	string or null	detail	Postal address shown on the listing
developer_phone	string or null	detail	Phone number shown on the listing, when given
privacy_policy_url	string or null	detail	Privacy policy link
category	string or null	both	Category name in the chosen language
genre_id	string or null	detail	Category ID, language independent, for example EDUCATION
score	number or null	both	Average rating, 1 to 5. null for apps without ratings
ratings_count	integer or null	detail	Number of ratings
reviews_count	integer or null	detail	Number of written reviews
histogram	object or null	detail	Ratings per star, keys 1 to 5
installs	string or null	both	Install band as shown, for example 500,000,000+
installs_min	integer or null	detail	Lower end of the install band
installs_max	integer or null	detail	Upper end of the band. Derived: the start of the next band minus one
price	number or null	both	Price in the store currency, 0 for free apps
currency	string or null	both	Currency code of the price
free	boolean or null	both	True when the price is 0
offers_iap	boolean or null	detail	True when the app has in-app purchases
iap_price_range	string or null	detail	In-app purchase price range as shown on the listing
contains_ads	boolean or null	detail	True when the listing says the app contains ads
content_rating	string or null	both	Content rating label in the chosen language
content_rating_descriptors	string or null	detail	Content rating descriptors
released	string or null	detail	First release time (ISO 8601, UTC)
released_text	string or null	detail	First release date as shown in the chosen language
updated	string or null	detail	Last update time (ISO 8601, UTC)
updated_text	string or null	detail	Last update date as shown in the chosen language
version	string or null	detail	Always null: the app version is not on the listing page
android_version	string or null	detail	Always null: the minimum Android version is not on the listing page
description	string or null	both	Full description as plain text (search records: the short text of the search list)
recent_changes	string or null	detail	What's new text
icon	string or null	both	App icon
header_image	string or null	detail	Feature graphic
screenshots	array	both	Screenshot URLs
video	string or null	detail	Trailer URL when the listing has one
similar_app_ids	array	detail	App IDs of the similar apps shown on the listing
permission_groups	array	detail	Permission groups the app asks for
top_chart_label	string or null	detail	Top chart the app appears in, as shown on the listing
top_chart_rank	string or null	detail	Rank in that chart, for example #1
country	string	both	Store country used
language	string	both	Language used
search_query	string or null	both	Keyword that returned the app; null for app IDs
scraped_at	string	both	UTC timestamp, ISO 8601

Developer contact fields are exactly what the listing shows publicly. Many listings show an email and a website, fewer show an address or a phone number. Dates are given as ISO timestamps from the source's own time values, so they do not change with the language setting; the _text fields keep the localised wording.

Fill rates, measured in one local test series in October 2026 (US store, English, plus one run in the German store; 30 app page rows and 57 search rows over several runs, some apps appear more than once): on the 30 app pages every field above was present except version and android_version (always empty), video (2 of 30), developer_phone (19 of 30), developer_website (27 of 30), iap_price_range (27 of 30), recent_changes (27 of 30), content_rating_descriptors (15 of 30) and top_chart_label / top_chart_rank (5 of 30). On the search results title, developer, category, installs, price, content rating, description and icon were present on every row, and score on all but 2 apps without a rating. These figures describe this test series, not a general rate.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	list of text	["budget planner"] when no keyword and no app is given	Keywords such as habit tracker. A comma or line separated text also works.
appIds	list of text	empty	Package names (com.duolingo) or app page URLs (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo). Always returns the full record.
country	text	us	Two-letter store country: prices, ratings and availability follow it.
language	text	en	Language of titles, descriptions and labels, for example de or pt-BR.
includeDetails	boolean	true	Keyword results: open every app for the full record (billed as an app detail event). Off: search list fields only (billed as a search result event).
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of apps across all keywords and app IDs. 0 means no limit. The limit is shared equally between the entries; an unused share goes to the later ones.
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	0	Maximum number of apps for each keyword and each app ID. 0 means no separate limit.
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true}	Proxy settings. The default works for most runs.

Numbers may be given as text ("25"). An empty input {} runs a small sample search (budget planner, up to 10 apps, with details) and the run status says so. If the input cannot be read, the actor runs that same sample and writes a warning to the log. The same keyword or app given twice is processed once, and an app that several searches find is delivered once. A pasted Google Play search URL is read as its keyword. Values that are neither a package name nor a Play URL are skipped and counted in the status message.

Example input

Search with full records:

{
  "searchQueries": ["budget planner", "habit tracker"],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 60
}

Look up apps:

{
  "appIds": [
    "com.duolingo",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "country": "de",
  "language": "de"
}

Search list fields only:

{
  "searchQueries": ["chess"],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 30
}

Example output

A detail record (description shortened here; values taken from the saved sample):

{
  "record_type": "detail",
  "app_id": "com.duolingo",
  "title": "Duolingo: Learn Languages",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo",
  "summary": "Make language learning fun with Spanish, French, English, chess, math & music.",
  "developer": "Duolingo",
  "developer_id": "6957685454452609502",
  "developer_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6957685454452609502",
  "developer_email": "super-support@duolingo.com",
  "developer_website": "https://www.duolingo.com/help/support-request",
  "developer_address": "5900 Penn Ave\nPittsburgh, PA 15206\nUnited States",
  "developer_phone": "+1 412-567-6602",
  "privacy_policy_url": "https://www.duolingo.com/privacy",
  "category": "Education",
  "genre_id": "EDUCATION",
  "score": 4.746068,
  "ratings_count": 51342639,
  "reviews_count": 967244,
  "histogram": { "1": 946178, "2": 346561, "3": 1166036, "4": 5880965, "5": 43002849 },
  "installs": "500,000,000+",
  "installs_min": 500000000,
  "installs_max": 999999999,
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "free": true,
  "offers_iap": true,
  "iap_price_range": "$0.99 - $239.99 per item",
  "contains_ads": true,
  "content_rating": "Everyone",
  "content_rating_descriptors": "Users Interact, In-App Purchases",
  "released": "2013-05-29T12:18:00Z",
  "released_text": "May 29, 2013",
  "updated": "2026-10-26T19:44:49Z",
  "updated_text": "Oct 26, 2026",
  "version": null,
  "android_version": null,
  "description": "Learn a new language, chess, math & more with the world's most downloaded education app! ...",
  "recent_changes": "Our mascot owl, Duo, is trading in his usual diet of mice for bugs this week. ...",
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/tw_coGKgk1K_zO-Ypf9zBKV1s-KT3dYN1MIUxIqtnbfmON5x_YmuoAr31gE4oSfJHNtA-aStTd-qe9R8S6NVyA",
  "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/Wwc5wGBb-gKpyD9oBTVwTQq2mhMLt1I5Ljdtv82tdILRMtAVGPINXcbMFZIiXraSfFOTw9_bBVipr--o1Vw0",
  "screenshots": ["https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/twmCellsRXWs4bZsSXRv19x-3BIp19FzlQPdu_Va-zE10aL468HHFKJBvEOXo0g67Xsvl3nkIKnpjY7L62OOiA", "..."],
  "video": null,
  "similar_app_ids": ["com.zhiliaoapp.musically", "com.facebook.katana", "com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music", "com.instagram.android"],
  "permission_groups": ["Identity", "Calendar", "Contacts", "Photos/Media/Files", "Storage", "Microphone", "Other"],
  "top_chart_label": "top free education",
  "top_chart_rank": "#1",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "search_query": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-27T12:00:00Z"
}

A search record (same fields, the ones the search list does not show are null):

{
  "record_type": "search",
  "app_id": "com.droid4you.application.wallet",
  "title": "Wallet: Budget Expense Tracker",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid4you.application.wallet",
  "developer": "BudgetBakers",
  "category": "Finance",
  "score": 4.61595,
  "installs": "10,000,000+",
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "free": true,
  "content_rating": "Everyone",
  "description": "Wallet is the all-in-one personal finance manager built to help you save money and plan for the future. ...",
  "developer_email": null,
  "ratings_count": null,
  "search_query": "budget planner"
}

(Other fields of the record are null or empty lists and left out of this example for space.)

Pricing

Pay per result. The Pricing tab of this Actor shows the price of each event and the one-time start fee:

• actor-start: charged once per run, together with the first delivered app.
• app-detail: one per app delivered as a detail record. It is charged instead of, not on top of, app-search-result.
• app-search-result: one per app delivered as a search record.

You are charged only for apps that were delivered; a run that finds nothing costs nothing. If you set a maximum cost per run, the run stops at that limit and the status message says how many apps were delivered.

Use with AI (MCP)

Add this actor as a tool in Claude or another MCP client:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/google-play-scraper

Example prompts:

• "Find 30 budgeting apps in the US Play Store and list the developer email and website for each."
• "Get the rating, install band and last update date of com.duolingo and com.spotify.music."

FAQ

How many apps does one keyword return? Up to 30: the first result page of the Google Play search. Further result pages are not read yet. For more volume, add keyword variants (for example budget planner, budget app, expense tracker) or use App IDs. When a keyword gives fewer apps than your limit allows, the status message says so.

Why are version and android_version empty? Google Play does not put them on the app page itself, so they are always null.

Why is a developer email or address empty? Only what the listing shows is returned. Not every developer publishes an email, website, address or phone number.

Which store does country select? The Google Play storefront of that country: prices, ratings, availability and the top chart label follow it. Use language for the text language.

What is installs_max? Google Play shows install bands such as 500,000,000+. installs_min is the band start; installs_max is the start of the next band minus one, so it is a bound, not a measured number.

Keyword results cost more with details. How do I keep the cost down? Set includeDetails to false to get search list fields only, or use maxResults and a maximum cost per run.

How do I find an app ID? It is the id= part of the app page URL, for example com.duolingo. You can also paste the full URL.

Limits

• Keyword searches read the first result page only (up to 30 apps per keyword).
• Top charts, category pages and developer pages are not supported yet.
• A search for a keyword in a small store can return few apps, or none; the run then ends normally with a message and no charge.
• Only public listing data is returned. Reviews are not included.

Related actors

• Contact Details Scraper extracts emails, phones and social links from websites, for example the developer websites in this output.
• Google Maps Scraper returns business listings from Google Maps.
• YellowPages Scraper returns business listings from YellowPages.com.

Data protection

This actor returns only data that is publicly visible on the source pages. Results can include personal data, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of individual developers or sole traders. You are responsible for using the data lawfully, including the GDPR/DSGVO, national data-protection laws and unfair-competition rules (for example UWG) for marketing and outreach.

Support

Questions or problems? Open a ticket in the Issues tab on the actor page or email contact@nanoscrape.com.