Best AppStore Scraper

Get Apple App Store app profiles, reviews, category rankings, and keyword rankings. This actor is powered live by the ScoutLayer API, so there's nothing to configure and no ScoutLayer account needed — just run it.

Features

• App Profile: Name, description, rating, price, developer, screenshots, and more for one app
• Reviews: Paginated reviews for an app, including developer replies
• Category Rankings: Top free/paid/grossing charts for a category
• Keyword Rankings: App Store search rankings for a keyword

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you're charged per result, not per run:

Event	Charged for
profile	Each app profile returned by the App Profile scrape type
reviews	Each review returned by the Reviews scrape type
ranks	Each ranked app returned by the Category Rankings or Keyword Rankings scrape types

Input

Scrape Type

Select the type of data to fetch using the scrapeType field:

Value	Description
app	Fetch detailed metadata for one or more apps
reviews	Fetch reviews for one or more apps
category	Fetch a category's ranking chart
keywords	Fetch app rankings for one or more search keywords

All Input Fields

Field	Type	Required for	Default	Description
scrapeType	string	Always	app	Scrape type (see table above)
country	string	—	—	Two-letter storefront country code, e.g. "US". Applies to every scrape type
appIds	array	app	—	App IDs or full URLs, e.g. ["310633997"] or ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997"]
reviewAppIds	array	reviews	—	App IDs or full URLs to fetch reviews for
maxReviewPages	integer	—	5	Max review pages per app
categories	array	category	—	Category slugs matching Apple's own naming, e.g. ["business"]
chart	string	—	top-free	top-free, top-paid, or top-grossing
keywords	array	keywords	—	Search keywords, e.g. ["email marketing"]

Note: category and keywords each return one page per request — the underlying API doesn't paginate these two.

Output

Results are stored in the dataset under the key results. The shape varies by scrape type.

App Profile

{
  "appId": "310633997",
  "store": "apple",
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "subtitle": "Simple. Secure. Reliable messaging.",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
  "iconUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/....png",
  "description": "WhatsApp from Meta...",
  "rating": { "value": 4.7, "max": 5 },
  "reviewsCount": null,
  "price": { "current": 0, "currency": "USD", "displayed": "Free" },
  "isFree": true,
  "mainCategory": "Social Networking",
  "categories": ["Social Networking"],
  "installs": null,
  "installsCount": null,
  "developer": {
    "name": "WhatsApp Inc.",
    "id": "310633997",
    "url": "https://apps.apple.com/...",
    "email": null,
    "website": null
  },
  "minimumOsVersion": "15.0",
  "sizeBytes": 250000000,
  "releasedAt": "2009-05-03T00:00:00Z",
  "lastUpdatedAt": "2026-07-20T00:00:00Z",
  "updateNotes": "Bug fixes and performance improvements.",
  "screenshotUrls": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/...1.png"],
  "videoUrls": [],
  "languages": ["EN", "ES"],
  "contentRating": "12+",
  "similarApps": [{ "appId": "447188370", "title": "Snapchat" }],
  "moreByDeveloper": [],
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-11T00:00:00Z"
}

reviewsCount is null for Apple — the App Store doesn't expose a total review count, this isn't missing data. installs/installsCount/developer.email/developer.website are Google Play–only fields, always null here.

Reviews

Each result is one review, with page (added by the actor) indicating which page it appeared on.

{
  "reviewId": "abc123",
  "appId": "310633997",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "Great app",
  "text": "Works flawlessly every day.",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "helpfulCount": 12,
  "authorName": "jdoe",
  "appVersion": "24.10.1",
  "developerReply": null,
  "page": 1
}

Category Rankings / Keyword Rankings

Each result is one ranked app. category or keyword (added by the actor) indicates which lookup it came from.

{
  "appId": "310633997",
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "rank": 3,
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
  "iconUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/....png",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "reviewsCount": null,
  "isFree": true,
  "price": { "current": 0, "currency": "USD" },
  "developerName": "WhatsApp Inc.",
  "isSponsored": false,
  "category": "business"
}

Usage Examples

Get an app's profile

{
  "scrapeType": "app",
  "appIds": ["310633997"],
  "country": "US"
}

Get an app's reviews

{
  "scrapeType": "reviews",
  "reviewAppIds": ["310633997"],
  "maxReviewPages": 3
}

Get a category's top-paid chart

{
  "scrapeType": "category",
  "categories": ["business"],
  "chart": "top-paid"
}

Get keyword rankings

{
  "scrapeType": "keywords",
  "keywords": ["email marketing", "inventory management"]
}

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