# Apple App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS Ratings by Country (`scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews`) Actor

App Store reviews scraper for any iOS app via Apple's official customer reviews RSS feed, across multiple countries. Each row has review title, text, star rating, app version, author, date and vote count. Use it for app review monitoring, sentiment analysis, ASO and competitor research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews.md
- **Developed by:** [Ryan Sofranko](https://apify.com/scrape-smith) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 review returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

### What does Apple App Store Reviews Scraper do?

App Store reviews scraper for any iOS app via Apple's official customer reviews RSS feed, across multiple countries. Each row has review title, text, star rating, app version, author, date and vote count. Use it for app review monitoring, sentiment analysis, ASO and competitor research.

📖 Step-by-step tutorial: <https://dev.to/scrape-smith/how-to-export-ios-app-store-reviews-by-country-for-sentiment-analysis-and-aso-3nh6>

**Popular searches this actor answers:** App Store reviews scraper, iOS app reviews, Apple app reviews API, app review monitoring, ASO, app sentiment analysis.

**Try it free:** the input is prefilled, so just click **Start** and you get real results in seconds for a fraction of a cent.

### What data does it return?

Real rows from a test run with the example input (truncated):

| rating | title | appVersion | updated | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Finding post | 584.0.0 | 2026-10-20T08:23:21-07:00 | R1k023 |
| 1 | My opinion | 584.0.0 | 2026-10-20T08:22:55-07:00 | The Bori shark 🦈 |
| 3 | Missing previously posted comments from others | 584.0.0 | 2026-10-20T08:22:43-07:00 | BlkQueenBlk |
| 1 | Too many ads now. | 584.0.0 | 2026-10-20T08:18:31-07:00 | Agetech |
| 1 | Terrible | 584.0.0 | 2026-10-20T08:16:00-07:00 | Scaronasaur |

Full JSON for one row:

```json
[
  {
    "appId": "284882215",
    "country": "us",
    "reviewId": "14689742915",
    "title": "Finding post",
    "text": "You ruined the app. You use to be able to look something up and find the old post you were looking for now you can’t find anything if I’m searching for somethin…",
    "rating": 3,
    "appVersion": "584.0.0",
    "author": "R1k023",
    "updated": "2026-10-20T08:23:21-07:00",
    "voteCount": 0
  }
]
```

Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, call it via the Apify API, or connect it to Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets and AI agents (Apify MCP server).

### Use cases

- Monitor new reviews after each release
- Sentiment analysis and NLP datasets
- Competitor app research and feature requests mining
- ASO keyword research from real user language
- Alert support teams to 1-star reviews

### How to use Apple App Store Reviews Scraper

1. Open the actor and keep the prefilled example, or replace it with your own input.
2. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
3. Export the dataset or fetch it via API.

#### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `appIds` | Numeric App Store app IDs, one per line. Find it in the app URL: apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id**284882215**. Full app URLs are also accepted. |
| `countries` | Two-letter App Store country codes, one per line (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`). Reviews are per storefront, so add every market you care about. |
| `maxPages` | Pages of most-recent reviews per app and country. 50 reviews per page, max 10 (Apple's RSS limit of ~500 recent reviews). |

Example input:

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "284882215"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxPages": 1
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0003 per review**. 1,000 reviews = $0.30. Apify platform usage is included. Set a max charge per run to cap cost.

| Example job | Approx. cost |
|---|---|
| 50 reviews (1 page, 1 country) | $0.015 |
| 1,000 reviews | $0.30 |

### FAQ

#### How many reviews can I get?

Apple's RSS feed exposes roughly the 500 most recent reviews per app per country. Add more countries for more coverage.

#### Is this the official API?

It uses Apple's public customer-reviews RSS feed. Not affiliated with Apple.

#### Does it cover Google Play?

No, this actor is App Store only.

#### Is it legal to use this data?

The actor only reads public, official endpoints. You are responsible for using the data in line with the source's terms and applicable laws (e.g. GDPR for personal data).

### API example

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrape-smith~apple-app-store-reviews/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"appIds": ["284882215"], "countries": ["us"], "maxPages": 1}'
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Numeric App Store app IDs, one per line. Find it in the app URL: apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id**284882215**. Full app URLs are also accepted.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter App Store country codes, one per line (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`). Reviews are per storefront, so add every market you care about.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Pages of most-recent reviews per app and country. 50 reviews per page, max 10 (Apple's RSS limit of ~500 recent reviews).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appIds": [
    "284882215"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxPages": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

App Store reviews stored in the default dataset

# 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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "284882215"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ],
    "maxPages": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews").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 = {
    "appIds": ["284882215"],
    "countries": ["us"],
    "maxPages": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews").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 '{
  "appIds": [
    "284882215"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxPages": 1
}' |
apify call scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrape-smith/apple-app-store-reviews"
        }
    }
}
```

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/z1dxBVTm3wuU4CKN5/builds/5rjsrYq5Wxu0pdJyS/openapi.json