# App Store & Google Play Scraper (App Data, Search, Top Charts) (`scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data`) Actor

Scrape app details, keyword search rankings and top charts from Google Play and the Apple App Store into one unified dataset: ratings, installs, price, version, developer, category.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Scraper Forge](https://apify.com/scraper-forge) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## 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?

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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

## App Store & Google Play Scraper: App Data, Search Rankings, Top Charts

Get **app data from Google Play and the Apple App Store in one run and one format**: details for specific apps, keyword search results with ranks, and top charts by category and country.

### What you can do with it

- 🔎 **ASO / keyword research**: see which apps rank for "budget tracker" on both stores, and in which position
- 📈 **Track top charts**: top free, paid and grossing by category and country, with rank
- 🕵️ **Competitor monitoring**: ratings, rating counts, installs, price, version and last update for any list of apps
- 🧲 **Lead generation**: developers and their apps in a niche
- 🤖 **Market datasets**: clean JSON/CSV for analysis or AI

### Features

- ✅ Google Play **and** App Store, one unified schema (`platform` tells them apart)
- ✅ Three modes in one run: specific apps, search terms, top charts
- ✅ Accepts URLs, package names, App Store IDs or bundle IDs
- ✅ Rank included for search and chart results
- ✅ Optional full details (installs, version, description, screenshots…) for every search/chart result
- ✅ Any store country and language
- ✅ Fast and efficient: no browser; failed sources never stop the run

### Input example

```json
{
  "playStoreApps": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "appStoreApps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
  "searchTerms": ["budget tracker", "habit tracker"],
  "topCharts": true,
  "playCollection": "TOP_FREE",
  "playCategory": "GAME",
  "appStoreCollection": "TOP_FREE_IOS",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "country": "us"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "platform": "googlePlay",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "title": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "category": "Music & Audio",
  "price": 0,
  "free": true,
  "rating": 4.35,
  "ratingsCount": 36420438,
  "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
  "version": "VARY",
  "updated": "2026-09-29T14:38:09.000Z",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music",
  "source": "search",
  "query": "music",
  "rank": 1,
  "country": "us"
}
```

Fields a store doesn't provide are `null` (for example installs on the App Store). Search and chart results contain fewer fields unless **Full details** is on.

### Need reviews too?

Use the companion Actor **[App Reviews Scraper (Google Play + App Store)](https://apify.com/scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-reviews)**: same unified format, with ratings, text, app version and developer replies.

### FAQ

**How many results per search?** Up to 250 on Google Play and 200 on the App Store.

**Does it need a proxy?** No.

**Is it legal?** It collects publicly available store listings. You are responsible for how you use the data.

Built on the open-source [google-play-scraper](https://github.com/facundoolano/google-play-scraper) and [app-store-scraper](https://github.com/facundoolano/app-store-scraper) (MIT).

# Actor input Schema

## `playStoreApps` (type: `array`):

Full details for these apps. Play Store URLs or package names (com.spotify.music).

## `appStoreApps` (type: `array`):

App Store URLs, numeric IDs (324684580) or bundle IDs (com.spotify.client).

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Find apps by keyword, with their rank in the store's search results. Great for ASO and competitor research.

## `searchPlatforms` (type: `string`):

Which store(s) to search.

## `topCharts` (type: `boolean`):

Get the ranked top-chart list.

## `chartPlatforms` (type: `string`):

Which store(s) to pull charts from.

## `playCollection` (type: `string`):

Top free, top paid or top grossing.

## `playCategory` (type: `string`):

Category for the Google Play chart (Application = all apps, Game = all games).

## `appStoreCollection` (type: `string`):

Which App Store chart.

## `appStoreCategory` (type: `string`):

Optional category for the App Store chart.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Google Play returns up to 250 search results, the App Store up to 200.

## `fullDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch every field (installs, version, description, screenshots�) for each search/chart result. Slower; specific apps always get full details.

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

Two-letter store country (us, fr, gb, de, jp�). Rankings and prices differ per country.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language for Google Play texts.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "playStoreApps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "appStoreApps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "searchPlatforms": "both",
  "topCharts": false,
  "chartPlatforms": "both",
  "playCollection": "TOP_FREE",
  "playCategory": "APPLICATION",
  "appStoreCollection": "TOP_FREE_IOS",
  "appStoreCategory": "",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fullDetails": false,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `apps` (type: `string`):

All scraped apps.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Totals and failed sources.

# 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 = {
    "playStoreApps": [
        "com.spotify.music"
    ],
    "appStoreApps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data").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 = {
    "playStoreApps": ["com.spotify.music"],
    "appStoreApps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data").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 '{
  "playStoreApps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "appStoreApps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ]
}' |
apify call scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scraper-forge/app-store-play-store-data"
        }
    }
}
```

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/T9Az0Sn5oCXiO22pZ/builds/RCvsABwEax9Z44a8m/openapi.json