Apple App Store Scraper - Apps, Ratings & Reviews

Apple App Store Scraper collects App Store data in three modes. App search returns the apps for a keyword with their app id, bundle id, title, developer, rating, ratings count, price, genre, version, last update, icon and link (up to 200 apps per search). App details returns one app's full record: description, price, rating with the per-star histogram, current version and release notes, size, minimum iOS version, genres, content rating, screenshots and languages. App reviews returns written reviews 20 per page with title, text, stars, author, date, edited flag and the developer's response, in the App Store's own sort orders. Every mode works for any storefront country. Pricing is pay-per-event: $0.003 per search, per app and per review page; failed requests are not charged.

Proxies, retries and anti-bot handling are built in, so you don't need your own proxies or an API key. Start a run, get structured JSON.

What can this App Store scraper do?

• App search: up to 200 apps per keyword with id, bundle id, developer, rating, ratings count, price, genre and version.
• App details: description, release notes, size, minimum iOS version, content rating, advisories, screenshots, languages and the 1-5 star histogram.
• App reviews: 20 per page, up to 50 pages per app, sorted by most helpful, most recent, most favorable or most critical.
• Any storefront: pick the two-letter country; prices, ratings and reviews follow that storefront.
• Batch many keywords or app ids; searches and review pages with no results are free.

Modes

Mode	What it returns	Price per request
search	Apps for a search term: app id, bundle id, title, developer, rating, ratings count, price, genre, version, icon, link	$0.003
app	One app's record: description, price, rating with per-star histogram, version, release notes, size, genres, content rating, screenshots, languages	$0.003
reviews	Written reviews for an app id, 20 per page: title, text, stars, author, date, edited flag, developer response	$0.003

Use cases for App Store data

• App marketers and ASO teams: Track where apps rank for a keyword and how their ratings move, per country.
• Product teams: Mine App Store reviews of your app and its competitors for bugs and feature requests.
• Market researchers: Compare prices, genres, sizes and release cadence across a category.

What App Store data can you extract?

Field	Description
apps[].app_id / bundle_id / title / url	App identity (App search)
apps[].developer / primary_genre / version / updated	Developer, genre and current version
apps[].rating / ratings_count / price	Rating, number of ratings and price (value, currency, text, free flag)
app.description / release_notes / screenshots	Store page content (App details)
app.histogram / current_version_rating	Ratings per star and the current version's rating
app.size_bytes / minimum_os_version / languages	Technical details
app.content_rating / advisories / genres	Age rating, content advisories and genres
reviews[].title / text / rating / author / date	Review content (App reviews)
reviews[].edited / developer_response	Edited flag and the developer's reply
next_offset	Offset of the next review page (empty on the last page)

Every dataset item also carries input (the exact request that was sent), request_id (quote it to support), billed and scraped_at.

How to scrape App Store apps and reviews

1. Open Apple App Store Scraper in Apify Console and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter search terms, or switch Mode to App details or App reviews and paste numeric app ids (the number after id in an App Store link). Set Country for another storefront and Review pages per app for more reviews.
3. Adjust the options if needed. Dates accept an exact date (2026-12-01) or a relative one (30 days from today), so saved tasks and schedules never go stale.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download the results from the Output tab as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or fetch them with the Apify API.

Input example

This is the default input; running the Actor without changes uses it.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "appIds": [
    "570060128"
  ],
  "maxPages": 1,
  "includeErrors": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "maxRetries": 2
}

Output example

One dataset item per request (trimmed here; real items contain every field the API returns):

{
  "mode": "search",
  "endpoint": "/v1/app_store/search",
  "input": {
    "q": "budget tracker",
    "country": "us",
    "limit": 25
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "app_id": "1525179720",
      "bundle_id": "com.lightByte.Budget",
      "developer": {
        "id": "1828382777",
        "name": "InnerGrow"
      },
      "icon": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/b2/62/0a/b2620a6b-6204-9d11-67ff-2bc74310d2c3/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg",
      "position": 1,
      "price": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "free": true,
        "text": "Free",
        "value": 0
      },
      "primary_genre": "Finance",
      "rating": 4.72008,
      "ratings_count": 16101,
      "title": "Budget app - spending tracker",
      "updated": "2026-10-06T22:46:35Z",
      "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/budget-app-spending-tracker/id1525179720?uo=4",
      "version": "1.16.3"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "elapsed_s": 0.112,
    "source": "app_store"
  },
  "search_parameters": {
    "country": "us",
    "engine": "app_store_search",
    "limit": 25,
    "q": "budget tracker"
  },
  "total": 1,
  "request_id": "req_3f9c0d6e2b8a4c1f9e7d5b3a1c0e8f6d",
  "billed": true,
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-01T14:03:27.512Z"
}

A request that fails is saved with an error message instead (turn off Include failed requests to skip those). Failed requests are never charged.

How much does it cost to scrape App Store apps and reviews?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay for successful API requests, not for compute time.

Event	Charged when	Price	Per 1,000
search-page	One App Store search (up to 200 apps). Searches with no apps are free.	$0.003	$3.00
app-details	One app's full App Store record with the rating histogram.	$0.003	$3.00
review-page	One page of up to 20 written reviews. Empty pages are free.	$0.003	$3.00

For example, 1,000 requests in the default mode cost $3.00.

• Failed requests (errors, invalid input, blocked upstream after retries) are free.
• Requests where the source returns nothing at all (no results, nothing priced) are saved but not charged.
• Set Maximum cost per run when you start a run and the Actor stops cleanly before going over it.

FAQ

Do I need proxies or an API key?

No. Proxy rotation, retries and anti-bot handling are built in, and the Actor is ready to run as is. You only pay the per-event prices above.

How do I find an app id?

It is the number after id in the app's App Store link (for example 570060128), or the app_id field of App search results. A leading id is accepted.

How many reviews can I get?

Up to 20 per page and 50 pages per app in one run (1,000 reviews per sort order). The App Store only exposes written reviews, so the histogram in App details counts more ratings than there are reviews.

Are reviewer names personal data?

They are published publicly by the App Store, but they can still be personal data under GDPR. Only collect and store them if you have a lawful basis.

Is it legal to scrape App Store apps and reviews?

The Actor collects publicly available information that anyone can see without logging in. You are responsible for how you use the results: respect the source site's terms, copyright and privacy law (such as GDPR) and do not collect personal data without a lawful basis. If in doubt, ask a lawyer.

What happens when a request is blocked or rate-limited?

Rate limits (HTTP 429) and temporary errors (5xx) are retried automatically with exponential backoff, respecting Retry-After. If a request still fails it is saved with the error message and not charged, and the rest of the batch keeps going. A run only fails when every request failed.

Why did a request return an error?

Read the error field: validation problems (for example a malformed date or an unknown id) are reported exactly as the API sees them. Fix the input and run again; failed requests cost nothing.

How many requests can I run at once?

Any number per run. The Actor sends up to 3 requests in parallel by default (change it under Run options); larger batches simply take longer.

Use it from your code

Call the Actor from any language through the Apify API. With the JavaScript client (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('scrapercompany/app-store-scraper').call({
    "mode": "search",
    "queries": [
        "meditation"
    ]
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

With Python (pip install apify-client):

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("scrapercompany/app-store-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "search",
    "queries": ["meditation"],
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also schedule runs, chain them with webhooks, or connect them to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and other integrations from the Integrations tab.

Related scrapers

• Google Play Scraper: the same apps and reviews on Google Play
• Google Search Scraper: organic results for app and brand keywords

Support

Questions, a field you need, or a site that stopped working? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Include the request_id from the dataset item so we can trace the request.