Google Play Store App Details Scraper

A fast, HTTP-only Google Play scraper and unofficial Google Play API for Android app data, developer contacts, data safety, permissions, similar apps and Play Store reviews. Search by keyword, look up package names or app URLs, list a developer's catalog, or browse a category, in any country and language. Built for app market research, competitor tracking, and app store optimization (ASO).

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the long description value and the screenshots, permissions, similarApps, developerOtherApps and reviews arrays are abbreviated here for readability; the actor returns them in full):

{
  "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/IzQgYCcnCFCD08GR-3bdtcT8xzOvrNkC84avGT5CwTX2VIqmTmKKJcP_Cd4JoBOdmCMlTndlOzV6hrthg2fOWA",
  "title": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music&hl=en&gl=US",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "developerId": "Spotify AB",
  "developerUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Spotify+AB",
  "category": "Music & Audio",
  "categoryId": "MUSIC_AND_AUDIO",
  "score": 4.3430843,
  "scoreText": "4.3",
  "ratingsCount": 36186660,
  "reviewsCount": 1849617,
  "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
  "minInstalls": 1000000000,
  "maxInstalls": 3101265546,
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "free": true,
  "contentRating": "Teen",
  "containsAds": true,
  "inAppPurchasePriceRange": "$6.99 - $203.88 per item",
  "version": null,
  "minAndroidVersion": null,
  "recentChanges": "We're always making changes and improvements to Spotify...",
  "released": "May 27, 2014",
  "updated": "2026-08-24T08:23:21.000Z",
  "summary": "Listen to songs, play podcasts, create playlists and discover music you'll love",
  "description": "With the Spotify music and podcast app, you can play millions of songs, albums and original podcasts for free ...",
  "developerLegalName": "Spotify AB",
  "developerEmail": "support@spotify.com",
  "developerWebsite": "https://www.spotify.com",
  "developerAddress": "Regeringsgatan 19\n111 53 Stockholm\nSweden",
  "developerPhone": "+46 10 334 03 65",
  "privacyPolicy": "https://www.spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
  "headerImage": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/WdedaGD6EAXZgy88wZM97aIcenQ5Cqzu_IUWBMMalkZmVe2lhv_3YqIUh",
  "video": null,
  "videoImage": null,
  "ratingHistogram": { "1": 3705537, "2": 1071974, "3": 1326987, "4": 3079483, "5": 27002656 },
  "screenshots": ["https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/c1jnjL-9CIFlwlTMX3xNyeo8aEH39sNuC5zp...", "... 39 more"],
  "dataShared": "Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs",
  "dataCollected": "Location, Personal info and 7 others",
  "securityPractices": ["Data is encrypted in transit", "You can request that data be deleted"],
  "permissions": ["Identity: find accounts on the device", "Location: precise location (GPS and network-based)", "... 14 more"],
  "similarApps": [{ "appId": "com.zhiliaoapp.musically", "title": "TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE", "developer": "TikTok Pte. Ltd.", "score": 3.98, "price": 0, "icon": "https://...", "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhiliaoapp.musically" }, "... 5 more"],
  "developerOtherApps": [{ "appId": "com.spotify.tv.android", "title": "Spotify: Music & Podcasts", "developer": "Spotify AB", "score": 3.83, "price": 0, "icon": "https://...", "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.tv.android" }, "... 4 more"],
  "reviews": [{ "reviewId": "ca66ef49-93e8-4ca8-bbc4-d9b0b9c9dd99", "author": "ADNAN SAEED", "rating": 5, "text": "this app best app...", "date": "2026-08-25T02:32:43.000Z", "thumbsUp": 0, "appVersion": "9.1.76.2055", "replyText": null, "replyDate": null }, "... 14 more"],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-26T02:33:46.032Z",
  "error": null,
  "aiSummary": null,
  "aiTags": null,
  "aiAudience": null
}

The most complete Google Play app scraper on Apify. It returns every field the store listing and detail page expose, adds the fields most competitors skip (rating histogram, data safety, Android permissions, in-app-purchase range, developer email/website/address/phone, similar apps, more-by-developer), and can attach user reviews with developer replies, all from one HTTP-only actor across 40+ fields. Four discovery modes and six filters let you target exactly the apps you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• How we compare
• Use cases
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

This is a Google Play Store scraper that finds Android apps by one of four modes (keyword search, specific package names or app URLs, a developer's full catalog, or a store category), then writes one normalized record per app to the run's dataset. With details enabled (the default), each app is enriched from its detail page with the full description, developer contact fields, rating histogram, install estimates, pricing and in-app-purchase ranges, version and update info, media (icon, header image, screenshots, promo video), the Google Play Data Safety summary, similar apps, and the developer's other apps.

Optional add-ons extend each record further: scrape Play Store reviews (author, rating, text, date, thumbs up, app version, developer reply) and requested Android permissions, plus AI summary and AI tags. Store region and language are controlled by country (gl) and language (hl), and six filters (price, minimum rating, content rating) narrow results before details are fetched. Everything runs over plain HTTP, so runs are fast (a single app lookup with reviews completes in about 5 to 10 seconds).

How we compare

All facts below were checked on the named actors' public Apify pages. Prices and adoption change; verify on each listing.

Capability	This actor (scrapers_lat)	curious_coder/google-play-scraper	automation-lab/google-play-scraper	epctex/google-play-scraper	Reviews-only actors (neatrat, thewolves, theagents)
Adoption	Growing (public since 2026)	~2,500 users	~640 users	~1,350 users	500 to 2,400 users each
App metadata (title, installs, price, media)	Yes	Yes (thin field set)	Yes (rich)	Yes (sparse)	No (reviews only)
Rating histogram (5 to 1)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Data safety (shared / collected / practices)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Android permissions	Yes	No	No	No	No
In-app-purchase price range	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Developer email / website / address / phone	Yes	No	Email only	Partial	No
Similar apps + more-by-developer	Yes	Similar only	No	No	No
Reviews with developer replies	Yes (add-on)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Keyword + appId + developer + category modes	All four	Search + appId + similar	Search + appId	URL only	appId / URL
Price / min-rating / content-rating filters	Yes	No	Score filter (reviews)	No	Rating filter (reviews)
Transport	HTTP, no browser	HTTP	HTTP	HTTP	HTTP

Why switch to us: no other Google Play actor returns data safety, permissions, the rating histogram, the in-app-purchase range, full developer contact fields, similar apps and reviews-with-replies together in a single run. If you were stitching two actors (one for app metadata, one for reviews) you can replace both here.

Where a competitor may win, honestly: curious_coder is cheaper per app record and has the largest install base, so for a plain title-and-rating dump at the lowest unit price it is worth a look. automation-lab has an equally rich app field set (histogram, developer email, IAP) and a strong rating. If you only need reviews and nothing else, dedicated reviews actors like neatrat, thewolves and theagents bill around $0.10 per 1,000 reviews, which is cheaper per review than pulling reviews as an add-on here. We compete on completeness and having every surface in one place, not on being the cheapest single-field option.

Use cases

• App store optimization (ASO): track a keyword's ranked apps, their ratings, histograms, install ranges and update cadence over time.
• Competitor and market research: pull a rival developer's full catalog, their similar-apps graph and category peers in one run.
• Review mining and voice-of-customer: collect Play Store reviews with ratings, versions and developer replies for sentiment and bug triage.
• Lead generation: capture developer email, website, address and phone across a category or search to build an app-publisher contact list.
• Compliance and due diligence: read each app's Google Play Data Safety declaration and requested Android permissions at scale.
• Pricing and monetization analysis: compare price, currency, in-app-purchase ranges and "contains ads" flags across a segment.
• Catalog and dataset building: export normalized Android app data to JSON, CSV or Excel for BI, feeds or model training.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It looks up two apps by package name with full details.

{
  "mode": "appIds",
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"],
  "withDetails": true,
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en"
}

Every input is optional. With an empty input the actor runs in search mode with the default keyword. Switch mode to search, developer, or category to discover apps differently. To collect reviews, set withReviews: true and maxReviews (paid Apify plans only).

Input reference

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
mode	string	no	Discovery mode: search, appIds, developer, category.	search
searchQuery	string	no	Keyword, used when mode is search.	photo editor
appIds	array	no	Package names or full app URLs, used when mode is appIds.	["com.spotify.music"]
developer	string	no	Exact developer name, used when mode is developer.	Spotify AB
category	string	no	Play Store category, used when mode is category.	GAME
maxApps	integer	no	Max apps to collect across the run.	50
withDetails	boolean	no	Enrich each app from its detail page (default true).	true
country	string	no	Two-letter country code (gl) for the store region.	US
language	string	no	Two-letter language code (hl) for returned text.	en
priceFilter	string	no	all, free, or paid.	free
minRating	integer	no	Keep apps with a star rating at or above this value (0 to 5).	4
contentRatingFilter	string	no	Keep apps whose content rating contains this text.	Everyone
withDataSafety	boolean	no	Include the Data Safety summary (default true, no extra cost).	true
withSimilarApps	boolean	no	Include the similar-apps list (default true).	true
withDeveloperApps	boolean	no	Include the developer's other apps (default true).	true
withReviews	boolean	no	Attach user reviews (paid plan add-on).	true
maxReviews	integer	no	Reviews per app when reviews are enabled (up to 1000).	40
reviewsSort	string	no	newest, rating, or helpful.	newest
withPermissions	boolean	no	Attach requested Android permissions (paid plan add-on).	true
withAiSummary	boolean	no	AI plain-English app summary (paid add-on).	false
withAiTags	boolean	no	AI topic tags and audience (paid add-on).	false

Output reference

Name	Type	Description
appId	string	Android package name.
title	string	App name.
url	string	Canonical Play Store URL for the app.
developer	string	Developer display name.
developerId	string	Developer identifier used in the store URL.
developerUrl	string	Developer page URL.
category / categoryId	string	Human category label and Play Store category id.
score / scoreText	number / string	Average star rating (numeric and formatted).
ratingsCount	number	Number of ratings.
reviewsCount	number	Number of written reviews.
ratingHistogram	object	Counts per star, keys 5 to 1.
installs	string	Formatted install count (e.g. 1,000,000,000+).
minInstalls / maxInstalls	number	Install range estimate.
price / currency / free	number / string / boolean	Price, currency and free flag.
inAppPurchasePriceRange	string	In-app purchase price range, when present.
containsAds	boolean	Whether the app contains ads.
contentRating	string	Content rating (e.g. Teen).
released / updated	string	Release date and last update timestamp.
version / minAndroidVersion	string	App version and minimum Android version (null when Google shows "Varies with device").
summary / description	string	Short summary and full description.
recentChanges	string	"What's new" release notes.
icon / headerImage / screenshots	string / array	Media URLs.
video / videoImage	string	Promo trailer URL and poster (mostly games).
developerLegalName / developerEmail / developerWebsite / developerAddress / developerPhone	string	Developer legal and contact fields.
privacyPolicy	string	Privacy policy URL.
dataShared / dataCollected	string	Google Play Data Safety summaries.
securityPractices	array	Declared security practices.
permissions	array	Requested Android permissions (add-on).
similarApps	array	Similar apps (appId, title, developer, score, price, icon, url).
developerOtherApps	array	Other apps by the same developer.
reviews	array	User reviews with author, rating, text, date, thumbsUp, appVersion, replyText, replyDate (add-on).
aiSummary / aiTags / aiAudience	string / array	Optional AI enrichment (add-ons).
observedAt	string	ISO timestamp when the record was scraped.
error	string	Error message for a failed lookup, otherwise null.

Fields not exposed by Google Play for a given app are returned as null rather than omitted.

Example output record

See the abbreviated real record at the top of this page. In a live run the description, screenshots, permissions, similarApps, developerOtherApps and reviews arrays are returned in full.

Run via API and CLI

Start a run with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~google-play-apps-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"search","searchQuery":"vpn","country":"US","maxApps":25}'

Run with the Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/google-play-apps-scraper \
  --input '{"mode":"appIds","appIds":["com.spotify.music"],"withReviews":true,"maxReviews":50}'

Fetch results

Download dataset items as JSON (or ?format=csv / ?format=xlsx):

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_TOKEN&format=json"

The DATASET_ID is returned in the run response as defaultDatasetId.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are billed per app record returned (the result event), with a details event when the detail page is fetched. Optional ai_summary and ai_tags events bill only when the AI produces usable output.
• No charge on failure. A run that returns no apps, or an app that errors, does not bill a result for that item.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 results per run, and the paid add-ons (reviews, permissions, AI) are disabled for free plans. Upgrade for higher volume and add-ons.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run and the actor stops emitting billable results once the cap is reached.
• Reviews and permissions each cost one extra HTTP request per app and are only fetched when their toggle is on and you are on a paid plan.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Is this an official Google Play API? No. It is an independent scraper that reads public Play Store pages and returns normalized JSON. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Can it scrape Google Play reviews? Yes. Set withReviews: true and maxReviews (up to 1000 per app), and choose reviewsSort (newest, rating, or helpful). Each review includes the developer reply text and date when present. Reviews are a paid-plan add-on.

Does it return the rating histogram and data safety? Yes. Every detailed record includes the 5-to-1 ratingHistogram, and the dataShared, dataCollected and securityPractices fields from the Google Play Data Safety section. These are not offered by most competing actors.

Which countries and languages are supported? Any Google Play region. Set country (gl) to a two-letter country code and language (hl) to a two-letter language code. Prices, availability and text change per region.

Why are version or minAndroidVersion sometimes null? Google now shows "Varies with device" for many large apps, in which case there is no fixed value to return and the field is honestly null.

How do I look up specific apps? Use mode: appIds and pass package names (e.g. com.spotify.music) or full Play Store URLs. The actor extracts the package id from a URL automatically.

Is it fast? Yes. It parses the JSON embedded in the store pages over plain HTTP with no headless browser, so a single app with reviews completes in roughly 5 to 10 seconds and multi-app runs fetch details in parallel.

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