# Google Play Scraper - $1/1000 Results (`scrapeunblocker/google-play-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the Google Play Store as JSON: full app details (title, developer, rating and star histogram, installs, price, in-app purchases, content rating, description, screenshots, version, updated date, what's new, similar apps) or app search results. No API key. Powered by ScrapeUnblocker.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker/google-play-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapeunblocker](https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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

## Google Play Scraper

Scrape the **Google Play Store** as clean, structured JSON - full **app details** or **app search** results. No Google Play API key, no proxies or CAPTCHA setup.

Powered by [ScrapeUnblocker](https://scrapeunblocker.com)'s anti-bot bypass.

### Two modes

- **App detail** (`mode: app`) - one app's full record by package id (`com.whatsapp`).
- **App search** (`mode: search`) - the apps that match a keyword (`vpn`), one results page.

### What you get

**App detail** - title, developer (with id, website, email, address), category, `score` + `scoreText`, total `ratings` and `reviews`, the 1-5 star **histogram**, `installs` (text) and `realInstalls` (number), price / `free` / in-app purchase range, content rating, full description, screenshots, icon, header image, `released` and `updated` dates, current `version`, what's new, privacy policy URL and a list of similar apps.

**App search** - per app: package id, title, developer, `score`, category, installs, a short summary, icon, content rating, in-app purchase range and the store URL.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | select | `app` | `app` (detail by package id) or `search` (by keyword). |
| `app_id` | string | `com.whatsapp` | Package id, for `mode: app` (e.g. `com.spotify.music`). |
| `q` | string | - | Search term, for `mode: search` (e.g. `vpn`). |
| `max_results` | integer | 30 | Apps to return for `mode: search` (one page, up to 100). |
| `hl` | string | `en` | Language code (ISO). |
| `gl` | string | `us` | Store country (ISO-2). |
| `proxy_country` | string | - | Exit-IP country (ISO-2), or blank to auto-pick. |

### Example output

**mode: app** (one dataset item)

```json
{
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "title": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "developer": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "developerWebsite": "http://www.whatsapp.com/",
  "developerEmail": "android@support.whatsapp.com",
  "genre": "Communication",
  "score": 4.617372,
  "scoreText": "4.6",
  "ratings": 243047162,
  "reviews": 1951878,
  "histogram": { "1": 10820915, "2": 3412460, "3": 8838413, "4": 21798644, "5": 198176652 },
  "installs": "10,000,000,000+",
  "realInstalls": 12291013135,
  "free": true,
  "inAppPurchases": "$0.40 - $199.99 per item",
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "released": "Oct 18, 2010",
  "updatedISO": "2026-09-08T20:37:50Z",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
}
```

**mode: search** (one dataset item per app)

```json
{
  "appId": "ch.protonvpn.android",
  "title": "Proton VPN: Fast & Secure VPN",
  "developer": "Proton AG",
  "score": 4.6771846,
  "genre": "Tools",
  "installs": "100,000,000+",
  "contentRating": "Everyone",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.android"
}
```

### Use cases

- **App monitoring** - track rating, review count, installs and version for your app over time.
- **ASO (app store optimization)** - see who ranks for a keyword, their titles, ratings and installs.
- **Competitor tracking** - watch a rival's score, install band, price, IAP range and update cadence.
- **Market research** - pull whole categories of apps and compare developers, ratings and reach.

### Pricing

$2 per 1,000 results - one result is one app (a detail record, or one search hit).

> Reviews scraping is on the roadmap and will be added as a `reviews` mode.

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape: one app's full detail, or a list of apps for a search term.

## `app_id` (type: `string`):

For mode = App detail: the Play package id, e.g. 'com.whatsapp' or 'com.spotify.music'.

## `q` (type: `string`):

For mode = App search: the keyword to search, e.g. 'vpn' or 'photo editor'.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

For mode = App search: how many apps to return (one results page, up to 100).

## `hl` (type: `string`):

Language code (ISO), e.g. 'en', 'de', 'es'.

## `gl` (type: `string`):

Country code (ISO-2) for the store, e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de'.

## `proxy_country` (type: `string`):

Exit-IP country (ISO-2). Leave blank to let ScrapeUnblocker pick the exit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "app",
  "app_id": "com.whatsapp",
  "max_results": 30,
  "hl": "en",
  "gl": "us",
  "proxy_country": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Collected app records

# 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 = {
    "app_id": "com.whatsapp"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeunblocker/google-play-scraper").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 = { "app_id": "com.whatsapp" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapeunblocker/google-play-scraper").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 '{
  "app_id": "com.whatsapp"
}' |
apify call scrapeunblocker/google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/TeuKgYV64phl2S7pj/builds/VntpVMoEU634eByir/openapi.json