# Google Play Store Scraper (`shahidirfan/google-play-store-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play Store apps instantly: extract ratings, reviews, downloads, pricing & metadata. Perfect for competitive analysis, market research & app intelligence. Bulk download app store data efficiently.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/shahidirfan/google-play-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Shahid Irfan](https://apify.com/shahidirfan) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Google Play Store Scraper

Extract Google Play Store listings by URL, keyword, category, and subcategory. The actor collects apps, books, and movies with normalized fields and removes empty values from output.

### Features

- **Flexible input mode** — Run by direct Play URL or by keyword.
- **Category + subcategory support** — Use `apps`, `games`, `books`, `movies` plus subcategory values such as `productivity`, `tools`, `education`, `action`, `strategy`.
- **Reliable multi-page collection** — Continues through related pages and avoids duplicate-only loops.
- **Detail enrichment** — Collects richer fields like descriptions, ratings, authors, and duration where available.
- **Clean output** — Null/empty fields are removed before saving to dataset.

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `url` | String | No | `"https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps"` | Optional Play URL (search/category/cluster). |
| `keyword` | String | No | `"education"` | Search keyword if `url` is not provided. |
| `category` | String | No | `"apps"` | Top category: `apps`, `games`, `books`, `movies`. |
| `subcategory` | String | No | `"productivity"` | Optional subcategory (for example `tools`, `education`, `action`). |
| `results_wanted` | Integer | No | `20` | Maximum number of items to save. |
| `max_pages` | Integer | No | `10` | Maximum number of pages/clusters to fetch. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | Proxy settings. |

### Output Data

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `item_id` | String | Unique item id (app package, book id, or movie id). |
| `content_type` | String | Normalized type: `app`, `book`, or `movie`. |
| `title` | String | App title. |
| `developer` | String | Developer/publisher name (apps). |
| `author` | Array/String | Author data (books, when available). |
| `category` | String | Category or genre label. |
| `subcategory` | String | Input subcategory used for the run. |
| `store_type` | String | Input top category (`apps`/`games`/`books`/`movies`). |
| `rating` | Number | Average rating value. |
| `rating_count` | Number | Number of ratings (if available from detail page). |
| `installs` | String | Install range text. |
| `duration_minutes` | Number | Runtime in minutes (movies, when available). |
| `content_url` | String | Canonical Google Play detail URL. |
| `description` | String | Enriched app description text. |
| `icon_url` | String | App icon URL. |
| `screenshots` | Array | Screenshot URLs. |
| `content_rating` | String | Content rating label. |
| `in_app_purchases` | String | In-app purchase text. |
| `price` | String | Price value when available. |
| `currency` | String | Price currency when available. |
| `source_url` | String | Source page URL used for extraction. |
| `page` | Number | Page/cluster sequence number in the run. |
| `rank` | Number | Rank in this run output. |
| `scraped_at` | String | ISO timestamp. |

### Usage Examples

#### Keyword + Category

```json
{
  "keyword": "education",
  "category": "apps",
  "results_wanted": 50,
  "max_pages": 10
}
````

#### Subcategory Listing (Apps)

```json
{
  "category": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "results_wanted": 60,
  "max_pages": 10
}
```

#### Subcategory Listing (Games)

```json
{
  "category": "games",
  "subcategory": "action",
  "results_wanted": 60,
  "max_pages": 10
}
```

#### Direct URL Run

```json
{
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
  "results_wanted": 40,
  "max_pages": 8
}
```

### Sample Output

```json
{
  "item_id": "com.piriform.ccleaner",
  "content_type": "app",
  "content_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piriform.ccleaner",
  "title": "CCleaner – Phone Cleaner",
  "developer": "Piriform",
  "category": "Tools",
  "store_type": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "installs": "100,000,000+",
  "description": "Clean up your phone storage with CCleaner for Android.",
  "source_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/PRODUCTIVITY?hl=en&gl=us",
  "page": 1,
  "rank": 1,
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-22T10:30:00.000Z"
}
```

### Tips

- Start with `results_wanted: 20` to validate your query quickly.
- Use category + subcategory mode for broader discovery beyond search pages.
- For large runs, use proxy configuration for better stability.

### Legal Notice

Use this actor in compliance with Google Play terms and applicable laws.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Optional Play Store URL. Supports search, category, and cluster URLs.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Search keyword when URL is not provided.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Top store category.

## `subcategory` (type: `string`):

Optional subcategory (examples: productivity, tools, education, action, strategy).

## `results_wanted` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to save.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages/clusters to fetch.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for request routing.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
  "keyword": "education",
  "category": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
    "keyword": "education",
    "category": "apps",
    "subcategory": "productivity",
    "results_wanted": 20,
    "max_pages": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("shahidirfan/google-play-store-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 = {
    "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
    "keyword": "education",
    "category": "apps",
    "subcategory": "productivity",
    "results_wanted": 20,
    "max_pages": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("shahidirfan/google-play-store-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cleaner&c=apps",
  "keyword": "education",
  "category": "apps",
  "subcategory": "productivity",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 10
}' |
apify call shahidirfan/google-play-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=shahidirfan/google-play-store-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Google Play Store Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape Google Play Store apps instantly: extract ratings, reviews, downloads, pricing & metadata. Perfect for competitive analysis, market research & app intelligence. Bulk download app store data efficiently.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "TYWRdNLrnJSMZFzzH"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/shahidirfan~google-play-store-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-shahidirfan-google-play-store-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/shahidirfan~google-play-store-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-shahidirfan-google-play-store-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
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                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/shahidirfan~google-play-store-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-shahidirfan-google-play-store-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "url": {
                        "title": "Google Play URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional Play Store URL. Supports search, category, and cluster URLs."
                    },
                    "keyword": {
                        "title": "Keyword",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Search keyword when URL is not provided."
                    },
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Category",
                        "enum": [
                            "apps",
                            "games",
                            "books",
                            "movies"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Top store category.",
                        "default": "apps"
                    },
                    "subcategory": {
                        "title": "Subcategory",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional subcategory (examples: productivity, tools, education, action, strategy)."
                    },
                    "results_wanted": {
                        "title": "Results wanted",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of results to save.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "max_pages": {
                        "title": "Max pages",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of pages/clusters to fetch.",
                        "default": 10
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings for request routing.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```