# App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper (`solarg/app-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape app reviews from the Apple App Store and Google Play in one run, with one output format. Use store URLs, app IDs or just app names.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/solarg/app-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Solar G](https://apify.com/solarg) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.14 / 1,000 review scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

Scrapes user reviews from the Apple App Store and Google Play in one run. Both stores return the same output format, so results can be combined without extra processing.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `apps` | Any mix of Google Play URLs or package names (`com.spotify.music`), App Store URLs or numeric IDs (`324684580`), and plain app names (`Spotify`). |
| `stores` | Stores to search when an app is given by name. Default: both. |
| `maxReviewsPerApp` | Maximum reviews per app, per store. Default 200. |
| `country` | Two-letter country code. Default `us`. |
| `language` | Google Play review language. Default `en`. |
| `sort` | `newest`, `helpful` or `rating` (Google Play only). |
| `reviewsSince` | Optional. Skip reviews older than this date. |
| `ratings` | Optional. Only return these star ratings, e.g. `["1","2"]`. |

```json
{
  "apps": ["Duolingo", "com.whatsapp", "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/spotify/id324684580"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "country": "gb",
  "ratings": ["1", "2"]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "store": "appStore",
  "appId": "570060128",
  "appName": "Duolingo: Language & Chess",
  "country": "gb",
  "reviewId": "14694334772",
  "userName": "Joblogsy",
  "rating": 2,
  "title": "Annoying",
  "text": "So annoying tells me repeatedly I'm offline when I am not...",
  "date": "2026-10-21T18:45:07.000Z",
  "appVersion": "7.145.1",
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "developerReply": null,
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/id570060128?see-all=reviews"
}
```

`developerReply` is `{ "text", "date" }` when the developer has responded (Google Play). If an app can't be found, the run outputs an item with an `error` field and carries on with the other apps.

### API usage

Run the Actor and get results in one request:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/solarg~app-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"apps": ["com.spotify.music"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 500}'
```

With the JavaScript client:

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('solarg/app-reviews-scraper').call({"apps": ["com.spotify.music"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 500});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

With Python:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("solarg/app-reviews-scraper").call(run_input={"apps": ["com.spotify.music"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 500})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
```

You can also schedule runs in Apify Console and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks, Zapier, Make or n8n through Apify's integrations.

### Pricing

$0.20 per 1,000 reviews. Platform usage is included in the price.

### Limitations

- Apple's public review feed returns at most 500 reviews per app per country. To get more App Store reviews, run several countries.
- App Store developer replies aren't included in Apple's public feed.
- Google Play has no hard limit, but very large pulls take longer.

### Notes

Review text and usernames are public, but they can still count as personal data. Use them in line with applicable law. Report problems in the Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

Google Play URLs or package names (com.spotify.music), App Store URLs or numeric IDs (324684580), or plain app names (looked up in the stores selected below).

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Which stores to search when an app is given by name. URLs and IDs always use their own store.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

The App Store public feed provides at most 500 reviews per app per country.

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

Two-letter country code, e.g. us, gb, de, au. App Store reviews are country-specific.

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

Two-letter language code for Google Play reviews.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order in which reviews are collected.

## `reviewsSince` (type: `string`):

Skip reviews older than this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `ratings` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all ratings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "Spotify"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "appStore",
    "googlePlay"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 100,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped items in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "apps": [
        "Spotify"
    ],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("solarg/app-reviews-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 = {
    "apps": ["Spotify"],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("solarg/app-reviews-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 '{
  "apps": [
    "Spotify"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 100
}' |
apify call solarg/app-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,solarg/app-reviews-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/Z9XyAys8sfGCZxgEI/builds/NTzJ8oN87WP4s65sU/openapi.json