Apple App Store Scraper

Pull complete app metadata from the Apple App Store at scale — developer, average rating and total ratings count, price and currency, version and update history, file size, content rating, screenshots, supported languages, and full descriptions — across 50+ country storefronts and 30+ languages, with optional customer reviews. Built for ASO specialists, app marketers, and market researchers who need fresh, structured App Store data without manually opening one listing at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• 50+ country storefronts in one actor — pull region-specific price, currency, availability, and ranking from the US, UK, Germany, Japan, Brazil, India, and 45+ more, switching storefront with a single dropdown.
• 30+ localized languages — get titles, descriptions, and category names in English, German, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), and 25+ others to match your target market.
• Lookup by App Store URL, numeric App ID, or bundle ID — paste https://apps.apple.com/...id493145008, the bare ID 493145008, or the bundle ID com.getsomeheadspace.headspace. Mix all three with keyword searches in one run.
• Full 30-field app records in a single pass — average rating + total ratings count, current-version rating count, price & currency, file size in bytes, content rating, minimum OS version, release and last-update dates, and primary genre, all on every row.
• Up to ~500 customer reviews per app — opt in to collect reviewer name, star rating, title, body, app version, and date, linked back to each app by App ID.
• Sort reviews by most recent or most helpful — surface the latest sentiment for release monitoring, or the highest-voted reviews for the issues users care about most.
• Up to 200 apps per search term — hits the App Store's own keyword ceiling; stack multiple terms to widen coverage in one job.
• iPhone and iPad screenshot galleries — separate screenshotUrls and ipadScreenshotUrls arrays, plus the high-resolution app icon, for competitive creative analysis.

Use Cases

App Store Optimization (ASO)

• Track competitor titles, subtitles, and descriptions across localized storefronts
• Compare ratings and total ratings count to benchmark your app against category leaders
• Monitor version numbers and update cadence to spot competitor release patterns
• Audit screenshot and icon creative across markets

Market & Category Research

• Map the top 200 apps for any keyword to size a category
• Compare price and currency across 50+ storefronts to plan regional pricing
• Identify free vs. paid mix and content ratings within a niche
• Discover which languages and devices competitors support

Competitor Tracking

• Watch a fixed list of rival apps by bundle ID or App ID for version and rating changes
• Detect new releases entering your category by keyword
• Benchmark file size and minimum OS requirements against peers

Review & Sentiment Mining

• Pull the latest reviews to catch bugs and complaints after a release
• Collect most-helpful reviews to surface recurring feature requests
• Analyze star-rating distribution and review volume per market
• Feed review text into sentiment and topic-modeling pipelines

Data Enrichment & Integration

• Enrich an existing app catalog with current ratings, pricing, and metadata
• Power dashboards that track app performance over time
• Build alerting on version bumps or rating drops for tracked apps

Getting Started

Simple Keyword Search

The simplest run — one keyword, default US storefront:

{
    "searchTerms": ["meditation"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}

Direct Lookup by URL, App ID, or Bundle ID

Pull exact apps with no search — mix all three input formats:

{
    "appUrlsOrIds": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/headspace/id493145008",
        "493145008",
        "com.getsomeheadspace.headspace"
    ]
}

Localized Storefront

Get German-localized titles and EUR pricing from the German storefront:

{
    "searchTerms": ["fitness", "photo editor"],
    "country": "de",
    "language": "de-DE",
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 100
}

Reviews-Enabled Advanced Run

Search, look up specific apps, and collect the most recent reviews for each:

{
    "searchTerms": ["sleep"],
    "appUrlsOrIds": ["493145008"],
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en-US",
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 25,
    "includeReviews": true,
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
    "reviewsSort": "mostRecent"
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Fill in either or both — search terms discover apps by keyword, and direct inputs pull specific apps.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	string[]	["meditation"]	Keywords to search the App Store (e.g. meditation, photo editor, vpn). Each term produces its own set of apps.
appUrlsOrIds	string[]	[]	App Store page URLs, numeric App IDs, or bundle IDs. Each input returns one full-detail record.

Localization

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
country	select	United States	Storefront to pull from. Affects price, currency, availability, ranking, and review language. 50+ options across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and MENA.
language	select	English (US)	Language used for localized titles, descriptions, and category names. 30+ options.

Results

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	50	Maximum apps per search term. Set to 0 for as many as Apple returns. The App Store caps keyword search at 200 results per term. Ignored for direct URL/ID lookups.

Reviews (optional)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeReviews	boolean	false	For each app found, also collect its customer reviews as separate rows linked by App ID. Slower and costs more.
maxReviewsPerApp	integer	100	Maximum reviews per app when reviews are enabled. Set to 0 for as many as possible. The App Store provides up to ~500 reviews per app per country.
reviewsSort	select	Most recent	Order in which reviews are collected: Most recent or Most helpful.

Output

Every row carries a recordType field — app or review — so you can filter cleanly downstream. Reviews are emitted only when includeReviews is on, each linked to its app by appId.

App (recordType: "app")

{
    "recordType": "app",
    "appId": 493145008,
    "bundleId": "com.getsomeheadspace.headspace",
    "appName": "Headspace: Sleep & Meditation",
    "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/headspace-sleep-meditation/id493145008",
    "developer": "Headspace Inc.",
    "developerId": 493145011,
    "developerUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/headspace-inc/id493145011",
    "description": "Headspace is your guide to mindfulness for everyday life...",
    "releaseNotes": "We squashed some bugs and made performance improvements.",
    "version": "4.120.0",
    "price": 0.0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "formattedPrice": "Free",
    "rating": 4.8,
    "ratingCount": 912340,
    "ratingCountCurrentVersion": 12045,
    "contentRating": "4+",
    "primaryGenre": "Health & Fitness",
    "genres": ["Health & Fitness", "Lifestyle"],
    "iconUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/.../512x512bb.png",
    "screenshotUrls": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/.../screen1.png"],
    "ipadScreenshotUrls": ["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/.../ipad1.png"],
    "minimumOsVersion": "15.0",
    "fileSizeBytes": 254839808,
    "languages": ["EN", "DE", "FR", "ES", "PT"],
    "supportedDevices": ["iPhone13", "iPadAir5"],
    "releaseDate": "2012-01-04T08:00:00Z",
    "currentVersionReleaseDate": "2026-06-12T15:30:00Z",
    "country": "us"
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "app"
appId	number	Apple's numeric App (track) ID — the join key for reviews
bundleId	string	Reverse-DNS bundle identifier
appName	string	App title (localized to the chosen language)
appUrl	string	Canonical App Store listing URL
description	string	Full app description
releaseNotes	string	Release notes for the current version
primaryGenre	string	Primary category name
genres	string[]	All category names the app appears in
country	string	Storefront the record was pulled from

Developer

Field	Type	Description
developer	string	Developer / seller name
developerId	number	Apple's numeric developer (artist) ID
developerUrl	string	App Store developer page URL

Ratings & Price

Field	Type	Description
rating	number	Average user rating (0–5)
ratingCount	number	Total number of ratings
ratingCountCurrentVersion	number	Ratings count for the current version only
price	number	Numeric price in the storefront's currency
currency	string	ISO currency code for the storefront
formattedPrice	string	Display price (e.g. Free, $4.99)
contentRating	string	Content advisory rating (e.g. 4+, 12+)

Version, Media & Metadata

Field	Type	Description
version	string	Current version string
minimumOsVersion	string	Minimum OS version required
releaseDate	string	ISO date the app first launched
currentVersionReleaseDate	string	ISO date of the latest update
fileSizeBytes	number	App download size in bytes
iconUrl	string	High-resolution app icon URL
screenshotUrls	string[]	iPhone screenshot URLs
ipadScreenshotUrls	string[]	iPad screenshot URLs
languages	string[]	Supported language codes (ISO)
supportedDevices	string[]	Device models the app supports

Review (recordType: "review")

Emitted only when includeReviews: true. Up to ~500 per app per storefront.

{
    "recordType": "review",
    "appId": 493145008,
    "appName": "Headspace: Sleep & Meditation",
    "reviewId": "11483920571",
    "title": "Life-changing for my anxiety",
    "content": "I've used this app every night for a year and my sleep has never been better.",
    "rating": 5,
    "author": "calm_seeker_99",
    "appVersion": "4.120.0",
    "voteSum": 42,
    "voteCount": 45,
    "date": "2026-06-20T09:14:00Z",
    "country": "us"
}

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "review"
appId	number	App ID this review belongs to (join key)
appName	string	Name of the reviewed app
reviewId	string	Unique review identifier
title	string	Review headline
content	string	Full review text
rating	number	Star rating (1–5)
author	string	Reviewer display name
appVersion	string	App version the review was written for
voteSum	number	Net helpfulness score
voteCount	number	Total helpfulness votes cast
date	string	ISO timestamp the review was posted or updated
country	string	Storefront the review came from

Tips for Best Results

• Use bundle ID for exact matches. Keyword search can miss or rank an app low; pasting the bundle ID (com.company.app) or App ID returns that exact app every time.
• Pricing and reviews are region-specific. Price, currency, and review language all follow the country storefront — run the same app across several storefronts to compare regional pricing, ratings, and sentiment.
• Stack search terms to beat the 200-cap. The App Store returns at most 200 apps per keyword. Use several specific terms (meditation, sleep sounds, breathing) instead of one broad term to widen coverage.
• Sort by most recent for release monitoring. After a competitor or your own update ships, reviewsSort: "mostRecent" surfaces the freshest feedback; switch to mostHelpful to see the issues users vote up most.
• Keep maxReviewsPerApp modest for big runs. Reviews multiply your row count and cost — ask for 50–100 per app when scanning many apps, and raise it only for the handful you want to study in depth.
• Match language to country. Pair country: "jp" with language: "ja-JP" to get fully localized Japanese titles and descriptions rather than English fallbacks.
• Mix searches and direct lookups in one job. Combine searchTerms for discovery with appUrlsOrIds for a tracked watchlist — you pay one start fee for both.

Pricing

From $0.55 per 1,000 apps — charged per app collected, plus a small per-review rate when you enable reviews. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows the total app cost at each discount tier.

Apps	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.11	$0.09	$0.075	$0.055
1,000	$1.10	$0.90	$0.75	$0.55
10,000	$11.00	$9.00	$7.50	$5.50
100,000	$110.00	$90.00	$75.00	$55.00

Reviews are charged separately — from $0.20 per 1,000 reviews — and only when you enable reviews. The table below shows the total review cost at each discount tier:

Reviews	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.04	$0.033	$0.027	$0.020
1,000	$0.40	$0.33	$0.27	$0.20
10,000	$4.00	$3.30	$2.70	$2.00
100,000	$40.00	$33.00	$27.00	$20.00

No compute or time-based charges — you pay per app (plus a small per-review rate when you enable reviews), plus a small fixed per-run start fee. A "result" is any app row in your dataset; reviews are billed on their own per-review rate. See the Pricing tab for the live rates on your plan.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor is designed for legitimate app market research, ASO, competitor analysis, and review sentiment work. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and Apple's terms of service. Review text and reviewer names are user-generated public content — handle any personal data responsibly and in line with privacy regulations. Do not use extracted data for spam, harassment, or any illegal purpose.