Apple App Store Scraper — Search, Details, Reviews & Charts

Scrape iOS app data from the Apple App Store. Get app details, user reviews, search results, and chart rankings — all via Apple's public iTunes APIs. No login needed, no rate limits, blazing fast.

The only dedicated Apple App Store scraper on Apify. Perfect companion to Google Play scrapers for cross-platform mobile app intelligence.

🍎 What data can you extract?

App Details (44 fields)

• Basic info: name, bundle ID, developer, description, category, genres
• Ratings: average rating, total rating count, per-version rating count
• Pricing: price, currency, formatted price (Free, $4.99, etc.)
• Technical: version, release date, file size, minimum iOS version, supported devices
• Media: icon URL, screenshot URLs, iPad screenshot URLs
• Metadata: content rating (4+, 9+, 12+, 17+), advisories, languages, seller info

Reviews

• Author, rating (1-5), title, review text, date, app version
• Vote counts (helpful/unhelpful)
• Up to 500 reviews per app (50 per page, 10 pages)

Charts

• 4 chart types: Top Free, Top Paid, Top Grossing, New Apps
• 25 genre filters (Games, Finance, Health & Fitness, etc.)
• Up to 200 apps per chart with rankings

🎯 Use cases

• App market research — analyze competitors in any category
• Review monitoring — track user sentiment for your app or competitors
• Chart tracking — monitor top apps by category and country
• Cross-platform analysis — pair with Google Play scraper for full mobile coverage
• Investment research — evaluate app performance and user ratings
• ASO (App Store Optimization) — keyword research and competitive benchmarking
• Lead generation — find app developers by category

💰 How much does it cost?

Results	Cost
1,000 results	$2.00
10,000 results	$20.00
100,000 results	$200.00

Plus Apify platform costs (~$0.10-0.25 per 1,000 results for compute).

📥 Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search, app-details, reviews, or charts
searchTerm	string	—	Search keyword (search mode)
appUrl	string	—	App Store URL or Apple ID (app-details/reviews modes)
chartType	string	top-free	top-free, top-paid, top-grossing, new (charts mode)
genre	string	—	Genre filter (e.g., "Games", "Finance")
country	string	us	Two-letter country code
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum results (1-500)

Example inputs

Search for fitness apps:

{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchTerm": "fitness tracker",
    "country": "us",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Get app details by URL:

{
    "mode": "app-details",
    "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997"
}

Get reviews:

{
    "mode": "reviews",
    "appUrl": "310633997",
    "maxResults": 100
}

Top free games:

{
    "mode": "charts",
    "chartType": "top-free",
    "genre": "Games",
    "maxResults": 100
}

📤 Output example

App record

{
    "type": "app",
    "appleId": 310633997,
    "name": "WhatsApp Messenger",
    "bundleId": "net.whatsapp.WhatsApp",
    "developer": "WhatsApp Inc.",
    "category": "Social Networking",
    "genres": ["Social Networking", "Utilities"],
    "rating": 4.69,
    "ratingCount": 28923921,
    "price": 0,
    "formattedPrice": "Free",
    "version": "26.13.74",
    "contentRating": "12+",
    "minimumOsVersion": "15.1",
    "fileSizeBytes": 332285952,
    "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997"
}

Review record

{
    "type": "review",
    "appleId": 310633997,
    "appName": "WhatsApp Messenger",
    "author": "Ayinde Marshall",
    "rating": 5,
    "title": "Great messaging app",
    "content": "Works perfectly for staying in touch with family...",
    "date": "2026-04-13T03:03:41-07:00",
    "appVersion": "26.13.74"
}

💡 Tips and notes

• Accepts flexible input: Paste a full App Store URL, bare Apple ID (310633997), or prefixed ID (id310633997)
• Country matters: Different countries have different apps, charts, and reviews. Use 2-letter codes (us, gb, de, jp, in, etc.)
• 25 genres available: Games, Business, Education, Entertainment, Finance, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Medical, Music, Navigation, News, Photo & Video, Productivity, Reference, Shopping, Social Networking, Sports, Travel, Utilities, Weather, Books, Developer Tools, Graphics & Design, Magazines & Newspapers
• Reviews are sorted by most recent and paginated (50 per page, up to 500 total)
• Charts update regularly — Apple refreshes chart rankings throughout the day
• Daily health test compatible — sending empty {} input returns search results for "social media"