# Google Play Store Scraper – Apps, Ratings & Search (`stevenkramp/google-play-store-scraper`) Actor

Get full Google Play app data for app IDs, URLs or search terms: title, rating, ratings count, histogram, installs, price, in-app purchases, ads, content rating, updated date, developer, screenshots and more. Pay only per app returned.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/stevenkramp/google-play-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Steven Kramp](https://apify.com/stevenkramp) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 apps

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 Store Scraper – Apps, Ratings & Search

Get complete **Google Play app data** for any list of app IDs or Play Store URLs, or for any search term, in any country and language.

**$1.50 per 1,000 apps.** You only pay for apps that are actually returned. Apps that don't exist or aren't available are reported and not charged.

### What you get for each app

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `title`, `summary`, `description` | Spotify: Music and Podcasts |
| `appId`, `url` | com.spotify.music |
| `developer`, `developerId`, `developerWebsite` | Spotify AB |
| `genre`, `genreId` | Music & Audio / MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO |
| `score`, `ratings`, `reviews`, `histogram` | 4.18 · 36,414,493 ratings · 1–5★ distribution |
| `installs`, `minInstalls`, `maxInstalls` | 1,000,000,000+ |
| `free`, `price`, `currency` | 6.99 USD |
| `offersInAppPurchases`, `inAppPriceRange`, `containsAds` | $0.99 – $49.99 per item |
| `contentRating` | Everyone 10+ |
| `released`, `updated`, `version`, `androidVersion`, `recentChanges` | 2026-09-25, 1.26.52.3, Android 8.0 |
| `icon`, `headerImage`, `screenshots`, `video`, `privacyPolicy` | image URLs |
| `searchTerm`, `searchPosition`, `country`, `language`, `scrapedAt` | run context (ranking position for searches) |

### Use cases

- **App store optimization (ASO):** track your ranking position for keywords and compare it with competitors.
- **Market research:** pull all apps for a niche ("budget planner", "meditation") with ratings, installs and prices.
- **Competitor monitoring:** schedule a daily run for your competitors' apps and watch ratings, versions and price changes.
- **Lead lists for B2B:** developer names and websites of apps in your target category.

### How to use

1. Add **app IDs or URLs** (e.g. `com.whatsapp`) and/or **search terms** (e.g. `fitness tracker`).
2. Choose **country** (`us`, `gb`, `de` …) and **language** (`en`, `de` …). Prices, availability and rankings depend on the country.
3. Run it, then export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier or n8n.

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.whatsapp", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music"],
  "searchTerms": ["budget planner"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 20,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0015 per app returned** ($1.50 per 1,000 apps), plus Apify's tiny actor-start fee. Platform usage is included.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool for AI assistants and agents – Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, n8n and other MCP clients – through Apify's hosted MCP server. Add this server URL to your client:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=stevenkramp/google-play-store-scraper
```

Sign in with your Apify account when asked. Your agent can then call the Actor in plain language, for example: *"Get details and ratings for the top 20 meditation apps on Google Play."* – and gets clean, structured JSON back. Runs started by your agent are normal Actor runs on your Apify account at the same pay-per-event price.

### FAQ

**How many apps per search?** The first results page holds up to 30 apps, in the order Google Play shows them. `searchPosition` gives the rank.

**Why is `version` empty for some apps?** Big apps like WhatsApp show "Varies with device" instead of a version number.

**Personal data?** None. The Actor returns public app listing data only, and no user reviews or reviewer names.

**Something broken?** Open an issue in the Issues tab. Google changes Play Store pages from time to time, and we fix scrapers quickly.

# Actor input Schema

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

Package names like com.spotify.music or full URLs like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Search the Play Store like a user would, e.g. "budget planner", "fitness tracker". Each result is returned with full details.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Up to 30 apps per search term (the first results page). You only pay for apps returned.

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

Two-letter country code, e.g. us, gb, de, in. Affects prices, availability and rankings.

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

Two-letter language code for texts like description and genre, e.g. en, de, fr.

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

Apify Proxy is used by default. Usually no change needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.whatsapp",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "budget planner"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 20,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `apps` (type: `string`):

One item per app.

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

Key fields as a table.

# 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": [
        "com.whatsapp",
        "com.spotify.music"
    ],
    "searchTerms": [
        "budget planner"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("stevenkramp/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 = {
    "apps": [
        "com.whatsapp",
        "com.spotify.music",
    ],
    "searchTerms": ["budget planner"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("stevenkramp/google-play-store-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": [
    "com.whatsapp",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "budget planner"
  ]
}' |
apify call stevenkramp/google-play-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,stevenkramp/google-play-store-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/HMfVpwzxz9fG1hmvj/builds/7bgUxFgFzbkUI4XHh/openapi.json