# Shopify App Store Category Ranking & Niche Intelligence Scraper

**Use case:** 

Discover organic apps ranked in any Shopify App Store category and extract their ratings, review counts, pricing models, and developer contacts.

## Input

```json
{
  "appHandlesOrUrls": [
    "judgeme"
  ],
  "categoryHandlesOrUrls": [
    "store-design-product-display-sort-and-filter"
  ],
  "maxAppsPerCategory": 5,
  "scrapeAppProfiles": true,
  "scrapeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
  "reviewRatings": [
    1,
    2
  ],
  "reviewSortBy": "newest",
  "onlyChurnLeads": false,
  "maxSpendUsd": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "record_type": {
    "label": "Record type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "app_handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "App Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviews_count": {
    "label": "Total Reviews",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "built_for_shopify": {
    "label": "Built for Shopify",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "pricing_summary": {
    "label": "Pricing Summary",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "free_plan_available": {
    "label": "Free plan available"
  },
  "min_paid_price_usd": {
    "label": "Starting Paid ($/mo)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "developer_name": {
    "label": "Developer",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "developer_support_email": {
    "label": "Support Email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "developer_website": {
    "label": "Developer website"
  },
  "launched_date": {
    "label": "Launched",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "pricing_plans": {
    "label": "Pricing plans"
  },
  "rating_breakdown": {
    "label": "Rating breakdown"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Shopify App Store Scraper: Apps, Reviews & Churn Leads Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Shopify App Store Category Ranking & Niche Intelligence Scraper". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/IOcJv2ryvWwgzLo5e) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Shopify App Store Category Ranking & Niche Intelligence Scraper" task

The Shopify App Store Scraper: Apps, Reviews & Churn Leads Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like app handles or shopify app store urls, category handles or urls (optional discovery), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Shopify App Store Category Ranking & Niche Intelligence Scraper" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as record type, handle, app title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Shopify App Store Category Ranking & Niche Intelligence Scraper" task via API](https://apify.com/storeintel/shopify-app-store-scraper.md).

## FAQ

### Does category discovery exclude paid search ads?

Yes, sponsored cards are automatically filtered out so category_rank reflects true organic standing.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Shopify App Store Scraper: Apps, Reviews & Churn Leads](https://apify.com/storeintel/shopify-app-store-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/storeintel/shopify-app-store-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/storeintel/shopify-app-store-scraper.md

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`).