# App Store Reviews Scraper (Apple) (`straightforward_hydra/app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor Scrape customer reviews from the Apple App Store: rating, title, text, author, version and date, by app ID or name, across any country storefront. No API key needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/app-store-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Other, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 reviews 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## App Store Reviews Scraper (Apple) ⭐ **Scrape customer reviews from the Apple App Store — rating, title, text, author, version and date — by app ID or name, across any country. No API key required.** App reviews are gold for product teams, marketers and competitor analysis. This Actor pulls the most recent reviews for one or more iOS / Mac App Store apps, from any country storefront, and returns clean structured records. Point it at your app (or a competitor's), filter by rating, and go. > Uses Apple's public reviews feed — no key, no login, no browser. Public review data. --- ### What you can do with it - ⭐ **Track your app's reviews** — monitor sentiment, catch 1-star complaints fast. - 🕵️ **Competitor analysis** — read what users love and hate about rival apps. - 🗣️ **Voice of customer** — mine feature requests and bugs from real users. - 🌍 **Multi-country** — compare reviews across storefronts (US, UK, DE, …). - 🔔 **Review alerts** — run on a schedule and push new low-star reviews to Slack. ### Features - ✅ **No API key** — works out of the box. - ✅ **By app ID or name** — pass IDs directly, or let it resolve names. - ✅ **Multi-app, multi-country** — many apps and storefronts per run. - ✅ **Rating filters** — e.g. only 1–2 star reviews. - ✅ **Low-maintenance** — official Apple endpoints. --- ### Finding an app's ID The **app ID** is the number in the App Store URL: `apps.apple.com/app/instagram/`**`id389801252`** → app ID is `389801252`. Or just pass the app **name** and the Actor resolves it. ### Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | **App IDs** | Numeric App Store IDs, e.g. `389801252`. | | **App names** | Names to resolve automatically, e.g. `Spotify`. | | **Country storefronts** | Two-letter codes, e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`. | | **Sort reviews by** | Most recent or most helpful. | | **Min / Max rating** | Keep only reviews in a star range. | | **Max reviews per app** | Up to ~500 (Apple's public cap). | | **Max results** | Overall cap. | #### Example — recent 1–2 star reviews for two apps ```json { "appIds": ["389801252"], "appNames": ["TikTok"], "countries": ["us", "gb"], "sortBy": "mostRecent", "minRating": 1, "maxRating": 2, "maxReviewsPerApp": 200 } ```` ### Output Each row is one review: ```json { "app_id": "389801252", "app_name": "Instagram", "country": "us", "review_id": "1234567890", "rating": 1, "title": "Too many ads", "content": "The latest update is full of ads…", "author": "someuser", "author_url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/reviews/id123456789", "app_version": "300.0", "vote_sum": 4, "vote_count": 5, "updated": "2026-07-14T09:12:00-07:00" } ``` ### Run it on a schedule Schedule the Actor to pull new reviews daily, and connect a **Slack / email / webhook / Google Sheets** integration to route negative reviews straight to your team. ### Notes & limitations - Uses Apple's public reviews RSS — no key needed. - Apple's public feed returns up to ~500 of the most recent reviews per app per storefront. - Reviews are per country storefront — add more countries for more coverage. - Covers the **Apple** App Store. (Google Play uses a different, scraping-based approach.) - This is **public review data**. *** #### Keywords App Store reviews, app reviews scraper, Apple App Store, iOS app reviews, app ratings, customer reviews, review scraper, app store data, ASO, app marketing, competitor analysis, voice of customer, sentiment, app feedback, mobile app reviews, review monitoring, app intelligence, user reviews, iTunes reviews, app store scraper. # Actor input Schema ## `appIds` (type: `array`): Apple App Store numeric app IDs, e.g. 389801252 (Instagram). Find it in the App Store URL: apps.apple.com/app/id. ## `appNames` (type: `array`): App names to look up instead of IDs, e.g. "Spotify". The top matching app is used. Merged with the App IDs above. ## `countries` (type: `array`): Two-letter country codes for the storefronts to scrape reviews from, e.g. us, gb, de, fr. Reviews differ per country. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): Order reviews by most recent or most helpful. ## `minRating` (type: `integer`): Only keep reviews with at least this star rating (1–5). ## `maxRating` (type: `integer`): Only keep reviews with at most this star rating (1–5). Set both min and max to 1 to get only 1-star reviews. ## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`): Apple's public feed returns up to ~500 of the most recent reviews per app per storefront. Default 200. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many reviews in total. Leave empty for no limit. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apple returns no review data from datacenter IPs, so a residential proxy is required. Defaults to Apify Residential proxy. ## Actor input object example ```json { "appIds": [ "389801252" ], "countries": [ "us" ], "sortBy": "mostRecent", "maxReviewsPerApp": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "appIds": [ "389801252" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/app-store-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "appIds": ["389801252"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/app-store-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "appIds": [ "389801252" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call straightforward_hydra/app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=straightforward_hydra/app-store-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "App Store Reviews Scraper (Apple)", "description": "Scrape customer reviews from the Apple App Store: rating, title, text, author, version and date, by app ID or name, across any country storefront. 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Find it in the App Store URL: apps.apple.com/app/id.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "appNames": { "title": "App names (resolved automatically)", "type": "array", "description": "App names to look up instead of IDs, e.g. \"Spotify\". The top matching app is used. Merged with the App IDs above.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "countries": { "title": "Country storefronts", "type": "array", "description": "Two-letter country codes for the storefronts to scrape reviews from, e.g. us, gb, de, fr. Reviews differ per country.", "default": [ "us" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "sortBy": { "title": "Sort reviews by", "enum": [ "mostRecent", "mostHelpful" ], "type": "string", "description": "Order reviews by most recent or most helpful.", "default": "mostRecent" }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Only keep reviews with at least this star rating (1–5)." }, "maxRating": { "title": "Maximum rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Only keep reviews with at most this star rating (1–5). Set both min and max to 1 to get only 1-star reviews." }, "maxReviewsPerApp": { "title": "Max reviews per app (per country)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Apple's public feed returns up to ~500 of the most recent reviews per app per storefront. Default 200.", "default": 200 }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many reviews in total. Leave empty for no limit." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Apple returns no review data from datacenter IPs, so a residential proxy is required. 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