Google Play Scraper - App Details, Ratings, Installs & Prices

Scrape Google Play app details by package name, developer or category: rating, ratings histogram, installs range, price, in-app purchases, ads, content rating, version, dates, descriptions and screenshots. One flat JSON item per app.

What it does

• Takes Google Play apps in three ways, which can be combined in one run:
  • appIds: package names (com.spotify.music) or app page URLs;
  • developerIds: developer names (Spotify AB), numeric developer IDs or developer page URLs; returns the apps listed on the developer page;
  • categories: category IDs (GAME_PUZZLE, COMMUNICATION...); returns the apps shown on the first page of the category.
• Reads each app's public Google Play page (/store/apps/details) and returns its store details as one flat record.
• country sets the store (prices, currency, availability) and language the language of the texts.
• Apps are deduplicated by package name. maxItems caps the total, filled in this order: app IDs, developer apps, category apps.
• Missing values are null; updated is ISO 8601 UTC.

Access rules followed

The Actor only requests pages that Google Play's robots.txt does not disallow for User-agent: * (file read on 2026-11-02):

• /store/apps/details, /store/apps/developer, /store/apps/dev and /store/apps/category/<ID> are not disallowed;
• Disallow: /store/search: there is no keyword search in this Actor;
• Disallow: /_: the endpoint behind "load more" in app lists is not used, so developer and category lists stop at their first page;
• Disallow: /store/apps/datasafety* and Disallow: /store/apps/collection/p3_details_*: not used.

No login, no account and no captcha solving. The Google Terms of Service only rule out automated access that violates machine-readable instructions such as robots.txt.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
appIds	array of strings	No*	—	Package names (com.spotify.music) or Play Store app URLs.
developerIds	array of strings	No*	—	Developer names as shown on Google Play (Spotify AB), numeric developer IDs (5700313618786177705) or developer page URLs. First page of the developer only.
categories	array of strings	No*	—	Category IDs (GAME_PUZZLE, COMMUNICATION, MUSIC_AND_AUDIO...) or category page URLs. First page of the category only (about 30 to 60 apps).
country	string	No	us	Two-letter Google Play country code (us, gb, fr, in...).
language	string	No	en	Language of the texts (en, fr, de, pt-BR...).
maxItems	integer	No	20	Maximum number of apps returned in total (1 to 5,000).

* At least one of appIds, developerIds or categories.

Example:

{
    "appIds": ["com.spotify.music", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"],
    "developerIds": ["Spotify AB"],
    "categories": ["GAME_PUZZLE"],
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output

One dataset item per app (real output, description and screenshots shortened):

{
    "appId": "com.mojang.minecraftpe",
    "title": "Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!",
    "developer": "Mojang",
    "developerId": "4772240228547998649",
    "developerWebsite": "http://help.mojang.com",
    "category": "GAME_ARCADE",
    "genre": "Arcade",
    "score": 4.3036,
    "ratingsCount": 5877055,
    "reviewsCount": 635247,
    "histogram": {"1": 630058, "2": 178791, "3": 270268, "4": 495450, "5": 4302471},
    "installs": "100,000,000+",
    "minInstalls": 100000000,
    "price": 6.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "priceText": "$6.99",
    "free": false,
    "inAppPurchases": true,
    "inAppPurchasesRange": "$0.99 - $49.99 per item",
    "containsAds": false,
    "contentRating": "Everyone 10+",
    "updated": "2026-10-21T17:09:47+00:00",
    "version": "1.26.60.4",
    "androidVersion": "8.0",
    "released": "2011-08-15",
    "releasedText": "Aug 15, 2011",
    "summary": "Millions of crafters have smashed billions of blocks! Now you can join the fun!",
    "description": "Dive into an open world of building, crafting, and survival in the ultimate sandbox adventure. Gather resource...",
    "icon": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/tI4StRSPVhpGJH5R013naszLUawOjao1ya8FvyaNO7XY_cJFHFqo1EFaEJv_7zz3rRJ5lEpLiw14ZqQLCOYc",
    "screenshots": [
        "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/ywPBuExmYGLE6oL7QENmI7wOxMPOU-XatzosE6M4bgXudBsMQWcKp1QHhHrJM1QeTadoVo7lnpO5O12WyzlYQA",
        "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/BURZszeq4bCuHl-KY-oAALOssOcj_jJmZOrbA21zSQEwtg92fv02Us8pU94cvggw08gBTMKC2bVSVm6opWhl7A"
    ],
    "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe&hl=en&gl=us",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T22:25:53+00:00"
}

Field	Description
appId	Package name
title	App name
developer, developerId	Developer name, and the name or numeric ID used in the developer page URL (usable in developerIds)
developerWebsite	Public website listed by the developer
category, genre	Category ID (GAME_ARCADE) and its name in the page language
score	Average rating, 1 to 5
ratingsCount, reviewsCount	Number of ratings and of written reviews
histogram	Number of ratings per star (keys 1 to 5)
installs, minInstalls	Public installs range as displayed (100,000,000+) and its lower bound
price, currency, priceText, free	Price in currency units (0 when free), ISO currency, price as displayed, free flag
inAppPurchases, inAppPurchasesRange	In-app purchases flag and displayed price range
containsAds	true when the page shows "Contains ads"
contentRating	Content rating for the country (Teen, PEGI 7...)
updated	Last update, ISO 8601 UTC
version, androidVersion	Current version and minimum Android version; null when Google Play shows "Varies with device"
released, releasedText	Release date as ISO date (English pages only) and as displayed
summary, description	Short description and full description (plain text)
icon, screenshots	Image URLs
url, language, country, scrapedAt	App page URL, locale requested, scrape time

Pricing

Pay-per-event, no start fee: $1.60 per 1,000 apps (event APP) on the Apify Free plan, lower on paid plans. You only pay for results pushed to the dataset.

Apify plan	Price per 1,000 apps
Free	$1.60
Starter	$1.40
Scale	$1.20
Business	$0.96

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options: the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

Limitations

• No keyword search: Google Play's robots.txt disallows /store/search. Use package names, developers or categories.
• First page only for developers and categories: the "load more" endpoint is under /_, which robots.txt disallows. A category gives about 30 to 60 apps; a developer page gives the apps Google Play shows on it (6 for Spotify AB, 11 for Google LLC on 2026-11-02), not necessarily the full catalogue.
• Category lists depend on country and language (34 apps for GAME_PUZZLE in fr/fr against 56 in en/us on 2026-11-02).
• installs is the public range shown by Google Play, not an exact count.
• version and androidVersion are null for apps whose page shows "Varies with device".
• released is an ISO date only when language is English; otherwise use releasedText.
• Apps not available in the selected country are reported as not found and skipped.
• Developer email and postal address are not returned.

Related Actors

• Google Play Reviews Scraper - Ratings, Replies and App Versions — Google Play reviews scraper and API alternative: extract Android app reviews with star rating, text, date, thumbs-up count, app version and developer reply.
• App Store Reviews Scraper - iOS & Google Play Reviews — Scrape app reviews and ratings from the Apple App Store and Google Play: review text, rating, date, app version and app metadata.