# App Store Scraper - Apple Apps & Reviews (`swerve/app-store-scraper`) Actor Scrape Apple App Store app details and search apps by keyword: name, developer, category, rating, ratings count, price, version, size, release dates and description. Paste App Store URLs, IDs or search terms. Note: Apple deprecated its public review feed in 2026, so app details are the primary data. - **URL**: https://apify.com/swerve/app-store-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Swerve](https://apify.com/swerve) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Social media - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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 Scraper — Apple Apps & Reviews Scrape the **Apple App Store**: user reviews and full app metadata. Paste App Store URLs or app IDs, or search by keyword. Runs on Apple's public data — **no login, no API key, no proxy needed**. Its edge: reviews are stored **per country storefront**, so you can pull reviews from many countries at once (up to ~500 recent per app per country) for far more coverage than a single-country scrape. ### What you can do with it - Collect user reviews for any app across many countries - Monitor ratings, complaints and feature requests over time - Analyze a competitor's reviews and version history - Build an app-intelligence or ASO dataset (search a keyword, get every app's stats) ### Input | Field | What it does | Example | |-------|--------------|---------| | **App Store URLs or app IDs** | The apps to scrape. | `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215` or `284882215` | | **Search terms** | Or find apps by keyword instead of pasting URLs. | `meditation`, `budget tracker` | | **What to return** | "App reviews" (one row per review) or "App details only" (one row per app). | App reviews | | **Review countries** | Storefronts to pull reviews from. More countries = more reviews. | `us`, `gb`, `ca`, `de`, `jp` | | **Sort reviews by** | Most recent or most helpful. | Most recent | | **Max reviews per app** | Optional cap per app across countries. | `500` | | **Search / app storefront** | Country for search + app metadata. | `us` | ### Output **App reviews mode** — one row per review, with the app's details attached: ```json { "appId": "284882215", "appName": "Facebook", "appDeveloper": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "appGenre": "Social Networking", "appOverallRating": 4.52, "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215", "reviewCountry": "us", "reviewId": "14265875408", "rating": 5, "title": "La mejor App", "text": "Soy creador de contenido y creo que Facebook es una excelente app...", "userName": "La mejor app YouTube2026", "reviewAppVersion": "568.0.0", "voteSum": 0, "voteCount": 0, "reviewUpdated": "2026-07-05T05:52:23-07:00", "reviewUrl": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/review?id=284882215&type=Purple%20Software", "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T16:30:00.000Z" } ```` **App details mode** — one row per app: name, developer, category, overall rating and rating count, current-version rating, price, version, minimum OS, content rating, release dates, size, description, icon and URL. Fill rates on the core fields (rating, title, text, author, version, app name/ID) are ~100%. ### How it works Uses Apple's three public iTunes endpoints — search, lookup and the customer-reviews RSS feed. Reviews are fetched per storefront and paginated to Apple's limit (~500 recent per app per country). No proxy is required; you can add one only for very large runs. ### Limits - Apple exposes up to ~500 recent reviews per app **per country**. Add more countries to get more reviews. - The RSS feed returns recent reviews, not the entire lifetime history. - Apple only (not Google Play). ### Pricing Pay per result. You only pay for the reviews or apps you actually get. # Actor input Schema ## `appUrls` (type: `array`): Paste Apple App Store URLs or numeric app IDs — e.g. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215 or 284882215. Leave empty and use search terms instead. ## `searchTerms` (type: `array`): Or find apps by keyword — e.g. meditation, budget tracker, chess. Each term returns the top matching apps. ## `resultType` (type: `string`): App details: one row per app with full metadata (name, developer, rating, ratings count, price, version, description). App reviews: one row per user review. Note: Apple deprecated its public reviews feed in mid-2026, so reviews may return app details until the new source is added; app details are fully available. ## `reviewCountries` (type: `array`): Storefronts to pull reviews from, as 2-letter country codes — e.g. us, gb, ca, au, de, fr, jp. Reviews are separate per country, so adding countries returns MORE reviews (up to ~500 recent per app per country). Defaults to the search country. ## `reviewSort` (type: `string`): Most recent, or most helpful. ## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`): Cap reviews collected per app (across all countries). Leave blank for all available (~500 per country). ## `searchCountry` (type: `string`): 2-letter country code for search and app metadata — e.g. us, gb, de. Default us. ## `searchLimit` (type: `integer`): How many apps to return per search term (max 200). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Cap on total rows (reviews or apps). Leave blank for everything. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional. Apple's API works without a proxy; add one only for very large runs to avoid rate limits. ## Actor input object example ```json { "appUrls": [ "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215" ], "searchTerms": [], "resultType": "apps", "reviewCountries": [ "us" ], "reviewSort": "mostRecent", "searchCountry": "us", "searchLimit": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 = { "appUrls": [ "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215" ], "searchTerms": [], "reviewCountries": [ "us" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("swerve/app-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "appUrls": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215"], "searchTerms": [], "reviewCountries": ["us"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("swerve/app-store-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 '{ "appUrls": [ "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215" ], "searchTerms": [], "reviewCountries": [ "us" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call swerve/app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=swerve/app-store-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "App Store Scraper - Apple Apps & Reviews", "description": "Scrape Apple App Store app details and search apps by keyword: name, developer, category, rating, ratings count, price, version, size, release dates and description. Paste App Store URLs, IDs or search terms. Note: Apple deprecated its public review feed in 2026, so app details are the primary data.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "86OeRjM6o21VjUCtW" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/swerve~app-store-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-swerve-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/swerve~app-store-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-swerve-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/swerve~app-store-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-swerve-app-store-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "appUrls": { "title": "App Store URLs or app IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Paste Apple App Store URLs or numeric app IDs — e.g. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215 or 284882215. Leave empty and use search terms instead.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchTerms": { "title": "Search terms", "type": "array", "description": "Or find apps by keyword — e.g. meditation, budget tracker, chess. Each term returns the top matching apps.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "resultType": { "title": "What to return", "enum": [ "apps", "reviews" ], "type": "string", "description": "App details: one row per app with full metadata (name, developer, rating, ratings count, price, version, description). App reviews: one row per user review. Note: Apple deprecated its public reviews feed in mid-2026, so reviews may return app details until the new source is added; app details are fully available.", "default": "apps" }, "reviewCountries": { "title": "Review countries", "type": "array", "description": "Storefronts to pull reviews from, as 2-letter country codes — e.g. us, gb, ca, au, de, fr, jp. Reviews are separate per country, so adding countries returns MORE reviews (up to ~500 recent per app per country). Defaults to the search country.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "reviewSort": { "title": "Sort reviews by", "enum": [ "mostRecent", "mostHelpful" ], "type": "string", "description": "Most recent, or most helpful.", "default": "mostRecent" }, "maxReviewsPerApp": { "title": "Max reviews per app", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap reviews collected per app (across all countries). Leave blank for all available (~500 per country)." }, "searchCountry": { "title": "Search / app storefront", "type": "string", "description": "2-letter country code for search and app metadata — e.g. us, gb, de. Default us.", "default": "us" }, "searchLimit": { "title": "Apps per search term", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "How many apps to return per search term (max 200).", "default": 10 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on total rows (reviews or apps). Leave blank for everything." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Optional. Apple's API works without a proxy; add one only for very large runs to avoid rate limits.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```