# Google Play Reviews Scraper (`sync-network/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor Extract user reviews from any Android app on Google Play Store. Get review text, ratings, timestamps, user info, and developer replies. Supports filtering by star rating, sorting, and multiple languages. - **URL**: https://apify.com/sync-network/google-play-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Alam](https://apify.com/sync-network) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.10 / 1,000 results 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 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 ## Google Play Reviews Scraper Scrape user reviews from any app on Google Play Store. Extract review text, ratings, user info, developer replies, and more — at scale. ### Features - **Batch processing** — scrape reviews for multiple apps in a single run - **Sort options** — by newest, rating, or helpfulness - **Score filtering** — only get reviews within a rating range (e.g., 1-3 stars) - **Multi-language** — supports all Google Play languages and countries - **Developer replies** — captures official developer responses when present - **Fast & cheap** — pure HTTP, no browser overhead ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `appIds` | array | *(required)* | Google Play app IDs (e.g., `com.whatsapp`) | | `maxReviews` | integer | `100` | Maximum reviews per app | | `sort` | string | `"newest"` | Sort order: `newest`, `rating`, `helpfulness` | | `minScore` | integer | `1` | Minimum rating filter (1-5) | | `maxScore` | integer | `5` | Maximum rating filter (1-5) | | `language` | string | `"en"` | Language code (e.g., `en`, `es`, `de`) | | `country` | string | `"us"` | Country code (e.g., `us`, `de`, `br`) | ### Output Each review contains: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `reviewId` | Unique review identifier | | `appId` | App package name | | `userName` | Reviewer's display name | | `userAvatar` | Reviewer's avatar URL | | `score` | Rating (1-5) | | `text` | Review text | | `timestamp` | ISO 8601 date | | `thumbsUpCount` | Number of helpful votes | | `replyText` | Developer reply (if any) | | `replyDate` | Developer reply date | | `appVersion` | App version reviewed | | `url` | Direct link to review | ### Use Cases - **App monitoring** — track what users are saying about your apps - **Competitor analysis** — analyze review trends for competing apps - **Sentiment analysis** — feed review data into NLP pipelines - **Market research** — discover feature requests and pain points - **Customer support** — identify negative reviews needing responses ### Tips - Use `helpfulness` sort to get the most impactful reviews first - Filter by `minScore: 1, maxScore: 3` to focus on negative feedback - Set `maxReviews: 500+` for thorough analysis of popular apps - Combine with language/country filters for localized insights # Actor input Schema ## `appIds` (type: `array`): List of Google Play app package names (e.g. com.instagram.android). Find the ID in the app's Play Store URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=PACKAGE_NAME ## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of reviews to fetch per app. Each page returns up to 150 reviews. ## `sort` (type: `string`): How to sort the reviews ## `minScore` (type: `integer`): Filter reviews to only include this rating and above. Leave empty or set to 1 for all reviews. ## `maxScore` (type: `integer`): Filter reviews to only include this rating and below. Leave empty or set to 5 for all reviews. ## `language` (type: `string`): Language code for reviews (e.g. en, de, fr, es, ja, ko, pt, zh-CN) ## `country` (type: `string`): Country code for the Play Store region (e.g. us, gb, de, jp) ## Actor input object example ```json { "appIds": [ "com.instagram.android" ], "maxReviews": 100, "sort": "newest", "minScore": 1, "maxScore": 5, "language": "en", "country": "us" } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped reviews with full details including review ID, app ID, user name, rating, review text, timestamp, thumbs up count, app version, and developer replies # 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": [ "com.instagram.android" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("sync-network/google-play-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": ["com.instagram.android"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("sync-network/google-play-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": [ "com.instagram.android" ] }' | apify call sync-network/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sync-network/google-play-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Play Reviews Scraper", "description": "Extract user reviews from any Android app on Google Play Store. Get review text, ratings, timestamps, user info, and developer replies. Supports filtering by star rating, sorting, and multiple languages.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "hPFNnbJneqzuojvY5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/sync-network~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-sync-network-google-play-reviews-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/sync-network~google-play-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-sync-network-google-play-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/sync-network~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-sync-network-google-play-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "appIds" ], "properties": { "appIds": { "title": "App IDs", "type": "array", "description": "List of Google Play app package names (e.g. com.instagram.android). Find the ID in the app's Play Store URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=PACKAGE_NAME", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxReviews": { "title": "Maximum reviews per app", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of reviews to fetch per app. Each page returns up to 150 reviews.", "default": 100 }, "sort": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "newest", "rating", "helpfulness" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort the reviews", "default": "newest" }, "minScore": { "title": "Minimum star rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Filter reviews to only include this rating and above. Leave empty or set to 1 for all reviews.", "default": 1 }, "maxScore": { "title": "Maximum star rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Filter reviews to only include this rating and below. Leave empty or set to 5 for all reviews.", "default": 5 }, "language": { "title": "Language", "enum": [ "en", "de", "fr", "es", "it", "pt", "ja", "ko", "zh-CN", "zh-TW", "ru", "ar", "hi", "th", "tr", "pl", "nl", "sv", "da", "fi", "nb", "id", "ms", "vi", "uk", "cs", "ro", "hu", "el", "he", "bg", "hr", "sk", "sl", "ca", "tl" ], "type": "string", "description": "Language code for reviews (e.g. en, de, fr, es, ja, ko, pt, zh-CN)", "default": "en" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "us", "gb", "de", "fr", "es", "it", "jp", "kr", "br", "in", "au", "ca", "ru", "mx", "id", "tr", "sa", "th", "vn", "pl", "nl", "se", "no", "dk", "fi", "pt", "ar", "cl", "co", "eg", "my", "ph", "tw", "hk", "sg", "za", "ng", "ke", "ae", "il", "cz", "ro", "hu", "gr", "bg", "hr", "sk", "ua" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country code for the Play Store region (e.g. us, gb, de, jp)", "default": "us" } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```