Google Play Reviews Scraper: App Reviews as JSON

Pull every Google Play review for an app into clean JSON. Give it a package name or a Play Store URL and it returns each review with the fields you actually use: star rating, text, author, date, app version, thumbs-up count and the developer's public reply.

It reads the Play Store's own public reviews endpoint, so you get the same reviews the store shows, without driving a browser and without an API key or an OAuth token. There is no login and no scraping of fragile page markup; the actor calls the endpoint directly and pages through the results.

What you get per review

Field	Description
rating	Star rating, 1 to 5
text	Review body
userName, userImage	Reviewer name and avatar URL
date	When the review was posted (ISO 8601)
appVersion	App version the review was written against, when present
thumbsUp	Number of "helpful" votes
replyAuthor, replyText, replyDate	The developer's public reply, when present
reviewUrl, reviewId	Link to the review and its ID
appId, sourceUrl, scrapedAt	The app the review belongs to and the run timestamp

Who uses it

• Product and mobile teams tracking their app's reviews, ratings and version feedback over time.
• Support and CX teams catching complaints and measuring how fast issues are answered.
• Competitor analysis reading rival apps' reviews for feature requests and pain points.
• Data pipelines that need Play Store reviews as clean JSON, no API key.

Input examples

One app, newest reviews first:

{
  "appIds": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500
}

Several apps in one run (each is scraped independently):

{
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "org.telegram.messenger", "com.spotify.music"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 2000
}

Paste a Play Store URL and pull reviews in another language and storefront:

{
  "appIds": ["https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music"],
  "language": "fr",
  "country": "FR"
}

How it works

Each package name becomes a call to the Play Store reviews endpoint, and the actor pages through the results with the store's own cursor, deduping by review ID. It stops an app when a page returns nothing new, when there is no next cursor, or when your maxReviewsPerApp is reached. Sort by newest, highest rating or most relevant.

Pricing

You pay per review returned. Platform usage is included in the price and the actor uses no proxy at all, so there is no subscription and no usage line on your bill.

Event	Price
Review scraped	$0.50 per 1,000
Actor start	$0.001 per run

The tiny start fee covers runs that return nothing; on any normal run it is noise next to the per-review price.

FAQ

Do I need an API key or a Google account? No. The reviews endpoint is public; the actor reads it directly with no key and no login.

Where do I find the package name? It is the id= part of the app's Play Store URL, for example com.spotify.music in play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music. You can also paste the whole URL.

Can I get reviews in a specific language or country? Yes. Set language and country to the two-letter codes you want. Google returns reviews in that language for that storefront where available.

How far back can I go? Set maxReviewsPerApp as high as you need. The actor pages until it reaches that number or the app runs out of reviews.

Do I get developer replies? Yes. When the developer has replied, replyAuthor, replyText and replyDate are filled in; otherwise they are null.

Do you scrape the App Store (iOS) too? Not in this actor. Open an issue if you want an iOS version and I will scope it.

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Something missing?

If you need an extra field, app metadata (rating, installs), or the iOS App Store, open an issue on this Actor and describe it. I read every request and small additions usually ship within days. More review and monitoring Actors are on my profile.

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