App Release & Category Review Benchmark Report

Product, mobile QA, ASO agencies, and portfolio teams use this Actor to benchmark app releases and category review regressions. Input named app watchlists, Apple App IDs or Google Play package IDs, storefronts, thresholds, and a recurring monitor key. Get source-linked app benchmarks, review regression alerts, category reports, and optional exports.

Store Quickstart

{
  "appleAppIds": ["284882215"],
  "appleCountries": ["us"],
  "googlePlayIds": [],
  "reviewLimit": 30,
  "lookbackDays": 120,
  "releaseWindowDays": 21,
  "runMode": "monitor",
  "initialRunMode": "emit_backfill",
  "emitRawReviews": false,
  "generateReport": true,
  "generateExport": false,
  "maxChargeUsd": 3,
  "dryRun": false
}

Run the next report

• Start with an App Store catalog profile from Apple App Store Intelligence, then run this actor for release-window comparisons.

Input examples

Current Apple release report

{
  "appleAppIds": ["284882215"],
  "appleCountries": ["us", "gb"],
  "runMode": "audit",
  "emitRawReviews": false,
  "generateReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

Apple and Google Play comparison

{
  "appleAppIds": ["284882215"],
  "googlePlayIds": ["com.facebook.katana"],
  "appleCountries": ["us"],
  "reviewLimit": 50,
  "ratingRegressionThreshold": 0.35,
  "negativeShareThresholdPct": 35,
  "runMode": "audit",
  "generateReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

Recurring no-change-safe monitor

{
  "appleAppIds": ["284882215"],
  "appleCountries": ["us"],
  "runMode": "monitor",
  "monitorKey": "facebook-ios-us-release-watch",
  "initialRunMode": "baseline_only",
  "emitRawReviews": false,
  "generateReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

The first baseline_only monitor run stores a private baseline and emits no rows. An unchanged later run also emits zero rows and zero charges.

Sample output

{
  "rowType": "app_release_review_report",
  "billingEventName": "app-category-benchmark-report",
  "productKey": "app-store:us:284882215",
  "productName": "Sample App",
  "status": "urgent",
  "summary": "A likely post-release review regression was detected.",
  "reviewsAnalyzed": 30,
  "releaseRegression": {
    "status": "urgent",
    "regressionPlatforms": ["appStore"]
  },
  "recommendedActions": ["Inspect crash complaints introduced after the latest release."],
  "sourceUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id284882215"
}

Pricing

Event	Price	Emitted when
app-benchmarked	$0.015	An app release and review benchmark row is emitted
app-review-regression	$0.10	Threshold logic identifies a release-linked regression
app-category-benchmark-report	$3.00	A category benchmark report is generated
app-benchmark-export	$2.00	A normalized benchmark export is generated

Use emitRawReviews: false for report-first runs. maxChargeUsd provides an Actor-side budget in addition to Apify spending limits.

Output fields

Every row carries billingEventName, stableKey, sourceUrl, retrievedAt, source limitations, and prohibited interpretations. Report rows add current release metadata, review-sample aggregates, regression status, and recommended investigation steps.

Compliance and limitations

• Uses public App Store and Google Play storefront metadata and review samples; no login or cookie is required.
• Do not identify, target, or profile individual reviewers, and do not generate or manipulate reviews.
• Automated classifications are sample-based product signals, not a guarantee or professional advice.
• Google Play coverage is best effort and can be smaller than Apple public review RSS coverage.