Shopify App Store Rank Tracker

What you get: one row per tracked app per keyword or category with its organic position, page, the change since your previous run, rating, review count, pricing summary, and Built for Shopify flag.

Sample output from a real run (2026-10-18, the Example JSON below: 2 keywords + 1 category, maxPages 2, 3 rows):

surface	query	appName	position	previousPosition	notRankedInScannedPages
keyword	po box blocker	PO Box Blocker — AddressFence	8	8	–
keyword	address validation	–	–	–	true
category	store-design-search-and-navigation	–	–	–	true

The default input (1 keyword, 1 tracked app) returned 1 row ($0.03) in the same test.

See where any Shopify app ranks in App Store keyword search and category pages — and how that changed since your last run. Click Start with the default input (1 keyword, 1 tracked app) and you get one row with that app's rank in under a minute — replace the keyword and app handle with your own. Turn off Save only tracked apps to get the full ranked list.

What you get

One row per app per keyword (or category):

• position — organic rank across all scanned pages (1 = top)
• previousPosition / positionDelta — rank in your previous run and the change (positive = moved up)
• appName, appHandle, appUrl, tagline
• rating, reviewCount, pricingSummary (e.g. "Free plan available"), builtForShopify
• isAd, isTrackedApp, page, positionOnPage, sourceUrl, scrapedAt

If you list apps under Apps to track and one of them is not found in the scanned pages, you still get a row with notRankedInScannedPages: true, so drops off the list are visible.

Use cases

• App developers: track your app's rank for the keywords your listing targets, every day, with a schedule.
• Competitor research: see who sits above you, their rating, review count and Built for Shopify status.
• Agencies and investors: snapshot a category to find rising apps.

Input

Field	Default	Notes
keywords	["po box blocker"]	App Store search terms
categoryHandles	[]	e.g. store-design-search-and-navigation or a full category URL
appHandles	["address-guard"]	apps to flag, e.g. address-guard
onlyTrackedApps	true	save only rows for tracked apps (cheaper); turn off to get the full ranked list
maxPages	1	up to 24 apps per page, max 10 pages
compareWithPreviousRun	true	fills previousPosition / positionDelta

Example:

{
  "keywords": ["po box blocker", "address validation"],
  "categoryHandles": ["store-design-search-and-navigation"],
  "appHandles": ["address-guard"],
  "maxPages": 2
}

Sample output

From an earlier real run (2026-10-13) with onlyTrackedApps: false and the keywords po box blocker and reviews (first 3 rows of each keyword):

query	position	appName	rating	reviewCount	pricingSummary	Built for Shopify
po box blocker	1	Ultimate PO Box Blocker +	5	8	Free trial available	yes
po box blocker	2	PO Box Blocker by Rondeletia	4.5	13	Free trial available	no
po box blocker	3	NoBox: PO Box Blocker	5	1	Free trial available	no
reviews	1	Judge.me Product Reviews App	5	48404	Free plan available	yes
reviews	2	Loox ‑ Product Reviews App	4.9	9848	Free plan available	yes
reviews	3	REVIEWS.io Product Reviews App	4.7	773	Free plan available	no

One full row:

{
  "surface": "keyword",
  "query": "po box blocker",
  "position": 7,
  "page": 1,
  "positionOnPage": 7,
  "isAd": false,
  "appHandle": "address-guard",
  "appName": "PO Box Blocker — AddressFence",
  "appUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/address-guard",
  "tagline": "Billing-address rules, street-number checks & a simulator",
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": null,
  "pricingSummary": "Free plan available",
  "builtForShopify": false,
  "isTrackedApp": true,
  "previousPosition": 7,
  "positionDelta": 0,
  "iconUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/app-store/listing_images/27f7c111c94acf4b22bfef9207351043/icon/CISg3YSo4pQDEAE=.png",
  "sourceUrl": "https://apps.shopify.com/search?page=1&q=po+box+blocker",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T05:08:45.550Z"
}

previousPosition is null on the first run and filled from the second run on.

Tips

• Schedule the Actor daily (Apify Schedules) to build a rank history; export the dataset to Google Sheets or CSV.
• Use onlyTrackedApps with several keywords to watch just your own apps at low cost.
• Results reflect what an anonymous visitor in the US sees; personalised or ad placements may differ.

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.03 per saved dataset row (one app on one keyword or category). The default input (onlyTrackedApps: true, 1 keyword, 1 app) saves 1 row; with onlyTrackedApps: false one page saves up to 24 rows.

FAQ

Does it need a login or API key? No. It reads the public App Store pages.

Why is isAd false everywhere? Sponsored slots are often not shown to anonymous visitors; when they appear they are flagged and get no organic position.

Related: Shopify App Store Review Scraper (taroyamada/shopify-app-store-review-intelligence) for full reviews and pricing of an app.