# Google Play Reviews Scraper – Any Language, $0.30/1K (`thecreat0r/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play Store app reviews: rating, text, date, thumbs up, app version and developer reply. Any language/country, rating filters and a 'since date' monitoring mode. $0.30 per 1,000 reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thecreat0r/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bob Stevens](https://apify.com/thecreat0r) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 reviews

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### What does Google Play Reviews Scraper do?

**Google Play Reviews Scraper** extracts user reviews of any Android app from the Google Play Store – fast, reliable and cheap. Enter package names (`com.spotify.music`) or Play Store URLs and get every review with **star rating, text, date, thumbs-up count, app version and the developer's reply**.

- ⚡ Thousands of reviews per minute (no browser)
- 🌍 Any language and country (`en`, `de`, `fr`, `es`, `pt`, `ja`…)
- 🆕 **Monitoring mode** – sort by newest + *Only reviews since* = only new reviews on each scheduled run
- ⭐ Rating filters – e.g. collect only 1–2★ reviews for bug triage
- 🏷️ Optional app title, developer, overall rating & installs on every row

### Use cases

- **App reputation monitoring** – daily feed of new reviews to Slack, Sheets or your helpdesk
- **Competitor research** – what users love/hate about competing apps
- **Product & UX research** – mine feature requests and bug reports
- **Sentiment analysis / LLM pipelines** – clean JSON ready for AI analysis
- **ASO** – track rating trends per version

### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": ["com.spotify.music", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "sort": "NEWEST",
  "languages": ["en", "de"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxRating": 2,
  "reviewsSince": "2026-09-01",
  "includeAppDetails": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "reviewId": "3339a9c4-d043-46b2-b599-4f39809532f4",
  "userName": "Ursula G.",
  "score": 1,
  "text": "Lately the app failed twice when I wanted to listen to music…",
  "date": "2026-10-06T09:46:19.576Z",
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "version": "9.1.86.2432",
  "replyText": "Hi! We recommend reinstalling the app…",
  "replyDate": "2026-10-06T14:40:17.194Z",
  "language": "de",
  "country": "us",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music&reviewId=…",
  "appTitle": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "appScore": 4.35
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n.

### How much does it cost?

**$0.30 per 1,000 reviews** plus a tiny start fee per run. 10,000 reviews ≈ $3.

### Tips

- Reviews differ per language – add several languages to get more coverage.
- For monitoring, schedule the Actor daily with `sort = NEWEST` and `reviewsSince` set to a recent date.
- Found a problem or need a field? Open an issue – I usually reply within 24 hours.

# Actor input Schema

## `apps` (type: `array`):

Package names like com.spotify.music or full URLs like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

How many reviews to fetch per app for each language/country combination.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order in which reviews are fetched. Newest first is best for monitoring.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Review language codes, e.g. en, de, fr, es, nl. Each language returns a different set of reviews.

## `country` (type: `string`):

2-letter country code, e.g. us, gb, de.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Only keep reviews with at least this many stars.

## `maxRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional. E.g. 2 to collect only negative reviews.

## `reviewsSince` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO date, e.g. 2026-09-01. With 'Newest first' the Actor stops as soon as it reaches older reviews – ideal for scheduled monitoring.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds appTitle, developer and overall rating to every review row (one extra request per app).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "sort": "NEWEST",
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "includeAppDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All extracted records (dataset).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts per input and any inputs without results.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "apps": [
        "com.spotify.music"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thecreat0r/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "apps": ["com.spotify.music"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thecreat0r/google-play-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "apps": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ]
}' |
apify call thecreat0r/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thecreat0r/google-play-reviews-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ONWBMfub9hSCy2jLi/builds/Rf5JSqODeIHaoqZFf/openapi.json