# Google Play Scraper – Apps, Keyword Ranks & Dev Emails (`thecreat0r/google-play-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play apps by keyword (with rank), app ID, developer or similar apps. Ratings, installs, price, developer email & website, version, updates and more. $1.50 per 1,000 apps.

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

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 apps

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 Store Scraper do?

**Google Play Store Scraper** extracts app data from the Google Play Store by **keyword search, app ID, developer, or "similar apps"**. For every app you get title, developer, **developer email & website**, rating, number of ratings, ratings histogram, installs, price, in-app purchases, ads, genre, content rating, release & update dates, version, description, screenshots and more.

- 🔎 **Keyword search with rank** – see who ranks #1–#250 for any keyword (ASO)
- 🏢 **Developer portfolios** – all apps of a publisher
- 🧭 **Competitor discovery** – apps Google lists as similar to yours
- 📧 **App developer leads** – public developer contact email, website and address
- 🌍 Any country and language
- ⚡ Fast – no browser

### Use cases

- **ASO & keyword research** – track keyword rankings and competitors' ratings/installs
- **Lead generation** – build lists of app publishers in a niche with their public contact emails
- **Market research** – size categories by installs, ratings and pricing
- **Competitor monitoring** – schedule weekly runs and track version updates, ratings and installs

### Input example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["habit tracker", "budget app"],
  "apps": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "developers": ["Spotify AB"],
  "similarTo": ["com.calm.android"],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fullDetails": true,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "appId": "org.isoron.uhabits",
  "title": "Loop Habit Tracker",
  "developer": "Álinson S. Xavier",
  "developerEmail": "dev@loophabits.org",
  "score": 4.72,
  "ratings": 98213,
  "installs": "5,000,000+",
  "free": true,
  "genre": "Productivity",
  "updated": "2025-09-14T22:56:06.000Z",
  "version": "2.3.1",
  "source": "search",
  "query": "habit tracker",
  "searchRank": 1,
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.isoron.uhabits"
}
```

### How much does it cost?

**$1.50 per 1,000 apps** (with full details) plus a tiny start fee per run.

Need reviews too? Use my **Google Play Reviews Scraper**. Questions or feature requests – open an issue, I usually reply within 24 hours.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Find apps by keyword (like typing in the Play Store search box).

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

Get full details for specific apps, e.g. com.spotify.music or a Play Store URL.

## `developers` (type: `array`):

List all apps of a developer, e.g. 'Spotify AB' or a numeric developer ID.

## `similarTo` (type: `array`):

Return apps Google Play lists as similar to these apps (competitor discovery).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Google Play returns up to ~250 apps per search.

## `fullDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds description, installs, ratings histogram, release date, version, content rating, contact email etc. to search/developer/similar results (one extra request per app).

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

2-letter country code.

## `language` (type: `string`):

2-letter language code.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "meditation"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fullDetails": true,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "meditation"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thecreat0r/google-play-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 = { "searchTerms": ["meditation"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thecreat0r/google-play-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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "meditation"
  ]
}' |
apify call thecreat0r/google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thecreat0r/google-play-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/FqvePrwWFOKqmrSEX/builds/xPIhBDvshsBlrWLFI/openapi.json