# Google Play Reviews Scraper — Ratings & Replies (`thenetaji/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Export public reviews for one or many Google Play apps. Choose newest, helpful, or rating order and get one row per review with its score, text, author, date, helpful count, app version, and developer reply.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thenetaji/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [The Netaji](https://apify.com/thenetaji) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Developer tools, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.06 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## Google Play Reviews Scraper

Export public Google Play reviews as one row per review — rating, text, author, time, helpful count, reviewed app version, and the developer reply when one exists.

The app input accepts package IDs and Google Play links:

```json
{
  "package_ids": ["com.spotify.music"],
  "language": "en_US",
  "country": "US",
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

`maxReviews` applies to each app and accepts 1–1,000. A batch of three apps with `maxReviews: 100` can therefore save up to 300 rows.

### Review order

| `sort` | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| `newest` | Monitoring recent feedback |
| `helpful` | Reading reviews users found useful |
| `rating` | Following Google Play's rating order |

### Example row

This row came from a US English Spotify review:

```json
{
  "package_id": "com.spotify.music",
  "review_id": "87d30857-a229-4cdb-bf58-d77c08c04768",
  "author": "Jacob Gaynor",
  "score": 3,
  "text": "laggy",
  "timestamp": 1787335892,
  "helpful_count": 0,
  "developer_reply": null,
  "app_version": "9.1.76.2055",
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

Reviews are localized. Change `country` or `language` and Google Play may return a different set. `developer_reply` and `app_version` are null when the review does not carry them. An app with no public reviews finishes successfully with no review rows.

Need overall rating counts, install range, screenshots, or listing dates instead? Use the [google-play-scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/google-play-scraper) (`appDetail` mode). To find apps by keyword before collecting feedback, use the [Google Play Search Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/google-play-search-scraper).

# Actor input Schema

## `package_ids` (type: `array`):

Android package IDs or Google Play app links. Add one per line; links and IDs can be mixed.

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

Locale used for app text and reviews, such as en\_US or de\_DE.

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

Two-letter country code used for availability and review locale.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum reviews to save for each app, from 1 to 1,000.

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

Choose how Google Play orders reviews.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "package_ids": [
    "com.spotify.music",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo"
  ],
  "language": "en_US",
  "country": "US",
  "maxReviews": 50,
  "sort": "newest"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

All records scraped by this run

# 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 = {
    "package_ids": [
        "com.spotify.music"
    ],
    "language": "en_US",
    "country": "US",
    "maxReviews": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thenetaji/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 = {
    "package_ids": ["com.spotify.music"],
    "language": "en_US",
    "country": "US",
    "maxReviews": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thenetaji/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 '{
  "package_ids": [
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "language": "en_US",
  "country": "US",
  "maxReviews": 50
}' |
apify call thenetaji/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thenetaji/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/MWCoU1bWVfaszIAh3/builds/FOAowXhOGnaBWsXia/openapi.json