App Developer Watch: new and removed apps on Google Play + App Store

Watch app publishers instead of single apps. The first run lists every app of a developer on Google Play and the App Store; scheduled runs report only new apps (a competitor launched something) and removed apps (taken down). A removal is reported only after the app's own store page answers 404 — never because an app is just missing from a list.

Typical uses: competitor launch alerts for app studios · portfolio monitoring for investors and analysts · finding new apps of a publisher you work with.

Input

{ "developers": ["Spotify AB", "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/spotify/id324684583", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5700313618786177705"], "country": "us" }

Google Play: the developer name exactly as on Play, or the developer URL (/store/apps/developer?id=… or /store/apps/dev?id=…). App Store: the developer URL.

Example (real run, 22 Oct 2026)

Spotify AB on Google Play: 6 apps · Spotify on the App Store: 4 apps · WhatsApp LLC / WhatsApp Inc.: 2 + 2 apps. Second run right after: +0 new, −0 removed.

[
 {
  "store": "googleplay",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "appId": "com.spotify.music",
  "title": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
  "status": "listed",
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music"
 },
 {
  "store": "googleplay",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "appId": "com.spotify.tv.android",
  "title": "Spotify: Music & Podcasts",
  "status": "listed",
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.tv.android"
 },
 {
  "store": "googleplay",
  "developer": "Spotify AB",
  "appId": "fm.anchor.android",
  "title": "Spotify for Creators",
  "status": "listed",
  "appUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.anchor.android"
 }
]

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.003 per reported app row (listed on the first run, then new/removed only), −10/−20/−30 % on higher Apify plans. Unchanged apps on later runs are never charged.

Data, fair use and limits

• Reads only developer pages and, to verify a removal, app pages — both allowed by robots.txt. No search endpoints, no private APIs, no login.
• No personal data: developer e-mail, address and phone are never read.
• Google Play shows a limited selection on pages of very large publishers (measured: 10 apps on Google LLC's page). Apps that drop off that list but are still live are kept and counted as notListedButLive, not reported as removed.
• Developer names must match Google Play exactly; a wrong name is reported as not found (HTTP 404).