iTunes Search Scraper - Apps, Music, Podcasts & Books

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Search Apple's catalog (App Store apps, music, podcasts, books and movies) in any storefront and export prices, ratings, genres, versions and artwork as clean JSON.

What you get

One row per catalog item that matches your search terms. For apps you get the name, developer, bundle ID, price, average rating, rating count, age rating, genres, current version, release date, a description excerpt and the App Store link. Podcasts, music, books and movies come back in the same shape, with the fields Apple publishes for that media type.

Pick a storefront (US, GB, IN, DE, JP and so on) to see the local catalog, prices and currency.

Why use this iTunes Search scraper

• Seven catalogs, one schema. Apps, songs, albums, artists, podcasts, e-books and movies share the same output fields.
• Any storefront. Set a two-letter country code to compare local prices, currencies and availability.
• App Store research fields. Bundle ID, version, rating, rating count and age rating for every app.
• No account or key. Paste search terms and run.
• Works with empty input. Run it with no settings and you get a small sample search, so you can see the output before configuring anything.

Scrape iTunes data in minutes

1. Add one or more search terms.
2. Choose the media type and storefront.
3. Set Max results per query and click Start. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

Top meditation apps in the UK App Store:

{
  "queries": ["meditation", "sleep sounds"],
  "media": "apps",
  "country": "GB",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Podcasts about a topic in the US store:

{
  "queries": ["product management"],
  "media": "podcasts",
  "country": "US",
  "maxResults": 25
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
queries	Yes	Free-text search terms, e.g. app names, artists, podcast topics.
media	No	apps, music, podcasts, books, movies, albums or artists. Default: apps.
country	No	Two-letter storefront code such as US, GB, IN, DE. Default: US.
maxResults	No	Results per search term, 1 to 200. Default: 25.

Output fields

Field	Description
type	Apple's record type: software, track, collection or artist. Empty for e-books.
kind	Specific kind, e.g. software, podcast, song, ebook, feature-movie.
trackId	Apple catalog ID (the number in the App Store / Apple Podcasts URL).
name	App, track, album, book or show name.
seller	Developer, publisher or artist.
bundleId	iOS bundle identifier (apps only).
price, currency	Price in the storefront's currency. 0.0 means free.
rating, ratingCount	Average user rating (1 to 5) and number of ratings, where Apple publishes them.
contentAdvisory	Age rating (apps) or content advisory (Clean, Explicit).
genres	Genre list.
releaseDate	Original release date, or latest episode date for podcasts.
version	Current app version.
description	First 600 characters of the store description (apps and e-books).
url	App Store, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts or Apple Books link.
artwork	100x100 artwork URL.
query	The search term that returned this row.

Example result

{
  "type": "software",
  "kind": "software",
  "trackId": 1232780281,
  "name": "Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI",
  "seller": "Notion Labs, Incorporated",
  "bundleId": "notion.id",
  "price": 0.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.77482,
  "ratingCount": 90575,
  "contentAdvisory": "4+",
  "genres": ["Productivity", "Business"],
  "releaseDate": "2017-09-14T19:07:31Z",
  "version": "1.7.350",
  "description": "Notion is an AI-powered all-in-one workspace that helps individuals and teams write notes, manage tasks, organize projects, and collaborate in one place...",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-tasks-ai/id1232780281?uo=4",
  "artwork": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/17/a6/b9/17a6b901-c46f-ef67-c7b5-288195b768b8/AppIconProd-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-85-220.png/100x100bb.jpg",
  "query": "notion"
}

Common use cases

• App Store optimization (ASO): see which apps rank for a keyword in each storefront, with ratings and rating counts.
• Competitor tracking: schedule a daily run to record competitors' versions, prices and rating counts over time.
• Price comparison: compare app, book and movie prices across storefronts.
• Podcast research: build a list of shows on a topic with publisher, genres and latest episode date.
• Catalog enrichment: map product or artist names to Apple IDs and store links.

Compared to alternatives

• vs other App Store scrapers on the Store: one Actor covers apps, music, podcasts, books and movies, and pay-per-result billing means a search with no matches costs nothing.
• vs building your own: no request pacing, retries or field mapping to maintain; paste search terms and consume the dataset.

Limitations

• Apple returns at most 200 results per search term, ranked by its own relevance order. Use more specific or additional terms to go deeper.
• rating and ratingCount are published for apps and e-books; podcasts and music leave them empty.
• description is trimmed to 600 characters and is empty for podcasts, songs, albums and artists.
• Results show the catalog of the chosen storefront. Items not sold in that country do not appear.
• Reviews and in-app purchase lists are not included.

FAQ

Do I need an Apple account or API key?

No. The Actor reads Apple's public catalog search. There is nothing to configure.

How do I search a different country's App Store?

Set country to its two-letter code, for example IN for India or JP for Japan. Prices come back in that storefront's currency.

Can I track rating changes over time?

Yes. Save your input as a task and attach a daily schedule; each run records the current rating and rating count.

What happens when a search returns nothing?

The run finishes with no rows for that term. You are not charged for empty results.

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Last verified: 2026-11

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