# Shopify App Store Scraper - App Market Intelligence (`thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper`) Actor

Export public Shopify App Store category and app metadata including ratings, reviews, pricing, features, developer, launch date, Built for Shopify status, and listing URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thirdwatch](https://apify.com/thirdwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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

## Shopify App Store Scraper

Export public Shopify App Store category and app-detail metadata as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel. The Actor stays on category and main listing pages allowed by the Store's robots policy and enriches each app without login, browser compute, or private merchant data.

### What you get

- App identifier, handle, name, icon, canonical listing URL, category, and position
- Rating, review count, tagline, description, feature list, and pricing plans
- Free-plan and trial signals, Built for Shopify and Build Award badges
- Developer identity, support email, partner URL, launch date, and source provenance

### Output fields

Common fields are `appId`, `handle`, `name`, `appUrl`, `iconUrl`, `tagline`, `description`, `features`, `rating`, `reviewsCount`, `pricingSummary`, `pricingPlans`, `freePlanAvailable`, `freeTrialAvailable`, `builtForShopify`, `buildAwardWinner`, `developer`, `developerUrl`, `developerSupportEmail`, `launchedAt`, `categories`, `categoryUrl`, `categoryPosition`, and `source`.

### Example output

```json
{"handle":"judgeme","name":"Judge.me Product Reviews App","rating":5.0,"reviewsCount":41957,"pricingPlans":["Free","$15 / month"],"builtForShopify":true,"developer":"Judge.me","appUrl":"https://apps.shopify.com/judgeme"}
```

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| `categoryUrls` | Public Shopify App Store category URLs. |
| `appUrls` | Optional public main app-detail URLs. |
| `maxPagesPerCategory` | Maximum allowed pages fetched per category. |
| `includeDetails` | Enrich each app with its public detail-page metadata. |
| `maxResults` | Maximum unique apps saved and charged. |

### Use cases

Shopify ecosystem research, app competitor monitoring, partner sourcing, category saturation analysis, pricing benchmarks, review-share analysis, developer lead generation, Built for Shopify tracking, and app launch monitoring.

### Limitations

The Actor intentionally does not use the Store's disallowed search route or internal services. It does not fetch individual review subpages or merchant data. Category rank includes promoted and editorial placement and must not be treated as an organic quality score. Listing facts can change after collection.

### Compared to alternatives

Thirdwatch makes route compliance explicit, verifies direct app identities before billing, preserves category provenance, and combines card and detail signals at a competitive $0.005 base PPE. Start with the [Shopify App Store Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper), browse [all Thirdwatch Actors](https://apify.com/thirdwatch), or read the [Shopify app-market guide](https://thirdwatch.dev/actors/shopify-app-store-scraper).

### FAQ

**Can I search arbitrary keywords?** No. Use a public category URL or exact app URL; the Store's current robots policy excludes its query-search route.

**Does it scrape merchant stores?** No. It collects public App Store listing metadata only.

Open the [input form](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper?tab=input) or review [recent runs](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper?tab=runs) after launch.

Last verified: 2026-07

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Public apps.shopify.com/categories/... URLs. Search routes are intentionally unsupported to respect the Store's robots policy.

## `appUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional public main app-detail URLs such as https://apps.shopify.com/judgeme.

## `maxPagesPerCategory` (type: `integer`):

Maximum allowed category pages fetched for each category URL.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each public main app page for pricing, features, developer, launch, and badge metadata. Direct app URLs are always verified before they are saved.

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

Maximum unique Shopify apps saved and charged.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://apps.shopify.com/categories/marketing-and-conversion-social-trust-product-reviews"
  ],
  "appUrls": [],
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 1,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-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 '{}' |
apify call thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thirdwatch/shopify-app-store-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/LVQXUb4ao37J6fBRT/builds/4dxydKtlqPcl8QpPJ/openapi.json