# App Store Reviews Scraper: Full Review History (`tidyscrape/app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Extract Apple App Store reviews for any app and country: rating, title, text, date, reviewer, with the full review history (no 500-review cap).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tidyscrape/app-store-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Alexander Burch](https://apify.com/tidyscrape) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.15 / 1,000 reviews

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## App Store Reviews Scraper: Full Review History

Extract Apple App Store reviews for any iOS app in any country: star rating, title, review text,
date, edited flag and reviewer nickname. Unlike RSS-based scrapers, it is **not capped at 500
reviews**: get an app's full review history. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it from your
code, Make, Zapier, n8n, or an AI agent via MCP.

### What data can you get?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `appName` | Spotify: Music and Podcasts |
| `appId` | 324684580 |
| `developer` | Spotify |
| `country` | gb |
| `rating` | 2 |
| `title` | Limited songs to listen to |
| `text` | I think that is dumb to limit the songs that non premium members can listen to… |
| `date` | 2026-09-27T14:09:11Z |
| `isEdited` | false |
| `reviewerName` | Songs limited (can be turned off) |
| `reviewId` | 14599684269 |

<details><summary>Sample output (1 item)</summary>

```json
{
    "store": "apple",
    "appId": "324684580",
    "appName": "Spotify: Music and Podcasts",
    "developer": "Spotify",
    "country": "gb",
    "reviewId": "14599684269",
    "rating": 2,
    "title": "Limited songs to listen to",
    "text": "I think that is dumb to limit the songs that non premium members can listen to so that’s why this app deserves 2 stars max and thats wrong to presure people into buying premium",
    "date": "2026-09-27T14:09:11Z",
    "isEdited": false,
    "reviewerName": "Songs limited",
    "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T21:38:11.167Z"
}
```

</details>

### Why this scraper

| | This Actor | Typical RSS-based scrapers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews per app per country | Full history (tested past 1,200; limited only by Max reviews) | 500 max |
| Input | App Store URL, numeric id **or bundle id** | Usually id only |
| Many apps × many countries in one run | Yes | Often one |
| New reviews only (monitoring) | `Since date` | No |
| App not sold in a country | Skipped and named in the run status; the run keeps going | Often crashes the run |
| Hit a limit or a block | Says so in the run status; never silently short | Often returns fewer items without saying why |

### How much does it cost?

Pay only for reviews delivered: **$0.25 per 1,000 reviews** plus $0.003 per run.
Example: the last 1,000 US reviews of one app ≈ **$0.25**. A daily monitoring run that finds 30
new reviews ≈ **$0.01**. Apify's free plan credits cover a first test.

Set **Max reviews per app** to cap what you spend; the run also stops cleanly at the maximum total
charge you set for a run.

### How to use it

1. Add one or more apps: paste App Store URLs, numeric ids (`324684580`) or bundle ids
   (`com.spotify.client`).
2. Pick countries (`us`, `gb`, `de`...). Reviews are per country.
3. Set **Max reviews per app and country**, and optionally **Sort by** and **Since date**.
4. Run, then download the dataset in the format you need.

**Monitoring:** schedule a daily run with Sort by = Most recent and Since date = yesterday to get
only new reviews.

**API:** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tidyscrape~app-store-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items`
with your input as JSON, for example:

```json
{ "apps": ["com.spotify.client"], "countries": ["us", "gb"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 500, "sort": "recent" }
```

**AI agents:** available through the Apify MCP server. Input and output fields are fully described.

### Use cases

- **Product and UX research:** mine complaints and feature requests from 1-star and 2-star reviews.
- **Competitor tracking:** compare how users rate rival apps across countries.
- **Sentiment and topic analysis:** feed full review history into an LLM or BI tool.
- **Review monitoring and alerts:** daily new reviews into Slack, a sheet or a ticketing tool.

### FAQ

**Is it legal to scrape App Store reviews?** This Actor only collects reviews that Apple shows
publicly on the App Store website, without logging in. Reviews include the reviewer's chosen
nickname, which can be personal data; turn off **Include reviewer nicknames** if you do not need
it. You are responsible for using the data lawfully (e.g. GDPR/CCPA). Not for FCRA purposes. This
Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

**Why do I get different reviews per country?** The App Store keeps separate reviews per country
storefront. Add every country you care about.

**Does it include the app version or developer replies?** Not yet: Apple's web App Store does not
expose them for reviews. Open an Issue if you need them.

**How fresh is the data?** Collected live from the App Store on every run.

**Something broke or a field is missing?** Open an Issue. We usually respond within a day.

### Changelog

- 2026-09-28: first release.

# Actor input Schema

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

Apps to get reviews for. Each entry can be an App Store URL (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580), a numeric app id (324684580) or a bundle id (com.spotify.client).

## `countries` (type: `array`):

App Store countries as 2-letter codes (us, gb, de, jp...). Reviews are per country: each app is scraped once per country listed.

## `maxReviewsPerApp` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many reviews for each app in each country. There is no 500-review cap: use a large number to get the full history. You pay per review, so this also caps cost.

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

"recent" = newest first (use with Since date for monitoring). "helpful" = most helpful first.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Only return reviews posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Ideal for scheduled runs that fetch only new reviews. Requires Sort by = Most recent.

## `includeReviewerNames` (type: `boolean`):

Include the reviewer's App Store nickname. Turn off if you do not need personal data.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Fallback proxy. Requests go direct first (fastest); if the App Store starts rate-limiting, the rest of the run goes through this proxy with a fresh IP per retry. The default (Apify datacenter proxy) works.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
  "sort": "recent",
  "includeReviewerNames": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "apps": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tidyscrape/app-store-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 = {
    "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"],
    "countries": ["us"],
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tidyscrape/app-store-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 '{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotify-music-and-podcasts/id324684580"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call tidyscrape/app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tidyscrape/app-store-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/ZnyGbZ9i5xFirrLC0/builds/LIAdugFu10TV3raPr/openapi.json