# App Store Reviews Scraper: iOS & Google Play (`tindacloud/app-store-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android) app reviews in one run: multiple apps and countries, rating and date filters, developer replies, and a monitoring mode that only returns new reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tindacloud/app-store-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seungki Min](https://apify.com/tindacloud) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI, E-commerce
- **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.

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.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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: iOS & Google Play

Scrape **Apple App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android) reviews in a single run** — any number of apps, any number of countries, one clean dataset. No login, no API keys, no browser.

Built for **review monitoring**: turn on *Only new reviews* and schedule it. Each run returns just the reviews posted since the last run, so you pay only for what's new.

### Why this scraper

- **Both stores, one schema.** Mix App Store and Google Play URLs in the same input. Every review comes out with the same fields: `rating`, `text`, `date`, `developerReply`…
- **Multi-country.** List `["us", "gb", "de", "jp"]` and each app is scraped in every storefront.
- **Deep history.** Goes far beyond the 500-review limit of Apple's RSS feed. Tested at thousands of reviews per app.
- **Pay only for what you want.**
  - Rating filters (e.g. only 1–2★ complaints) and a *Reviews newer than* date are applied before saving.
  - With newest-first sorting the run stops as soon as it reaches older reviews.
- **Monitoring mode.** Remembers the newest review per app and country between runs. Pair it with a schedule and Slack, email or Google Sheets integrations.
- **Developer replies included.** Useful to measure support responsiveness.

### Input example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
    "284882215",
    "com.spotify.music"
  ],
  "countries": ["us", "gb"],
  "language": "en",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "maxRating": 2,
  "since": "2026-09-01",
  "onlyNewReviews": false,
  "includeAppDetails": true
}
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `apps` | App Store / Google Play URLs, numeric App Store IDs, or Play package names |
| `countries` | Store country codes. Empty = country from the URL, else `us`. App Store reviews differ per country; Google Play returns the same reviews for every country, so duplicates are removed automatically and charged only once |
| `language` | Review language (Google Play filters by it) |
| `sort` | `newest`, `mostHelpful`, `lowestRating`, `highestRating` |
| `maxReviewsPerApp` | Limit per app **per country** |
| `minRating` / `maxRating` | Star range to keep |
| `since` | Only reviews posted after this date |
| `onlyNewReviews` | Monitoring mode — only reviews newer than the previous run |
| `includeAppDetails` | Adds app name, developer, average rating, rating count, current version |
| `maxResults` | Hard cap for the whole run |

### Output example

```json
{
  "store": "googleplay",
  "appId": "com.whatsapp",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "appName": "WhatsApp Messenger",
  "appDeveloper": "WhatsApp LLC",
  "appRating": 4.62,
  "appRatingCount": 243730164,
  "appCurrentVersion": "VARY",
  "reviewId": "592a7093-0202-4938-a7f2-19bb793d714e",
  "userName": "…",
  "rating": 1,
  "title": null,
  "text": "…",
  "date": "2026-09-16T06:08:02.928Z",
  "appVersion": "2.26.35.75",
  "thumbsUp": 0,
  "isEdited": null,
  "developerReply": null,
  "developerReplyDate": null,
  "reviewUrl": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&reviewId=…",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-17T01:02:03.000Z"
}
```

Store differences: App Store reviews have a `title` and `isEdited` but no `appVersion` or `thumbsUp`. Google Play reviews have `appVersion` and `thumbsUp` but no title. Missing values are `null`, so the columns always line up.

### Use cases

- **Product & UX teams** — collect 1–2★ reviews after every release to spot bugs and churn reasons.
- **Competitor research** — compare what users love or hate across competing apps and markets.
- **Customer support** — track unanswered reviews and developer reply times.
- **AI analysis** — feed clean review text into an LLM for sentiment, topics or feature requests.

### Pricing

Pay per review saved, plus a negligible start fee per run ($0.05 per 1,000 runs). Filtered-out reviews are never charged. Use **Max results** or the run's spending limit to cap cost.

### Notes

- Only publicly visible reviews are collected. No login is used.
- Google Play's `language` setting controls which reviews are returned. The App Store returns reviews for the chosen country regardless of language.
- If a store changes something and a run breaks, please open an issue — it will be fixed quickly.

### Related Actors

Other scrapers from the same maker, built the same way — no browser where it isn't needed, one flat price per result:

- [Shopify Store Products Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/shopify-products-scraper)
- [AliExpress Product Search](https://apify.com/tindacloud/aliexpress-products-scraper)
- [Website Contact & Email Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/website-contact-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

App Store or Google Play app URLs, numeric App Store IDs (e.g. 284882215) or Google Play package names (e.g. com.whatsapp). You can mix both stores.

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

Two-letter store country codes (us, gb, de, jp, kr…). Each app is scraped in every country listed. Empty = country from the URL, or us.

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

Review language code, e.g. en, de, ja, ko. Google Play filters by it; the App Store mostly returns reviews for the country.

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

Order in which reviews are collected. “Newest first” is required for monitoring and lets the date filter stop early.

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

Upper limit for each app in each country.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Keep only reviews with at least this many stars.

## `maxRating` (type: `integer`):

Keep only reviews with at most this many stars. Set 2 to collect only negative reviews.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Only return reviews posted after this date. With “Newest first” the scraper stops as soon as it reaches older reviews, so you never pay for them.

## `onlyNewReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Remembers the newest review seen for each app and country, and on the next run returns only reviews posted after it. Ideal for scheduled runs feeding Slack, email or a spreadsheet.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Add app name, developer, average rating, rating count and current version to every review.

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

Stop the whole run after this many reviews. You are charged per review.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 500,
  "onlyNewReviews": false,
  "includeAppDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

All reviews in a table view.

# 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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tindacloud/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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
    ],
    "countries": ["us"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tindacloud/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/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ]
}' |
apify call tindacloud/app-store-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tindacloud/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/hLZjXr1SNGRXmOlDq/builds/HuV6HkoLFrxNCtxeK/openapi.json