# Monitor App Store ratings of competitor apps

**Use case:** 

Watches the App Store rating, rating count, version and price of the apps you list, in each country you choose. Schedule it daily or weekly with the same state name: each run compares with the last one and reports the rating change, rating count, version, price and new reviews. This preset also returns unchanged apps; turn that off to get changed apps only.

## Input

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "570060128",
    "324684580"
  ],
  "searchPlatform": "ios",
  "searchLimit": 5,
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "gb",
    "de"
  ],
  "mode": "monitor",
  "maxReviewsPerAppCountry": 50,
  "reviewSort": "recent",
  "minRating": 1,
  "maxRating": 5,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "stateKey": "competitor-apps",
  "trackReviews": true,
  "emitUnchanged": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "App",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changes": {
    "label": "Changes",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "ratingDelta": {
    "label": "Rating change",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "ratingCountDelta": {
    "label": "Ratings added",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "newReviewCount": {
    "label": "New reviews",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "previousVersion": {
    "label": "Previous version",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "version": {
    "label": "Version",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousPrice": {
    "label": "Previous price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "averageUserRating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "userRatingCount": {
    "label": "Ratings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "checkedAt": {
    "label": "Checked",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [App Store Ratings & Reviews Monitor – iOS & Mac, All Countries](https://apify.com/tinlark/app-store-ratings-reviews-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tinlark/app-store-ratings-reviews-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/tinlark/app-store-ratings-reviews-monitor.md

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`).