App Store Top Charts Scraper: Ranks by Country

App Store Top Charts

Snapshot Apple's App Store top charts, the chart of apps at no cost (topfreeapplications) and the paid chart (toppaidapplications), for any storefront: one row per chart entry with its rank, app name, developer, price, rating and number of ratings, genres, version and links. Up to 100 apps per chart and country, read from Apple's open chart feed, with price and rating from Apple's lookup API.

What you get

{
  "snapshotAt":     "2026-11-05T09:40:12+00:00",
  "chart":          "topfreeapplications",
  "country":        "gb",
  "rank":           2,
  "appId":          "6737119425",
  "trackName":      "GOV.UK One Login",
  "artistName":     "Government Digital Service",
  "genres":         [],
  "releaseDate":    "2025-06-09",
  "appUrl":         "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/gov-uk-one-login/id6737119425",
  "artworkUrl":     "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/15/38/6a/15386a56-283f-daba-e851-6ecbb636e5e2/GlassAppIcon-0-0-1x_U007ephone-0-1-sRGB-85-220.png/100x100bb.png",
  "chartUpdatedAt": "2026-11-05T09:33:38+00:00",
  "price":          0.0,
  "currency":       "GBP",
  "rating":         4.21,
  "ratingCount":    200420,
  "contentRating":  "4+",
  "primaryGenre":   "Utilities",
  "bundleId":       "uk.gov.onelogin",
  "version":        "1.32.0",
  "lastUpdated":    "2026-10-13T07:08:51Z",
  "sizeMb":         48.0
}

rank is the place in Apple's chart. chartUpdatedAt is the time Apple's feed gives for its answer: the feed is made for each request, so it is a few seconds after snapshotAt, and Apple does not say when the chart itself last moved. genres lists the genre names Apple gives with the entry (some entries come without; primaryGenre is always there with the details). price is in the storefront's currency, rating the average of ratingCount ratings in that storefront. JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table and RSS from the Output tab or the API.

How to use

Input.

{
  "chartTypes": ["topfreeapplications", "toppaidapplications"],
  "countries":  ["us", "gb", "de", "jp"],
  "limit":      100
}

chartTypes: topfreeapplications or toppaidapplications. Empty defaults to topfreeapplications.

countries: storefront codes (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). Each storefront has its own ranking.

limit: apps per chart and country, 1 to 100.

withDetails: on by default. Adds price, currency, rating, ratingCount, contentRating, primaryGenre, bundleId, version, lastUpdated and sizeMb from Apple's lookup API, one extra request per country and 100 apps. Off gives the chart rows only.

What the open feed does not have. Apple's open chart feed has no grossing chart, no genre filter (each storefront's overall chart only) and at most 100 apps per chart. An input that asks for one of these (topgrossingapplications, a genreIds value other than 0) stops the run at once with a message that says what to change, so a schedule never gets rows other than the ones it asked for.

Pricing

Pay per event. Price per 1,000 events:

Event	Base price	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Apple App Store chart entry	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07

Bronze, Silver and Gold are the discounts Apify gives users of its paid plans. The Pricing tab always shows the current prices.

Buyer

• ASO consultants tracking where apps rank in each storefront.
• Mobile marketing teams running weekly chart position reports.
• Indie developers watching which apps enter the charts before a launch.

Run it through the API

Python, with the apify-client package:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("v0iddo/app-store-top-charts").call(run_input={"chartTypes": ["topfreeapplications", "toppaidapplications"], "countries": ["us", "gb"]})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript, with the apify-client package:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('v0iddo/app-store-top-charts').call({"chartTypes": ["topfreeapplications", "toppaidapplications"], "countries": ["us", "gb"]});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

One HTTP call that waits for the run and returns the rows (for runs that finish within 5 minutes):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/v0iddo~app-store-top-charts/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"chartTypes": ["topfreeapplications", "toppaidapplications"], "countries": ["us", "gb"]}'

Output fields, real sample rows, the price and this code for Python, JavaScript and cURL are also in the guide to this actor.

Use it from an agent (MCP)

Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients can call this actor as a tool through the Apify MCP server. Add it to the client's MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=v0iddo/app-store-top-charts",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need an account, cookies or an API key?

No. The actor reads public data without logging in. You only need an Apify account to start it.

How am I charged?

Pay per event, at the prices on the Pricing tab for your Apify plan (the Pricing section of this page lists them). The platform usage of the run is included in those prices, and your spending limit for a run is always respected.

Why did my run return no results?

The status message and the log of the run say why: usually nothing matched the input, or the source did not answer for a moment. Check the input against the example above and run it again.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes. Save your input as a task and add a schedule in the Apify Console (daily, hourly or with a cron expression). Each run gets its own dataset, so you keep a history.

Which formats can I export?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table and RSS from the Output tab or the API. Integrations send the rows to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook.

Is collecting this data allowed?

The actor collects data that the source publishes openly, without a login. Public data can still be personal data under laws such as the GDPR, and sources have their own terms: make sure your use of the data follows the rules that apply to you.

What happens when the source changes?

An automated test runs the actor every day on the example input and checks the rows, not only that the run finished. When a check fails, the actor is repaired and rebuilt; the build history on this page shows each update.

Something is missing or wrong. Where do I report it?

Open an issue on the Issues tab of this actor with the run link. Requests for a new field are welcome too.

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Source

https://rss.marketingtools.apple.com/api/v2/<country>/apps/<chart>/<10|25|50|100>/apps.json, where <chart> is the chart of apps at no cost or the paid chart: Apple's open chart feed, no login. Its robots.txt allows it; the actor reads that robots.txt before the first chart and stops if it ever closes the feed. Price and rating: https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=<ids>&country=<cc>, Apple's lookup API, which that host's robots.txt opens (the actor checks it before the first lookup and leaves the details out if it ever closes); up to 100 apps per request, 3 seconds apart. The older iTunes RSS feed (itunes.apple.com/<country>/rss/...) is closed to automated access by its robots.txt, so the actor does not use it.