# Google Play Reviews Scraper — Multi-Country, Fast, No Proxy (`venturesome_laugh/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play reviews across countries as clean JSON: rating, text, version, thumbs-up, developer replies. HTTP-only, no browser needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/venturesome\_laugh/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Artwa Dev](https://apify.com/venturesome_laugh) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.10 / 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.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Play Reviews Scraper — Multi-Country, Fast, No Proxy

Scrape **Google Play reviews across many countries** as clean JSON, CSV or Excel — star rating, review text, app version, thumbs-up count, developer replies and timestamps.

HTTP-only (no headless browser), no login, no proxy required.

### Why this one

- **Multi-country aggregation.** Pull reviews from every storefront you list — us, gb, br, de, jp, … — deduplicated per (app, country). Far more coverage than single-country tools.
- **Sort your way.** Newest, highest-rated, or most helpful.
- **Cheap & fast.** No browser to spin up.
- **AI-ready.** Clean flat records drop straight into a sentiment pipeline or vector database.

### What you get per review

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `appName`, `appId`, `country`, `language` | The app + storefront |
| `score`, `scoreText` | 1–5 stars |
| `review`, `title` | The review text |
| `appVersion` | Version reviewed |
| `userName`, `userImage` | Reviewer |
| `thumbsUp` | Community helpfulness |
| `replyText`, `replyDate` | Developer's reply, if any |
| `publishedAt` | Timestamp |
| `reviewUrl` | Direct link |

### Input

```json
{
    "apps": [
        "com.whatsapp",
        "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo",
        "Instagram"
    ],
    "countries": ["us", "gb", "br", "de", "jp"],
    "language": "en",
    "sort": "NEWEST",
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 0,
    "starRatings": ["1", "2"]
}
```

- **`apps`** — package id, store URL, or app name (resolved automatically).
- **`countries`** — two-letter storefront codes to aggregate.
- **`language`** — Google language code (`en`, `pt`, `de`, …).
- **`sort`** — `NEWEST`, `RATING`, or `HELPFULNESS`.
- **`maxReviewsPerApp`** — `0` = as many as Google exposes.
- **`starRatings`** — filter by stars (e.g. only 1–2 star complaints).

### Common uses

- **App feedback** — pull every recent complaint across your markets and cluster them.
- **Competitor research** — compare sentiment and version-specific issues across rivals.
- **QA / release monitoring** — schedule daily runs on your app's package id and catch regressions.
- **LLM / sentiment pipelines** — clean JSON straight into analysis.

### Notes

Uses only Google Play's **public** review data. Review Google's terms and your local law before large-scale use of personal data.

# Actor input Schema

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

One entry per app. Accepts a Play Store package id (e.g. "com.whatsapp"), a store URL, or an app name.

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

Two-letter country codes. More countries = more reviews. Reviews are deduplicated per (app, country).

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

Two-letter language code Google uses to render review text (e.g. "en", "pt", "de").

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

How Google Play returns the reviews.

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

Stop after this many reviews per app (summed across countries). Use 0 for as many as Google exposes.

## `starRatings` (type: `array`):

Keep only these ratings (empty = all).

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

Optional. Play works fine without a proxy; add one only for very large multi-country runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "com.whatsapp",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo",
    "Instagram"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "gb",
    "ca",
    "au",
    "br",
    "de",
    "fr",
    "es",
    "it",
    "jp"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "sort": "NEWEST",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "starRatings": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped Google Play reviews as JSON items in the default dataset.

# 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": [
        "com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us",
        "gb",
        "br"
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("venturesome_laugh/google-play-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": ["com.whatsapp"],
    "countries": [
        "us",
        "gb",
        "br",
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("venturesome_laugh/google-play-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": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "gb",
    "br"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200
}' |
apify call venturesome_laugh/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,venturesome_laugh/google-play-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/gqPGIVf59cia8wkjn/builds/16sHmxHx0fTA8Yh0j/openapi.json