# Compare competitor app reviews side by side

**Use case:** 

Ready-to-run example: three competing messaging apps on both stores in one dataset, with a profile row per app carrying rating, histogram and installs.

## Input

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger",
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669",
    "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms"
  ],
  "stores": "both",
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 300,
  "maxReviews": 0,
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "gb"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "appStoreSource": "both",
  "includeAppProfile": true,
  "appProfilesOnly": false,
  "ratings": [],
  "sort": "newest",
  "appVersions": [],
  "onlyWithReplies": false,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateLabel": "my-watchlist",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "store": {
    "label": "Store",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "appName": {
    "label": "App",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Stars",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Review",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publishedDate": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "appVersion": {
    "label": "App version",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Storefront",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "reviewerName": {
    "label": "Reviewer",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "helpfulCount": {
    "label": "Helpful votes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "hasReply": {
    "label": "Replied",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "replyText": {
    "label": "Developer reply",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "replyDate": {
    "label": "Replied on",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "isEdited": {
    "label": "Edited",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reviewTags": {
    "label": "Review tags",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "appId": {
    "label": "App id",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "appRating": {
    "label": "App rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "appRatingCount": {
    "label": "App ratings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviewUrl": {
    "label": "Review URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "reviewId": {
    "label": "Review id",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Competitor App Reviews Analysis Scraper - Compare Apps](https://apify.com/vonsensey/competitor-app-reviews-analysis-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vonsensey/competitor-app-reviews-analysis-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
This Task's input is already configured above — use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

- **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).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/vonsensey/competitor-app-reviews-analysis-scraper.md

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).