# Google Play Reviews Scraper — Android Ratings & Reviews (`vujeen/google-play-reviews-scraper`) Actor
Scrape Google Play reviews and ratings for any Android app: rating, text, version, author, thumbs-up and date. Multiple countries per run, app metadata and rating breakdown included. No login, no API keys.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/vujeen/google-play-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [FEDOR TRYAKIN](https://apify.com/vujeen) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per usage
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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage
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# README
## Google Play Reviews Scraper — Android Ratings & Reviews
Scrape Google Play reviews and ratings for any Android app — by **package
name**, by **Play Store URL**, or by **searching app names**. No login, no
API keys: the Actor reads Google Play's public endpoints directly.
> The Android companion to our **App Store Reviews Scraper** — cover both
> stores with the same clean output and explicit per-app status.
### What you get
**Per review:**
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `rating` | `1` … `5` |
| `text` | full review body |
| `version` | `12.8.1` — app version reviewed |
| `author` | reviewer name |
| `thumbsUp` | helpfulness count |
| `date` | `2026-06-12` |
| `country` | `us` |
**Per app** (always returned, even with zero reviews):
app name, developer, store rating, total ratings count, genre, and a
ready-made **rating breakdown** (how many 1★/2★/.../5★ among scraped reviews)
plus the average of what was scraped.
### Why this scraper
- **Search or direct** — give package names/URLs, or type a name and the
Actor finds the apps and scrapes them.
- **Multiple countries & languages per run** — reviews are localized;
collect `us`, `gb`, `de`, `kz`… and compare.
- **Deep pagination** — go far beyond a single page; collect thousands of
reviews per app.
- **Always explicit** — every app returns metadata and a status, never a
silent empty result.
- **Built-in analytics** — rating breakdown and averages, no post-processing.
### Use cases
- **App Store Optimization (ASO)** — track sentiment and rating trends per
version and country.
- **Product feedback** — see what users complain about right after a release.
- **Competitor monitoring** — compare ratings and review volume of rivals.
- **Market research** — find apps by keyword and measure their reception.
- **Alerting** — run on a Schedule, diff datasets, get notified of new 1★
reviews via integrations (Slack, email, webhooks).
### Input
```json
{
"appIds": ["org.telegram.messenger", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp"],
"searchTerms": ["pdf scanner"],
"countries": ["us", "gb"],
"language": "en",
"maxReviews": 200,
"sort": "newest"
}
````
- `appIds` — package names or full Play Store URLs.
- `searchTerms` — find apps by name (each returns up to 10 apps).
- `countries` — two-letter Play country codes; reviews are localized.
- `language` — language code for metadata and reviews.
- `maxReviews` — collected per app per country (paginated automatically).
- `sort` — `newest`, `mostRelevant` or `rating`.
### Output example
```json
{
"type": "review",
"appId": "org.telegram.messenger",
"country": "us",
"rating": 1,
"text": "Please fix the latest update...",
"version": "12.8.1",
"author": "Omkar J.",
"thumbsUp": 0,
"date": "2026-06-12"
}
```
```json
{
"type": "app",
"appId": "org.telegram.messenger",
"country": "us",
"name": "Telegram",
"seller": "Telegram FZ-LLC",
"rating": 3.88,
"ratingsCount": 16986900,
"genre": "COMMUNICATION",
"reviewsScraped": 200,
"avgScrapedRating": 3.48,
"ratingBreakdown": { "1": 60, "2": 14, "3": 4, "4": 7, "5": 115 }
}
```
### FAQ
**Do I need a Google account or API key?** No — only public endpoints.
**How many reviews can I get?** Pagination lets you collect thousands per app;
set `maxReviews` to your needs. Scrape multiple countries for even more.
**Can I monitor an app on a schedule?** Yes — create a Task, attach a
Schedule, and consume new reviews via API, webhooks or integrations.
**Apple / App Store?** See our companion **App Store Reviews Scraper**.
# Actor input Schema
## `appIds` (type: `array`):
Android package names (e.g. org.telegram.messenger) or full Google Play URLs (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger).
## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):
Find apps by name and scrape their reviews. Each term returns up to 10 apps.
## `countries` (type: `array`):
Two-letter Google Play country codes, e.g. us, gb, de, kz. Reviews are localized per country.
## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):
How many reviews to collect from each app per country (paginated automatically).
## `language` (type: `string`):
Two-letter language code for app metadata and reviews, e.g. en, de, ru.
## `sort` (type: `string`):
Order of returned reviews: newest first, most relevant, or by rating.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"appIds": [
"org.telegram.messenger"
],
"searchTerms": [],
"countries": [
"us"
],
"maxReviews": 200,
"language": "en",
"sort": "newest"
}
```
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"appIds": [
"org.telegram.messenger"
]
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vujeen/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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "appIds": ["org.telegram.messenger"] }
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vujeen/google-play-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"appIds": [
"org.telegram.messenger"
]
}' |
apify call vujeen/google-play-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vujeen/google-play-reviews-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Google Play Reviews Scraper — Android Ratings & Reviews",
"description": "Scrape Google Play reviews and ratings for any Android app: rating, text, version, author, thumbs-up and date. Multiple countries per run, app metadata and rating breakdown included. No login, no API keys.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "ZyMbNqkyZRetppZtC"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/vujeen~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-vujeen-google-play-reviews-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/vujeen~google-play-reviews-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-vujeen-google-play-reviews-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
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},
"/acts/vujeen~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-vujeen-google-play-reviews-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"appIds": {
"title": "App package names or Play URLs",
"type": "array",
"description": "Android package names (e.g. org.telegram.messenger) or full Google Play URLs (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger).",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"searchTerms": {
"title": "Search terms",
"type": "array",
"description": "Find apps by name and scrape their reviews. Each term returns up to 10 apps.",
"default": [],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"countries": {
"title": "Countries",
"type": "array",
"description": "Two-letter Google Play country codes, e.g. us, gb, de, kz. Reviews are localized per country.",
"default": [
"us"
],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"maxReviews": {
"title": "Max reviews per app/country",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "How many reviews to collect from each app per country (paginated automatically).",
"default": 200
},
"language": {
"title": "Language",
"type": "string",
"description": "Two-letter language code for app metadata and reviews, e.g. en, de, ru.",
"default": "en"
},
"sort": {
"title": "Sort reviews by",
"enum": [
"newest",
"mostRelevant",
"rating"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Order of returned reviews: newest first, most relevant, or by rating.",
"default": "newest"
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
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},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
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"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
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"example": 0
},
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},
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"example": 0
},
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"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
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"type": "integer",
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},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
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"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
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"example": 0
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}
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}
}
}
}
}
}
```