# App Store Global Price & Localization Matrix (`zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix`) Actor

For any iOS app, check 100+ App Store countries in one run: local price and USD price, rating, availability, chart rank and whether the app and its store listing are localized.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix.md
- **Developed by:** [Zerah Data](https://apify.com/zerahdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Marketing, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## App Store Global Price & Localization Matrix

Check any iOS app in **100+ App Store countries in one run** and see, side by side:

- the **local price and the price in USD** (daily exchange rates)
- **rating and rating count per country** (where the users really are)
- **availability** (which storefronts don't carry the app)
- **top-100 chart position** (free and paid) per country
- whether the **app is localized** into the local language
- whether the **store listing (name and description) is localized**, checked in the local language of each storefront

Plus a free **insight report** per app: price spread, cheapest and most expensive markets, big markets with no localization, markets where the app is translated but the store listing is still in English (an easy ASO win), and rating outliers.

### Who it is for

- **Developers and ASO teams:** find under-priced countries and missing translations, prioritized by number of ratings.
- **Market research:** compare competitors' pricing and reach across Japan, Korea, Turkey, Brazil, the Gulf, Southeast Asia and Europe.
- **Monitoring:** with change tracking, get only what changed: price changes, rating moves, new versions, chart moves, apps removed from a store.

### How to use

1. Add app URLs or ids. You can also add a **developer id** (checks all of their apps) or **search terms** (finds competitor apps first).
2. Pick countries, or tick **All supported storefronts**.
3. Run. Open **Matrix** for rows, **Insight report** for the summary and **Changes** for monitoring.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "apps": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498"],
  "countries": ["us", "jp", "de", "tr", "br", "in", "sa", "kr", "vn", "pl", "se"],
  "includeChartRanks": true
}
```

#### Example insight report (shortened)

```json
{
  "appName": "Procreate",
  "medianPriceUsd": 15.28,
  "insights": [
    "Price ranges from $11.47 (Japan) to $18.02 (Sweden); median $15.28.",
    "Sweden: 1197 ratings but the app has no SV localization.",
    "Vietnam: 1032 ratings but the app has no VI localization."
  ]
}
```

### Pricing

**$2.00 per 1,000 app-country rows**, no start fee. (One app in 25 countries = 25 rows = $0.05.) Insight reports, change rows and error rows are never charged.

### Reliability

- Store listings are requested in each country's own language, so "not localized" means really not localized.
- Retries with backoff. Apple's public chart feed is sometimes slow, so chart checks are capped at about 2 minutes per run; storefronts whose chart did not load are marked `chartsChecked: "unavailable"` and are never reported as a rank change. Turn charts off for the fastest runs (all 100+ storefronts in seconds).
- One bad id or country becomes an error row; the run continues.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** Apple's public app lookup and public top-charts feeds. No login. Exchange rates: Rates By Exchange Rate API.

**Are in-app purchase prices included?** No, only the app's upfront price. Free apps still get ratings, availability, charts and localization checks.

**How often should I run it?** Daily or weekly with change tracking for monitoring.

# Actor input Schema

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

App Store URLs or numeric app ids.

## `developerIds` (type: `array`):

Optional. App Store developer URL or numeric id; every app of the developer is checked.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Optional. Find apps by keyword (e.g. competitors), then check them worldwide.

## `searchCountry` (type: `string`):

Search storefront.

## `maxAppsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Max apps per search term.

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

2-letter storefront codes. Empty = 25 key markets.

## `allCountries` (type: `boolean`):

All supported storefronts (100+).

## `includeChartRanks` (type: `boolean`):

Adds top free / top paid rank per country. Adds up to about 2 minutes to the run because Apple's chart feed is slow.

## `includeSummary` (type: `boolean`):

Free summary row: price spread in USD, cheapest and priciest markets, localization gaps, store-listing gaps, rating outliers.

## `trackChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Flags price changes, rating moves, new versions, chart moves and availability changes per country.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Monitor name.

## `outputMode` (type: `string`):

Output.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel countries.

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

Usually not needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "apps": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498"
  ],
  "searchCountry": "us",
  "maxAppsPerSearch": 10,
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "jp",
    "de",
    "tr",
    "br",
    "in",
    "sa",
    "kr",
    "vn",
    "pl",
    "se"
  ],
  "allCountries": false,
  "includeChartRanks": true,
  "includeSummary": true,
  "trackChanges": false,
  "monitorName": "",
  "outputMode": "all",
  "concurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Matrix table

# 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": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "us",
        "jp",
        "de",
        "tr",
        "br",
        "in",
        "sa",
        "kr",
        "vn",
        "pl",
        "se"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix").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": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498"],
    "countries": [
        "us",
        "jp",
        "de",
        "tr",
        "br",
        "in",
        "sa",
        "kr",
        "vn",
        "pl",
        "se",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix").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": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/procreate/id425073498"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "jp",
    "de",
    "tr",
    "br",
    "in",
    "sa",
    "kr",
    "vn",
    "pl",
    "se"
  ]
}' |
apify call zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zerahdata/app-store-price-localization-matrix"
        }
    }
}
```

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/pFxxRqWd6xK4hcjUK/builds/P8LM7PQzc96cysome/openapi.json