# 📈 App Store Rankings Tracker — Top Charts by Country (`nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker`) Actor

Track Apple App Store chart rankings (top-free/top-paid) by country and category — position, app, developer. Honest not\_observed/source\_blocked states, never a fake null. Apple charts only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Marketing
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.34 / 1,000 ranking snapshots

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## 📈 App Store Rankings Tracker — Top Charts by Country

Growth and ASO teams pay for stable chart snapshots and position-change alerts by market — a reliable daily read on where apps sit in Apple's top charts.

### What you get

- Deterministic Apple top-chart snapshots by country, chart, and category
- Position, app ID, title, developer, category, and icon per chart entry
- A 12-field record with `previous_status` so you can see movement at a glance
- Source URL and snapshot timestamp on every row
- Optional watch mode that emits only position changes on later runs

### Use cases by team

- **Growth:** Track where you and competitors rank in top-free / top-paid charts each day.
- **ASO teams:** Correlate ranking movement with metadata and keyword changes.
- **Market intel:** Spot new entrants breaking into a category's top chart.
- **Leadership:** Get a clean daily ranking snapshot for the standup without manual checks.

### Example inputs

*US top-free*

```json
{
  "stores": [
    "apple"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free"
  ],
  "watchMode": false
}
```

*Multiple markets*

```json
{
  "stores": [
    "apple"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "gb",
    "de"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free",
    "top-paid"
  ]
}
```

*Watch for rank changes*

```json
{
  "stores": [
    "apple"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free"
  ],
  "watchMode": true
}
```

### 📊 Sample Output

```json
{
  "store": "apple",
  "country": "us",
  "chart": "top-free",
  "position": 1,
  "previous_status": "up",
  "app_id": "123456789",
  "title": "Example App",
  "developer": "Example Inc.",
  "category": "Productivity",
  "icon_url": "https://.../icon.png",
  "source_url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/charts",
  "snapshot_at": "2026-07-21T00:00:00Z"
}
```

### How it works

Choose stores, countries, charts, and (optionally) categories. It captures deterministic Apple Marketing Tools chart snapshots — the same request yields the same ordered snapshot. Google Play chart requests fail loudly rather than guessing, because no stable official public chart feed has been evidenced. Public surfaces only.

### Pricing

| Event | FREE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Ranking snapshot (`ranking-snapshot`) | $0.002 | $0.0018 | $0.0016 | $0.00134 |
| Watch check (`watch-check`) | $0.10 | $0.09 | $0.08 | $0.067 |

Prices are the filed pay-per-event amounts per plan tier (PLATINUM/DIAMOND match GOLD). Worked example (FREE tier): 1,000 × `ranking-snapshot` = $0.02 start + 1,000 × $0.002 = **$2.02**. Blocked or zero-result runs do not intentionally charge; watch runs with no delta charge only the watch check. New to Apify? [Start free](https://apify.com/fpr=2ayu9b).

### Run it — API, CLI, MCP

API:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgenwatch~app-rankings-tracker/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @input.json
```

CLI:

```bash
apify call nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker -i @input.json
```

MCP: expose `nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker` through Apify's MCP server, select it as a tool, and pass the same input object.

### Related actors — App Intelligence cluster

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Review Sentiment Analyzer](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/review-sentiment-analyzer?fpr=2ayu9b) | Turn any review set into themes, complaints, sentiment % and trends. |
| [Apple App Store Reviews](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/ios-app-reviews?fpr=2ayu9b) | Scrape public Apple App Store reviews for any app. |
| [Google Play Reviews](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/google-play-reviews?fpr=2ayu9b) | Scrape public Google Play reviews for any app. |
| [App Metadata Scraper](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/app-store-metadata?fpr=2ayu9b) | Pull app metadata from Apple & Google Play in one schema. |
| [ASO Keyword Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/aso-keyword-tracker?fpr=2ayu9b) | Track keyword rankings across App Store & Google Play. |

### Compliance & honest limits

- Apple charts only for now — Google Play chart requests fail loudly because no stable public feed has been evidenced (no fabricated data).
- Public chart surfaces only; no login, CAPTCHA, paywall, or access-control defeating.
- A source-confirmed empty result is `SUCCEEDED-0: GENUINE_EMPTY`; exhausted retries fail and truncated runs are `PARTIAL`.

### FAQ

**Which charts are supported?**

Apple top-free, top-paid, and category charts by country. Google Play charts are intentionally not faked — the request fails loudly.

**Why fail loudly on Google Play?**

Because no stable, official, public Google Play chart feed has been evidenced. Returning invented rankings would be worse than an honest error.

**Does zero mean blocked?**

No. A confirmed-empty chart is `GENUINE_EMPTY`; only exhausted retries fail.

**How does watch mode work?**

Set `watchMode: true`. Later runs emit only entries whose position changed, with `previous_status`.

**How is it priced?**

$0.02 per run start plus $0.001 per ranking snapshot; watch checks with no change cost $0.05.

**Can I track several countries at once?**

Yes — pass multiple `countries` and `charts` in one run.

**How stable are snapshots?**

Deterministic — the same request returns the same ordered snapshot, safe for day-over-day comparison.

### Troubleshooting

- **Google Play request failed?** That's intentional — no evidenced public chart feed. Use `apple`.
- **Empty chart?** Check the country/chart combination is valid; GENUINE\_EMPTY means the source was genuinely empty.
- **Watch mode emitting everything?** The first run seeds the baseline; change-only deltas start on the second run.
- **Need category charts?** Pass the category in the charts/category input; default is the overall chart.
- **Want metadata for ranked apps?** Feed the app IDs into the App Store Metadata scraper.

### About

Part of the NexGenData App Intelligence cluster — the daily ranking pulse that pairs with metadata and keyword tracking. Built by NexGenData. Questions or need a custom feed? Open an issue on the Actor page.

# Actor input Schema

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Apple is buildable; Google Play is a fail-loud STOP until a licensed/stable chart source is approved.

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

Two-letter storefront countries.

## `charts` (type: `array`):

Apple Marketing Tools chart slugs.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on records delivered by this run.

## `watchMode` (type: `boolean`):

Seed a named KV baseline on first run, then emit only new or changed records.

## `proxy_configuration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy settings; a fresh session is requested for every retry.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "stores": [
    "apple"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free"
  ],
  "max_items": 25,
  "watchMode": false,
  "proxy_configuration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker").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 '{}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgenwatch/app-rankings-tracker",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vp3WahdnVbTb8xF8P/builds/wr1zHu4ANmshfijXr/openapi.json