# App Store Scraper - Apple Apps & Reviews (`swerve/app-store-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Apple App Store app details and search apps by keyword: name, developer, category, rating, ratings count, price, version, size, release dates and description. Paste App Store URLs, IDs or search terms. Note: Apple deprecated its public review feed in 2026, so app details are the primary data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/swerve/app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Swerve](https://apify.com/swerve) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

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

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).

# README

## App Store Scraper — Apple Apps & Reviews

Scrape the **Apple App Store**: user reviews and full app metadata. Paste App Store URLs or app IDs, or search by keyword. Runs on Apple's public data — **no login, no API key, no proxy needed**.

Its edge: reviews are stored **per country storefront**, so you can pull reviews from many countries at once (up to ~500 recent per app per country) for far more coverage than a single-country scrape.

### What you can do with it

- Collect user reviews for any app across many countries
- Monitor ratings, complaints and feature requests over time
- Analyze a competitor's reviews and version history
- Build an app-intelligence or ASO dataset (search a keyword, get every app's stats)

### Input

| Field | What it does | Example |
|-------|--------------|---------|
| **App Store URLs or app IDs** | The apps to scrape. | `https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215` or `284882215` |
| **Search terms** | Or find apps by keyword instead of pasting URLs. | `meditation`, `budget tracker` |
| **What to return** | "App reviews" (one row per review) or "App details only" (one row per app). | App reviews |
| **Review countries** | Storefronts to pull reviews from. More countries = more reviews. | `us`, `gb`, `ca`, `de`, `jp` |
| **Sort reviews by** | Most recent or most helpful. | Most recent |
| **Max reviews per app** | Optional cap per app across countries. | `500` |
| **Search / app storefront** | Country for search + app metadata. | `us` |

### Output

**App reviews mode** — one row per review, with the app's details attached:

```json
{
  "appId": "284882215",
  "appName": "Facebook",
  "appDeveloper": "Meta Platforms, Inc.",
  "appGenre": "Social Networking",
  "appOverallRating": 4.52,
  "appUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215",
  "reviewCountry": "us",
  "reviewId": "14265875408",
  "rating": 5,
  "title": "La mejor App",
  "text": "Soy creador de contenido y creo que Facebook es una excelente app...",
  "userName": "La mejor app YouTube2026",
  "reviewAppVersion": "568.0.0",
  "voteSum": 0,
  "voteCount": 0,
  "reviewUpdated": "2026-07-05T05:52:23-07:00",
  "reviewUrl": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/review?id=284882215&type=Purple%20Software",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T16:30:00.000Z"
}
```

**App details mode** — one row per app: name, developer, category, overall rating and rating count, current-version rating, price, version, minimum OS, content rating, release dates, size, description, icon and URL.

Fill rates on the core fields (rating, title, text, author, version, app name/ID) are ~100%.

### How it works

Uses Apple's three public iTunes endpoints — search, lookup and the customer-reviews RSS feed. Reviews are fetched per storefront and paginated to Apple's limit (~500 recent per app per country). No proxy is required; you can add one only for very large runs.

### Limits

- Apple exposes up to ~500 recent reviews per app **per country**. Add more countries to get more reviews.
- The RSS feed returns recent reviews, not the entire lifetime history.
- Apple only (not Google Play).

### Export formats

Results download as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or pull them straight from the Apify API into your own app, spreadsheet or database.

### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need an Apple or App Store API key?** No. This App Store scraper needs no API key and no account. It reads Apple's public app data directly.

**Can I find apps by keyword or by URL?** Both. Paste App Store URLs or app IDs, or search by keyword to get the top matching apps.

**What app data does it return?** Name, developer, category, rating, rating count, price, version, size, content rating, release dates, description, icon and URL.

**Can I scrape apps across countries?** Yes. Pull app details and rankings from different country storefronts to compare a market.

**Is scraping the App Store legal?** This tool reads publicly available app data. You are responsible for how you use it. Review Apple's terms and your local laws before large-scale use.

### Pricing

Pay per result. You only pay for the reviews or apps you actually get.

# Actor input Schema

## `appUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste Apple App Store URLs or numeric app IDs — e.g. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215 or 284882215. Leave empty and use search terms instead.

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

Or find apps by keyword — e.g. meditation, budget tracker, chess. Each term returns the top matching apps.

## `resultType` (type: `string`):

App details: one row per app with full metadata (name, developer, rating, ratings count, price, version, description). App reviews: one row per user review. Note: Apple deprecated its public reviews feed in mid-2026, so reviews may return app details until the new source is added; app details are fully available.

## `reviewCountries` (type: `array`):

Storefronts to pull reviews from, as 2-letter country codes — e.g. us, gb, ca, au, de, fr, jp. Reviews are separate per country, so adding countries returns MORE reviews (up to ~500 recent per app per country). Defaults to the search country.

## `reviewSort` (type: `string`):

Most recent, or most helpful.

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

Cap reviews collected per app (across all countries). Leave blank for all available (~500 per country).

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

2-letter country code for search and app metadata — e.g. us, gb, de. Default us.

## `searchLimit` (type: `integer`):

How many apps to return per search term (max 200).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap on total rows (reviews or apps). Leave blank for everything.

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

Optional. Apple's API works without a proxy; add one only for very large runs to avoid rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appUrls": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [],
  "resultType": "apps",
  "reviewCountries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "reviewSort": "mostRecent",
  "searchCountry": "us",
  "searchLimit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "appUrls": [
        "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215"
    ],
    "searchTerms": [],
    "reviewCountries": [
        "us"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("swerve/app-store-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 = {
    "appUrls": ["https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215"],
    "searchTerms": [],
    "reviewCountries": ["us"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("swerve/app-store-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 '{
  "appUrls": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [],
  "reviewCountries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call swerve/app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fWjk72RbVN1Mks6C4/builds/ctvCltE9DUxVKeebo/openapi.json