# Google Play App Metadata — Rating, Category, Price, Update Date (`v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata`) Actor

Snapshot Google Play Store app metadata via the public store HTML + JSON-LD. One row per (package × country) with rating, review count, category, price, developer, content rating, last updated. No auth required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata.md
- **Developed by:** [vøiddo](https://apify.com/v0iddo) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 google play app metadata snapshots

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/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.

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# README

## Google Play App Metadata

Snapshot Google Play Store app metadata — name, rating, review count,
price, category, developer, last updated — for any Android app, in any
country. One row per (package × country). Public store HTML + JSON-LD,
no auth.

### What you get

```
{
  "snapshotAt":           "2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00",
  "packageName":          "com.instagram.android",
  "country":              "us",
  "language":             "en",
  "name":                 "Instagram",
  "description":          "Create & share photos, stories, & reels with friends you love",
  "applicationCategory":  "SOCIAL",
  "operatingSystem":      "ANDROID",
  "contentRating":        "Teen",
  "developerName":        "Instagram",
  "developerUrl":         "https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=…",
  "imageUrl":             "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/…",
  "storeUrl":             "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android",
  "ratingValue":          4.01,
  "ratingCount":          167996413,
  "price":                0.0,
  "currency":             "USD",
  "updatedOnLabel":       "Jun 1, 2026"
}
```

### How to use

**Input.**

```json
{
  "packageNames": ["com.instagram.android", "com.openai.chatgpt"],
  "countries":    ["us", "gb", "de", "br"],
  "language":     "en"
}
```

`packageNames` — Android package IDs. Find in the Play Store URL:
`play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<PACKAGE>`. Common examples:

| App | Package |
|---|---|
| Instagram | `com.instagram.android` |
| WhatsApp | `com.whatsapp` |
| Spotify | `com.spotify.music` |
| ChatGPT | `com.openai.chatgpt` |
| TikTok | `com.zhiliaoapp.musically` |
| YouTube | `com.google.android.youtube` |
| Telegram | `org.telegram.messenger` |
| Snapchat | `com.snapchat.android` |
| Netflix | `com.netflix.mediaclient` |

`countries` — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 storefront codes.

`language` — BCP-47 language code. Affects the language of the
description and developer-name fields.

### Pricing

PAY\_PER\_EVENT · `$0.0005 per app_metadata_snapshot` · 2 000 snapshots = $1.

### Buyer

- ASO consultants tracking competitor rating shifts across markets.
- App PMs running weekly rating dashboards.
- Mobile analytics shops augmenting their data with current metadata.
- Anyone watching for an app pulled from a country store.

### Source

`https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<PKG>` — Google Play's
server-rendered HTML. Metadata comes from the embedded JSON-LD block
that Google publishes for SEO + structured search. Browser UA required;
no other auth. Actor paces 0.5 s between requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `packageNames` (type: `array`):

Google Play package names (the `id` in the URL `play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<PKG>`). Examples: `com.instagram.android`, `com.spotify.music`, `com.openai.chatgpt`.

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

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 storefront codes. Each storefront has its own pricing and ratings.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Affects which language the description / developer name are returned in. Default `en`.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "packageNames": [
    "com.instagram.android",
    "com.openai.chatgpt"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "packageNames": [
        "com.instagram.android",
        "com.openai.chatgpt"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata").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 = { "packageNames": [
        "com.instagram.android",
        "com.openai.chatgpt",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata").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 '{
  "packageNames": [
    "com.instagram.android",
    "com.openai.chatgpt"
  ]
}' |
apify call v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=v0iddo/google-play-app-metadata",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/BKpJ27kOiutf2C62j/builds/gvrtTq03dnjyJo8sJ/openapi.json