# Google Play Store Scraper (`bgfc97/google-play-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Play app details, reviews, and search results — score, installs, price, developer, review text/score/date/reply — across any country and language. Proxy-ready, auto pagination for reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bgfc97/google-play-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno](https://apify.com/bgfc97) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Social media
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 record scrapeds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Play Store Scraper 🤖

Get structured **Google Play** data — app details, reviews, and search results — for any country and language.

Perfect for app-store optimization (ASO), review monitoring, competitor tracking, market research, and AI agents that need mobile-app data.

### Modes

- **App reviews** — score, text, title, thumbs-up, version, date, and developer reply, with automatic pagination.
- **App details** — score, ratings, review count, installs, price, developer, genre, content rating, version, release/update dates, icon.
- **Search results** — the app grid for any keyword.

### Input

```json
{
  "resultsType": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["com.whatsapp", "com.spotify.music"],
  "country": "us",
  "lang": "en",
  "maxPerItem": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

For search: set `"resultsType": "search"` and pass `"searchTerms": ["photo editor"]`.

### Output

Reviews (one row per review):

```json
{
  "type": "review",
  "app_id": "com.whatsapp",
  "review_id": "...",
  "author": "Jane",
  "score": 5,
  "text": "Works great",
  "thumbs_up": 12,
  "version": "2.24.x",
  "at": "2026-07-10T...",
  "reply_text": null
}
```

### Notes

- Only public Play Store data is read.
- Proxy rotates IPs to avoid Google rate limits; the account running the Actor pays for proxy.
- Run on a schedule to keep a live reviews/ratings feed for your apps and competitors.

# Actor input Schema

## `resultsType` (type: `string`):

reviews (per app), details (per app), or search (by keyword).

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Google Play package names, e.g. com.whatsapp, com.spotify.music. Used for reviews/details.

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

Keywords to search on Google Play (used when 'What to scrape' = Search results).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When scraping reviews, also output one app-details row per app.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (us, br, gb, de...).

## `lang` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (en, pt, es...).

## `maxPerItem` (type: `integer`):

Max reviews per app, or max results per search term.

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

Apify proxy (rotates IPs to avoid rate limits). The account running the Actor pays for proxy usage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "resultsType": "reviews",
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "photo editor"
  ],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "country": "us",
  "lang": "en",
  "maxPerItem": 150,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "appIds": [
        "com.whatsapp"
    ],
    "searchTerms": [
        "photo editor"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bgfc97/google-play-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 = {
    "appIds": ["com.whatsapp"],
    "searchTerms": ["photo editor"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bgfc97/google-play-scraper").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 '{
  "appIds": [
    "com.whatsapp"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "photo editor"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call bgfc97/google-play-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bgfc97/google-play-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/klLtHDpkOffIkgJAy/builds/T10gdvYG1F3G0cSfA/openapi.json