Google Play review scrapers on Apify compared (2026): price, run success and features
Google's own API only returns reviews for your own apps, from the last week, so most teams use a ready-made scraper to read Google Play reviews. These are the most-used Google Play review Actors on Apify Store, with their list prices and Apify's public usage and reliability statistics.
Disclosure: AutomationNation builds one of the Actors below (Google Play Reviews Scraper by automationnation). The other rows use the same public data sources and the same rules. Corrections are welcome as a GitHub issue.
| Actor | Price (Free plan) | Lowest paid-plan price | Start / run fee | Users (30 days) | Rating | Run success (30 days) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| neatrat/google-play-store-reviews-scraper | $0.15 per 1,000 reviews | from $0.10 per 1,000 | — | 310 | 5.0 (10) | 88.2% | Package name or URL; sort; rating, keyword, language, app version and date filters. Its README limits non-paying users to 5 runs and 500 reviews in total. |
| thewolves/google-play-reviews-scraper | $0.10 per 1,000 reviews | — | — | 244 | 4.0 (8) | 92.7% | Google Play IDs or URLs; country, language and sort; developer replies; custom map function. |
| theagents/googleplay-reviews | $0.10 per 1,000 reviews | — | — | 101 | 4.9 (8) | 99.8% | Google Play IDs or URLs; country, language and sort; scrape until a date; developer replies. |
| code-node-tools/google-play-reviews-scraper | $0.50 per 1,000 reviews | from $0.30 per 1,000 | $0.002 per run | 55 | — | 98.6% | Package names or URLs; sort; score, thumbs-up, developer-reply, keyword, length and date filters. |
| automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper | $0.08 per 1,000 reviews | from $0.05 per 1,000 | — | 0 | new | new | URLs, package names or app names; any country and language; newest, relevant or rating sort; star filters; developer replies; Only new reviews mode; also reads App Store apps. Launched 3 October 2026. |
Users, ratings and 30-day run success come from Apify Store's public statistics. Prices are each Actor's Free-plan list price, with the lowest paid-plan price where one exists. Features and limits are taken from each Actor's input options and README. Checked 3 October 2026.
How to choose
- Most used: neatrat/google-play-store-reviews-scraper (310 users in 30 days) and thewolves (244).
- Highest run success: theagents (99.8% in 30 days) and code-node-tools (98.6%).
- Lowest Free-plan price: AutomationNation ($0.08 per 1,000 reviews), then thewolves and theagents ($0.10).
- Free-plan testing: AutomationNation, thewolves and theagents don't cap free-plan runs; neatrat's README limits non-paying users to 5 runs and 500 reviews.
- Review monitoring: AutomationNation (Only new reviews) and theagents (scrape until a date) suit scheduled runs.
- Both stores in one Actor: AutomationNation's scraper also reads App Store apps, past the 500-review limit.
FAQ
What is the best Google Play reviews scraper on Apify?
It depends on what you need. neatrat and thewolves are the most used; theagents has the highest 30-day run success; AutomationNation's Google Play Reviews Scraper has the lowest Free-plan price ($0.08 per 1,000 reviews) with developer replies, star filters and an Only new reviews mode.
Is there an official Google Play reviews API?
Google's Play Developer API returns reviews only for your own apps, and only from the last week. For any other app, scrapers are the usual way to get Google Play reviews.
How much does it cost to scrape Google Play reviews?
On Apify's Free plan, list prices among the Actors compared here range from $0.08 to $0.50 per 1,000 reviews, so 10,000 reviews cost $0.80 to $5.