How to scrape Google Play reviews in 2026 (no code, API or AI agent)

Google's Play Developer API only returns reviews for your own apps, from the last week. To get reviews of any app, Google Play Reviews Scraper on Apify reads the public reviews on Google Play: give it Google Play links, package names or app names, click Start, and get one row per review with stars, text, date, author, thumbs-up count, app version and the developer's reply, for $0.08 per 1,000 reviews.

Open Google Play Reviews Scraper on Apify $0.08 per 1,000 reviews ($0.05–$0.07 on paid plans)

Step by step

1. Create a free Apify account. Sign up at apify.com. The free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, over 60,000 reviews with this Actor, and needs no credit card.
2. Open Google Play Reviews Scraper. Go to apify.com/automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper and click Try for free.
3. Add apps. Paste Google Play URLs, package names (e.g. com.spotify.music) or app names (e.g. Spotify), and set the country and language.
4. Set the limit and filters. Choose Max reviews per app, the sort order (newest, most relevant or rating), and optionally a star range.
5. Run and export. Click Start. Download JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the results through the API.
6. Automate it. Tick Only new reviews and schedule the Actor daily, then send new reviews to Slack, email, Google Sheets or a webhook through Apify integrations.

Do it from code

Python

# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper").call(run_input={
  "apps": [
    "com.spotify.music",
    "Duolingo"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 200,
  "sort": "newest",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("appName"), item.get("rating"), item.get("date"), item.get("text"))

REST API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~google-play-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"apps": ["com.spotify.music", "Duolingo"], "maxReviewsPerApp": 200, "sort": "newest", "country": "us", "language": "en"}'

From an AI assistant (MCP)

Add this MCP server URL to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and ask in plain English:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/google-play-reviews-scraper

Alternatives

Other options: Google's Play Developer API (your own apps only, last 7 days); open-source libraries such as google-play-scraper (free, but you run, maintain and scale them yourself); and other Apify Actors at $0.10–$0.50 per 1,000 reviews. See the comparison of Google Play review scrapers. See the side-by-side comparison.

FAQ

Written by AutomationNation, the developer of Google Play Reviews Scraper. Prices checked October 2026.