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App Store Search API

Search the Apple App Store by keyword in any country storefront, for iPhone, iPad or Mac apps: up to 200 apps in Apple's ranking order, each with app ID, bundle ID, title, developer, price, rating and rating count, current version, release and update dates, genres, content rating, size, supported languages, minimum OS, icon, screenshots and the full description. Uses Apple's public iTunes Search API; no account or key. Failed or rate-limited requests are free.

GEThttps://api.gridlode.com/v1/apps/app-store/search
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
qrequiredstringSearch term, e.g. 'language learning' or an app or developer name.
countrystringTwo-letter App Store country (storefront), e.g. us, gb, de, jp.
Default: "us"
platformstringWhich store to search: iPhone apps, iPad-only apps or Mac apps.
Default: "iphone"
One of: iphone, ipad, mac
langstringLanguage for titles and descriptions where the storefront offers several, e.g. en-US, ja-JP. Default: the storefront's own language.
Default: null
limitintegerMaximum apps to return (1-200).
Default: 25
max_ageintegerAccept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%. Default 0 (always fresh).

Response fields

    Code

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/apps/app-store/search?q=duolingo&country=us&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
    1 credit per request
    One credit is $0.001 on the smallest pack, from $0.0003 on enterprise plans.
    Half price for cached data
    Cached for up to 6 h. Pass max_age to use it.
    Failed requests are free
    Blocks, timeouts and target errors never cost credits.

    Market reference: SerpApi Apple App Store API ~$15 per 1k searches; 42matters / AppTweak from ~$5 per 1k.

    Questions

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    How much does the App Store Search API cost?

    1 credit per request. One credit costs $0.001 on the smallest pack and as little as $0.0003 on enterprise plans. Cached answers cost half and failed calls are free.

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