APK API — Google Play data in one call
apkapi.com turns the public Google Play listing into clean JSON: installs, ratings, developers, release dates and the apps that have left the store. More than four million apps, refreshed every night.
1,000 tokens a month free, no card.
{
"ok": true,
"app": {
"id": "com.whatsapp",
"url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp",
"title": "WhatsApp",
"title_lang": "en",
"summary": "Simple. Reliable. Private.",
"description": "WhatsApp from Meta is a FREE messaging and video calling app. It’s used by over 2B people in more than 180 countries. It’s simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. What…",
"recent_changes": "• You can now choose to share recent group history with new members when you add them to a group<br>• Group calls now in…",
"status": {
"removed": false,
"removed_seen_at": null,
"source": "play",
"storefront": "US",
"archived_at": null,
"fetched_at": "2026-11-07T07:33:17Z"
},
"installs": {
"label": "10,000,000,000+",
"min": 10000000000,
"real": 12471035671
},
"rating": {
"score": 4.624,
"ratings": 247204896,
"reviews": 1942360,
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},
"pricing": {
"free": true,
"price": 0,
"currency": "USD",
"offers_iap": true,
"iap_range": "$0.40 - $199.99 per item",
"contains_ads": false
},
"category": {
"id": "COMMUNICATION",
"name": "Communication",
"all": []
},
"content_rating": {
"rating": "Everyone",
"description": null
},
"developer": {
"id": "5191370068110375942",
"name": "WhatsApp LLC",
"url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=WhatsApp+LLC",
"website": "http://www.whatsapp.com/",
"site_domain": "whatsapp.com",
"site_domain_available": false,
"privacy_policy": "https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy",
"contacts": "available on the Business plan"
},
"released": "2010-10-18T20:58:53Z",
"updated": "2026-11-04T21:46:27Z",
"version": null,
"android_min": null,
"media": {
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],
"video": null,
"video_image": null
}
}
}
What the APK API gives you
The APK API turns the public Google Play listing into normalised JSON: one call returns the full card of an app, a search, a developer's catalogue or the apps that just vanished from the store. No crawler to run, no HTML to parse, and the data is already refreshed every night.
Any app, one request
Send a package name to /v1/app and get the title, description, installs, rating and its star breakdown, price, in-app purchases, category, current version, screenshots and developer in a single JSON object.
Search and filter 4M apps
/v1/search finds apps by words with filters for category, installs, rating, price, ads, the language of the title and release or update dates — the kind of query the Play Store interface never lets you run.
Removed apps, kept on record
When an app leaves Google Play, apkapi.com keeps its last known card and the date it disappeared. /v1/removed lists them, so a delisting is a data point, not a dead end.
Developers, charts and markets
Pull a developer's whole catalogue, the Top-200 charts for any country and category, or how many installs it takes to reach the top in a given market.
Every endpoint of the Google Play API
Each request costs tokens: one for a card, two for a list. Failed requests are free.
| /v1/app | Full app card: description, installs, ratings and star split, price and purchases, category, version, screenshots, developer. | 1 |
| /v1/apps | Up to 100 cards in one request by package name. | 1 / app |
| /v1/search | Keyword search with filters: category, installs, rating, price, ads, title language, dates. | 2 |
| /v1/developer | All of a developer's apps, total installs, average rating, first release. | 2 |
| /v1/new | Newly released apps by release date. | 2 |
| /v1/removed | Apps that have left Google Play, with the date they went. | 2 |
| /v1/keywords | Words and phrases from titles in 70+ languages: apps, developers and installs behind each. | 2 |
| /v1/charts | Google Play Top-200 for each country and category: free, paid, grossing, with rank moves. | 2 |
| /v1/markets | Market competitiveness: installs needed for the top 100 in each country and category. | 1 |
| /v1/categories | 49 categories with app and install counts. | 0 |
How apkapi.com works
Get a free key
Sign up on apkapi.com with an email — no card. Your key and 1,000 monthly tokens are in the cabinet right away.
Send a request
Call an endpoint such as /v1/app?id=com.whatsapp with your key in the X-API-Key header. Anything that speaks HTTP works.
Read the JSON
Every response is normalised JSON with the same field names across endpoints, so parsing one teaches you the rest.
Scale when ready
Buy a token pack to raise your limits and see free-domain data, and batch up to 100 apps per call. Developer contacts are on Business.
Why an API beats scraping Google Play yourself
You can parse the store's HTML by hand. Here is what that costs you, and what apkapi.com does instead.
| Store HTML shifts and breaks your parser | A stable JSON schema that does not change under you |
| Listings hide installs history and removed apps | Normalised fields plus a record of apps already gone |
| Rate limits and IP blocks when you scrape at scale | One key, clear token costs, 4M apps already collected |
| You rebuild the whole crawl every night | The catalogue refreshed nightly on our side |
| No trace once an app is delisted | Last-seen card and disappearance date preserved |
Who uses apkapi.com
ASO and market research
Compare competitors, size a category, find keyword niches and watch new releases in your vertical.
App monitoring
Know when an app updates, changes price or leaves the store — a delisting is still data here.
Sales and partnerships
On Business, reach developer contacts: email, phone, address and the legal company name behind an app.
Domains and SEO
Find developers whose website domains are now free to register, next to how popular the app was.
An independent Google Play data service
APK API has run on apkapi.com since 2024, reading the public Google Play listing for more than four million apps and refreshing it every night. It is an independent service, not affiliated with Google, and it serves metadata only: apkapi.com does not host, distribute or link to APK files.
Recently gone from Google Play
All removed appsApps with a million installs or more that the store stopped showing in the last two weeks.
- Verity Mod: Mods for MinecraftGROWTHBRIDGE CONSULTING LLC org.growthbridgeconsulting.veritymods
- Nut Puzzle 3D -Screw Sort GameRFUN Technology games.afdad.uiuo888
- Drama Stream: Short SeriesVan Minh com.vm.drama.stream.short.series
- Gold Detector: Metal FinderVan Minh com.vm.golder.detector.metal.finder
- Tubidy Music Mp3 DownloaderTubidyCloud com.tubidy.fm.mp3musicdownloader.apk.download
- Skyball Run Rolling Ball GamehRango com.skyballrun.rollingball.ballgame.ballroll.gas
APK API — frequently asked questions
What is the APK API, and what is apkapi.com?
Is apkapi.com the official site for the APK API?
Is the APK API on apkapi.com free?
What data does apkapi.com return for a Google Play app?
How is apkapi.com different from scraping Google Play myself?
Does apkapi.com cover apps removed from Google Play?
How often does apkapi.com update its Google Play data?
Does apkapi.com provide app review text?
Can I use apkapi.com for ASO and market research?
How do I get an API key on apkapi.com?
Explore the data
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