# AppSigma, free: App Store search API

> Free-text search over the iOS App Store, proxying Apple's iTunes Search API.

AppSigma's App Store search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 7 of the 8 key fields we check: Developer, Rating, Rating count, Price, Category, Version, Icon.
We rank 35 plans by price. [Appeeky's $149 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appeeky/149-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.149.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/free
- Get it: https://appsigma.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.appsigma.io/v1/search/applications`
- API key: with the plan, on https://appsigma.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.appsigma.io/#tag/search/GET/search/applications
- Sold by: AppSigma (https://appsigma.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 88%
- Developer: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Rating count: ✓
- Price: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Version: ✓
- Icon: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: App Store API: List and filter iOS App Store applications · App Store API: Get App Store reviews for an iOS application · App Store API: Get a single iOS application by App Store ID · App Store API: Get version (release) history for an iOS application · App Store API: Get similar applications for an iOS app · App Store API: Get price-change history for an iOS application · App Store API: Get Apple editorial items featuring an application · App Store API: List an app's Apple App Store in-app events · App Store API: Get in-app purchases (IAPs) for an iOS application · App Store API: Get daily rating histogram for an iOS application · App Store API: Get ratings broken down by app version · App Store API: Get review-volume histogram for an iOS application · App Store API: Get App Store chart history for one application · App Store API: Get current App Store chart positions · App Store API: Get App Store chart history grouped by date and position · App Store API: Get an App Store developer profile · App Store API: Get applications published by a developer · App Store API: Get in-app events from a developer's applications · App Store API: Get a single Apple App Store editorial item · App Store API: Get a single in-app event by ID

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Free-text search over the iOS App Store, proxying Apple's iTunes Search API.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not: Scrape, harvest, or bulk export data outside normal product flows or published APIs. Resell, sublicense, redistribute, or republish Service outputs or data, except for your internal business use. Reverse engineer, decompile, interfere with, or attempt to bypass rate limits, security, access controls, or metering. Use the Service to build a competing product, perform benchmarking disclosures without our prior written consent, or misrepresent the origin of outputs. Upload malware, infringe third-party rights, or use the Service in violation of law, sanctions, or export controls. Attempt to access the Service or data in ways not expressly permitted by these Terms.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 200 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: term. Optional: country, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/applications

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: businesses only: its terms say the Service is for business use and not for personal or consumer purposes, to users at least 18 with authority to bind their organization, outside embargoed or sanctioned jurisdictions

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

app ID, app name, short name, subtitle, developer ID, developer name, category, icon, rating, rating count, current version rating, current version rating count, rating distribution, released at, in-app purchases, price, supports Arcade, compatibility, has ads, has achievements, removed from store at, sponsored apps

## AppSigma's plans (3)

- [AppSigma, free](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete, live
- [AppSigma, $19.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/19-99-monthly/llms.txt): $1.999 per 1,000, 88% complete, live
- [AppSigma, $49.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/49-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.9998 per 1,000, 88% complete, live

## AppSigma's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /search/applications`: [AppSigma, free](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/free/llms.txt)

## AppSigma's APIs (3)

- [AppSigma: App Store review API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/appsigma/free/llms.txt)
- [AppSigma: App Store search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/free/llms.txt)
- [AppSigma: App Store API pricing, 3 plans, Get a single iOS application by App Store ID](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/appsigma/free/llms.txt)
- [AppSigma: App Store API pricing, 3 plans, Get a single iOS application by App Store ID, full](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/appsigma/free-get-applications-id-get-a-single-ios-application-by-app-store-id-full/llms.txt)

## AppSigma: App Store search API alternatives

- [Sonar, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/sonar/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.993 per 1,000, 63% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $5,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/searchapi/5000-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SerpApi, $106,050 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/serpapi/106050-monthly/llms.txt): $1.964 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [AppTweak, $9,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/apptweak/9990-yearly/llms.txt): $14.152 per 1,000, 0% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://appsigma.io
- https://appsigma.io/app-store-api
- https://appsigma.io/pricing
- https://appsigma.io/terms
- https://docs.appsigma.io
- https://docs.appsigma.io/openapi.yaml