# Pullbay, free: App Store search API

> Search the App Store for applications matching `term`.

Pullbay's App Store search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns all 8 key fields we check: Developer, Rating, Rating count, Price, Category, Version, Age rating, Icon.
We haven't run Pullbay through [our App Store search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-app-store-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 101 plans for App Store search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.389 per 1,000 searches or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.022.
[Sonar](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/sonar/29-monthly/llms.txt), [AppSigma](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/appsigma/49-99-monthly/llms.txt) and [DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-app-data-apple-app-searches-task-post-setting-apple-app-searches-tasks-standard-queue/llms.txt) are the best App Store search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free
- [App Store search API: 3 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-app-store-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/appstore/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/appstore?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing#search-applications-by-term
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Developer: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Rating count: ✓
- Price: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Version: ✓
- Age rating: ✓
- Icon: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 200
- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the App Store for applications matching `term`.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 500 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: term. Optional: country, lang, maxItems, page
- Method: GET
- Path: /appstore/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 40 fields the plan's answer can hold

app ID, bundle ID, app name, app URL, description, icon, categories, category IDs, category, primary category ID, age rating, languages, size, minimum OS version, released at, last updated, release notes, version, price, currency, is free, developer ID, developer name, developer URL, developer website, rating, rating count, current version rating, current version rating count, screenshots, iPad screenshots, Apple TV screenshots, compatibility, pagination, request ID, success, status, message, amount charged, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/9-monthly/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/49-monthly/llms.txt): $1.80 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/199-monthly/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

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

- `GET /appstore/search`: [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

## Pullbay's APIs (20)

- [Pullbay: App Store API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: image search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-news/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-news-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-search-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-videos/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

## Pullbay: App Store search API alternatives

- [SearchApi, $1,500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/searchapi/1500-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/199-pack/llms.txt): $1.658 per 1,000, 88% 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
- [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

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/appstore?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=app-store-search-api-pricing