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SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: App Store search API

SocialCrawl's sitellms.txtSocialCrawl: App Store search API alternatives

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88% complete: 7 of the 8 key fields we checkSee the 8 fields
$0.00per 1,000 searchesWe rank 76 plans by price. Appeeky's $149 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.149.
Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans
Call: GET /v1/app_store/app-search SocialCrawl's only call for this API
API: App Store search API one of SocialCrawl's 90 APIs

About this item

  • Live. SocialCrawl reads the App Store's results when you call the API.
  • 7 of the 8 key fields we check. Developer, Rating, Rating count, Price, Category, Version, Icon.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 20 calls. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send query to GET /v1/app_store/app-search. You can also send country, language and depth. The call returns the App Store's results page.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: App Store search API alternatives

The table starts with SocialCrawl's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 searches closest to SocialCrawl's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

SocialCrawl, £299 packAnysite, $549 monthlyAppTweak, $9,990 yearlySerpApi, $75 monthlyParse, $300 monthly
$ per 1,000 searches$13.291$12.918$14.152$15.00$15.00
Completeness88%100%0%100%88%
Billingpay firstmonthlyyearlymonthlymonthly
Pay£299$549$9,990$75$300
Enough for30,000 calls42,500 pages a monthabout 58,823 calls a month5,000 calls a month20,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or overanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdictionanyone 18 or olderanyone at the age of majority in their state or province of residenceanyone of legal age to enter into the Terms of Service

App Store search API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-01.

  1. socialcrawl.dev/docs/caching.md
  2. socialcrawl.dev/docs/credits.md
  3. socialcrawl.dev/docs/endpoint-pricing.md
  4. socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits.md
  5. socialcrawl.dev/legal/terms-and-conditions
  6. socialcrawl.dev/llms-app_store.txt
  7. socialcrawl.dev/llms.txt
  8. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/app_store/app-search
  9. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/app_store/app-search.md
  10. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin
  11. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin.md
  12. socialcrawl.dev/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Developer
  • Rating
  • Rating count
  • Price
  • Category
  • Version
  • Age rating, not in the answer
  • Icon
Price
$ per 1,000 searches$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat free2 minutes
Most per search300
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 678 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturns a unified AppList of Apple App Store apps matching a keyword: title, icon, developer, category, rating, price/is_free, and store URL on every item, on the same canonical `App` shape used across every app marketplace (`app.store` = "app_store").
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for20 calls, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Concurrent50
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendquery. Optional: country, language, depth
MethodGET
Path/v1/app_store/app-search
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

credits used, request ID, app ID, app URL, app name, icon, developer name, developer ID, developer URL, developer website, category, categories, rating, rating count, review count, price, is free, currency, released at, position

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