# Sonar, free tier: Google Play API

> App metadata by store ID

Sonar's Google Play API on its Free tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 apps. It returns 4 of the 9 key fields we check: Developer, Rating, Rating count, Category.
You get up to 900 calls a month.
We rank 22 plans by price. [DataForSEO's top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-app-data-google-app-info-task-post-setting-google-app-info-tasks-standard-queue/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 apps: $0.60.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/free-tier
- Get it: https://trysonar.app/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.trysonar.app/api/v1/apps/lookup`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://trysonar.app/openapi.json
- Sold by: Sonar (https://trysonar.app)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 44%
- Developer: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Rating count: ✓
- Category: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 apps: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: GET /api/v1/keywords/metrics endpoint: 5 keywords/day per IP · from the same budget: GET /api/v1/apps/search endpoint · GET /api/v1/apps/aso-score endpoint · GET /api/v1/apps/extract-keywords endpoint · GET /api/v1/keywords/suggestions endpoint · GET /api/v1/charts/top endpoint

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: App metadata by store ID

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: API access is included with paid plans. You must not share API keys or use the API to build a competing product. Rate limits apply as described in our documentation. [...] You agree not to: Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or to violate any laws, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or other users' accounts, Scrape, crawl, or otherwise extract data from the Service in violation of these Terms, Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure, Resell or redistribute the Service without written permission

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 900 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 30
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: store "android", id. Optional: country
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/apps/lookup

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

app ID, app name, developer name, rating, rating count, category, icon

## Sonar's plans (10)

- [Sonar, free tier](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/free-tier/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, free, 50 free credits](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/free-50-free-credits/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/10-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/20-pack/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/50-pack/llms.txt): $7.143 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/100-pack/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.967 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.993 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.794 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [Sonar, $1,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/1490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.816 per 1,000, 44% complete, live

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

- `GET /api/v1/apps/lookup`: [Sonar, free tier](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/free-tier/llms.txt)

## Sonar's APIs (4)

- [Sonar: App Store API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/sonar/free-tier/llms.txt)
- [Sonar: App Store review API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/sonar/free/llms.txt)
- [Sonar: Google Play API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/sonar/free-tier/llms.txt)
- [Sonar: Google Play review API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/sonar/free/llms.txt)

## Sonar: Google Play API alternatives

- [SearchApi, $5,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/searchapi/5000-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SerpApi, $106,050 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/serpapi/106050-monthly/llms.txt): $1.964 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Zembra, top-up from $17,362](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/zembra/top-up-from-17362/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 33% 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://trysonar.app/aso-api
- https://trysonar.app/docs/api
- https://trysonar.app/docs/api/authentication
- https://trysonar.app/openapi.json
- https://trysonar.app/pricing
- https://trysonar.app/terms