# APKCube, pay as you go: Google Play search API

> Search by name, publisher or package id. Returns 24 results per page.

APKCube's x402 pay per call plan for the Google Play search API costs $10.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 7 fields. APKCube's docs list 6: Developer, Rating, Rating count, Installs, Category, Icon.
We haven't run APKCube through [our Google Play search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-google-play-search-api.txt) yet.
We rank 153 plans for Google Play search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 searches. This plan costs less per 1,000 searches than 12% of the 153 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.022. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: about $2.72.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/scrappa/50-pack/llms.txt), [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500/llms.txt) and [apiapk](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apiapk/29-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Google Play search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go
- [Google Play search API in 2026: the 7 best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-google-play-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://apkcube.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://apkcube.com/api/v1/apps`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://apkcube.com/api/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing#/paths/~1apps
- Sold by: APKCube (https://apkcube.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Developer: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Rating count: ✓
- Installs: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Icon: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $10.00
- Per: page of 24
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Most per search: 60
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $10.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search by name, publisher or package id. Returns 24 results per page.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use APKCube for personal, lawful purposes. You agree not to scrape or bulk-download the catalog, circumvent rate limits, redistribute files as your own, or use the service to violate any law or any app developer's license terms.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: type, category, sort, page
- Method: GET
- Path: /apps

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone using it for personal, lawful purposes, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base or Solana (x402)

## The 21 fields the plan's answer can hold

app ID, app name, developer name, developer slug, category ID, category, category type, version, installs, rating, rating count, last updated, icon, is on market, APK availability, total results, matched results, facets, current page, page size, total pages

## APKCube's plans (2)

- [APKCube, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [APKCube, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apkcube/top-up/llms.txt): 86% complete

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

- `GET /apps`: [APKCube, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## APKCube's APIs (3)

- [APKCube: Google Play review API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [APKCube: Google Play search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [APKCube: Google Play API pricing, 2 plans, GET /apps/{packageName}](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-apps-packagename/llms.txt)
- [APKCube: Google Play API pricing, 2 plans, GET /apps/{packageName}/play](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/apkcube/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-apps-packagename-play/llms.txt)

## APKCube: Google Play search API alternatives

- [AppstoreSpy, $99 monthly, Pro, GET /play/apps](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/appstorespy/99-monthly-pro-get-play-apps/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 86% complete, stored
- [SerpApi, $150 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/serpapi/150-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Anysite, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/anysite/200-monthly/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Sonar, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/sonar/10-pack/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 71% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://apkcube.com/api/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://apkcube.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://apkcube.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://apkcube.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://apkcube.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing