# Searchwire, free: Google Play search API

> The apps a store's search returns for a keyword, in order, with rating and number of ratings.

Searchwire's Google Play search API on its Without a key plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. Searchwire's docs list 3 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Rating, Rating count, Price.
You get up to 600 calls a month.
We haven't run Searchwire through our Google Play search API benchmark yet.
This plan is free. We rank 102 plans for Google Play search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.225 per 1,000 searches or less.
[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.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/free
- Get it: https://searchwire.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://searchwire.dev/v1/apps/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://searchwire.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Searchwire (https://searchwire.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 43%
- Rating: ✓
- Rating count: ✓
- Price: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Most per search: 30
- Also pays for: from the same budget: /v1/keywords/volume call · /v1/serp call · /v1/apps/keywords call · /v1/apps/competitors call · /v1/apps/keywords/volume call · /v1/names/check call · /v1/domains/check call

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The apps a store's search returns for a keyword, in order, with rating and number of ratings.

## Data

- Freshness: 7 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use the data for research, analysis and building your own products. Do not resell or redistribute the raw API output as a competing data feed. Do not use the service to build a general web search engine or otherwise compete with or harm search engine or app-store providers. Do not use it for anything unlawful, to collect personal data about individuals, or to attack or overload any system. Do not share keys publicly.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 600 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 20
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: keyword, store "google", country. Optional: language, depth
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/apps/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Without a key
- Who can get it: anyone, without a key

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

position, app ID, app name, app URL, rating, rating count, is free, price, total results, observed at, fetched at, cached, data origin, amount charged

## Searchwire's plans (6)

- [Searchwire, free](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days
- [Searchwire, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/10-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days
- [Searchwire, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/25-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days
- [Searchwire, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/50-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days
- [Searchwire, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/100-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days
- [Searchwire, $250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/250-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, 7 days

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

- `POST /v1/apps/search`: [Searchwire, free](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt)

## Searchwire's APIs (5)

- [Searchwire: App Store search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt)
- [Searchwire: SERP API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt)
- [Searchwire: Google Play search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt)
- [Searchwire: domain WHOIS API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/searchwire/free/llms.txt)
- [Searchwire: keyword research API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/apps/keywords/volume](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/searchwire/free-without-a-key-post-v1-apps-keywords-volume/llms.txt)
- [Searchwire: keyword research API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/keywords/volume](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/searchwire/free-without-a-key-post-v1-keywords-volume/llms.txt)

## Searchwire: Google Play search API alternatives

- [Anysite, $1,199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/anysite/1199-monthly/llms.txt): $4.996 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $500 monthly, BigData Plan, Enhanced speed](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/searchapi/500-monthly-bigdata-plan-enhanced-speed/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [SerpApi, $2,750 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/serpapi/2750-monthly/llms.txt): $5.50 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Sonar, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/sonar/100-pack/llms.txt): $6.667 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 2026-11-07.

- https://searchwire.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://searchwire.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://searchwire.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing
- https://searchwire.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google-play-search-api-pricing