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Google Play Similar Apps

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/similar

Apps similar to a Google Play app: the full Similar apps list (3 to 50 apps, more than the strip on the details page) with paging. Every page costs 1 credit. The app list follows hl, but cluster_title is always English.

Google Play Similar Apps 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google/play/similar
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
product_id = com.openai.chatgpt
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "pagination": {
        "next_page_token": "IABiswFKQAo-CDUQ9_Gpmw0QyoTGmAUQxZDPhw0Q0omtugwQhouMxAQQ_My9qgwQq-W1vwEQjc28_AcQ04rKywQQqfPhnQNQMmosenJ4ZWZ5cmZZYTRVcklzNFdRVmJxeFUzNzEwMjRXcTdqK1I4V0dzbVpEVT3CAjsKFgoSY29tLm9wZW5haS5jaGF0Z3B0EAcYCDABOABKFQgBEAAaB0NoYXRHUFQgACgAMAA4AFAAWAFgALASAA"
    },
    "product_id": "com.openai.chatgpt",
    "result_count": 2,
    "cluster_title": "Similar apps",
    "organic_results": [
        {
            "free": true,
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube",
            "price": {
                "amount": 0,
                "currency": "USD"
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

3 optional filters available.

product_id string Required

Google Play package name of the app, for example com.openai.chatgpt.

Example value com.openai.chatgpt
page_token string Optional

The next_page_token of the previous response. It is opaque, pass it back unchanged. Page 2 and later cost 1 credit.

Example value example
hl string Optional

Interface language code, for example en or de. Default: en.

Example value en
gl string Optional

Storefront country: US, GB, DE, FR, JP, BR or IN. Default: US. Other countries return 422.

Example value us

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

pagination product_id result_count cluster_title organic_results search_parameters

Common organic_results fields

free link price title
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "pagination": {
        "next_page_token": "IABiswFKQAo-CDUQ9_Gpmw0QyoTGmAUQxZDPhw0Q0omtugwQhouMxAQQ_My9qgwQq-W1vwEQjc28_AcQ04rKywQQqfPhnQNQMmosenJ4ZWZ5cmZZYTRVcklzNFdRVmJxeFUzNzEwMjRXcTdqK1I4V0dzbVpEVT3CAjsKFgoSY29tLm9wZW5haS5jaGF0Z3B0EAcYCDABOABKFQgBEAAaB0NoYXRHUFQgACgAMAA4AFAAWAFgALASAA"
    },
    "product_id": "com.openai.chatgpt",
    "result_count": 2,
    "cluster_title": "Similar apps",
    "organic_results": [
        {
            "free": true,
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube",
            "price": {
                "amount": 0,
                "currency": "USD"
            },
            "title": "YouTube",
            "rating": 3.824073,
            "summary": "Get the official YouTube app on Android phones and tablets. See what the world is watching -- from the hottest music videos to what\u2019s pop...",
            "category": "Video Players & Editors",
            "installs": "10,000,000,000+",
            "developer": "Google LLC",
            "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/QNmuZQc9I6Zbe3mWnSr0hycnENqGFCI5p3yE29Hkxtf22T0IWS6zTrpxULLyyjWpB7ONAXDsDQXnXcVWokl3eg",
            "product_id": "com.google.android.youtube",
            "rating_text": "3.8",
            "screenshots": [
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/jVRIwf6mm4cUtprTFhNOd4YEeu1jyO0yiZ92U3rlZ9ohVojYDc4ijfrdzy1ORbdXzu-pLS7gh5b8XmkSavyjtQ",
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/Bgpxh4XK6pa2H26tDuNiviRmY8JSFsK4nlALuQkmwmGKltRm3g6_jt_aogLbvEmkh-O080dmyxIPeGDeVs8KkRQ"
            ],
            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/_FjKDuJDbhlGIZN7h5rcVY3NfyP8PZATgR-0MKiYz8DeKofTecT57LU-TTlAGiX07vDBIaXDcZiafhHFU4pI1w",
            "content_rating": "Teen",
            "in_app_purchases": "$0.05 - $999.99 per item"
        },
        {
            "free": true,
            "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard",
            "price": {
                "amount": 0,
                "currency": "USD"
            },
            "title": "Google Gemini",
            "rating": 4.5349,
            "summary": "From your morning commute to late-night deep dives, Google Gemini is your personal, proactive and powerful AI assistant.WHY USERS LOVE GE...",
            "category": "Productivity",
            "installs": "1,000,000,000+",
            "developer": "Google LLC",
            "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/C64IqPWyFoCZzXVxXVl0Y6mliiNlG_sZJsqul-SBvk9ZL0wJHlU0Eho2wvsBHhho0FT5XQtH55RVGerIwXF_MA",
            "product_id": "com.google.android.apps.bard",
            "rating_text": "4.5",
            "screenshots": [
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/74MknZbU3d5VzwctiFgk3bcDJEUqlN7r82DxiQjQppcCaPHS7qexvX-lb8KJlNv6975v4D0DcqZKeeS0PYtkxLA",
                "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/cZKYOVwfa7n3InOwSnGf8_05N5nwYHDhQU5MNm1OlJ85AcaU8cYBnZSUDrMce3GsHIVgYM8JGz_OH2JWmem_"
            ],
            "header_image": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/fSnmF9td_e3wpG1trkbuFbusZR-MzOH3skC2oA2-Rgkx31fF7wXULdJG2EyZTFw0lKo7ZpaAn5PSaj_fUVV0fQ",
            "content_rating": "Teen"
        }
    ],
    "search_parameters": {
        "gl": "US",
        "hl": "en",
        "engine": "google_play_similar",
        "product_id": "com.openai.chatgpt"
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A parameter failed validation, for example an unknown category, a num outside 1 to 200 or an unsupported country.

404

Similar Apps Not Found

The app is unknown or has no Similar apps list. The request is not billed.

{
    "error": "No similar apps found for this product_id.",
    "error_code": "google_play_similar_not_found"
}
422

Invalid Page Token

The page_token was not accepted. The request is not billed.

{
    "error": "The page_token was not accepted. Use next_page_token of the previous response.",
    "error_code": "google_play_invalid_page_token"
}
503

Google Play Upstream Unavailable

Google Play could not be fetched. The request is not billed.

{
    "error": "Google Play data is temporarily unavailable.",
    "retryable": true,
    "error_code": "google_play_upstream_unavailable"
}

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