AppStore API endpoint
Returns the related apps shown on the App Store product page. Provide either `id` (numeric track ID) or `app_id` (bundle ID).
/appstore/similarMCP tool: appstore_similar
Returns Apple App Store apps that are related to a seed app.
Query parameters:
id: optional. App Store track ID of the seed app. Must be numeric (digits only), e.g. 553834731.app_id: optional. App Store bundle ID of the seed app, e.g. com.midasplayer.apps.candycrushsaga.country: optional. Two-letter storefront country code.lang: optional. Result language tag.Provide either id or app_id; when only app_id (bundle ID) is given it is resolved to the track ID first. A non-numeric id returns 400; pass a bundle ID as app_id instead.
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 10 | |
| app_id | 10 | |
| title | 10 | “Grok AI” and 9 other values |
| url | 10 | apps.apple.com |
| description | 10 | median 2,827 characters |
| icon | 10 | is1-ssl.mzstatic.com |
| genres | 10 | median 2 entries |
| genre_ids | 10 | |
| primary_genre | 10 | Productivity in all 10 |
| primary_genre_id | 10 | |
| content_rating | 10 | 12+ (5), 17+ (3), 4+ (2) |
| languages | 10 | median 14 entries |
| size | 10 | 136,676,352 to 808,836,096, median 182,049,792 |
| required_os_version | 10 | |
| released | 10 | 2021-05-11 to 2025-01-08 |
| updated | 10 | 2025-08-29 to 2026-10-12 |
| release_notes | 10 | “- Improvements to Chat, Voice and Imagine” and 9 other values |
| version | 10 | |
| price | 10 | 0 |
| currency | 10 | USD in all 10 |
| free | 10 | true in 10 of 10 |
| developer_id | 10 | |
| developer | 10 | “X Corp.” and 9 other values |
| developer_url | 10 | apps.apple.com |
| developer_website | 10 | x.ai and 9 other hosts |
| score | 10 | 4.58 to 4.87, median 4.71 |
| reviews | 10 | 15,833 to 2,335,749, median 202,100 |
| current_version_score | 10 | |
| current_version_reviews | 10 | |
| screenshots | 10 | median 8 entries |
| ipad_screenshots | 9 | median 8 entries |
| appletv_screenshots | 0 | |
| supported_devices | 10 | median 130 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | No | App Store numeric track ID (digits only) | 553834731 | |
| app_id | string | No | App Store bundle ID | com.midasplayer.apps.candycrushsaga | |
| country | string | No | Two-letter storefront country code | us | |
| lang | string | No | Result language tag | en-us | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/similar?country=us&lang=en" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": [
{
"id": "6448311069",
"title": "ChatGPT",
"developer": "OpenAI"
}
]
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/appstore.similarResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | array | No | ||||
| data[].app_id | string | No | Bundle ID of the app, for example `com.openai.chat`. | |||
| data[].appletv_screenshots | array | No | URLs of the app's Apple TV screenshots. | |||
| data[].content_rating | string | No | Age rating of the app, for example `4+`. | |||
| data[].currency | string | No | Currency code of `price`. | |||
| data[].current_version_reviews | integer | No | Number of user ratings for the current version. | |||
| data[].current_version_score | number | No | Average user rating of the current version. | |||
| data[].description | string | No | Full description of the app from its App Store page. | |||
| data[].developer | string | No | Name of the app's developer. | |||
| data[].developer_id | integer | No | App Store ID of the developer. | |||
| data[].developer_url | string | No | App Store page URL of the developer. | |||
| data[].developer_website | string | No | Website URL the developer lists for the app. | |||
| data[].free | boolean | No | `true` when `price` is 0. | |||
| data[].genre_ids | array | No | IDs of all genres the app is listed under. | |||
| data[].genres | array | No | Names of all genres the app is listed under. | |||
| data[].histogram | object | No | Number of ratings for each star value, keyed by star value. Present only when `ratings=true` was requested. | |||
| data[].icon | string | No | URL of the app icon. | |||
| data[].id | integer | No | App Store numeric track ID of the app. | |||
| data[].ipad_screenshots | array | No | URLs of the app's iPad screenshots. | |||
| data[].languages | array | No | Languages the app supports, as two-letter ISO codes. | |||
| data[].platforms | array | No | Platforms is the set of Apple platforms this app is known to run on, using Apple's own appPlatforms vocabulary: phone, pad, mac, tv, watch, vision. "mac" is always populated for free when this record IS a Mac App Store listing (a separate catalog entry from the iPhone app, see Kind on lookupItem). The rest (and a "mac" tag for Mac-Catalyst-capable iPhone apps) are only populated when AppOption.Platforms was requested, since they require an extra upstream page fetch. | |||
| data[].price | number | No | Price of the app in `currency`. It is 0 for free apps. | |||
| data[].primary_genre | string | No | Name of the app's primary genre. | |||
| data[].primary_genre_id | integer | No | App Store ID of the app's primary genre. | |||
| data[].ratings | integer | No | Total number of user ratings. Present only when `ratings=true` was requested. | |||
| data[].release_notes | string | No | Release notes of the current version. | |||
| data[].released | string | No | Date and time the app was first released, in ISO 8601. | |||
| data[].required_os_version | string | No | Minimum operating system version the app needs. | |||
| data[].reviews | integer | No | Number of user ratings the app has across all versions. | |||
| data[].score | number | No | Average user rating of the app across all versions. | |||
| data[].screenshots | array | No | URLs of the app's screenshots. | |||
| data[].size | string | No | File size of the app in bytes, given as a string. | |||
| data[].supported_devices | array | No | Device model identifiers the app supports. | |||
| data[].title | string | No | Name of the app. | |||
| data[].updated | string | No | Date and time the current version was released, in ISO 8601. | |||
| data[].url | string | No | App Store page URL of the app. | |||
| data[].version | string | No | Current version number of the app. | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Missing or invalid parameters | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | App not found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal server error | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/appstore/similar?country=us&lang=en" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"