Apple API: Search apps
Finds iPhone and iPad apps by keyword in a chosen country's App Store, with ratings, prices, categories and App Store links.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Query, required
query Keywords to search for, such as budget tracker.
budget tracker
- Country optional
country Country name or two-letter country code, such as United States or GB.
United States (default)
- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum number of apps to return, such as 20.
20 (default)
Whole number from 1 to 200.
Input as JSON
{ "query": "budget tracker"}Output
{ "apps": [ { "price": 0, "app_id": 1525179720, "app_name": "Budget app - spending tracker", "category": "Finance", "currency": "USD", "developer": "InnerGrow", "rating_count": 16219, "app_store_link": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/budget-app-spending-tracker/id1525179720?uo=4" , "average_rating": 4.71983 }, { "price": 0, "app_id": 1621020173, "app_name": "Fleur - Budget Planner App", "category": "Finance", "currency": "USD", "developer": "Akash Jain", "rating_count": 13087, "app_store_link": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fleur-budget-planner-app/id1621020173?uo=4" , "average_rating": 4.80124 }, { "price": 0, "app_id": 548615579, "app_name": "Spending Tracker", "category": "Finance", "currency": "USD", "developer": "MH Riley Ltd", "rating_count": 19484, "app_store_link": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spending-tracker/id548615579?uo=4" , "average_rating": 4.78043 } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"apps.apple.com/search_apps","input":{"query":"budget tracker"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "apps.apple.com/search_apps" , "input": { "query": "budget tracker" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "apps.apple.com/search_apps" , "input": { "query": "budget tracker" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run apps.apple.com/search_apps# with {"query":"budget tracker"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Keywords to search for, such as budget tracker." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Country name or two-letter country code, such as United States or GB." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 200, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of apps to return, such as 20." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "apps" ], "properties": { "apps": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "app_name", "developer", "average_rating", "rating_count", "price", "currency", "category", "app_store_link", "app_id" ], "properties": { "price": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "App price, 0 when free." }, "app_id": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Apple App Store ID." }, "app_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "App name." }, "category": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "App category." }, "currency": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Currency code for the price." }, "developer": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Developer name." }, "rating_count": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Number of user ratings." }, "app_store_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Link to the app's App Store page." }, "average_rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Average user rating out of 5." } } }, "description": "Apps in App Store search order." } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
apps.apple.com/search_apps- Returns
- app name, developer, rating, rating count, price, currency, category, App Store link, app ID
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method apps.apple.com/search_apps with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Find the top 10 meditation apps on the App Store in the UK with their ratings and prices
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- Show me free note-taking apps for iPad in Canada, with app IDs
- Look up language learning apps in Japan on the App Store and tell me their prices and currencies, up to 50 results
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