# Google Play MCP server

> Read any Google Play app’s listing, installs and reviews, pull the top charts by category, and find the Play Store searches an app ranks for, from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Hosted, with no Play Console account and nothing to install.

## Connect

One server URL for every client: `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`, streamable HTTP, with OAuth or an API key as a bearer token. Every workspace gets 250 free credits a month.

- [Claude](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector. Paste the URL and sign in.
- [Claude Code](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude-code): Run this, then /mcp to sign in. `claude mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [ChatGPT](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/chatgpt): At chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add at the top right, then Create custom MCP server, and paste the URL. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu, on the web.
- [Codex](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/codex): Run this, then codex mcp login manifold to sign in. `codex mcp add manifold --url https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [Cursor](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/cursor): One click, or paste the URL in the MCP section of Cursor Settings.
- [Gemini CLI](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/gemini): Run this, then /mcp auth manifold to sign in. `gemini mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- [Grok](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a connector. Paste the URL and sign in.
- [Grok Bot](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok-bot): Paste this to the bot. It adds Manifold and asks you to sign in. `Add the Manifold MCP server as a plugin: https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp.`
- [OpenCode](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/opencode): Run opencode mcp add, choose Remote and paste the URL.
- [Any other client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/other): Add it as a remote MCP server in any other client.

## What your agent can do on Google Play

- [`apps_get_app`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_app): Get an app. One app's store listing: rating, installs, version, release notes, description, screenshots and the developer's contact details. From 1 credit.
- [`apps_get_reviews`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_reviews): Get app reviews. User reviews of one app, newest or most relevant first, with stars, text, app version and any developer reply. From 1 credit.
- [`apps_get_keywords`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_keywords): Get an app's store keywords. Store searches an app ranks for, with monthly search volume in the store and the app's position: the core of app store optimisation. From 5 credits.
- [`apps_get_competitors`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_competitors): Find competing apps. Apps that compete with one app for the same store searches, with how many searches they share and how strongly each ranks. From 5 credits.
- [`apps_get_shared_keywords`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_shared_keywords): Compare apps' keywords. Store searches that two to twenty apps all rank for, with each app's position side by side. From 5 credits.
- [`apps_search_apps`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_search_apps): Search apps. Apps whose title matches a query, from an index of every app in a store, with the full listing and the developer's contact details on each row. From 31 credits.
- [`apps_get_top_charts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps#apps_get_top_charts): Get a top chart. A store's top chart (free, paid, grossing or new) overall or in one category, in chart order. From 1 credit.

Every parameter and return field: [App store tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps.md).

## Any app, not only your own

Google’s Play Developer API reads reviews for the apps you publish. Google Play scraper libraries reach any app, but they are code you run and keep working when the store changes. Manifold reads any Google Play app from one URL, and adds the Play Store keyword data neither offers.

| | Google Play scrapers | Play Developer API | Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Any app, not only yours | Yes | Your own apps | Yes |
| Play Store searches with volume | No | No | Yes, US English |
| Works in Claude.ai and ChatGPT | No, code you run | No | Yes, hosted |
| When the store page changes | Yours to fix | Not affected | Maintained for you |
| Reply to your own reviews | No | Yes | No, it only reads |
| Setup | Install and code | Play Console and a service account | Paste one URL |

## Things to ask

- What do 1-star Google Play reviews of our competitor’s app complain about, and how does the developer reply?
- Which Play Store searches does Microsoft Teams rank for that Slack does not?
- Find CRM apps on Google Play with over 100,000 installs and their support emails.
- List the top 20 free finance apps on Google Play and who makes them.
- Which Android apps compete with ours for the same Play Store searches?
- How many installs do these five Android apps have, and when did each last update?

## Pay per call

- Get an app: From 1 credit
- Get app reviews: From 1 credit
- Get an app's store keywords: From 5 credits
- The same answer again, from the cache: 25% or less

Details: [pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing.md) and [how credits work](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/credits.md).

## Further reading

- [The best LinkedIn MCP servers in 2026](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/best-linkedin-mcp-servers.md): LinkedIn has no official MCP server. Here is how the third-party options compare on sign-in, account risk, what they do and price, and which one fits your workflow.
- [The best AI visibility tools with an MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-mcp-servers.md): When your agent needs AI visibility tracking, an MCP server connects it to the tools that monitor brand mentions and source citations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Here are the best AI visibility tools with MCP servers, what they cost, and which one fits your workflow.
- [Claude SEO: plugins, skills, live data and workflows](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/claude-seo.md): A guide to Claude SEO: installing a plugin that brings the skills and the data together, the other Claude SEO skills worth knowing, connecting SEO servers in Claude Code and sharing them with your team, and four workflows for keyword research, SERP briefs, technical audits and Search Console quick wins.

## Pairs well with Google Play

- [App Store MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/app-store.md): Apps, reviews, top charts and App Store keywords.
- [Amazon MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/amazon.md): Search results, listings, sellers and keywords.
- [Google Shopping MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/google-shopping.md): Products, every store's price and reviews.
- [Reddit MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/reddit.md): Threads, comments and subreddits.
- [SEO MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/seo.md): Keywords, rankings, backlinks and audits.
- [AI visibility MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/ai-visibility.md): What ChatGPT, Gemini and others say and cite.
- [TikTok MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/tiktok.md): Videos, creators, transcripts and audiences.
- [YouTube MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/youtube.md): Videos, channels, comments and transcripts.
- [All MCP servers](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp.md)

## Questions about the Google Play MCP

### Is there an official Google Play MCP server?

Google publishes the Play Developer API for the apps you own, not a server that reads the store. Manifold reads any public Google Play app: its listing, reviews, chart positions and the searches it ranks for.

### Can it read Google Play reviews of any app?

Yes, newest or most relevant first, with stars, text, the app version, how many found it helpful and the developer’s reply. Up to 1,000 reviews a call, at 1 credit per 100. [What each app store tool returns](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/apps.md).

### What can my agent look up on Google Play?

One app’s full listing with installs and the developer’s email, website and address, its reviews, the top free, paid or grossing chart by category, apps whose title matches a word, the Play Store searches an app ranks for, the apps it competes with and the keywords several apps share.

### Is it a Google Play scraper?

It gives your agent what a scraper would, without the code: listings, reviews and charts are read live from the store and kept working for you. Ask in plain words and the agent picks the tool.

### Does it need a Play Console account?

No. Nothing connects to your developer account, so it cannot see your own installs by country, revenue or crash data, and it cannot reply to reviews. For those, use the Play Console.

### Does it cover the App Store too?

Yes. The same tools read the App Store, with its subtitles, top charts and App Store search keywords. [App Store MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/app-store.md).

### Which clients does it work with?

Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode and any other client that connects to a remote MCP server. Sign in with OAuth, or use an API key from the dashboard for scripts. [Setup guides for every client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients.md).