Google Play Reviews API

Google's Play Developer API returns reviews — but only from the last 7 days, only for one app at a time, and only after you've set up a service account and wired the permissions. ReviewHook gives you one REST endpoint to fetch, filter, and reply to Google Play reviews across every app you manage. Connect once — we backfill your full review history and keep syncing, so nothing disappears after Google's 7-day window.

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Quick Start

  1. 01

    Sign up at reviewhook.dev

    Get your API key in seconds.

  2. 02

    Connect your service account

    Create a service account for your Play Console (we walk you through it), grant it the "Reply to reviews" permission, and upload the JSON key to ReviewHook once. We handle authentication from there.

  3. 03

    Start making API calls

    Use one endpoint to fetch and reply to reviews across every app. We backfill your historical reviews at connection and sync continuously from there.

Fetch Google Play Reviews

Pull reviews for an app — or across every app in your account — through one REST call. Full history included, not just Google's 7-day window.

js 
const response = await fetch('https://api.reviewhook.dev/reviews?platform=google_play', {
  headers: {
    'api-key': 'rev_live_...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const { data, pagination } = await response.json();
console.log(data[0].id); // '85d9e48d25f9417d

Reply to Google Play Review

js 
const response = await fetch('https://api.reviewhook.dev/reviews/rev_9f2e1a84/reply', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer rev_live_...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ text: 'Thanks for flagging this — the crash on Pixel devices is fixed in 5.1.1, rolling out now.' })
});

const review = await response.json();
console.log(review.hasResponse); // true

Endpoints

Every action you can take on Google Play reviews, exposed through ReviewHook's unified API.

GET /reviews List all Google Play reviews — full history, not just the last 7 days GET /reviews/{id} Get details of a specific review POST /reviews/{id}/reply Post or update a reply to a Google Play review

Filtering parameters

Common filters for the /reviews endpoint:

ParameterDescription
platform Filter by source platform — pass google_play for Google Play reviews
appId Filter by Google Play app (package)
rating Exact star rating (1–5). Overrides minRating / maxRating when set
minRating Minimum star rating (1–5)
maxRating Maximum star rating (1–5)
hasResponse Return only reviews with (true) or without (false) a reply
fromDate Lower bound on createdAt. ISO-8601 date or date-time
toDate Upper bound on createdAt. ISO-8601 date or date-time
authorName Substring match on the reviewer's display name
appVersion Filter by the app version the review was left on

For the full list of filters and response fields, see the API reference.

Features

  • Full review history backfilled at onboarding — not just Google's 7-day window
  • Continuous sync, so the rolling window never silently costs you reviews
  • Fetch across every app without per-package loops
  • Reply programmatically with one POST — no service-account token plumbing in your code
  • Device, OS version, and language metadata on every review
  • Same API covers App Store, Google Business, G2 — useful if you ever expand

Direct API vs ReviewHook

What it actually takes to ship a Google Play reviews integration, with and without us.

Google Play Developer API ReviewHook
Setup time
Days to weeks
Minutes
Review history
Last 7 days only — full history means parsing monthly CSV exports from Cloud Storage
Full history through one endpoint
Auth handling
Create a service account, manage JSON keys, wire Play Console permissions
Connect once, we handle it
Multi-app
Manual iteration per package
Single endpoint
Read limits
200 requests/hour against Google
No limits
Cross-platform
Google Play only
Same endpoint covers App Store, Google Business, G2

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Frequently asked

Yes. Google Play's API authenticates through a service account: you create one for your Play Console, grant it the "Reply to reviews" permission, and upload the JSON key to ReviewHook once. We walk you through it during onboarding — about ten minutes. Note that only the Play Console account owner can create service accounts.

That's a Google Play platform limitation — the reviews endpoint only returns reviews created or modified within the past week, with no way to page further back. ReviewHook works around it: we backfill your historical reviews at onboarding and sync continuously from then on, so your full history is available through one endpoint.

Yes. POST /reviews/{id}/reply posts a developer response. Google Play limits replies to 350 characters, and posting a new reply to the same review updates the existing one.

No — Google's Play Developer API doesn't support deleting developer replies. You can update a reply by posting a new one, but removal isn't available through the API on any tool. This is a platform limitation, not a ReviewHook one; the App Store API does support reply deletion.

No. This API only accesses reviews for apps in your own Play Console account. It isn't a scraper for arbitrary public app reviews.

Google's API only returns reviews that include a written comment. Ratings without text aren't accessible through the API — so star-only ratings appear in your Play Console statistics but not in any API-based tool.

Yes. The same API and endpoints cover Apple App Store reviews — just pass platform=app_store. See our App Store Reviews API page for the Apple-specific details.