# Apple App Store Search & App Metadata Monitor — workflow

## Choose this tool

Research iPhone apps through public keyword search or known app-ID lookup across storefront countries, with source prices, ratings, versions and returned search positions.

Useful output columns: `appName`, `country`, `sourceType`, `sourceKey`, `position`, `positionChange`, `price`, `currency`, `averageUserRating`.

## Practical workflow

Start with a keyword or known app IDs. Keep the country and source type attached to each row, then compare complete repeated observations for returned search position or metadata changes. Open the App Store source before making a product decision.

## Check the fit

Bounded public Apple Search/Lookup results only. No official charts, review text, download estimates, revenue or historical positions before the Actor observed them. Returned API search position is not a universal App Store ranking or a personalized search result.

## Real output sample

One selected row from a 2026-11-07 run. Selected original scalar fields from one actual saved observation; nested data and private artifact links are omitted.

Run: 2QHdCEn3oEYH7mpbD. Summary status: ok. Incomplete: false.

Dated bounded release evidence for this exact input and build. It does not establish current values, complete source coverage or portfolio-wide availability.

```json
{
  "recordId": "apple-app:6c1940ec9f23b71fef253c2df2dfafe775639806",
  "title": "Budget app - spending tracker",
  "appName": "Budget app - spending tracker",
  "country": "us",
  "sourceType": "search",
  "sourceKey": "budget",
  "position": 1,
  "positionChange": null,
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "averageUserRating": 4.72023,
  "ratingCount": 16317,
  "version": "1.17.2",
  "comparisonStatus": "not_requested"
}
```