What just launched on Google Play
A Google Play API for launches, not files: every app newly released on the store, listed by day with its installs, rating, developer and category from the moment it appears. Watch 24,624 apps released in the last week, or query any date. One key, JSON out.
1,000 free tokens a month, no card needed.
curl -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY" \ "https://apiplay.net/api/v1/new?since=2026-11-01&min_installs=1000&sort=released"
import requests
r = requests.get('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/new', params={'since': '2026-11-01', 'min_installs': '1000', 'sort': 'released'},
headers={'X-API-Key': API_KEY}, timeout=30)
data = r.json()const res = await fetch('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/new?since=2026-11-01&min_installs=1000&sort=released', {
headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.API_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init('https://apiplay.net/api/v1/new?since=2026-11-01&min_installs=1000&sort=released');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('API_KEY')]]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);{
"total": 363,
"results": [
{
"id": "com.hclab.subway3d",
"title": "Korea Subway, Bus, KTX & Coach",
"released": "2026-11-07T23:09:39Z",
"updated": "2026-11-07T07:50:23Z",
"installs": "1,000+",
"developer": "HCLab."
},
"…"
]
}New on Google Play, in numbers
Track new Google Play releases as they appear
apiplay.net watches the front edge of Google Play. Every night it reads the store, finds the apps that were not there yesterday, and files each one by its release date. For 4.2M apps it keeps the launch date, the developer, the category and the first install and rating numbers — so you see a release the day it happens, not weeks later in a chart.
- New releases by date. Browse or query the apps that first appeared on a given day, newest first.
- Launch context. Developer, category, price, ads and in-app purchase flags for each new listing, the moment it is live.
- Early traction. Installs and rating are tracked from day one, so you can watch a fresh app climb.
- Category watch. Narrow new releases to a single category or install floor to follow just the launches you care about.
Just released and already gaining installs
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New releases by day
See allHow apiplay.net works
- Get a key. Sign up on apiplay.net with an email, no card, and your API key is in the cabinet with free monthly tokens.
- Ask for launches. Call
/new?since=YYYY-MM-DDwith your key in theX-API-Keyheader to list apps released on or after a date, newest first. - Filter to your watch. Add
categoryandmin_installsto follow new apps in one category, or to catch only launches that are already picking up installs. - Poll each night. Re-run the query daily; the index is refreshed every night, so yesterday’s launches are waiting for you each morning.
Why an API beats scraping Google Play by hand
You could crawl the store for new listings yourself. Here is what that costs, and what apiplay.net does instead.
- The store has no “newest” feed you can read; apiplay.net reconstructs one by diffing the catalogue every night.
- Finding a launch means noticing an absence, which a one-off scrape cannot do; the index remembers which packages existed yesterday.
- Crawling at scale gets you blocked; one key returns new releases across 4.2M apps as stable JSON.
- Markup changes break a parser; here the launch date, developer and category come back in a fixed shape.
Who watches new app launches
- Market and trend researchers spotting which categories are suddenly producing new apps.
- Investors and scouts catching a new publisher early, before its app reaches a chart.
- Competitive teams tracking every launch a rival developer ships, by date.
- App directories and newsletters that need a clean, daily feed of what is brand new on Google Play.
Guides
All guides- Google Play API: getting app data without scraping
What Google offers, what it doesn't, and how to get listings, installs and charts for any app in a few lines of code.
- How to track new Google Play releases automatically
A nightly job that pulls every app released on Google Play yesterday, filtered to the categories and install floor you care about.
An independent Google Play data service
apiplay.net is part of the APK API network, reading the public Google Play listing for 4.2M apps and refreshing it every night. It is an independent service, not affiliated with Google, and it serves metadata only: apiplay.net does not host, distribute or link to APK files. The brand main site is apkapi.com, where the same API, documentation and account live.
New releases on apiplay.net: questions
What is apiplay.net?
apiplay.net is a Google Play launch monitor built on the APK API: a daily, dated feed of apps as they first appear on the store, with the developer, category, installs and rating of each new listing, for 4.2M apps. Browse it here or query the same data through the API.
Is apiplay.net an official APK API site?
Yes. apiplay.net is part of the APK API network, and the brand main site is apkapi.com. A key created on apiplay.net uses the same APK API, so it works across the network for keys, billing and documentation.
How does apiplay.net find newly released apps?
apiplay.net diffs the Google Play catalogue every night. Any package that was not in the index the day before is recorded as a new release, dated by when it first appeared, so you get a reliable feed of launches rather than a guess from the store.
How soon does a new app appear on apiplay.net after it launches?
Usually the next day. apiplay.net refreshes its index every night, so an app that reaches Google Play today is normally listed as a new release the following morning, with its launch date, developer and category already attached.
Is apiplay.net free to use?
Yes, to start. An account on apiplay.net includes free monthly tokens with no card required. Token packs raise the limits when you poll new releases heavily or pull large daily feeds; one token covers one app lookup.
What data does apiplay.net return for a new app?
For each new release apiplay.net returns the title, package name, developer, category, release date, installs, rating with its histogram, price, ads and in-app purchase flags, version and minimum Android version — the same JSON fields the APK API gives for any app.
Can I follow new releases in a single category on apiplay.net?
Yes. Add a category filter to any new-releases query on apiplay.net, optionally with a minimum installs floor, to watch launches in just that category. It is the quickest way to see what is brand new in games, finance or any other section.
Can apiplay.net catch apps early, before they have many installs?
Yes. Because apiplay.net dates apps from their first appearance, you can set a low or zero install floor and see brand-new listings the day they launch, then track their installs and rating as they start to climb.
Can I download APK files from apiplay.net?
No. apiplay.net is a Google Play metadata service: release dates, developers, categories, installs, ratings and other store data. It does not host, distribute or link to APK files; the payload is JSON, not binaries.
