# get_app_reviews

Read app reviews two ways: pass app_id for live store reviews of ANY app — App Store or Google Play — (no tracking needed, storefront selectable), or omit it to read the workspace's tracked apps with sentiment, topics and improvement areas attached. Live Google Play rows carry no title (Play reviews have none). Cost: 1 credit.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_app_reviews`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/get-app-reviews

## Facts

- Tool: `get_app_reviews`
- Server: Mcp (`@getappniche/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y @getappniche/mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/getappniche/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 9
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | integer | no | How many reviews to return, 1-50 (default 10). |
| `store` | object | no | Filter to reviews from one store: 'apple' or 'google'. |
| `topic` | object | no | Filter by an extracted topic label, e.g. 'pricing', 'onboarding', 'bugs'. |
| `app_id` | object | no | Any app to read reviews for, whether or not the workspace tracks it. Accepts 'apple:284882215', 'google:com.duolingo', a bare Apple track id, an Android package |
| `offset` | integer | no | How many reviews to skip before returning results. Live store reads ('app_id' set) reach the 200 newest reviews per app and storefront, so page until 'has_more' |
| `country` | string | no | Two-letter storefront code the reviews are read from, e.g. 'US', 'DE' (default 'US'). Only applies when 'app_id' is used. For Google Play this also picks the re |
| `store_id` | object | no | Filter to one app by its store-native id, e.g. '284882215' or 'com.spotify.music'. |
| `sentiment` | object | no | Filter by review sentiment: 'positive', 'neutral' or 'negative'. |
| `tracked_app_id` | object | no | UUID of one tracked app in the caller's workspace. Omit to read reviews across all tracked apps. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_app_reviews",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_app_reviews is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries existing app review data from public storefronts or internal workspace tracking. It has no side effects—it neither modifies, deletes, executes code, nor commits financial transactions. The cost mechanism (1 credit) is metering/billing, not a financial transaction itself. Classification as Read is appropriate for data retrieval operations.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states 'Read app reviews' and retrieves data from app stores (App Store or Google Play) or workspace tracked apps with sentiment/topics analysis."

## Use case

AI agents call get_app_reviews to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_app_reviews": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp (6)

- `batch_keyword_difficulty` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/batch-keyword-difficulty.md
- `get_app_detail` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/get-app-detail.md
- `get_app_historicals` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/get-app-historicals.md
- `get_keyword_difficulty` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/get-keyword-difficulty.md
- `get_supported_countries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/get-supported-countries.md
- `search_apps` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getappniche-mcp/search-apps.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-getappniche-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-getappniche-mcp