Setup guide
Import Google Play review history
The Google Play Developer API only returns recent reviews (about a week). Review Expert fills in the rest from the monthly review reports that Play Console writes to Google Cloud Storage, up to 36 months back.
What you need
- 1
The Google Play connection
Finish Connect Google Play. History uses the same service account; there is nothing extra to upload. - 2
Cloud Storage APIs enabled
Google Cloud Storage and the Google Cloud Storage JSON API must be enabled in the service account's project. - 3
Bulk report access
In Play Console, the service account needs View app information and download bulk reports (read-only).
How the import works
- When you connect the app, Review Expert finds your Play Console reports bucket (named pubsite_prod_ followed by your developer ID).
- It reads the monthly review report files for the app, newest first, for up to 36 months.
- Reviews from the reports and from the API are merged, so a review is stored once. Existing developer replies are imported too.
- After the first import, new reviews come from the API about every 5 minutes.
Reports only exist for months in which Play Console generated them, so a new app has less history.
Frequently asked questions
Up to 36 months, limited to the review reports Play Console has generated for the app.
No. Play Console writes the reports automatically; Review Expert reads them with the service account.