Building a game-deal site, a music database, an anime app, or a media catalog? Here are the best no-code ways to pull structured data about games, music, anime and apps in 2026 — with honest pros and cons.
TL;DR: For game prices and metadata use the Steam Scraper. For music, podcasts and apps, the iTunes Scraper. For vinyl and releases, the Discogs Scraper. For anime, the Anime Scraper.
What to look for in a media data tool
- Official/keyless source — avoids breakage and captchas.
- Rich fields — price, rating, genre, release date, artwork, IDs.
- Search + filters — by keyword, category, country store.
- Clean output — flat JSON/CSV you can load straight into an app or DB.
1. Steam Scraper — game prices, ratings & metadata
Searches the Steam store by keyword and returns name, price, discount, Metacritic score, genres, developers, publishers, release date, description, recommendations and platforms.
Pros: keyless and fast; great for price tracking and deal aggregators; rich metadata via the appdetails enrichment.
Cons: Steam store catalog only (not other game stores).
Best for: game-deal sites, price trackers, and games databases.
2. iTunes Scraper — music, podcasts, apps & more
Wraps Apple's official iTunes Search API. One tool covers music, podcasts, apps, audiobooks, movies, TV shows and ebooks — returning title, artist, price, genre, rating, artwork and preview/view URLs.
Pros: official Apple data; keyless; covers many media types and country stores in one input.
Cons: Apple ecosystem data (not Spotify/Google Play).
Best for: media catalogs, podcast/music discovery tools, and app research.
3. Discogs Scraper — vinyl, CDs & music releases
Searches the Discogs database — the world's largest catalog of music releases — by artist, album, genre or year. Returns title, year, country, genre, style, format, label, catalog number, barcode and cover image.
Pros: unmatched release/pressing detail; keyless; great for collectors and marketplaces.
Cons: music-only; rate-limited for very large pulls.
Best for: record collecting, discography databases, and music marketplace analytics.
4. Anime Scraper — MyAnimeList data
Pulls anime data from MyAnimeList via the public Jikan API: title, type, episodes, status, score, rank, popularity, studios, genres, synopsis, season/year and artwork. Search by title or fetch top-ranked lists.
Pros: rich anime metadata; keyless; supports top-N lists for leaderboards.
Cons: anime-specific (by design).
Best for: anime databases, recommendation tools, and Discord bots.
5. Raw official APIs (Steam, iTunes, Jikan, Discogs)
You can call each underlying API yourself.
Pros: free, full control.
Cons: different formats, pagination, and rate limits per source; you build and maintain the glue code.
Best for: developers who want to script it themselves.
Quick comparison
| Scraper | Domain | Key fields | Keyless | No-code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | Games | price, discount, Metacritic, genres | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | Music/podcasts/apps | artist, price, genre, artwork | Yes | Yes |
| Discogs | Vinyl/music | year, label, format, cat# | Yes | Yes |
| Anime | Anime | score, rank, studios, genres | Yes | Yes |
| Raw APIs | Varies | Varies | Yes | No |
How to start (no code)
- Open any scraper above on Apify.
- Enter a keyword (and country store or category where relevant).
- Set
maxResultsand run. - Export JSON/CSV, or schedule recurring runs to keep data fresh.
Conclusion
For media and game data in 2026, no-code scrapers over official sources are the sweet spot — clean output, no key setup, no maintenance:
- Games → Steam Scraper
- Music/podcasts/apps → iTunes Scraper
- Vinyl/releases → Discogs Scraper
- Anime → Anime Scraper
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