Transactional Data: User Reviews of Government Mobile Applications
Data as of 09 Sept 2025, 23:59Transactional data on the user reviews of government mobile applications
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How is this data produced?
Under the standards specified by the National Digital Department (JDN), all government mobile applications must be registered with the Malaysia Government Mobile Applications Gallery (GAMMA). This dataset represents an exact copy of the transactional data on user reviews stored in the GAMMA database.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
The data represents applications tracked via the Malaysia Government Mobile Applications Gallery (GAMMA) only. As such, official applications not yet registered in GAMMA may be absent from this dataset.
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Metadata
Dataset description
Transactional data on the user reviews of government mobile applications
Variable definitions
- Application ID
- Application Name
- Operating System Platform
- User Review
- Date
- Star Rating
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
id (Integer) | Application ID | Unique identifier for each government mobile application; this can be matched against the app_id field in the main dataset. |
app_name (String) | Application Name | The official name of the government mobile application. |
app_os_platform (Categorical) | Operating System Platform | The OS platform on which the review was submitted: Android, iOS, or Huawei. |
review (String) | User Review | User-submitted review text for the application. May be empty if no review was provided. |
created_date (Timestamp) | Date | The timestamp when the review was submitted. |
star_rating (Integer) | Star Rating | The star rating given by the user, ranging from 1 to 5 stars. -1 indicates ratings without a star value. |
Last updated:
10 Sept 2025, 02:00
Next update:
11 Sept 2025, 02:00
Data source(s)
- Jabatan Digital Negara
- Ministry of Digital
URLs to dataset
License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Code
Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/publicadmin/government_apps_reviews.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=government_apps_reviews&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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