# Apple Ads Platform API vs X Ads API (slim)

> X Ads scores 57.3 (C) to Apple Ads Platform's 53.8 (D) for ad reporting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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X Ads API scores 57.3 (C) on agent readiness against Apple Ads Platform API's 53.8 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Apple Ads Platform API leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do ad reporting.

- Apple Ads Platform API: D 53.8, rank #699 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apple-ads.min.md
- X Ads API: C 57.3, rank #616 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-ads.min.md
- Apple Ads Platform API, good for An agent that manages or reports on App Store search campaigns, or Apple Maps campaigns, for an advertiser whose administrator can grant an API role. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 69 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 62; Security & auth, 68 against 48.
- X Ads API, good for An agent that manages or reports on X campaigns for an advertiser with an approved developer app, especially through the MCP server, where scopes separate reads from writes and writes start paused. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 35; Maintenance & community, 63 against 48.

| Category | Apple Ads Platform API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 48 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apple Ads Platform API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Apple | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ads.apple.com/v1` | `https://ads-api.x.com/mcp` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Apple Advertising Services Terms of Service. The client libraries are MIT | Proprietary service under the X Developer Agreement and its incorporated Developer Policy |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-08-14 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-27 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |