Comparison

Core vs Retail360®

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Core

Streamline your business ordering process with this intuitive iOS application. Access your full catalog, track order history, and stay informed about promotions and new items. Improve accuracy and efficiency in managing your business operations.

Highlights
  • Full catalog visibility with costing
  • 8-week order history tracking
  • Promotional notifications and deals
  • Reorder from past orders/invoices
  • Barcode scanning via camera
  • Access to promotional flyers
Features
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Core-Mark’s revolutionary ordering application makes ordering easy and fun with any iOS device. Generate orders with greater accuracy and have access to important promotional information and tools to manage your business more efficiently. Key Features Include: • Full visibility to your entire ordering catalog along with costing information. • Access to 8-week order history, including average and last order quantities. • Notifications of pre-orders and deals. • Ability to create an order from a previous order or invoice. • Ability to use your camera to capture barcodes. • Promotional flyers and new item introductions. • Featuring Core-Mark PromoPowers and Smart Sets! Start ordering with Core-Mark for iOS today! Contact your Core-Mark representative for your unique log-in credentials.

About

Retail360®

This app provides real-time inventory tracking and management for businesses. It helps optimize stock levels, minimize waste, and analyze sales data to ensure products are in the right place at the right time. Streamline inventory processes and spend more time with customers.

Highlights
  • Real-time inventory tracking
  • Goods receipt monitoring
  • Sales analysis and comparison
  • Price book management
  • Invoice payment management
  • Shelf tag generation
  • Virtual basket management
Features
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Petrosoft’s Retail360 is a comprehensive inventory management app that helps track and manage your inventory lifecycle in real-time. Retail360 instantly syncs with your handheld or mobile devices 24/7, so you can access your data from anywhere. The Retail360 app is easy to use and allows you to centralize and optimize inventory management, minimize shrinkage and spoilage, and avoid over purchasing items. Here’s what you can do 24/7 with the Retail360 app: - Track inventory levels on site, in real-time - Monitor the receipt of goods, work with check-ins and credit memos, and accept invoices - Manage overstocks, dead stocks, spoilage, and damaged goods - Analyze and compare sales by item, group, and between locations to ensure you have the right products in the right place at the right time - Access your price book and adjust pricing by location, item, or group - Manage invoice payments and write-offs - Create multiple virtual baskets and place items - Quickly generate and print accurate shelf tags - Manage items in virtual baskets - Minimize time and resources needed for inventory management processes - And much more. Using Petrosoft’s Retail360 app, you’ll spend less time in your back office and more time with your customers. Download the Retail360 app today.

Screenshots

Core4 screens
Retail360®4 screens

Verdict

The call

Core and Retail360® both sit at 3.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of Core's written reviews are positive against 20% of Retail360®'s. Core also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (59 vs 17). Retail360®'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for Core against 3.2 for Retail360®. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Core's written reviews are positive against 20% of Retail360®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Core ships an update every 2 months, Retail360® every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Core versus Retail360®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoreRetail360®
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (59 ratings)3.2 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings59 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.3
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTiva Software, LLCPetrosoft, LLC

Customer experience

Core

All ratings57 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral14.0%
Negative43.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative46.7%

Retail360®

All ratings17 ratings
Positive47.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative41.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Core

No in-app purchases

None

Retail360®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Core free?
Core is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retail360® free?
Retail360® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Core or Retail360®?
Retail360® is rated higher. Core averages 3.1 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Retail360® averages 3.2 from 17 ratings.
Do Core or Retail360® have ads?
Neither Core nor Retail360® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Core or Retail360®?
Core ships an update every 2 months, and Retail360® every 3 weeks. Most recently, Core was updated on October 6, 2026 and Retail360® on October 7, 2026.

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