Comparison

Console for Microsoft Azure vs Store Commerce

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

Head to head
About

Console for Microsoft Azure

Monitor and manage your Microsoft Azure resources on the go. View resource health, audit logs, user access, and billing charts. Browse storage containers and download files directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Resource monitoring charts
  • Audit log viewing
  • User access management
  • Billing charts
  • Resource property details
  • Storage container browsing
  • Virtual machine control
Features
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Console for Microsoft Azure can search and browse all your resources in Microsoft Azure, so you can monitor and see everything that is happening. Console supports: * Virtual Machines * Cloud Services * Web Apps * SQL Database * Storage Accounts ... And over 20 more resource types For each of these you can: * View monitoring charts to see the health and usage of your resources over the last hour * Audit logs for all of the operations that were performed and by whom * User access to see who can Read, Contribute to or Owns your resources, and you can remove access from users * Billing charts to see how much you spend each month for every resource type * Deployment History of resource manager templates * See all of the detailed properties of the resource * Search and edit tags * Filter to see just the subscriptions you care about, up to 25 subscriptions at once * Start, stop, restart and connect to Virtual Machines * Delete any resources * Browse storage account containers and download files your device can open Azure is required to use this app. This app is not provided by the Microsoft Azure service.

About

Store Commerce

This point-of-sale application streamlines store operations for retail businesses. It offers features for sales transactions, customer engagement, inventory management, and shift management, all accessible from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Point-of-sale transactions
  • Assisted selling and clienteling
  • Order processing and fulfillment
  • Inventory management
  • Shift and cash management
  • Role-based reporting
Features
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Store Commerce is the point-of-sale application for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. It supports a wide range of capabilities beyond retail sale transactions that enable cashiers, managers and sales associates to manage store operations from a mobile device. In addition to flexible and performant sales transaction workflows, the Store Commerce app facilitates assisted selling and clienteling, order processing and fulfillment, inventory management, shift and cash management, role-based reporting, and more. The Store Commerce app connects to payment terminals, receipt printers, bar code scanners and cash drawers, and is highly customizable to meet the needs of a wide range of business requirements. Prerequisites: Deploy a Commerce Scale Unit using the Dynamics Lifecycle Service portal before using the Store Commerce app. The app needs the CPOS URL to activate a register. Store workers and Devices need to be configured in Dynamics 365 Commerce back office. Detailed information and documentation can be found at the Microsoft Learn site (http://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/dev-itpro/store-commerce-mobile)

Screenshots

Console for Microsoft Azure4 screens
Store Commerce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Store Commerce at 4.8 against Console for Microsoft Azure's 4.1. Store Commerce also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Console for Microsoft Azure's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

Store Commerce holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Console for Microsoft Azure ships an update every 3 weeks, Store Commerce weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Console for Microsoft Azure versus Store Commerce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConsole for Microsoft AzureStore Commerce
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB351 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCloud Glass IO LLC.Microsoft Corporation

Customer experience

Console for Microsoft Azure

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative17.2%

Store Commerce

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Console for Microsoft Azure

No in-app purchases

None

Store Commerce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Console for Microsoft Azure free?
Console for Microsoft Azure is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Store Commerce free?
Store Commerce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Console for Microsoft Azure or Store Commerce?
Store Commerce is rated higher. Console for Microsoft Azure averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Store Commerce averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Console for Microsoft Azure or Store Commerce have ads?
Neither Console for Microsoft Azure nor Store Commerce shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Console for Microsoft Azure or Store Commerce?
Console for Microsoft Azure ships an update every 3 weeks, and Store Commerce weekly. Most recently, Console for Microsoft Azure was updated on September 20, 2026 and Store Commerce on September 17, 2026.

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