REX (Retail Excellence) vs Visual Merchandising Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REX (Retail Excellence)
This app helps field representatives for a retail merchandising service manage their work. It allows them to view assigned tasks, complete in-store reports, capture photos, and submit their findings directly from their mobile device.
- View assigned work by location
- Complete store report questionnaires
- Take photos within the app
- Submit reports easily
- Manage scheduled services
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REX (Retail Excellence) is a mobile application for Retail Merchandising Services, Inc. field representatives that allows them to view their assigned work and complete reports in store. This allows reps to easily view their scheduled services by location, complete their store report questionnaires, take photos, and submit reports.
Visual Merchandising Training
This app offers comprehensive training for aspiring visual merchandisers. It includes how-to videos, presentations, webinars, podcasts, and exclusive trend reports to keep users informed about industry developments.
- How-to videos
- Presentations
- Webinars
- Podcasts
- Trend reports
- Image galleries
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This all-in one visual merchandising app is perfect for those new to visual merchandising. Training tools include; quick how-to videos, presentations, webinars + podcasts and more! Stay up-to-date with industry trends with our exclusive ZG trend reports and image galleries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Visual Merchandising Training at 3.3 against REX (Retail Excellence)'s 2.0. Visual Merchandising Training also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). REX (Retail Excellence)'s advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Merchandising Training holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: REX (Retail Excellence) has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of REX (Retail Excellence)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Visual Merchandising Training's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
REX (Retail Excellence) ships an update every 2 months, Visual Merchandising Training every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | REX (Retail Excellence) | Visual Merchandising Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (29 ratings) | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retail Merchandising Services | ZenGenius, Inc. |
Customer experience
REX (Retail Excellence)
Visual Merchandising Training
In-app purchases
REX (Retail Excellence)
No in-app purchases
Visual Merchandising Training
No in-app purchases
Questions
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