Core vs Repsly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Core
This app provides a streamlined data solution for retailers, offering tools for business management, promotions, category insights, analytics, marketing materials, and industry training. It serves as a comprehensive portal to support partnerships with the developer.
- Order, invoice, and credit processing
- Access to promotions and new items
- View planograms and schematics
- Internal sales and retailer analytics
- Marketing flyers and programs
- Industry articles and training courses
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Application Description (Long): Core-Mark's CORE-SOURCE is a "one-stop shop", streamlined data solution for Core-Mark's customers. Core-Mark retailers will have access to a customized portal with all necessary tools to help support a successful partnership with Core-Mark. * Business Management * Ability to process orders, invoices, credits and access to other business management tools. * Promotions * Access to Promo Power flyers, online trade shows, new items and promotions. * Category Management * View Planograms and SmartSet schematics. * Business Analytics * Access to internal sales and retailer analytics tools. * Marketing * View marketing flyers and programs, Focused Marketing Initiative plans (FMI), and Business Review Decks. * Training/Education * View relevant, trending Industry articles. * Access to Core-Mark proprietary and LinkedIn Learning training courses.
Repsly
This app helps field teams manage customer visits, track work, and submit data like photos and inventory audits. It allows for route planning, viewing account details, and placing orders. Teams can also report working time and mileage, and view teammate activities.
- Route planning and optimization
- Customer visit management
- Photo and survey submission
- Inventory audits
- Order placement and returns
- Time and mileage tracking
- Team activity viewing
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Repsly gives you everything you need to win in the field in a single, easy-to-use app. Repsly empowers field teams to: View and filter your account list and build the best route for your day. View account details, files, and open tasks at every customer location. Submit photos, surveys, and inventory audits with just a few taps. View product details, place orders, and accept returns. Automatically report working time and mileage travelled. View your teammates’ work and comment on jobs well done. The Repsly app is free to download, but you must receive an invite from your account administrator to activate your account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Core at 100% against Repsly's 24%. Core also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Repsly's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (107 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Core holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Repsly has 107 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Core's written reviews are positive against 24% of Repsly's.
Core ships an update every 5 months, Repsly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Core | Repsly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.4 (107 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 107 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Core-Mark | Repsly, Inc. |
Customer experience
Core
Repsly
Bugs and requests
Core
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Repsly
Reported bugs
37 issues- Constant updates
- Syncing issues
- Randomly logs out
- Login issues (email/password)
- Slow and glitchy performance
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- App keeps logging out during check-in
- App has gone down twice
- Company froze
- Locations drop off the app
- Surveys don't save
- App constantly tracking location
- Tracking notification always on
- Autofill feature never works
- Metrics take forever to load
- App works like malware
- Ignores privacy settings for location tracking
- Awful UI for iOS version
- Changing dates is cumbersome
- Too many nested settings
- Clunky framework
- Logs you out mid-use
- Spends minutes syncing mid-use
- Data sync issues with multiple devices
- Primitive scanner doesn't recognize items
- Barcode scanner is hard to read
- App is slower after update
- Works intermittently
- App won't let you login to target store
- App freezes all the time
- App opens and immediately closes
- Freezes up constantly
- Will not show completed tasks
- Timing of day is off
- Mileage is inaccurate
- Unable to calculate distance
- App crashes every time it's opened
- Select options don't work
Requested features
7 requests- Go back to the old layout/UI
- Status update section needed
- Add dark mode option
- Improve barcode scanner functionality
- Allow searching names on maps
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- Fix mapping for manually added businesses
- Make select options work
In-app purchases
Core
No in-app purchases
Repsly
No in-app purchases
