REVO MOBILE vs CStore Essentials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
REVO MOBILE
Access and monitor your REVO DVR video surveillance system remotely. View live streams from up to 16 cameras, search event history, and receive push notifications for enhanced security. Secure your property from anywhere using your iPhone.
- Remote viewing of REVO DVR systems
- Live streaming from up to 16 cameras
- Event and calendar search functionality
- Push notification alerts
- Password lock for security
- Supports REVO EZLink Service
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Remote viewing software for video streaming and monitoring of your REVO DVR video surveillance system. Secure your home, monitor your business and all remotely from your iPhone. NOTE: This app is compatible with REVO and REVO Elite products only. REVO Elite HD (high definition) products need the REVO Mobile HD app. Features: # Selecting any camera from up to 16 channels # The available layouts are different from the mobile device type: single-screen only for iPod Touch, single-screen and 2x2 for iPhone, single-screen to 4x4 for iPad. # Auto-rotating screen # Screen size selectable between original aspect ratio and full screen via double-tapping # Supporting connection using revodvr.com (DVR Name Service) (DVRs should be registered to revodvr.com in order to use REVO Mobile) # Support Event Search # Support Calendar Search # Push Notification Service # Password Lock # REVO EZLink Service Support
CStore Essentials
Monitor and manage all your retail stores remotely from your smartphone. Get real-time insights into sales, transactions, and inventory changes, even when you're away.
- Remote store management
- Live transaction monitoring
- Full transaction receipts
- Live department and gas sales
- Add new items
- Change item prices
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Manage all your stores from your phone. Stay on top of everything happening in your store even when you are not present. - View full day reports - See live transactions as they are happing on your register - See full transaction receipts with line voids, full transaction voids and no sale register openings - See live department and gas sales - Add new items and change prices for existing item
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CStore Essentials at 3.0 against REVO MOBILE's 2.2. REVO MOBILE's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
CStore Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 62 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.
REVO MOBILE ships an update every 3 months, CStore Essentials every 30 months. Both last shipped on July 17, 2026.
| Parameter | REVO MOBILE | CStore Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (54 ratings) | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Revo America Corporation | Excentus |
Customer experience
REVO MOBILE
CStore Essentials
Bugs and requests
REVO MOBILE
Reported bugs
49 issues- App crashes when searching
- App crashes when opening a system
- App crashes when viewing cameras
- App crashes after iOS updates
- Scan fail error
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- Unable to view cameras on LTE/4G
- Problems accessing live view from home WiFi
- App freezes when trying to view cameras
- App stops working altogether
- Cannot check recorded playback
- Cannot search for footage
- Rendezvous not connected error
- App disappears/unstable
- No connection between DVR and app
- Constant scan fail error
- App not working with iOS 12
- App not working with iOS 11
- App not working with iOS 8
- Sound quality horrible
- Clicking noises in audio
- Distorted audio
- Push notifications not working on iPhone 6
- Scan fail message on iPhone 6
- Sound not working on iPhone 6 or iPad Air
- Slow response time
- Sound does not work when searching
- Scanning previous recordings issues
- Username/password error
- Lag in app
- App needs to be restarted frequently
- Multiple views on one screen lag
- Can't view remotely after update
- Bug in app for months
- Poor directions for setup
- App only works part of the time
- App crashes when switching camera views during playback
- App doesn't open after update
- Port forwarding issues
- App stopped working without WiFi after update
- App crashes when streaming audio
- Audio needs to play through loud speaker
- Needs iPhone 5 support
- Search function issues
- Problems with search function over the app
- New update fixed lag
- App doesn't have to be restarted every time
- Multiple views on one screen works great
- Can't see cameras at all after update
- Top menu covers part of the screen in full screen sideways
Requested features
16 requests- Update the app for iOS
- Fix audio issues
- Improve stability
- Add sound on playback
- Two-way audio
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- Audio playback in search mode
- Keep track of settings
- Improve login persistence
- Vertical camera display
- Support for newer iOS versions
- Fix push notifications
- Improve battery life
- Add search functionality
- Improve user interface
- Add pinch and zoom
- Swipe through cameras
CStore Essentials
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
REVO MOBILE
No in-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
