Comparison

Showcase Workshop vs Core

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

Head to head
About

Showcase Workshop

Transform your device into a dynamic sales, presentation, and training tool. Create interactive content with various media types, present offline, and track prospect engagement. Keep your team updated with instant notifications.

Highlights
  • Create interactive presentations
  • Import existing assets
  • Offline presentation viewing
  • Track prospect engagement
  • Push notifications for updates
  • Digital content sharing
Features
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Showcase Workshop turns your device into a powerful sales, presentation, and training toolkit. Create stunning, interactive presentations that your colleagues can download, present, and share straight from their device. Keep your content up-to-date, on-brand, and ready for any remote sales presentations or screen-to-screen sharing that comes your way. - Import your existing sales and marketing assets and begin creating in minutes. Create engaging presentations with photos, PDF documents, links, videos, animations, and interactive forms or calculators. - Download your presentations to view and present offline — never worry about unreliable WiFi again! - Send prospects a copy of your presentation or specific documents straight from your device — then track when they open it, what they look at, and for how long. Ace your follow-up call with tailored insights into what your customer is actually interested in! - Keep your sales team up-to-date with push notifications whenever you update a presentation. No more hunting for the latest version or confusing customers with outdated material. - Save on printing costs, reduce your carbon footprint, and plant native trees in New Zealand by switching to digital presentations.

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.

Screenshots

Showcase Workshop4 screens
Core4 screens

Verdict

The call

Showcase Workshop and Core both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Showcase Workshop's written reviews are positive against 33% of Core's. Core's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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

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 — 3.0 for Showcase Workshop against 3.1 for Core. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Core has 59 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Showcase Workshop's written reviews are positive against 33% of Core's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showcase Workshop ships an update every 3 months, Core every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Showcase Workshop versus Core: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowcase WorkshopCore
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.1 (59 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings259 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowcase LimitedTiva Software, LLC

Customer experience

Showcase Workshop

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Core

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

In-app purchases

None

Showcase Workshop

No in-app purchases

None

Core

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Showcase Workshop free?
Showcase Workshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Core free?
Core is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Showcase Workshop or Core?
Core is rated higher. Showcase Workshop averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Core averages 3.1 from 59 ratings.
Do Showcase Workshop or Core have ads?
Neither Showcase Workshop nor Core shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showcase Workshop or Core?
Showcase Workshop ships an update every 3 months, and Core every 2 months. Most recently, Showcase Workshop was updated on September 5, 2026 and Core on June 8, 2026.

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