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 No more hunting for the latest version or confusing customers with outdated material.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

This app provides a seamless mobile and web ordering solution for businesses. It allows users to submit orders, manage credit requests, and access crucial business information like invoices and delivery details. The platform aims to simplify ordering, reduce labor costs, and improve inventory management.

Highlights
  • Submit orders
  • Process credit requests
  • Access invoices
  • View credit request status
  • Track delivery details
  • Optimize inventory
Features
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Our brand-new cutting edge ordering solution, CustomerFirst continues our industry leadership in online ordering and business solutions. The mobile app is fully integrated with web, allowing customers to seamlessly move between devices. • Submit orders and process credit requests • Make ordering easier by providing a complete business solution • Reduces customer labor, improves order accuracy and optimizes inventory levels • Access helpful customer information, like invoices, credit request status, delivery details and more

Screenshots

Showcase Workshop4 screens
Core4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Showcase Workshop at 100% against Core's 0%. Showcase Workshop also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.4). Core's advantage is ratings volume (158 vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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

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

Showcase Workshop holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Core has 158 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Showcase Workshop's written reviews are positive against 0% of Core's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showcase Workshop ships an update every 3 months, Core monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Showcase Workshop versus Core: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowcase WorkshopCore
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better1.4 (158 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2158 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowcase LimitedCore-Mark US, 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 ratings158 ratings
Positive8.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative91.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative97.8%

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?
Showcase Workshop is rated higher. Showcase Workshop averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Core averages 1.4 from 158 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 monthly. Most recently, Showcase Workshop was updated on September 5, 2026 and Core on September 18, 2026.

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