Comparison

Centric Sample Review vs RP Companion

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

Head to head
About

Centric Sample Review

Streamline sample review processes for retail, apparel, and consumer goods businesses. This app offers robust mobile editing tools to enhance communication with suppliers and accelerate product development.

Highlights
  • Mobile editing tools
  • Sample review sessions
  • Supplier communication
  • Faster product development
  • Reduced review time
Features
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Centric’s Sample Review app lets retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods businesses includes easy-to-use, robust, mobile editing tools for better sample review sessions. - Reduced sample review process time. - Improved communication with suppliers. - Faster, more accurate sample development. - More rapid product development schedule.

About

RP Companion

This app provides tools for retailers to manage physical inventory and check prices on the go. It helps streamline stock checks and allows associates to assist customers on the sales floor without leaving their side. Leverage your existing iOS devices for these essential business functions.

Highlights
  • Physical inventory stock checks
  • Inventory by department
  • Real-time price lookup
  • Customer engagement on sales floor
  • Utilizes existing iOS devices
  • Supports Retail Pro Prism and Retail Pro 9
Features
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The Retail Pro Companion is the latest offering in the line of iOS applications for use with Retail Pro. The Retail Pro Companion is being provided as a launch pad for ancillary, or helper, applications that work in conjunction with the base functionality of Retail Pro Prism and/or Retail Pro 9. In its initial release, the Retail Pro Companion is being offered with two applications, the PI Tracker and the Price Checker. PI Tracker: Performing a physical inventory in your stores is never a task we look forward to; however, making it is easy as possible can go a long way to making it less painful. The PI Tracker is an easy to use physical inventory application that can be used with both Retail Pro Prism and Retail Pro 9 to perform inventory stock checks for your stores, either for the whole store or by department within your stores. Price Checker: Customer engagement is key, and the Price Checker gives your associates the freedom to stay by the consumer’s side on the floor while looking up prices, rather than interrupt the sale by having to go to the cashwrap. The PI Tracker and the Price Checker provides a retailer the flexibility to leverage any mobile device in their stores running iOS, including their own iPhones, removing the need to have dedicated and expensive equipment for these simple business needs. Download the Retail Pro Companion today!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Centric Sample Review at every 3 months against RP Companion's every 11 months. RP Companion's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Centric Sample Review ships an update every 3 months, RP Companion every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Centric Sample Review versus RP Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentric Sample ReviewRP Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentric Software IncRetail Pro International

Customer experience

Centric Sample Review

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

RP Companion

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Centric Sample Review

No in-app purchases

None

RP Companion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Centric Sample Review free?
Centric Sample Review is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RP Companion free?
RP Companion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Centric Sample Review or RP Companion have ads?
Neither Centric Sample Review nor RP Companion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Centric Sample Review or RP Companion?
Centric Sample Review ships an update every 3 months, and RP Companion every 11 months. Most recently, Centric Sample Review was updated on November 1, 2026 and RP Companion on November 2, 2026.

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