Tex vs CStore Essentials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tex
Manage your fuel accounts on the go. Access real-time fuel prices, place orders, and view transaction history, invoices, and credit card details. Stay informed with sales history and reporting data.
- Check fuel prices
- Place fuel orders
- View EFT history
- View and print invoices
- Access credit card details
- View sales history
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Tex-Con Oil is excited to announce our new iPhone app. Now you can access your account information anytime and anywhere at your convenience. Key Features: - Check the latest fuel prices - Place Fuel Orders - View EFT History - View and print invoices - Access credit card detail - View sales history and other reporting data
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 review sentiment: Tex at 100% against CStore Essentials's 40%. Tex also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Tex holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Tex's written reviews are positive against 40% of CStore Essentials's.
Tex ships an update every 3 months, CStore Essentials every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tex | CStore Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 2.8 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 39.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 68 — 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 | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDS Solutions, LLC | Excentus |
Customer experience
Tex
CStore Essentials
In-app purchases
Tex
No in-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
