CStore Essentials vs PDI mPay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
PDI mPay
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PDI mPay PDI mPay allows you to pay for gas or in-store purchases through your mobile phone at participating PDI/ZipLine merchants. Ensuring secure transactions to your bank account or credit card account, the app transmits location data for you to pay at the pump. Just sign in with your email and select your pump number to begin your transaction. When your transaction is complete, you can review transaction information within the app and in an email. PDI mPay is free to download.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PDI mPay at every 11 months against CStore Essentials's every 30 months. CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 30 months, PDI mPay every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | PDI mPay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | National Payment Card Association |
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
PDI mPay
No in-app purchases
Questions
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