CStore Essentials vs Parent Petroleum
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
Parent Petroleum
Manage your account details conveniently from anywhere. View current fuel prices, EFT information, invoices, and sales history. Access essential reporting data on the go.
- Check latest fuel prices
- View EFT details
- Access invoice details
- Review sales history
- View reporting data
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Access your account information anytime and anywhere at your convenience. Key Features: - Check the latest fuel prices - Check your EFT details - View your latest invoice details - View sales history and other reporting data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parent Petroleum at 4.6 against CStore Essentials's 3.0. Parent Petroleum also leads on update cadence (every 4 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.
Parent Petroleum holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 75 respectively.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Parent Petroleum every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Parent Petroleum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) | 4.6 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Excentus | PDS Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
Parent Petroleum
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Parent Petroleum
No in-app purchases
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