CStore Essentials vs The Plus View
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
The Plus View
Monitor your gas station network remotely with detailed tank insights. View volume, ullage, water, and fuel levels for each tank. Access delivery reports and active alarms to manage your inventory and business operations effectively.
- Remote network access
- Detailed tank status
- Volume, Ullage, Water, Fuel Height
- Delivery reports
- Active alarms
- Inventory insights
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The Plus View provides remote access for viewing a customer's gas station network that utilizes TLS-450PLUS and TLS4 tank monitoring equipment. A detailed view of each connected station's tanks with Volume, Ullage, Water Height, and Fuel Height allow customers to have better insight into their inventory and tank status. A customer can also view Delivery Reports and Active Alarms, giving them the critical data they need to run their business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CStore Essentials at 3.0 against The Plus View's 2.3. CStore Essentials also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 9%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). The Plus View's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months). 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.
CStore Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 9% of The Plus View's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, The Plus View every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | The Plus View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | 2.3 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 9.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | The Veeder-Root Company |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
The Plus View
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
The Plus View
No in-app purchases
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