CStore Essentials vs Reddy Ice
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
Reddy Ice
Manage your account and place orders for ice with ease. This app allows you to track deliveries, submit maintenance requests, and view your order history. It offers a convenient way to handle all your ice needs from your mobile device.
- Place ice orders
- Check delivery status
- Request equipment maintenance
- Manage order history
- Manage multiple locations
- Provide feedback
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The Reddy Ice Customer App is an easy, convenient way to manage your account. With just your account number needed to get started, this app lets you quickly and effortlessly place orders, request maintenance and much more. Download the App and experience service the Reddy Ice way. Key Features Include: Check the status of your deliveries. Quickly order ice with the push of a button. Customize an order by selecting preferred products and quantities. In seconds, submit an equipment maintenance request. Manage order, maintenance, and invoice history. Provide feedback on your Reddy Ice experience. Manage multiple locations under one user. Easy Registration & Login: Barcode integrated technology to easily register your Reddy Ice equipment. Passcode/Touch ID enabled for quick and simple sign in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Reddy Ice at every 3 months against CStore Essentials's every 30 months. CStore Essentials's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 29%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for CStore Essentials against 3.1 for Reddy Ice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 29% of Reddy Ice's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Reddy Ice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Reddy Ice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) | 3.1 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews — better | 28.6% 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | ReddyIce |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
Reddy Ice
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Reddy Ice
No in-app purchases
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