CStore Essentials vs ExxonMobil Connect
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
ExxonMobil Connect
Enhance your professional skills with engaging activities and stay informed about customer programs and promotions. This app provides quick access to essential information for your site, keeping you up-to-date with the latest developments.
- Skill improvement activities
- Promotion information
- Customer program overview
- Push notifications
- Hot Topics
- Task lists
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With EMconnect, you can: • Improve your skills with quick activities • Find what you need to act on new promotions • Get a snapshot of every customer program Available now: more features including push notifications, Hot Topics and new task lists for your site!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ExxonMobil Connect at 4.1 against CStore Essentials's 2.8. ExxonMobil Connect also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 20) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ExxonMobil Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 75% of ExxonMobil Connect's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, ExxonMobil Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | ExxonMobil Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (68 ratings) | 4.1 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 3 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 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Excentus | DataLink Consulting Inc. |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
ExxonMobil Connect
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
ExxonMobil Connect
No in-app purchases
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