CStore Essentials vs PDI InCAB
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 InCAB
This mobile application serves as a client for InCAB customers, providing access to business-related functionalities. It is designed for users who need to interact with the InCAB system on their mobile devices. Be aware that continuous GPS usage may impact battery life.
- InCAB customer client
- Mobile access
- Business functionality
- GPS integration
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PDI Mobile client for InCAB customers. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CStore Essentials at 40% against PDI InCAB's 0%. CStore Essentials also leads on ratings volume (62 vs 4) and rating (3.0 vs 2.8). PDI InCAB's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 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.
CStore Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CStore Essentials has 62 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 0% of PDI InCAB's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, PDI InCAB every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | PDI InCAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 4 |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | PDI Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
PDI InCAB
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
PDI InCAB
No in-app purchases
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