CStore Essentials vs Southco Mobile
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
Southco Mobile
This app provides access to business operations and services for a wholesale distribution company. It serves over 1300 accounts across five states, originating all shipments from its Goldsboro location.
- Business operations access
- Account management
- Distribution services
- Serves 5 states
- Ranked top C-Store Distributor
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Southco Distributing Company was established in 1981 with the purchase of Southern Wholesale Company. In 1984 the company expanded into a new location on 701 Patetown Road and remained at that location for 20 years. After serving as President of Southco, Sherwin Herring purchased the company in 1996. Outgrowing the Patetown Road location, Southco Distributing Company expanded to an existing 240,000 square foot building located at 2201 S. John Street in October 2004. Southco Distributing Company has approximately 230 employees. Southco Distributing Company currently serves over 1300 accounts in 5 states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. All of our shipments originate from our Goldsboro location. Southco is ranked in the top 22 C-Store Distributors in the nation, in the top 13 privately owned businesses in the state of North Carolina, and the largest privately owned company in Wayne County. Our success is attributed to our dedicated employees, vendor partners, and the continued loyalty of our customers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Southco Mobile at 5.0 against CStore Essentials's 3.0. Southco Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Southco Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CStore Essentials has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Southco Mobile every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Southco Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 5 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 | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | Ruby Services, L.L.C. |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
Southco Mobile
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Southco Mobile
No in-app purchases
