Comparison

CStore Essentials vs SuperSonic Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote store management
  • Live transaction monitoring
  • Full transaction receipts
  • Live department and gas sales
  • Add new items
  • Change item prices
Features
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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

About

SuperSonic Cloud

Manage convenience stores and gas stations remotely. Track sales, inventory, and employee activity in real-time. Adjust prices and manage support tickets from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time dashboard and reports
  • Loss prevention monitoring
  • HD video footage review
  • Adjust gas and product prices
  • Live chat support tickets
Features
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All growing Convenience stores and Gas Stations run into the same fundamental problems. Complex shift reporting, constantly changing item prices, repeated work, lost papers, thinning margins, high theft rates and a huge pile of sales data that nobody understands how to take action with. Petro Outlet & SuperSonic POS powered by the Petro Outlet management platform, stops stores from flying blind. Stop guessing and start knowing today! ---------------------------- Using our Mobile App you can now manage your stores from anywhere in the most convenient way possible. The App connects to your existing Petro Outlet account and gives you the ability to: • View the Dashboard, TLS & Inventory Reports for your stores in real-time. • View Loss Prevention events and keep tabs on your employees in real-time by viewing the receipt & HD video footage of the transaction or No-Sale. • Change both Gas & Product prices for your stations from the app & transmit it to your stores to take effect immediately. • Keep track of existing support tickets or create new ones through Live Chat with our support team.

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
SuperSonic Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SuperSonic Cloud at 100% against CStore Essentials's 40%. SuperSonic Cloud also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 15) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SuperSonic Cloud holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 100% of SuperSonic Cloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, SuperSonic Cloud every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CStore Essentials versus SuperSonic Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsSuperSonic Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (62 ratings)3.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcentusWellbright Tech

Customer experience

CStore Essentials

All ratings62 ratings
Positive40.3%
Neutral12.9%
Negative46.8%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral14.0%
Negative46.5%

SuperSonic Cloud

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

SuperSonic Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SuperSonic Cloud free?
SuperSonic Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CStore Essentials or SuperSonic Cloud?
SuperSonic Cloud is rated higher. CStore Essentials averages 3.0 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while SuperSonic Cloud averages 3.7 from 15 ratings.
Do CStore Essentials or SuperSonic Cloud have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor SuperSonic Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or SuperSonic Cloud?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and SuperSonic Cloud every 2 months. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on October 13, 2026 and SuperSonic Cloud on September 29, 2026.

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