CStore Essentials vs MCT 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
MCT Mobile
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MCT Mobile brings the power of mobile order management conveniently and vibrantly into the hands of MCT customers. Customers can now experience a feature-rich and media-rich order management system that delivers the capabilities you need on any tablet or smartphone running any mobile operating system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MCT Mobile at every 9 months against CStore Essentials's every 30 months. CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 30 months, MCT Mobile every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | MCT Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | RETALIX USA, INC |
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
MCT Mobile
No in-app purchases
