CStore Essentials vs Offen Petroleum
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
Offen Petroleum
Manage your petroleum accounts on the go. Access real-time fuel prices, view EFT details, and review invoices and sales history. Stay informed about your account information conveniently from anywhere.
- Check latest fuel prices
- View EFT details
- Access latest invoice details
- Review sales history
- View reporting data
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Access your account information anytime and anywhere at your convenience. Key Features: - Check the latest fuel prices - Check your EFT details - View your latest invoice details - View sales history and other reporting data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Offen Petroleum at 4.3 against CStore Essentials's 3.0. Offen Petroleum also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Offen Petroleum holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 21 respectively.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Offen Petroleum every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Offen Petroleum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Excentus | PDS Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
Offen Petroleum
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Offen Petroleum
No in-app purchases
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