Comparison

CStore Essentials vs Gilbarco Device Scanner

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

Gilbarco Device Scanner

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Gilbarco Device Scanner allows users ti scan a device's barcode and determine if the device is OK

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
Gilbarco Device Scanner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CStore Essentials at 3 against Gilbarco Device Scanner's —. CStore Essentials also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CStore Essentials versus Gilbarco Device Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsGilbarco Device Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (68 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcentusOrpak

Bugs and requests

CStore Essentials

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App doesn't work for a week
  • Sign in problem after new app download
  • Session expired, infinite relog loop
  • Service down for over a week
  • Live data doesn't work first hour of sales
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  • Live data doesn't work past 12am
  • Camera not focusing while scanning
  • iOS scan for price change not working
  • Live Sales stops updating every few days
  • Sales data upload crashes
  • Random charges to credit card
  • Back office not working every week
  • Desktop site and app layout incongruent
  • Cost updating iffy, deletes cost
  • Adding new items creates 12 UPC digits, causing errors
  • App not updated for a year (iOS)
  • Screen inaccuracy on iPad
  • No optimization for iPhone X

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to change gas prices from the app
  • Add ability to scan tags
  • Add tender detail in live transactions
  • Add departments and categories view
  • Add ability to see departments and categories overall
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  • Standalone lottery app for nightly reading
  • Lottery app for non-gas station stores
  • Bulk update for cost price
  • Update app for iPhone X optimization
  • Update software for iPad compatibility
  • Update app to show clock, battery, signal

Gilbarco Device Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

Gilbarco Device Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gilbarco Device Scanner free?
Gilbarco Device Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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