Comparison

CStore Essentials vs KHUB WS Admin

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

KHUB WS Admin

This app provides a dedicated wholesale management solution for businesses. It allows employees to efficiently create and manage sales, streamlining internal wholesale processes with a secure, white-label platform.

Highlights
  • Wholesale management solution
  • Sales creation and management
  • Streamlined wholesale processes
  • Secure white-label platform
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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Discover the KHUB WS Admin App – your dedicated wholesale management solution brought to you by Kommerce Hub. Seamlessly manage your wholesale operations with our intuitive app. Empower your employees to create and manage sales effortlessly. Keep your wholesale processes secure and internal with this exclusive white-label product. KHUB WS Admin, offers a tailored experience to elevate wholesale business. Say goodbye to cumbersome processes and embrace efficiency like never before. Download now and experience the future of wholesale management.

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
KHUB WS Admin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KHUB WS Admin at 5.0 against CStore Essentials's 2.8. KHUB WS Admin also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

KHUB WS Admin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CStore Essentials has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, KHUB WS Admin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CStore Essentials versus KHUB WS Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsKHUB WS Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (68 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperExcentusKommerce Hub

Customer experience

CStore Essentials

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

KHUB WS Admin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 13 more
  • 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
Show 6 more
  • 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

KHUB WS Admin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

KHUB WS Admin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KHUB WS Admin free?
KHUB WS Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CStore Essentials or KHUB WS Admin?
KHUB WS Admin is rated higher. CStore Essentials averages 2.8 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while KHUB WS Admin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CStore Essentials or KHUB WS Admin have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor KHUB WS Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or KHUB WS Admin?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and KHUB WS Admin every 2 weeks. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on November 1, 2026 and KHUB WS Admin on November 3, 2026.

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