Comparison

CStore Essentials vs myCoke

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

myCoke

This app allows businesses to easily order Coca-Cola products, make payments, and manage service requests from their mobile device. It provides 24/7 email support and live support during business hours for any assistance needed.

Highlights
  • Effortless product ordering
  • Mobile payments
  • Service and support requests
  • Live and 24/7 email support
  • Browse new and bestselling products
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Order products, make payments, and manage service and support requests—myCoke is the smart way to refresh your business. Effortless ordering With myCoke, easily keep your business stocked with the Coca-Cola products your customers love. Browse new and bestselling products, place orders for delivery, make payments at checkout, and submit service and support requests–all from your mobile device, whenever and wherever you want. Support when you need it Need assistance with an order or equipment repair request? Reach out to our live support center during regular business hours or email us anytime, 24/7. An experience that’s always getting better Your business doesn’t rest, and we don’t either. We’re always working to bring new features and performance updates to help streamline your Coca-Cola experience.

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
myCoke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: myCoke at 4.8 against CStore Essentials's 2.8. myCoke also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (8.6K vs 68). CStore Essentials's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 31%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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

myCoke holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myCoke has 8.6K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 31% of myCoke's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, myCoke fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CStore Essentials versus myCoke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsmyCoke
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (68 ratings)4.8 (8.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews — better31.5% of reviews
Number of ratings688.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcentusCONA Services LLC

Customer experience

CStore Essentials

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

myCoke

All ratings8,369 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive31.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative65.3%

User reviews

CStore Essentials

From 68 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Gets the job done
  • 🚀 Barcode scanner is fast
  • 👍 Mobile-friendly management
  • 👍 Fantastic analytics
  • 👍 Fast, easy, and clean interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App not working well
  • 🐛 Poor service and problem resolution
  • 🐛 App needs updating
  • 🐛 Platform and app suck
  • 🐛 Promotions, PLU, fuel, lotto don't work

myCoke

From 8.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and responsive app
  • 🎨 Visually appealing design
  • 🛒 Easy to order Coke products
  • 🔍 Helpful product filtering options
  • 🔁 Ability to reorder from past orders

Room to improve

  • 🐞 Buggy and unreliable app
  • 🔒 Login issues and account reactivation problems
  • 🕰️ Slower and more difficult ordering process compared to previous app
  • 🔍 Limited filtering options and missing key features
  • 🤔 Lack of user-friendly features and poor user experience

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

myCoke

No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

myCoke

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is myCoke free?
myCoke is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CStore Essentials or myCoke?
myCoke is rated higher. CStore Essentials averages 2.8 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while myCoke averages 4.8 from 8.6K ratings.
Do CStore Essentials or myCoke have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor myCoke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or myCoke?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and myCoke fortnightly. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on October 29, 2026 and myCoke on November 1, 2026.

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