Comparison

CStore Essentials vs AGKSoft

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

AGKSoft

This business application serves as a back office tool for managing operations. It provides essential functionalities for business management and administrative tasks.

Highlights
  • Back office management
  • Business operations tool
  • Administrative task support
Features
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Back Office App

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
AGKSoft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AGKSoft at 5.0 against CStore Essentials's 3.0. AGKSoft also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.4). 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

AGKSoft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CStore Essentials has 62 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, AGKSoft every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CStore Essentials versus AGKSoft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsAGKSoft
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (62 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings62 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcentusAPKSoft

Customer experience

CStore Essentials

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

AGKSoft

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

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

AGKSoft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AGKSoft free?
AGKSoft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CStore Essentials or AGKSoft?
AGKSoft is rated higher. CStore Essentials averages 3.0 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while AGKSoft averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CStore Essentials or AGKSoft have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor AGKSoft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or AGKSoft?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and AGKSoft every 2 months. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on October 13, 2026 and AGKSoft on October 7, 2026.

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