CStore Essentials vs Midstates 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
Midstates 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 business finances anytime, anywhere.
- Check latest fuel prices
- View EFT details
- Access invoice details
- Review sales history
- Reporting data access
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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: Midstates Petroleum at 5.0 against CStore Essentials's 2.8. Midstates Petroleum also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 30 months). CStore Essentials's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Midstates Petroleum 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.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Midstates Petroleum every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Midstates Petroleum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (68 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 6 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
Midstates Petroleum
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Midstates Petroleum
No in-app purchases
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