CStore Essentials vs Core
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
Core
This app provides a seamless mobile and web ordering solution for businesses. It allows users to submit orders, manage credit requests, and access crucial business information like invoices and delivery details. The platform aims to simplify ordering, reduce labor costs, and improve inventory management.
- Submit orders
- Process credit requests
- Access invoices
- View credit request status
- Track delivery details
- Optimize inventory
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Our brand-new cutting edge ordering solution, CustomerFirst continues our industry leadership in online ordering and business solutions. The mobile app is fully integrated with web, allowing customers to seamlessly move between devices. • Submit orders and process credit requests • Make ordering easier by providing a complete business solution • Reduces customer labor, improves order accuracy and optimizes inventory levels • Access helpful customer information, like invoices, credit request status, delivery details and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CStore Essentials at 3.0 against Core's 1.4. CStore Essentials also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Core's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CStore Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 158 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 0% of Core's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Core monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | 1.4 (158 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 158 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | Core-Mark US, LLC |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
Core
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
Core
No in-app purchases
