Comparison

CStore Essentials vs Greensboro CC

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

Greensboro CC

Features
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Greensboro CC is a wholesale ordering application designed exclusively for approved and verified business customers. The app provides authorized customers with convenient access to product catalogs, real-time pricing, inventory availability, and order management tools. Access to the app is restricted to registered wholesale customers with an active account. New users must be approved by Greensboro CC before gaining access to pricing, products, and ordering features. The app is intended for business-to-business (B2B) purchasing only and is not available to the general public. Customers can browse products, place orders, review order history, and manage their account directly from the app.

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
Greensboro CC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Greensboro CC at every 6 weeks against CStore Essentials's every 30 months. CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, Greensboro CC every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CStore Essentials versus Greensboro CC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsGreensboro CC
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (68 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperExcentusCode Verse X

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

Greensboro CC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

Greensboro CC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Greensboro CC free?
Greensboro CC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CStore Essentials or Greensboro CC have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor Greensboro CC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or Greensboro CC?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and Greensboro CC every 6 weeks. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on October 29, 2026 and Greensboro CC on October 25, 2026.

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