Comparison

CStore Essentials vs Tabsy LPM

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

Tabsy LPM

Features
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Tabsy LPM is the field-operations command center for contractors. Run your projects, crews, estimates, and invoices from your phone or tablet — without bouncing between a dozen apps. Built for small-to-midsize construction, solar, roofing, and trades teams who want the polish of enterprise software without the enterprise complexity. WHAT YOU GET • Projects, work orders, and tasks — see everything on today's schedule, with clean drill-downs into every job • Estimates and change orders — build line-item quotes from your catalog, send for signature, track when the client opens them • E-signature contracts — fully signed documents, audit trail, automatic project conversion when all parties sign • Invoices and payments — send, track, and record payments; watch overdue balances without a spreadsheet • Time tracking and HR — clock in, submit timesheets, request PTO, get approvals • Vendors and expenses — log receipts with a photo, route through manager approval, tag to a project • Messaging — project-scoped channels plus direct messages with @mentions and push • Smart notifications — real-time alerts when your estimates are viewed, contracts are signed, invoices are paid, or tasks are due, with per-event preferences MODE-AWARE INTERFACE Tabsy LPM adapts to your role. Sales reps see their pipeline; project managers see their active jobs; office admins see invoicing and AR; field techs see today's work orders; executives see a read-only overview of the whole business. BUILT FOR MULTI-TENANT TEAMS Your data lives in your own tenant, isolated from every other business. Role-based permissions let you decide who sees pricing, who approves expenses, and who manages users — without complicated setup. REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT Tabsy LPM is a business app — you need an active Tabsy tenant to sign in. Contact your administrator or visit tabsy.co to learn more.

Screenshots

CStore Essentials4 screens
Tabsy LPM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tabsy LPM at every 5 days against CStore Essentials's every 30 months. CStore Essentials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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, Tabsy LPM every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CStore Essentials versus Tabsy LPM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCStore EssentialsTabsy LPM
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (62 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings62 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcentusNameVerse, Inc

In-app purchases

None

CStore Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

Tabsy LPM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CStore Essentials free?
CStore Essentials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabsy LPM free?
Tabsy LPM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CStore Essentials or Tabsy LPM have ads?
Neither CStore Essentials nor Tabsy LPM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CStore Essentials or Tabsy LPM?
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, and Tabsy LPM every 5 days. Most recently, CStore Essentials was updated on July 17, 2026 and Tabsy LPM on September 10, 2026.

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