CStore Essentials vs myShift by AMS
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
myShift by AMS
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myShift is the shift-management app for retail store employees — cashiers, managers, and owners at gas stations, convenience stores, and small chains that run on AMS Backoffice. Whether you work one store or split your week across three, myShift keeps every shift in one place, tied to real clock-in verification and real reconciliation. See your whole week: Your published schedule at a glance, day by day. Work at two stores? "All myShifts" merges every store you work at into one weekly view, with a store chip on every shift. Ask a coworker to cover: Can't make Saturday's shift? Pick a coworker who already agreed to cover, submit the request, and your manager sees the full trail — who asked, who accepted, who approved. No more group texts, no more sticky-note swaps. Request time off: Submit dates plus a short reason from the app. Manager approves or declines from AMS Backoffice; you always see the status.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: myShift by AMS 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, myShift by AMS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | myShift by AMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (68 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | AMS IT Solutions,Inc. |
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
myShift by AMS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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