CStore Essentials vs ZiiZii Order Entry
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
ZiiZii Order Entry
This app simplifies order entry for sales representatives. Download store-specific catalogs, build orders using various input methods, and submit them to wholesalers. It also supports printing shelf tags.
- Download store-specific catalogs
- Build and submit wholesale orders
- Multiple item input methods
- Barcode scanning
- Print shelf tags
- Bluetooth and network printer support
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Welcome to ZiiZii, the app that makes Order Entry easy. Use ZiiZii to download catalogs specific to the stores and customers you represent. Build and submit orders to your wholesaler using a variety of item input methods such as searching, category browsing, traditional SKU/quantity speed-entry, and barcode scanning. Print shelf tags using supported Bluetooth and network printers. Please contact your wholesaler for your ZiiZii login credentials. ZiiZii is simple yet packed with delightful features that make your Order Entry tasks as easy as they should be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CStore Essentials at 40% against ZiiZii Order Entry's 0%. CStore Essentials also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.6). ZiiZii Order Entry's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 11.0). 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 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CStore Essentials's written reviews are positive against 0% of ZiiZii Order Entry's.
CStore Essentials ships an update every 30 months, ZiiZii Order Entry every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CStore Essentials | ZiiZii Order Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (62 ratings) — better | 2.6 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excentus | Ziiware Canada Inc |
Customer experience
CStore Essentials
ZiiZii Order Entry
In-app purchases
CStore Essentials
No in-app purchases
ZiiZii Order Entry
No in-app purchases
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