My Bender User Reviews

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Complete garbage don’t waste your money.

Use QuickBend instead it seems to be much more accurate in a way better app than this trash and I’m allowed to say this because I paid for this and I sent an email stating can you please help me instructions how to set up the bender and I haven’t gotten a reply it’s been years

Response from developer

Thank you for purchase. There is a Help section that shows step by step how to add a bender. It is very easy and does not require you to waste any pipe. Before you bend a 90, measure the length of the pipe. Write it down. Bend a dead-nuts 90. Measure both legs of the 90, write those down. Now add a new bender, using the "+" button on the bender's list screen. Follow the screens, and input your measurements. As you enter the information, the app verifies that your measurements are correct, through a series of dimensional checks. If everything is good, you are allowed to save the bender and use it for your calculations.

My Goto app on EMT pipe bending

One star removed :
For the benefit to new users, I wish in the next release will contain a pop up message to alert all new users that a default bender library listing most popular brand and model benders will be unavailable in this app. Users must physically bend an EMT pipe in personal necessary to develop a user specific bender model/parameter for future use. Hope this helps.

Second star removed :
GUI data entry: please leave the fractional value omitted in the slider entry. In present state if we over slide we need to do up to 15 clicks to home in our target value. This may be a big deal to the developer and no fun to users.

Will be five stars when new release have fixed above issues.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your time to write this review! Not including a library of benders was a conscious choice when I made the app. Most users will only use a handful of those benders. My Bender is centered around the idea that the most important bender is the one that you are using. Bending a 90 and taking measurements should not be an impediment to using the app. Once you bend your 90, take some measurements and save the data, you're set. Over time your library will grow as you use different benders. Secondly thank you for the suggestion of changing the behavior of the slider input, I think it was an oversight on my part when I initially wrote the app, but one that I also noticed when I used the app. The behavior is being changed to have 1/4" jumps with the slider to get you closer to the value and just a couple of taps should dial in the exact measurement you need.

Not enough

Not enough benders

Do not purchase

Developer will not update to iOS11. It won’t even open. Thanks for nothing!

Update needed!

This app needs to be updated on the designers end so it will work with the latest iOS on iPhones

Response from developer

iOS 26 is now the minimum version needed.

No funciona iOS 11

Nesecitas actualizarla

Response from developer

ya esta actualizada

Ramón Hormaza

Really disappointed when I need to used the app and don’t work because it’s not updated

Response from developer

Long overdue, the app is updated and actively being worked on.

Ios11

Please update so I can use this

Response from developer

Done

Can you please update the app to work with iOS 12

please

Response from developer

it works with iOS26 now.

Great app

After easy setup this app is dead nuts on.

Response from developer

Thank you for the 5 stars!!!

Nothing is preloaded...

I don't want to calibrate every hand bender or clock bender I use. I want to grab a Greenlee 555 bender and know the center of bends, not waste 10' of pipe to "calibrate it". I think the calibration is a neat feature but factory bender settings should be preloaded.
Only a Ideal half inch bender comes preloaded.

Most manufactures of hand benders provide the centerline radius. Most clock benders have the radius printed on the shoe. I know every bender is slightly different but at least preload some basic values. Given the centerline radius and size of pipe I can calculate the gain myself. The take up is usually printed right on the bender.
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Great app!

I found this app very useful!
Very accurate once all bender info is submitted. Better than many other apps which use just one generic formula for all conduit sizes...

Response from developer

If you know you know!!! Thank you for the 5 stars!!!

Nope

Not great

Response from developer

It wasn't great ... yet. I dusted the cobwebs off the old laptop and I'm working hard to change your opinion.

User.

Wish I would have had looked closer. FUTURE UPDATES. I bought the app thinking it would do all that now. Now is when I need some of those features. Not a complete waste unless I buy something that does what this does now to. Back to the App Store. Maybe I will like the app better when and if its updated.
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Response from developer

I learned to not put future updates in any of the descriptions, because life happens and you never know when or if you'll get to those future updates. Life happened. And now I'm carving out some time to redo the app, to get it closer to the vision I have for it. Than you for your purchase and for providing feedback!!!

Most precise I have tryed.

This app is the best I tried so far.

Response from developer

Thank you for the 5 stars!!! I also like this app the best!!!

Nice!

Excellent !!

Response from developer

Gracias!!!

Great tool

I am an electrician and I find this up very useful on the field.

Response from developer

I am also an electrician, and I also find it very useful, it's not perfect yet but I'm still working on it. Thank you so much for the 5 stars!

Great App

Exactly what I needed , and the fact that you have different benders and conduit type and sizes makes it great ! Thanks !! 4 point saddle was a life saver !

Response from developer

Great, you are my target user!!! Thank you for the 5 stars!!!

Works!

Very helpful after 3+ years of not bending pipe!

Response from developer

Thank you !!! If its been 14 years since you bent pipe, you should give it a try again.

Not bad for what it is

This version is not bad but it isn't great. If it included 90 degree and back to back I would rate it 4 stars. If this app had stubs and included the features of the ibend pipe app, it would be perfect.
I love the fact that this app let's you choose the orientation of the bender and the reference marks change for you. I love that you can configure several benders. I wish you could actually take a photo of the bender to use instead of just selecting the stock photos.
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Response from developer

I've wrestled with adding stubs, and even the most current version does not include stubs. It is partially a time issue on my end. But I figured I'd add the more complicated bends, and leave the easy ones out to start off with the new update, but I'll strongly consider adding them. Never say never.