Comparison

Master Bender Gold vs Conduit Bending

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Master Bender Gold

This app is a precise conduit bending calculator for electricians, plumbers, and pipe fitters. It simplifies complex calculations for various bend types, supports numerous bending tools, and offers both imperial and metric measurements for accurate conduit layout.

Highlights
  • Conduit bending calculator
  • Supports offset, saddle, stub, parallel, segment, and compound bends
  • Calculates gain & take-up
  • Supports hand, electric, and hydraulic benders
  • Customizable for unsupported tools
  • Imperial and metric measurements
Features
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Master Bender Gold is the industry's leading and most precise conduit bending app for iPhone and iPad. Master Bender Gold is a conduit bending calculator for electricians. Master Bender Gold can also be used by plumbers and pipe fitters, who can enter their own tools into program. Master Bender Gold aids you in bending conduit raceways. It takes the math out of bending and allows you to concentrate on the task at hand. Master Bender Gold uses a more precise conduit bending algorithm than the cosecant method that is commonly used in the industry. This gives you more accurate bends with less waste. Master Bender Gold supports the following types of bends: * offset bends and rolling offset bends * three and four point saddle bends * stub 90° bends * parallel bends * segment bends * compound 90° bends Master Bender Gold contains information about: * gain & take-up * conduit layout * conduit weight & sizes * trig functions * fractions * bender methods * safety Master Bender Gold can bend and calculate most all types of conduit bends used today by electricians. Master Bender Gold supports numerous popular bending tools. Master Bender Gold supports hand benders, electric bender ie. sidewinder, 555, triple nickel, and hydraulic bending tools. Have a tool that is not supported? No problem! Master Bender Gold can work with any bending tool. Just tell Master Bender Gold the bending radius for your tool and you are ready to bend. Master Bender Gold computes bends using both feet/inches and metric measurements. Master Bender Gold makes it easy to bend pipes and conduit raceways regardless of whether you are a seasoned professional, studying to be in the electrical, electronic, engineering, plumbing, pipe fitting professions, or an hobbyist who needs to bend a few pipes. If you like Master Bender Gold, you may want to take a look at our other app: Master Electrician Reference™ (MER™). It includes a 29 page conduit bending manual. We also have a free version: MER™ Lite. More information is available at MasterSparky.com.

About

Conduit Bending

This app simplifies electrical conduit bending calculations with expert-designed tools. It offers advanced fractional and unit conversion capabilities, supporting a wide range of bend types for precise results. Easily switch between imperial and metric units and choose from predefined benders.

Highlights
  • Advanced fractional calculations
  • Imperial and metric unit conversion
  • Support for numerous bend types
  • Predefined bender selection
  • Expert-designed accuracy
Features
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Conduit bending calculator app designed by experts with simplicity and beauty in mind, yet fast and most accurate! Unlike all the other Apps, Conduit Bending comes with advanced built in calculator made by the Creators of Calculator+, so you can easily deal with fractions, convert between cm and inches. Conduit bending support the following bends: - Offset Basic Bend - Offset Bend with 1st Bend Critical - Offset Bend with 2nd Bend Critical - Parallel Adjustment - Rolled Basic Bend - Rolled Bend with 1st Bend Critical - Rolled Bend with 2nd Bend Critical - 3 Saddles Basic Bends - 3 Saddle Bends with Critical distance - 4 Saddle Bends with Critical distance - 90º Basic Bend - 90º Back to Back - 90º Kicked - Corner with Round Obstacle - Corner with Rectangular Obstacle - Corner with Square Obstacle You can easily switch between imperial(inches) or metric(cm) Conduit Bending comes with a large set of predefined benders to choose from. Conduit Bending is one stop solution for fast and accurate bending! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Master Bender Gold4 screens
Conduit Bending1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conduit Bending at Free against Master Bender Gold's $9.99. Conduit Bending also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Master Bender Gold's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

Conduit Bending is free to download; Master Bender Gold costs $9.99 up front. Conduit Bending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Master Bender Gold asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conduit Bending holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 435 and 624 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Master Bender Gold's written reviews are positive against 35% of Conduit Bending's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Master Bender Gold ships an update every 19 months, Conduit Bending fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Master Bender Gold versus Conduit Bending: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaster Bender GoldConduit Bending
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (435 ratings)4.8 (624 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews — better34.6% of reviews
Number of ratings435624 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#194 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPawEng, LLCxNeat.com

Customer experience

Master Bender Gold

All ratings435 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.3%

Conduit Bending

All ratings624 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%

Bugs and requests

Master Bender Gold

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Cannot change any dimensions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Spanish language option
  • Include method of measuring distance between two fixed points for master bends
  • Basic offset calculation without requiring distance and width

Conduit Bending

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Master Bender Gold

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Conduit Bending

Subscriptions2
  • Conduit Bending3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Conduit Bending7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Master Bender Gold free?
Master Bender Gold costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conduit Bending free?
Conduit Bending is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Master Bender Gold or Conduit Bending?
Conduit Bending is rated higher. Master Bender Gold averages 4.5 out of 5 from 435 ratings, while Conduit Bending averages 4.8 from 624 ratings.
Do Master Bender Gold or Conduit Bending have ads?
Neither Master Bender Gold nor Conduit Bending shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Master Bender Gold or Conduit Bending?
Master Bender Gold ships an update every 19 months, and Conduit Bending fortnightly. Most recently, Master Bender Gold was updated on October 13, 2026 and Conduit Bending on October 12, 2026.

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