SAMsnap vs Conduit Bending
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAMsnap
This app allows field survey teams to scan barcodes of recorded equipment as part of a strategic asset management and capital planning workflow. It streamlines data collection for asset management processes.
- Barcode scanning for equipment
- Field data collection
- Asset management workflow integration
- Capital planning support
- Strategic asset management
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SAMsnap is part of AECOM's strategic asset management and capital planning workflow. SAMsnap enables survey teams to scan barcodes of recorded equipment in the field.
Conduit Bending
This app calculates complex conduit bends for electricians, eliminating the need for charts or manual calculations. It supports over 30 bender types and various conduit sizes, offering both imperial and metric units for precise measurements on the job.
- 17 distinct bend calculators
- Support for over 30 bender types
- Imperial and metric unit switching
- Calculations for offsets and saddles
- 90° bends and corner calculations
- Handles fractions and unit conversions
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Conduit Bending is a conduit bending calculator for electricians: 17 bend calculators for offsets, rolling offsets, 3-point and 4-point saddles, 90° bends and corners, with your bender's numbers built in. Pick your bender, enter the measurements, and get the marks for the bend. No bending chart, no working it out on the back of a box. Switch between imperial (inches) and metric (cm) at any time. OFFSET BENDS • Offset: Basic • Offset: 1st Bend Critical • Offset: 2nd Bend Critical • Offset: Parallel Adjustment for parallel runs ROLLING OFFSET CALCULATOR • Rolled Offset: Basic • Rolled Offset: 1st Bend Critical • Rolled Offset: 2nd Bend Critical SADDLE BENDS • 3-Point Saddle: Basic and Critical distance • 4-Point Saddle: Basic and Critical distance 90° BENDS • 90°: Basic • Back to Back 90° • Kicked 90° CORNERS • Corner around a square obstacle • Corner around a rectangular obstacle • Corner around a round obstacle BENDERS AND UNITS • Choose from more than 30 predefined hand, Chicago, electric and hydraulic benders • EMT, IMC, rigid (RMC) and PVC conduit, from 1/2" to 5" • Work in inches or centimeters • A built-in calculator that handles fractions and converts between cm and inches, from the makers of Calculator+ Whether you bend conduit every day or are learning how to bend conduit, Conduit Bending puts every bend in one pipe bending calculator on your iPhone. Conduit Bending is free to use with ads. A subscription removes the ads. Also from xNeat: Construction Calculator and Pipe Fitting. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SAMsnap at 100% against Conduit Bending's 33%. SAMsnap also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Conduit Bending's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (670 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Conduit Bending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SAMsnap asks for nothing beyond the download.
SAMsnap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conduit Bending has 670 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SAMsnap's written reviews are positive against 33% of Conduit Bending's.
SAMsnap ships an update every 7 months, Conduit Bending every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAMsnap | Conduit Bending |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (670 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 670 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | County of Los Angeles - Department of Public Works | xNeat.com |
Customer experience
SAMsnap
Conduit Bending
Bugs and requests
SAMsnap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Conduit Bending
Reported bugs
9 issues- App pops up premium purchase prompt even after deletion
- Forced to watch ads to change measurement
- App closes out after watching ad
- Free version doesn't work at all
- App is unusable after last update
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- Requires multiple app downloads and subscription
- Inaccurate calculation for rolled bends
- Last line in bender selection screen is hard to read
- Doesn't take gain into account
Requested features
4 requests- Fix calculation for rolled bends
- Add French language option
- Improve readability of bender selection screen
- Account for gain in calculations
In-app purchases
SAMsnap
No in-app purchases
Conduit Bending
- Conduit Bending3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Conduit Bending7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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