Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox vs Ele Color Codes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
This app provides essential calculations for electricians, inspectors, contractors, and engineers. It helps determine conductor sizing, circuit protection, race sizing, and grounding conductor sizes for various electrical equipment and services.
- Conductor sizing
- Voltage drop limitations
- Circuit protection sizing
- Race sizing
- Equipment grounding conductor sizing
- Dwelling-unit service calculations
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Mike Holt, the industry leader in the electrical industry (MikeHolt.com) has created an amazing, practical and useful app for the electrician, inspector, instructor, contractor and engineer. The app contains conductor sizing (including voltage drop limitations), circuit protection sizing, race sizing, equipment grounding conductor sizing for electric heating equipment (commercial and Residential), air-conditioning equipment (commercial and Residential), motors (commercial and Residential), Transformers (commercial) , and dwelling-unit service calculations and sizing.
Ele Color Codes
This utility app provides color code information for electronic circuits and components. It supports a wide range of countries beyond the US and Canada, with an iWatch app also available. The design has been updated for a better user experience.
- Electronic circuit color codes
- Component color code reference
- International country support
- iWatch app availability
- Updated UI design
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+ Update Support for all the new devices and current iOS vision + iWatch App are Available Now . Circuit Color Code CTK number and more Countries not only US and CA but also Europe , Malaysia , Australia ,China , HongKong , Singapore + Update UI design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ele Color Codes at 5.0 against Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox's 4.6. Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox's advantage is ratings volume (197 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Ele Color Codes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox has 197 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox | Ele Color Codes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (197 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Holt Enterprises | Golden.Boy |
Customer experience
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
Ele Color Codes
Bugs and requests
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot email results
- Video player widescreen exit bug
- Previous calculation data not erased
- App content is outdated
Requested features
6 requests- Increase transformer capacity to 225kva
- Add option to print load calc
- Update to NEC 2020
- Add completion system for video series
- Refine user interface for better usability
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- Add more features, willing to pay extra
Ele Color Codes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
No in-app purchases
Ele Color Codes
No in-app purchases
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