Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox vs GoHereBro
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.
GoHereBro
This app provides IBEW electricians with a live map and dashboard of open job calls across the country. It helps users find the best work opportunities by ranking locals based on pay, hours, and call volume. Get real-time updates on job availability and wage information to make informed decisions about where to travel for work.
- Live job call map
- Hot spots dashboard
- Hottest locals ranking
- Wage and scale information
- Automatic daily updates
- National work picture
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GoHereBro is the fastest way for IBEW electricians to see where the work is, right now! We automatically track open job calls from 300 IBEW local union halls across the country and put them on one live map. No more checking dozens of local websites, calling hall after hall, or missing a book sign because you didn't know a call dropped. WHAT YOU GET Live Job Map See every open call in the country on one interactive map. Hot spots glow so you can instantly spot where the calls are stacking up. Hot Spots Dashboard A ranked list of locals by open calls and scale. Know at a glance who has the most work and what they're paying. Hottest Locals: Top 10 The best opportunities ranked by estimated weekly pay and a heat score, factoring in pay rate, hours, and call volume. See real weekly earning potential before you decide where to travel. Wage & Scale Info Check journeyman scale, books, and work outlook for locals before you sign. Always Fresh Calls are scraped and updated automatically throughout the day, so you're looking at current data — not a stale forum post. WHO IT'S FOR - Travelers deciding which local to book into next - Journeyman wiremen chasing the best money and hours - Anyone in the IBEW who wants to see the national work picture in seconds IMPORTANT GoHereBro aggregates publicly available job call information to help you make informed decisions. Data is scraped automatically and may not always be complete or current. ALWAYS verify open calls directly with the local union hall before making any travel or work decisions. GoHereBro is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to the IBEW or any local union. Get the national job picture in your pocket. Go where the work is.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox at none against GoHereBro's shown. Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). GoHereBro's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoHereBro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 197 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox's written reviews are positive against 100% of GoHereBro's.
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox ships an update every 3 months, GoHereBro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox | GoHereBro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (197 ratings) | 4.9 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 92 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mike Holt Enterprises | Dominic Flory |
Customer experience
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
GoHereBro
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
GoHereBro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mike Holt's Electrical Toolbox
No in-app purchases
GoHereBro
No in-app purchases
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