PanelVue vs CIC Labor Saving Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PanelVue
Create, manage, and maintain electrical equipment with this intuitive builder. Generate shareable and printable schedules, and access a centralized dashboard for all your panel schedules. Streamline your workflow and save valuable time.
- Intuitive panel builder
- Schedule creation
- Printable schedules
- Shareable schedules
- Centralized dashboard
- Equipment management
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PanelVue is the most powerful tool on the market to build, manage, and maintain electrical equipment. Save unnecessary time building panels, and use our intuitive builder to create schedules that can be shared and printed to any printer. PanelVue provides a dashboard to manage all your panel schedules in one convenient location. Try it out today!
CIC Labor Saving Calc
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The industry’s first estimator showing the reduction of installation labor for Southwire® Cable-in-Conduit (CIC) compared to pulling cables into PVC ducts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PanelVue at 11.0 against CIC Labor Saving Calc's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PanelVue ships an update every 5 months, CIC Labor Saving Calc every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PanelVue | CIC Labor Saving Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PanelVue | Southwire Company |
In-app purchases
PanelVue
No in-app purchases
CIC Labor Saving Calc
No in-app purchases
Questions
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