Bend Designer vs Wave Tool Advance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bend Designer
Design custom tubes by adding bends and adjusting dimensions. The app's output is used with a specific bending machine to fabricate the designed tube. It is intended for use with H55 ACR Type-L bendable copper tubing.
- Dynamic tube design
- Add bends and change dimensions
- Generate output for bending machine
- Designed for specific hardware
- Supports H55 ACR Type-L copper tubing
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Dynamically design tubes by adding bends and changing dimensions to create exactly what you need. Then use the apps output along with the Reftekk Digi-Bender to create the tube you designed. This app is designed to be used with the Reftekk Digi-Bender. Do not use it with any other bender. This app is designed to be used with H55 ACR Type-L bendable copper tubing. Do not use any other tubing.
Wave Tool Advance
This app retrieves and displays data from NFC tags on specific air conditioning units. It allows users to command test operations, view system information, record maintenance history, and generate reports with multimedia attachments.
- NFC data retrieval
- Test operation commanding
- System information display
- Maintenance history recording
- Report generation with media
- Data auto-saving and replaying
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■Overview■ This application assists service of installation/maintenance for air conditioning equipment of TOSHIBA SMMS-u series or later and Carrier XCT Top Discharge series equipped NFC tag by getting and displaying data via NFC tag. ■Features■ - Commanding a test operation and displaying the results - Displaying system information (e.g. unit configuration and cooling capacities, etc.) - Displaying operation time of compressor(s) - Displaying check/notice code history - Recording/Displaying maintenance history of refrigerant and replacement parts - Displaying sensor/actuator data in a refrigerant cycle - Creating reports with photo/movie/sound data - Auto saving/Replaying data displayed in the above functions - Mailing all data about a site - Switching view setting of language and unit, etc. ■Objective Products List■ Confirm the list of outdoor model names compatible to Wave Tool Advance from Developer Website. This application does not support TOSHIBA SMMS-e series and Carrier XPOWER series. ■Requirements■ - iPhone 7 or later, with NFC - iOS14.3 or later - Free of charge. However, you will be responsible for any communication costs incurred in sending e-mails and etc. - For detailed information on how to use Wave Tool Advance, please refer to the user guide on our website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bend Designer at every 2 months against Wave Tool Advance's every 4 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bend Designer against 5.0 for Wave Tool Advance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Bend Designer ships an update every 2 months, Wave Tool Advance every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bend Designer | Wave Tool Advance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reftekk, Inc. | Carrier Japan Corporation |
Customer experience
Bend Designer
Wave Tool Advance
In-app purchases
Bend Designer
No in-app purchases
Wave Tool Advance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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