Conduit Bending vs Electrician's Sidekick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Electrician's Sidekick
This free tool consolidates essential electrical calculations and reference guides into a single app. It offers precise tools for conduit bending, wire sizing, voltage drop, and conduit fill, designed to enhance fieldwork efficiency and accuracy for professionals. The app functions offline, ensuring constant access to critical information.
- Conduit bending calculator
- Wire sizing and voltage drop calculator
- Conduit fill calculator
- Construction calculator (feet/inches)
- Electrical wiring color charts
- Digital clinometer (level)
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Tired of juggling multiple calculators and reference guides on the job? The Electrician's Sidekick app from IDEAL Electrical is a free tool that combines the functions of many electrical calculators into one convenient app. Instantly calculate rolling offsets and bends with the precise conduit bending calculator and integrated level. Determine accurate wire sizing, voltage drop, and conduit fill to meet compliance standards. Designed by pros for pros, this app maximizes your fieldwork efficiency and accuracy from layout to final connection. The calculators continue to function even without internet connectivity, ensuring you always have access to the information you need. Key features include: Connector Selector – input the wire combination and connector style to receive recommendations for the right connector for the job. Smart Meter Connectivity - Connect compatible IDEAL smart test instruments to automatically capture measurements, monitor readings in real time, and document results directly from your mobile device. Wire Sizing & Voltage Drop Calculator – input wire size, voltage, amperage, and length to determine volts and drop percentage. Conduit Bending Calculator – select the type of conduit and desired bend (offset, saddle bend, or rolling offset), then input the angle, offset distance, and clearance. The dynamic display quickly shows the bend required, shrink, and other important information. Conduit Fill Calculator – input the conduit type and the number/size of conductors to calculate the minimum conduit size required for a certain percentage of fill. Construction Calculator – this specialized calculator permits electricians to add and multiply feet and inches and get the answer back in feet and inches. Electrical Wiring Color Charts – provides the wiring code for the various phases in a panel for both 120/280V and 277/480V systems. Clinometer – transform your phone into a digital level with zero/reset options. When placed on a flat surface, it automatically becomes a bubble level. Simplify every job with this all-in-one electrician's companion. Join the thousands of other electricians using the free Electrician’s Sidekick app from IDEAL Electrical. DATA COMM - T568A/T568B Wiring Reference and conduit fill calculator for data cables. Box Fill Calculator - Calculate NEC® box fill requirements in seconds. Account for conductors, devices, grounding conductors, cable clamps, fixture studs, and plaster rings while instantly verifying box capacity and available volume.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Conduit Bending at 4.8 against Electrician's Sidekick's 3.6. Conduit Bending also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (670 vs 18). Electrician's Sidekick's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Conduit Bending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Electrician's Sidekick asks for nothing beyond the download.
Conduit Bending holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conduit Bending has 670 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.
Conduit Bending ships an update every 10 days, Electrician's Sidekick every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Conduit Bending | Electrician's Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (670 ratings) — better | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 670 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | xNeat.com | IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC |
Customer experience
Conduit Bending
Electrician's Sidekick
Bugs and 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
Electrician's Sidekick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Conduit Bending
- Conduit Bending3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Conduit Bending7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Electrician's Sidekick
No in-app purchases
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